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List of Batman family enemies
The Batman family enemies are a collection of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. These characters are depicted as adversaries of the superhero Batman and his allies.
Since Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939), his supporting cast has expanded to include other superheroes, and has become what is now called the "Bat-family". As with most superheroes, a cast of recurring enemies to the Batman family have been introduced throughout the years, collectively referred to as Batman's "rogues gallery".[1][2][3][4] Many characters from Batman's rogues gallery who are criminally insane become patients at Arkham Asylum after they are apprehended.
The Batman family's rogues gallery has been well received, and is often considered to be one of the greatest superhero rogues galleries of all comic books.
Supervillains and themed criminals Edit
The following fictional characters are listed in alphabetical order by the name of their supervillain persona. Each character's first appearance and brief biographies of each fictional character are also listed, pertaining to their fictional histories and characteristics in the DC Universe. Sometimes more than one fictional character will share a supervillain persona. In those cases, the name of the character most associated with said supervillain identity will have their name in bold in their biography.
Classic rogues gallery Edit
Listed below are the Batman family's most enduring and iconic enemies.
| Villain | Creator(s) | First appearance | Fictional biography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bane[5] | Chuck Dixon[6][7] Doug Moench[7] Graham Nolan[6][7] | Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993)[8][9] | The international masked criminal known as Bane has immense strength derived from a super-steroid called Venom. Bane's raw power, coupled with his genius level intellect, makes him a considerable threat to Batman, having once succeeded in breaking Batman's back.[10] |
| Black Mask[11] | Doug Moench[12] Tom Mandrake[12] | Batman #386 (August 1985) | Roman Sionis[13] is a corrupt businessman and crime lord who has a fixation with masks. He wears a black skull-like mask that gives him limited mind control abilities.[14] |
| Catwoman[15][16] | Bob Kane[17] Bill Finger[17] | Batman #1 (Spring 1940) | Selina Kyle is an accomplished jewel thief. Although traditionally considered a villain, she is often portrayed as an antihero and is occasionally romantically involved with Batman. |
| Clayface[18] | Bill Finger Bob Kane[19] | Detective Comics #40 (June 1940) | Actor Basil Karlo[20][21][22] went mad when he learned that there would be a remake of one of his films with another actor in the lead role. Adopting the alias of the film's villain, "Clayface", 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.[23] Later, he gained shapeshifting powers and became the Ultimate Clayface.[24] |
| Deadshot[25] | Bob Kane[26] David Vern Reed[26] Lew Schwartz[26] | Batman #59 (June 1950) | Floyd Lawton is an excellent sniper assassin who, when wielding a gun or projectile, never misses a shot. |
| Firefly | France Herron Dick Sprang | Detective Comics #184 (June 1952) | Garfield Lynns is an orphan who became a pyromaniac, having developed a fireproof suit with a flamethrower to further pursue his "hobby". He invents numerous weapons that involve light to commit crimes with. |
| Harley Quinn[16][27][28] | Paul Dini Bruce Timm | Batman: The Animated Series episode "Joker's Favor" (September 1992) | Dr. Harleen Quinzel was the Joker's psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum until she fell in love with him and subsequently reinvented herself as his madcap sidekick, Harley Quinn. She is often mistreated by the Joker, but that rarely changes how she feels about him. |
| Hugo Strange[29] | Bob Kane[30] Bill Finger[30] | Detective Comics #36 (February 1940) | Hugo Strange is an insane psychologist who uses his mastery of chemistry to create a serum that turns his victims into mindless monsters who obey his every command. He has succeeded in deducing that Batman is Bruce Wayne.[31] |
| Hush[32] | Jeph Loeb[33] Jim Lee[33] | Batman #609 (January 2003) | Dr. Thomas Elliot is a brilliant surgeon who targets both Bruce Wayne, his childhood friend, and Batman. |
