Enhanced olfactory sense. The Bat He would cement his place as Spider-Man's greatest villain by killing the hero's first love, Gwen Stacy. Former district-attorney Two-Face (Harvey Dent) has an obsession with committing crimes themed around duality and opposites. Spoilers for Batman #125 by DC Comics. When he tried to kill his fourth victim he was stopped by Robin. The Penguin uses his nightclub, the Iceberg Lounge, as a front for his criminal activities, which Batman tolerates for the sake of having him as an informant. Sister Crystal turned his head into glass, with his brain always visible. Scorpio turned out to be little more than a con artist, but labeled as an alchemist, with a costume, a castle and a legion of followers, he fits in more with the villains than the common criminals. As an adult, the Wrath becomes a cop-killer who copies many of Batman's methods, except for a readiness to use both lethal force and firearms to accomplish his goals. James Craddock, better known as Gentleman Ghost, is a supervillain from DC comics who varies between being a criminal who pretends to be a ghost or an actual spirit. Member of Dollmaker's family, Bentley is his master's main muscle. A crooked financier who pleaded insanity to escape a prison sentence, Warren White was sent to Arkham Asylum where he was scarred, mutilated, and gradually driven insane by the other inmates. 106. Unfortunately, it appears Failsafe is triggered under the belief Batman has become . Villains led by Dr. Hurt as an antithesis to the Club of Heroes. Professor Pyg proclaims the . Member of Hyperclan who adapted a frightful appearance. Batman worked with Alfred Pennyworth to make Walker believed Robin's slip of the tongue was part of a plan to trap Walker and his men. They were thwarted in there efforts by the United Kingdom protectors, The Knight and Squire, aided by the Dynamic Duo. The Goddamn Batman Jason Todd was the second Robin, until he was brutally murdered by the Joker. However, he was eventually killed by a henchman of, Calendar Man (Julian Day) is known for committing crimes that correspond with holidays and significant dates (hence his alias). God of Knowledge One of the villains that helped Bane jump start his criminal career in Gotham. In the 90's, James Robinson created a single story re-envisioning of the character for the Legends of the Dark Knight story "Blades". She has carried those feelings of fear and resentment with her ever since. . Actor Basil Karlo went mad when he learned that there would be a remake of one of his films with another actor in the lead role. Karl Courtney is a criminal who commits crimes using a pirate motif. Ra's al Ghul, whose name translates to "The Demon's Head" in Arabic, is the centuries-old leader of the League of Assassins. 9 The Condiment King. In an alternate universe, the Blue Bat was a criminal who wore the Batman costume. Bruno Groft was a foreign agent and assassin-for-hire whose gang kidnapped the Prince, Princess, and Ambassador of Morania. Comic Vine users. A criminal gang that works for the Ventriloquist. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll His abilities are similar to the actual. His puppet, Scarface, is a mobster and has a firm hold on Wesker's psyche. Maxie Zeus' henchman who is a member of the New Olympians. 7) #17. The new Black Mask frees Batman's villains in order to create a crime empire to rule Gotham City. Abyss has come to idolize Batman and after being abandoned by Luthor he developed an obsession with killing Luthor for abandoning him. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! She is superb archer and a fierce swordswoman who also commands. He is a recurring nemesis of the superhero Batman, known for being augmented by a drug called Venom. Professor Pyg is a deranged gang leader who wears a pig mask and grafts synthetic doll faces onto his victims, whom he uses as henchmen called Dollotrons. Steve Niles (born June 21, 1965) is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre, Simon Dark, Mystery Society and Batman: Gotham County Line. The Key was the head of a major crime syndicate and used various agents around the world in his misdeeds. The Squid (Lawrence Loman, also known as Clement Carp) is a Chinese crimeboss in Gotham City. Freeze's wife, is resurrected by a Lazarus Pit by, Is a Japanese criminal that wears a skeleton outfit. The leader of his "Family", Dollmaker is a twisted doctor who specializes in organ transplantation. Years later, however, Batman learns that his former mentor is a master criminal. Amos Fortune became Ace, but later retired. Was originally a cowboy themed crime fighter running a long con. Joker's henchman who assisted Joker into stealing the golden golf clubs of the Maharajah of Nimpah. Tucker Long is completely obsessed with scavenging prizes and