The Black Knight: Scrooge McDuck and Arpin Lusene have a Rich Victim - Gentleman Thief type of mutual respect in Don Rosa's comics.All he cares about is having his Worthy Opponent's full attention and the thrill of the game. Some fans believe this makes him stupid for constantly giving away clues to what he's going to do, but the Riddler doesn't care about money or material objects. The Riddler lives to go head-to-head with Batman, the only person he believes to be a worthy challenge for his intellect. While Batman refuses to kill the Joker because of his one rule, he just sees the Joker for the murderous psychopath he is and accords him no praise. He sees Batman, not only as a worthy opponent, but as "the only human being that can keep up with him." The feeling is ( usually) not mutual, by the way. He does, however, acknowledge and take advantage of Ra's' code of honor, and despite the inherent friction of the situation, entertains an on-again-off-again romantic relationship with Talia. Batman, however, does not seem to reciprocate these feelings, at least to the same extent, as his stoic and inflexible moral code prevents him from seeing Ra's as anything but a madman and a monster. He holds the ultimate trump card against Batman - knowledge of his Secret Identity - but is above revealing it to his other enemies for the sake of leverage. Such is his admiration of the Dark Knight that Ra's, when he is not fighting Batman in a sabre-duel to the death or setting a deadly trap for him, frequently and repeatedly offers Batman the chance to both succeed him as head of the League of Assassins and to marry his daughter, Talia al Ghul. Ra's sees Batman as a worthy and honorable foe, someone who ultimately shares the same goal but is not willing to do what is ultimately necessary to achieve it. Ra's al Ghul is the quintessential example of this in the Batman mythos.Fletcher: I wonder if they'd been so eager to if they knew Foxe led the "Butchers of Holbrück."
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