| Joker[Note 1][15][16][34] | Bob Kane[35] Bill Finger[35] Jerry Robinson[35] | Batman #1 (spring 1940) | The Joker (real name unknown) is a homicidal maniac with a clown-like appearance, bent on creating havoc in Gotham City and fighting a never-ending battle against Batman. His arsenal of weapons includes razor-sharp edged playing cards, acid-squirting trick flowers, joy buzzers with a lethal electrical charge and a fatal toxin called Joker venom. He is Batman's archenemy, as well as the most famous and recurring Batman villain. |
| Killer Croc[32] | Gerry Conway[36][37] Don Newton[38] Gene Colan[39] | Batman #357 (March 1983)[40] | Waylon Jones has a medical condition that warped his body into a massive crocodile-like form. As Killer Croc descended into madness, he sharpened his teeth to razor points and began murdering innocent victims. He possesses super-strength and is immune to toxins. |
| Killer Moth[29] | Bill Finger Dick Sprang Lew Schwartz | Batman #63 (February 1951) | Drury Walker, a.k.a. Cameron Van Cleer, is a moth-themed criminal, known for being the first villain to have been defeated by Batgirl.[41] |
| Mad Hatter[32] | Bob Kane[42] Bill Finger[42] | Batman #49 (October 1948) | Jervis Tetch is inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to commit crimes. He uses his mind control technology to bend people to his will. |
| Man-Bat[43] | Frank Robbins[44] Neal Adams[44] | Detective Comics #400 (June 1970) | Dr. Kirk Langstrom invented a serum to give him echolocation in an attempt to cure his deafness. The serum had an unforeseen side effect, transforming him into the monstrous human-bat hybrid creature known as the Man-Bat. |
| Mr. Freeze (originally known as Mr. Zero)[45][46] | Bob Kane[47] Sheldon Moldoff[47] David Wood[47] | Batman #121 (February 1959) | Dr. Victor Fries is a scientist who accidentally spilled cryogenic chemicals on himself while inventing a freeze-gun. Now requiring subzero temperatures to survive, he uses freeze-inducing weaponry and must wear a fully contained, refrigerated ice-suit.[48] Fries was later reinvented as a tragic figure and occasional antihero, specifically a brilliant cryogenicist whose beloved wife Nora fell terminally ill. He obsessively searched for a way to cure her, until an industrial accident caused by a greedy business executive turned him into a mutant.[49] |
| Penguin[16][50] | Bob Kane[51][52][53] Bill Finger[52][53] | Detective Comics #58 (December 1941) | Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot is a devious, short-statured, penguin-themed crime boss who is seldom seen without at least one of his trick umbrellas. The Penguin uses his nightclub, the Iceberg Lounge, as a front for his criminal activities. He is one of Batman's few adversaries who is sane and in full control of his actions. Riddler is one of his partnerships. |
| Poison Ivy[15][54][16] | Robert Kanigher[55] Sheldon Moldoff[55] | Batman #181 (June 1966) | Pamela Lillian Isley, a former student of advanced botanical biochemistry, employs plants of all varieties and their derivatives in her crimes. She has the ability to control all plant life and can create new henchmen with her mutated seeds. She is immune to all plant-based poisons. |
| Ra's al Ghul[56][57] | Dennis O'Neil[58] Neal Adams[58] | Batman #232 (June 1971) | Ra's al Ghul ("the Demon's Head" in Arabic) is a centuries-old international radical environmentalist who believes that his actions help "bring balance" to the world. Ra's al Ghul is the founder of the League of Assassins and is fully aware of Batman's secret identity. Impressed by Batman's skills and intellect, he wants the Dark Knight to take his place as his heir. |
| Riddler[59][60] | Bill Finger Dick Sprang | Detective Comics #140 (October 1948) | Edward Nashton, a.k.a. Edward Nygma (or "E. Nygma"), is a criminal mastermind who has a compulsion to challenge Batman by leaving clues to his crimes in the form of riddles, puzzles, and word games. Nygma's intelligence rivals that of Batman. Nygma often carries a question mark-tipped cane around with him, as well as many other trick puzzle gimmicks. Penguin is one of his partnerships. |
| Scarecrow [61][62] | Bob Kane Bill Finger | World's Finest Comics #3 (September 1941) | Professor Jonathan Crane was an outcast in childhood due to constant bullying, until he grew up to face his fears as a psychologist and biochemist specializing in fear. Kicked out of a university for his unorthodox teaching methods, he now dresses symbolically as a scarecrow and employs a toxin that causes its victims to hallucinate into seeing what they fear the most. |