treasures from garbage. He has countered Batman in disguise as "The Swami." Abra Kadabra is the self-proclaimed Master of Magic from the 64th Century and an enemy of The Flash. He and Proteus were defeated in a deadly soccer match against Black Lightning and Metamorpho. Vicki is a reporter for the Gotham Gazette, whose job it is to report on the Batman. It was developed in collaboration with Gerard Way, an American musician and comic book writer, author of The Umbrella Academy.Its main focus is to relaunch characters and settings from the DC Universe in stories for mature readers, done with a more experimental approach than DC's primary line of superhero comics. As a means of revenge, Adalyn donned the mantle of the Scarecrow and devised a plan to turn all of Neo-Gotham against Terry McGinnis. One of the most infamous criminal organizations in Gotham City, headed by patriarch Carmine "The Roman" Falcone. Batman's Villains are among the most iconic in comics. Spider-Man's arch-nemesis is Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin. Her abilities including gliding and wrapping others with the cloth. A French supervillain. Bullets bounce off Silversmith thanks to a silver alloy woven into the fabric of his white suit. Excess, Freeway, Mr. Fun, Suicide King, Technician, and the Tracker as its members. They use their scientific gadgets to commit extraordinary crimes. Ray Man could create visual illusions out of a hole in his head. Lion-Mane was a human with feline features and heightened strength. Under the costumed alias of Catwoman, Selina Kyle, is a cat burglar with an on-again, off-again, romantic relationship with . Really a Martian criminal Quork, who steals a spaceship and comes to Earth to steal weapons with his incredible technology, as weapons are outlawed on Mars. To date, Earth One has spawned two sequels, and we're hopeful Johns and Frank have at least one more volume planned that will focus on a certain Clown Prince of Crime. He was discharged from the police academy for being too gung-ho, and dismissed from several security jobs (the animated version had worked at, The Mad Hatter (Jervis Tetch) was inspired by the lunacy of, Dr. Kirk Langstrom invented a serum to give him, Maxie Zeus (Maximillian Zeus) was a former history teacher until he became an insane mob-boss with an obsession for. Killer Moth originally wore a garish costume of . send you an email once approved. Joker's henchman assisted Joker into stealing people's signatures so that Joker can commit greater crimes. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll The Mud Pack was made Notable members of its vast membership included Hook, Merlyn, Professor Ojo, Dr. It has also been implied that the idea for the Scarecrow's "fear-gas" came from Professor Hugo Strange. Alfred raised Bruce (and later Dick Grayson) after the death of the Waynes. I've tried to focus on the characters that are villains rather than just criminals but I've yet to come up with a perfect formula to explain why I exclude someone like Mr. X or Carmine "the Roman" Falcon but include Dr. Death or Hugo Strange. He first appears in. Danny the Dummy, a pint-sized ventriloquist in a top hat and suit, has a hit act in which he plays the dummy to a normal sized "ventriloquist," Matt, who is revealed as the real dummy at the end of each show. The Stranger mets the lawmen, but kidnaps Robin, but is tracked down by a bug the, Sylvan Scofield is the daughter of an inventor of a micro-thin fabric that can be manipulated into shooting out from around the wearer. His criminal enterprise built upon the hope that he would eventually meet Robin again and kill him. He is killed by fellow Arkham inmate Doodlebug. One of the most notorious crime syndicates in the world. Over the years, he has reformed at various times, with his face being surgically repaired, only to later adopt the alias of Two-Face again. Comic Vine users. Prior to being infected with the Joker's blood, King was Gotham boxing champion. Mobsters and generic criminals generally don't make it into the list and neither do one shot aliens or monsters that don't seem to have any significant impact. Swami Ygar is a villain in a metal-clad outfit that is lined with metal discs. Intelligent, rich and sophisticated; Oswald Cobblepot puts up a gentlemanly front, but behind closed doors he is the angered, power hungry criminal known as The Penguin. Catwoman is a fictional character originating from DC Comics. Where Were You On The Night Batman Was Killed? He seems to drown in his first appearance, but returns in recent times and is revealed to have joined a subgroup of the villainous, Offalian immigrant Remington Percival Cord escapes an environment of fear and violence of his home country to America but finds the same brutality he escaped. Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot.Batman. His origin, name, and true motivations remain a mystery. Published Aug 14, 2018. Batman (Dick Grayson) first learns about Professor Pyg when he captures his minion Mister Toad. He appears as an enemy of. A henchmen of Maxie Zeus who believes that he is Julius Caesar. Some characters originally conceived as heroes have come into conflict with Batman. She has recently become Batgirl once again to protect Gotham City. Batman Villains appears in 629 issues. An ex-painter who leads a double life as a master thief, he is, Matthew Thorne, the go-to surgeon for all criminals and a criminal mastermind in his own right, but he would stop his crimes to minister to the sick or injured. He leaves behind clues at the scene of his crimes in similar fashion to the Riddler. The Bouncer fights Batman twice, once alone and once as a minion of the Monarch of Menace. Warning! Villain First appearance Description Abattoir: Detective Comics #625 (January 1991): Arnold Etchison is a serial killer who killed his family members. With all three destroyed, he later turned to more straightforward crime. The Monk turned out to be a vampire, who has hypnotic powers and the ability to turn into a wolf, and was killed after being shot with a silver bullet along with his vampiric assistant Dala. Anarky is also an adept martial artist, brilliant inventor, gifted strategist, and tireless crusader against authoritarianism. Query's real name is Diedre Vance, and she is a common henchwoman of The Riddler. Was later killed by the Joker. Under the costumed alias of Catwoman, Selina Kyle, is a cat burglar with an on-again, off-again, romantic relationship with Batman. He now possesses super-strength and can change his claylike body into any form. But Callender does not want them killed and uses a paralysing ray on the two. Chill robbed the Waynes and then shot Thomas and Martha, leaving Bruce orphaned, inciting his journey into becoming the vigilante Batman. He fights Batman to a standstill and nearly kills. Decades later, costume themed gangs became common place in Batman stories but the Three Devils stood out by appearing a generation earlier. 10 Ten-Eyed Man: 1970. Circus-themed group of criminals led by Professor Pyg. Created by none other than Bob Kane, Batman inventor extraordinaire, Dr. Crane is a psychiatrist who uses a variety of fear-enhancing drugs, toxins, and psychological warfare tactics to exploit the fears and phobias of people, including Bruce Wayne. His hair turns white because of this experience, and he makes a vow to annihilate the forces of justice in revenge for the death of his parents. For a 20 percent cut, the Eraser will "erase" the evidence of another crime. Hammond Carter is obsessed with maps and "plots, Mobster George "Boss" Dyke is executed in the gas chamber, but has his brain transplanted into the body of a huge gorilla. He is credited among other contemporary writers as bringing horror comics back to . A crime lord that is dressed like a cobra. The occasional modern writer has tried to give them a serious story, but it never works out. Callender places the Dynamic Duo in a pit at the waterfront, not realising the tide will soon come into the hole, which Batman cannot tell him due to his gag. To learn the ways of being a criminal, he decided to join an alliance with the Penguin. Her Adopted half-brother and lover is the. He gives detailed plans for. He possesses a genius-level intellect, and is particularly skilled at computer hacking. Formerly normal people that have been twisted genetically into rampaging monstrous giants at the hands of Dr. Hugo Strange. Batman and Robin defeated the gang and prevented Lekkey from assassinating the royal couple. He is also the boss of "Matches" Malone, the criminal whose identity was taken over by Batman. He also encounters the. He is a hired killer who wears a mask over his face, a long purplish smock with ruffled sleeves, and an oversized top hat. The Getaway Genius (Roy Reynolds) is a criminal and getaway mastermind who encounters Batman several times in stories from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. It covers Batman's enemies from 1939-1956. The queen is the center a colony of xenomorphs. He was lobotomized by the mob and was recruited by them. Alexander Sartorius is a mad criminal with radioactive powers. Many of the greatest martial artists and mercenaries in the DCU have been members of the League of Assassins at some point. Although traditionally considered a villain, she has been portrayed more as an "anti-hero" in later publications. He often wears costumes to correlate with the date of the designated crime. Diamond Jack Duggan is a member of Joker's gang when it came to operating a smuggling operation on board a gambling ship. He wields a powerful hammer