Jonathan Crane

Biography

Doctor Crane is a professor of psychology at Gotham University, specializing in the study of phobias. Bullied throughout his childhood and adolescence, Crane became obsessed with fear, in particular toying with the fears of others.

In addition to working at Gotham University, Crane has become a psychiatrist in residence at Arkham Asylum. Crane's studies at the asylum primarily focus on those in-mates who have been deemed criminally insane, trying to understand the factors which have driven them to a life of crime.