| Solomon Grundy[32] | Alfred Bester Paul Reinman | All-American Comics #61 (October 1944) | Cyrus Gold was a Gotham City merchant who was murdered and thrown into Slaughter Swamp, where he was transformed into an undead, incredibly strong, zombie-like creature. He was initially an enemy of Green Lantern, but has also had numerous encounters with Batman. |
| Two-Face[63][64] | Bob Kane[65] Bill Finger[66] | Detective Comics #66 (August 1942) | Harvey Dent was a Gotham City district attorney until half of his face was disfigured by acid after being assaulted by mob boss Sal Maroni. Having developed dissociative identity disorder, Dent is obsessed with the number two and the concept of duality and must make most of his decisions with the flip of his signature two-headed coin. As Two-Face, Dent commits crimes that are themed around the number two and the concept of duality. |
| Ventriloquist / Scarface[67] | Alan Grant[68] John Wagner[68] Norm Breyfogle[68] | Detective Comics #583 (February 1988) | Arnold Wesker is a small, mild-mannered ventriloquist with dissociative identity disorder. He projects a criminal personality through his gangster-themed dummy, Scarface. |
| Victor Zsasz | Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (June 1992) | Victor Zsasz, a.k.a. Mister Zsasz, is a serial killer whose modus operandi involves slitting the throats of his victims, then arranging the bodies in lifelike poses. He cuts a tally mark onto his own body for each of his victims. |
Other recurring enemies Edit
These are major Batman family enemies that have not quite reached the status of Batman's classic rogues gallery.
| Villain | Creator(s) | First appearance | Fictional biography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lonnie Machin / Anarky I[69][70] | Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle | Detective Comics #608 (November 1989)[71] | Lonnie Machin, sometimes called Moneyspider, is a teenage prodigy who creates improvised gadgets to subvert governments. His violent methods and political philosophy set him at odds with Batman and Robin.[72] |
| Anarky II | Chuck Dixon Michael Netzer | Detective Comics #654[Note 2] (December 1992)[73] | Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong, formerly known as the General, is a young, psychotic military genius who became the second Anarky after kidnapping Lonnie Machin. Unlike Machin, who had used the Anarky identity to cause social change, Armstrong's used the persona to cause psychotic and meaningless acts of chaos and destruction. This Anarky is primarily an enemy of Tim Drake.[72] |
| Anarky III | Van Jensen Robert Venditti | Green Lantern Corps (vol. 3) #25 (November 2013) | A new Anarky surfaced during Zero Year, appearing during a blackout in Gotham City. This Anarky is an African American teenager who was shown rallying a group of followers and evacuees to occupy a sports stadium, on the basis that the area the stadium was built upon was gentrified at the expense of the local community and should be returned to them. The true name and identity of this character remains a mystery, making him the only Anarky so far to remain anonymous.[74][75] |
| Anarky IV | Francis Manapul Brian Buccellato | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #37 (February 2015) | Sam Young is a corrupt politician who became the most recent Anarky to exact revenge on the Mad Hatter. Young's sister was the Mad Hatter's first murder victim, or his first "Alice", as the Mad Hatter affectionately calls his female victims.[76][77] |
| Black Mask II | Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1[Note 3] (June 1992) | Jeremiah Arkham[78] became the new Black Mask following the death of Roman Sionis. Arkham, the director of Arkham Asylum, began to develop multiple personality disorder, leading to him assuming the identity of Black Mask II. |
| Barbatos | Peter Milligan | Batman #452 (August 1990) | The mysterious Bat-Devil that haunted Gotham across time, fought Vandal Savage in the Stone Age and corrupted or possessed a man that would become Simon Hurt. Later revealed to be the Hyper-Adapter, a sentient weapon from Apokolips, unleashed by Darkseid to travel across time and torment Batman. |
| Scott Snyder Greg Capullo | Dark Days: The Casting #1 (September 2017) | An ancient God-Monster from the Dark Multiverse, worshipped by Hath-Set, the Bat Tribe, the Tribe of Judas, the Court of Owls, Simon Hurt, the Black Glove and the Dark Knights. He had first noticed Bruce Wayne when he slipped through time and now has finally arrived in the DC Universe. | |