and can hurl high-temperature fireballs. He killed them, and believed he had absorbed some of their life force at their demise. The group of sewn together "created" by Dollmaker. Falling in love with her patient, she conspired to break him out of prison and eventually became his lover and loyal sidekick, Harley Quinn. Frederick Rhino is a former bouncer at the Ventriloquist Club who is a henchmen of the Ventriloquist. Professor Hugo Strange is an insane psychologist who uses his mastery of chemistry to create a serum that turns his victims into mindless brutes who obey his every command. DC Comics has revealed Failsafe, a new Batman villain who is seemingly rising to stop the Dark Knight after he was framed for murder. A crime family led by Athena that includes Bugg, Dr. However, after using a power, the section of the Beast's body used becomes white, and it must leach color to regain its power. Born with a disorder that stopped her from growing into an adult, Mary Dahl eventually became deranged. Cryonic Man would be part of the "Cold Warriors" in Justice League Adventures #12 (December 2002). A former British secret agent, Alfred is a skilled surgeon who often treats members of the Bat-Family. He is responsible for breaking Batman's nose in a fight. He is killed by Jean Paul Valley (Azrael) during his tenure as Batman.He appears in four issues: Detective Comics #625 (January 1991), Batman #505 (March 1994), Batman: Shadow of the Bat #27 (May 1994), and Batman #508 (June 1994). In this version, the Cavalier is a swashbuckling hero who becomes a media darling. In alphabetical order (with issue and date of debut appearance). So I've decided to break them up by the ages. After each painting was finished, Wylie would desecrate each image in a specific way that depicts a murder. In addition to being one of Batman's earliest foes, preceding even the Joker and Catwoman, he is also one of the first & few to successfully deduce that Batman and Bruce Wayne are one and the same. The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) is a devious crime-boss who is seldom seen without one of his trick-umbrellas, and performs crimes based on birds. Morgan Ducard, son of Henri Ducard, the detective who once trained Bruce. This wasn't even the 1st giant gorilla Batman fought. His failure cost him his life. He appears to be masochist and claims he could teach to feel no pain. The Monk's hood has been in a glass display case in the, The Mortician was trying some reanimation techniques to raise his dead parents, but when one of his, An assassin named Nicodemus (not to be confused with Thomas Hart who is also known as Nicodemus) takes up the mantle and costume of the original NKVDemon, and is hired to kill, The third NKVDemon initially works for Ulysses ", Real name unknown, he uses dream-inducing gasses to rob his victims of their sense of reality. Anarky is great, because he appears in some wonderful comic books. Although usually at each other's throats, the inmates will occasionally band together to take on their greatest foe - Batman. The Monarch of Menace is on the very short list of villains who've actually gotten the best of Batman. "And so we wait, patiently. Rather than be tried for his crimes, Wylie shot himself to death. Going insane, Professor Radium finds himself battling Batman and Robin. Adopting the alias of the film's villain, "Clayface," his role, he attacked several of the remake's cast and crew at the points in filming when they were supposed to die before being stopped by Batman and Robin. Besides his infamous rogues gallery of supervillains, Batman has also faced more "ordinary" enemies, such as assassins, mobsters, and terrorists. where he was treated with a compound similar to that of Clayface, warping his mind and body. Originally, Owlman is an unnamed superintelligent supervillain who was created as an evil counterpart to Batman and is a member of the criminal organization known as the Crime Syndicate of America who originated and operated on the reverse Earth-Three. Many have tried, and a number have actually succeeded in discovering his secret identity. Hi. Ogre tracks and murders the scientists who had collaborated with the experiment, only to be tracked by Batman himself. In The Animated Series and later in the comics it was revealed this was due to him trying to help his wife, who was frozen due to a terminal illness. Creegan later returns as the Cyclotronic Man fighting. Detective Arnold Flass was a corrupt detective working for the Gotham City Police Department. Conjoined russian twins who once separated, became henchmen for opposite villains in Arkham City. Carmine The Roman Falcone was the head of organized crime in Gotham City during the early years of Bruce Waynes return to Gotham. 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