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The two most-requested Absolute Batman characters aren't who you think: it's Condiment King and Crazy Quilt, says Scott Snyder
With most of Batman's top enemies already being adapted into Absolute Batman, writer Scott Snyder reveals the most demanded character, and the hardest to bring in
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Absolute Batman has reinvented numerous characters in Gotham City starting with Batman and most of his biggest villains, but writer Scott Snyder is still fielding requests from fans to bring in versions of some of Batman's silliest and most obscure characters, starting with Crazy Quilt.
"I keep getting suggestions. Condiment King and Crazy Quilt are the two that I get the most," Snyder tells ComicPop Returns. "I did a really grim version of Crazy Quilt in the main universe in the Joker arc, where it was all about flesh, and being knitted, so I'd really have to outdo that one."
Crazy Quilt is one of Batman's most notoriously weird enemies. He's a villainous fine artist known as Quilt who has an obsession with patterns and colors, and who possesses a special helmet that allows him to see after he goes blind. In the New 52, Snyder rebooted him as Paul Dekker (his actual real name), a Wayne Enterprises geneticist turned supervillain with a nightmarish body horror theme.
As far as Condiment King goes, he has actually already made his Absolute DC debut in Mad About DC #1, a special one-shot in which many DC characters get silly Mad Magazine twists. In the Absolute Universe, Condiment King is one with the world's many sauces and toppings as opposed to his mainstream version who, like his original appearance in Batman: The Animated Series, uses spray guns that blast out ketchup and mustard at unsuspecting victims.
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