Contents 1 HistoryEdit 1.1 Origins 1.2 Injustice League 1.3 Suicide Squad & "Death" 1.4 War Crimes 1.5 The Reapers 2 Powers and AbilitiesEdit 2.1 Abilities 2.2 Strength level 2.3 Weaknesses 3 ParaphernaliaEdit 3.1 Equipment 4 TriviaEdit 5 Related 6 LinksEdit 6.1 Discover and Discuss 6.2 Footnotes

HistoryEdit

Origins

Arthur Brown was a failed game show host who turned to a life of crime, leaving trademark clues as to his actions. He is frequently imprisoned in Blackgate Penitentiary, and also has an estranged daughter, Stephanie Brown, alias the masked vigilante Spoiler. Although Spoiler was originally inspired to take up her costumed identity as a means of combatting her dad (and spoiling his plans), she would eventually turn into a full-fledged crimefighter.

Injustice League

Cluemaster has had a long criminal career not just limited to Gotham City, at one point joining the second incarnation of the Injustice League, which would later develop into Justice League Antarctica.

Suicide Squad & "Death"

In an effort to become pardoned for his crimes, and finally gain his daughter's respect, he joined the Suicide Squad on a counter-terroist operation to Iceland.^[1] He saw most of his Injustice League buddies killed, and Cluemaster was apparently deceased, shot many times through the chest. However, he miraculously survived (he saved the life of comrade Major Disaster twice, who later noted that the situation had been very confusing), and spent nearly a year recuperating in a hospital, comforted by thoughts of his daughter.^[2]

War Crimes

Main article: Batman: War Games

When Brown finally arrived back in Gotham City, he learned of Stephanie's "death." Overwhelmed with grief, he attempted to bring Batman to what he perceived as justice for the death of his daughter at the hands of Black Mask during the events of War Games. He took on the false identity of Aaron Black, The Reformer, and accused Batman of being guilty of child endangerment, having had previous Robins die on his watch as well. In doing this, he formed the "Campaign for Culpability", which eventually led to a verbal confrontation with Batman.^[3]

The Reapers

Cluemaster finally reappears after Stephanie Brown has become the new Batgirl. He is revealed to be the man who has been funding the Reapers, a group of young supervillains who have been battling Batgirl.^[4]

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Abilities

• Tactical Analysis: A skilled tactician.
• Leadership: Leader in his later days as a supervillain.

Strength level

Has the strength of a normal human of his age and weight, who engages in regular exercise.

Weaknesses

• OCD: Cluemaster was formerly plagued by a mental disorder akin to that of The Riddler that forced him to leave clues at the scene of his crimes that would inevitably lead to his capture.
  

ParaphernaliaEdit

Equipment

Cluemaster has a number of plasti-glass pellets attached to the front of his costume that he can hurl as weapons. These pellets variously contain a blinding incendiary flare, smoke bombs, paralyzing gas and high explosives.

TriviaEdit

• Robin Vol 4 177 as planned by Chuck Dixon intended to feature Cluemaster, but Dixon's abrupt exodus at DC meant the issue was scrapped.
• Despite overcoming his OCD, he was always branded as a "third tier" or "C List" sort of villain.
• Cluemaster only joined the Legion of Doom during the Flashpoint timeline.

Related

• 59 Appearances of Arthur Brown (New Earth)
• 13 Images featuring Arthur Brown (New Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about Arthur Brown (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Arthur Brown (New Earth)

LinksEdit

 

• Arthur Brown (New Earth) at Wikipedia.org

Discover and Discuss

• Search this site for: Cluemaster · Arthur Brown · Arthur Brown (New Earth)
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• Discuss this and other characters on the forums

Footnotes

1. ↑ Suicide Squad (Volume 2) #1
2. ↑ Detective Comics #810
3. ↑ Detective Comics #810
4. ↑ Batgirl (vol. 3) #23 (July 2011)

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