I know there’s a lot of discussion on him crammed here right now, but Dr. Rush gives off Spellbinder vibes to me.

Dr Rush gives off Spellbinder vibes to me.

I don’t know what will become of Rush (if anything) but I don’t see him becoming this world’s version of The Scarecrow.

If he becomes someone bigger to The Batman, I can imagine him adopting the identity of Spellbinder.

Spellbinder first appeared in 1966 and is able to induce powerful hypnotic states in people in order to control them.

The first iteration used hypnotic devices he invented.

But perhaps the most famous depiction of Spellbinder is the version from Batman Beyond. A school counsellor who preys on high schoolers and uses his devices to turn them on others.

Given Rush’s specialised devices, giving him the surname Billings instead of Rush would’ve been a giveaway. There are two other iterations that don’t have that surname.

It’s a possibility. Nothing concrete.