| Brother Eye | Jack Kirby | OMAC #1 (October 1974) | An evil artificial intelligence created by Bruce Wayne and Michael Holt originally as a metahuman database and deterrent, now hellbent on conquering the world. |
| Calculator | Bob Rozakis Mike Grell | Detective Comics #463 (September 1976) | Noah Kuttler is a highly intelligent criminal who fights Batman and the Justice League wearing a costume designed like a pocket calculator. In spite of his powerful arsenal, the Calculator never makes it big as a costumed villain. Now relying solely on his intellect, he works as a successful information broker and source of information for supervillains planning heists. He sees the Oracle as his nemesis and opposite number. |
| Calendar Man | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #259 (September 1958)[79] | Julian Gregory Day is known for committing crimes that correspond with holidays and significant dates. He sometimes wears costumes to correlate with the date of the designated crime. His best-known latter day incarnation is in the miniseries Batman: The Long Halloween, where he is portrayed as a Hannibal Lecter-like figure,[80][81] offering insight in Batman's search for Holiday, a vigilante who uses holidays as his modus operandi. |
| Catman [82][83][84] | Bill Finger Jim Mooney | Detective Comics #311 (January 1963) | Thomas Blake was a world-famous trapper of jungle cats who turned to crime because he had grown bored with hunting and squandered most of his fortune. He became a burglar who committed his crimes in a cat-suit made out of an ancient African cloth he believes gives him a "cat's nine lives". |
| Clayface II | Bill Finger[85][86] Sheldon Moldoff[85][86] | Detective Comics #298 (December 1961) | Treasure-hunter Matthew "Matt" Hagen[20] is transformed into the monstrous Clayface II by a pool of radioactive protoplasm. He now possesses super-strength and can change his claylike body into any form. |
| Clayface III | Len Wein[87] Marshall Rogers[87] | Detective Comics #478 (July 1978) | Preston Payne[20] suffered from hyperpituitarism, so he worked at S.T.A.R. Labs to search for a cure. He obtained a sample of Matt Hagen's blood, isolating an enzyme which he introduced into his own bloodstream. However, his flesh began to melt, so he built an anti-melting exoskeleton to not only preserve himself, but to also prevent him from touching anyone, as he also gained the ability to melt people into protoplasm with a touch. This was until he learned that he needed to spread his melting contagion onto others to survive. He later met and fell in love with Lady Clay, and the two had a son named Cassius "Clay" Payne. |
| Clayface IV / Lady Clay | Mike W. Barr Jim Aparo | Outsiders #21 (July 1987) | Lady Clay (Sondra Fuller)[20] has superpowers similar to that of the second Clayface, Matt Hagen. She meets and falls in love with the third Clayface, Preston Payne, and gives birth to Cassius "Clay" Payne. |
| Clayface V / The Claything I | Doug Moench Kelley Jones | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #27 (January 1998) | Cassius "Clay" Payne,[20] otherwise known as the Claything, is the son of Preston Payne and Lady Clay who inherited the abilities of his parents. Payne was separated from his parents and was experimented on by the government. Unlike his parents, Payne can only keep his metahuman abilities while awake and, if a piece of his clay body is separated from him, it can grow a mind of its own. |
| Clock King II[88][89][90] | Sean McKeever Eddy Barrows | Teen Titans (vol. 3) #56[Note 4] (May 2008) | While the Clock King I (William Tockman) was an enemy of the Green Arrow, the Temple Fugate version of the character leads the Terror Titans, which antagonizes Robin and the Teen Titans.[91] |
| Cluemaster [92][93] | Gardner Fox Carmine Infantino | Detective Comics #351 (May 1966) | Arthur Brown was a game show host until he turned to a life of crime. He is the father of Stephanie Brown. |
| Copperhead I[94][95][96][97] | Bob Haney Bob Brown | The Brave and the Bold #78 (June 1968) | The original Copperhead, "John Doe" (real name unknown), was a criminal who committed numerous thefts in Gotham City wearing a snake costume before finally being apprehended by Batman and Batgirl. He eventually becomes a hired assassin and would sell his soul to the demon-lord Neron in exchange for more power, being transformed into a deadly human/snake hybrid. |
| Copperhead II | Sean McKeever Eddy Barrows | Teen Titans (vol. 3) #56 (April 2008) | A second Copperhead, Nathan Prince, was introduced as a member of the Terror Titans.[98] |
