Daniel Mockridge was the owner of computer game company, Competitron until he made the mistake of cheating a game creator of his money.
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Mockridge was a buisnessman in Gotham City who owned computer software company for Competitron. It was he who undermined Edward Nygma's work on the computer game The Riddle of the Minotaur, which lead to Mockridge cheating Nygma out of a fortune. Two years later, Nygma became The Riddler and attempted to kill him in a vendetta. Mockridge was arranging a deal to sell Competitron to Wayne Enterprises. The Riddler sends him a riddle to solve and then meets with Mockridge and captures him.
Mockridge offered to repay Nygma his money after selling out to Wayne, but Nygma claimed all he wanted was revenge. The Riddler's thugs captured Mockridge and took him to a life sized maze based on The Riddle of the Minotaur. Batman and Robin caught on to Nygma's plan and managed to save Mockridge. While The Riddler failed to kill Mockridge, he managed to instill a lifelong fear of The Riddler's return in him, which left Nygma satisfied.