Cornelius Stirk

Cornelius Stirk is a fictional character in the DC Universe. He first appeared in Detective Comics #592 (November 1988) as an enemy of Batman. Stirk, like Scarecrow, uses fear to get to his victims. Stirk has the ability to make other people see him as someone else, allowing him to get close to his victims. He operates under the delusion that he requires the nutrients and hormones from peoples' hearts in order to stay alive, and these are best prepared with norepinephrine by inducing fear in the victim prior to death. In his first appearance, Stirk is released from Arkham Asylum, where he is confined at the age of 16 for trying to kill a classmate, after being certified as sane. He then subsequently stops taking his medication and...