Answer (Comics)

Real Name: Micheal Patten Aliases: The Answer Occupation: Civil engineer Marital Status: Married Base of Operations: Gotham City Height: 6ft.18 in. Weight: 200lbs Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown Relatives:Wife and daughter (both deceased) Affiliation: Batman Villains First Appearance: Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins #1 (October, 1998) Created By: Alan Grant; Mark Buckingham

From all appearances, Patten enjoyed an uneventful childhood, and as an adult, entered the field of civil engineering. As a hobby, he pursued research into ancient civilizations, a hobby that his wife and daughter supported. Over the course of time, he became convinced that at some point in history…more than 15,000 years ago…there had been a great civilization on the planet Earth, which had been destroyed by a cataclysm of some kind. (This may be based on some of the legends concerning Atlantis, but thus far there is no proof of this.)

Tragically, when a massive earthquake destroyed his hometown of Gotham City, Patten's wife and daughter were killed right before his eyes. This trauma apparently unhinged his mind, and he became obsessed with the idea that another cataclysm…or perhaps a series of them…was due to destroy modern civilization. But when his peers refused to believe his wild stories, Patten determined that mankind must be shown that the end is near, and thus, he became the Answer to make them take notice. He also began to commit spectacular crimes to finance his further research into his theory.

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The Answer has not appeared in any other form of Batman Media.

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