- "Twenty years ago, one reporter set out to uncover the dark truth. He found shocking family secrets. How, when Martha was just a child, her mother brutally murdered her father, then committed suicide and how the Arkhams used their power and money to cover it up. How Martha herself was in and out of institutions for years, and they didn't want anyone to know. Thomas Wayne tried to force this crusading reporter into a hush-money agreement to save his mayoral campaign. But when the reporter refused, Wayne turned to longtime secret associate Carmine Falcone and had him murdered!"
- ―Riddler[src]
Edward Elliot was an investigative reporter for the Gotham Gazette who gained secrets about the Wayne Family and the Arkham Family. Carmine Falcone claimed that Elliot was also on the payroll of Salvatore Maroni.
Biography[]
Reporting Career[]
Working for the Gotham Gazette[]
Edward Elliot was an investigative reporter for the Gotham Gazette and known as a "Crusading Reporter" for the newspaper outlet. However, Carmine Falcone claimed that he was under the payroll of former Gotham crime kingpin Salvatore Maroni.[1]
Exposing Thomas Wayne[]
During Thomas Wayne's mayoral election run, Elliot discovered numerous things covered up by the Arkham Family, such as Martha's mother having brutally killed her husband before committing suicide, and that Martha herself had spent time in Gotham Asylum and Arkham State Hospital due to mental illness. After Elliot planned to reveal it to the world, Wayne, not caring about his political career and only caring about how it would affect his wife and their son Bruce, tried to force Elliot into a hush-money agreement to prevent him from running the story, but Elliot refused.[1]
Murdered by Carmine Falcone[]
Since Elliot refused to accept his bribe, Thomas Wayne then went to Carmine Falcone and asked him to put "the fear of god" into Elliot to keep him from running his story.[1] When Elliot still refused to stop running his story even after Falcone used intimidation on him, he was ultimately killed by the mobster.[1]
Legacy[]
Riddler's Investigation[]
To be added
Personality[]
Elliot's true personality is largely left ambiguous and open to interpretation. While he was referred to as being a "Crusading Reporter", Falcone claims that Elliot was a low-level scumbag who was only going after the Arkham family because he was being paid by Maroni to expose something that would sabotage Thomas Wayne's campaign.
However, Falcone is also the one who killed him and explains this to Bruce Wayne when he suggests that Maroni might've been responsible for his parents' murder making it very ambiguous if he was being completely truthful about what happened or not.
The fact that the secrets the Arkhams were covering up ranged from extremely personal details like Martha having mental issues, to genuine crimes like Martha's mother being a murderer, makes Elliot's motives even more unclear.
Abilities[]
- Expert Investigator: He was able to discover secrets the Arkham Family covered up, despite the Arkham's being one of the most powerful families in Gotham.
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Appearances[]
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Behind the scenes[]
- In the DC Comics, Edward Elliot appeared in the miniseries Batman: Gates of Gotham as the great-great grandfather of Dr. Thomas "Tommy" Elliot, aka Hush.
- Hush himself is referenced in The Batman scene where Riddler explains Edward's fate, as the word, "HUSH" flashes across the screen.
- The Elliot Bridge of Gotham City that appears in the series The Penguin was likely named after Edward's family. In the comic storyline Batman: Gates of Gotham, it was previously established that Thomas Elliot's ancestor Edward Elliot commissioned one of Gotham City's bridges during the last quarter of the 19th century.
- In the comics, the Elliots were one of Gotham City's founding families along with the Waynes, the Cobblepots, the Arkhams and the Kanes.
Trivia[]
- Edward Elliot won a Pulitzer Prize for his work.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Reeves, Matt & Craig, Peter (writers); Reeves, Matt & Clark, Dylan (producers); & Reeves, Matt (director) (March 4, 2022). The Batman.