| Count Werner Vertigo[99][100] | Gerry Conway Trevor Von Eeden Vince Colletta | World's Finest Comics #251 (July 1978) | The victim of a hereditary inner ear defect that affected his balance, Werner Zytle had a small electronic device implanted in his right temple that compensated for this problem. Tinkering with the device, Zytle learned he was able to distort other people's perceptions, causing vertigo. Donning a costume and taking the name "Count Vertigo", he embarked on a life of crime. Despite primarily being an enemy of Green Arrow and Black Canary, he has been known to come into conflict with Batman. |
| Simon Hurt | Sheldon Moldoff Charles Paris | Batman #156 (June 1963) | A Wayne from the second generation of the family who lived in the 18th century and worshipped the Bat-Devil Barbatos, but instead confronted the Hyper-Adapter. Corrupted or possessed by the Hyper-Adapter's energies, Wayne became extremely long-lived; renamed as Doctor Simon Hurt, he became the leader of a secret cult known as the Black Glove and the Club of Villains. He also set out to kill his descendant, Bruce Wayne. |
| Deathstroke | Marv Wolfman George Pérez | The New Teen Titans #2 (December 1980) | Slade Wilson was a former soldier of the United States military, who was assigned to be part of a medical experiment for physical and mental upcoming super soldier. Rather than use his martial arts, strength, and agility for good, Slade became a deadly mercenary, losing his right eye in the process; then he put on the orange and black-sided mask adopting the name, Deathstroke: The Terminator. He had to go up against, Robin and the other superheroes; but he has many conflicts with Batman. |
| Electrocutioner[101][102][103] | Marv Wolfman Michael Fleisher Irv Novick | Batman #331 (January 1981) | The original Electrocutioner is a vigilante (last name Buchinsky, first name unknown) who murders criminals with electricity. He is eventually killed by Adrian Chase.[104] |
| Marv Wolfman Jim Aparo | Detective Comics #626 (February 1991) | The second Electrocutioner's identity remains unknown. He is a vigilante like his predecessor. | |
| Chuck Dixon Tom Lyle Scott Hanna | Detective Comics #644 (May 1992) | Lester Buchinsky is the brother of the original Electrocutioner. He started off as a vigilante like his brother, but soon became a mercenary. | |
| Great White Shark [105][106][107] | Dan Slott Ryan Sook | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (July 2003) | Former crooked investor Warren White thought he scored a legal victory when he won the insanity plea in court. However, White learned that he had made a mistake as he found himself among Batman's most dangerous enemies within Arkham Asylum. After much torture and abuse, a disfigured Warren White was driven insane. Now one of Batman's enemies himself, Warren White serves as a benefactor for other villains.[108] |
| Duela Dent [109][110][111] | Bob Rozakis | Batman Family #6 (August 1976) | Duela Dent is a psychotic young woman who has an obsession with the Joker. To try and impress the Joker, she began a series of crimes before deciding to track down the Dollmaker, who is a mad surgeon and one of the Joker's allies. When Duela found Dollmaker, she convinced him to inject her veins with the Joker's blood, which he had been keeping in jars. She then proclaimed herself to be the Joker's "daughter", continuing her career as a supervillain.[112][113][114][115] |
| KGBeast [116][117][118][119][120] | Jim Starlin Jim Aparo | Batman #417 (March 1988) | Anatoli Knyazev is an ex-KGB assassin. He is among the villains who are executed by the second Tally Man.[121] |
| King Scimitar | Dennis McNicholas | Batman: The Audio Adventures Special #1 (December 2021) | King Scimitar is a Gotham City arms dealer focusing on exotic swords. He made himself an enemy of the League of Assassins.[122] |
| Kite Man | Bill Finger Dick Sprang | Batman #133 (August 1960) | Charles "Chuck" Brown commits crimes by arming himself with kite-based weapons and hang-gliding on a large kite. He is among the villains who was killed by Bruno Mannheim.[123] |
| Maximillian "Maxie" Zeus [124][125][126] | Dennis O'Neil Don Newton | Detective Comics #483 (May 1979) | Maximillian Zeus is a former history teacher who loses his mind and believes himself to be the Greek god Zeus, committing crimes modeled after Greek mythology. Completely delusional, yet quite dangerous, he usually uses electricity-based weaponry to emulate the lightning bolts of Zeus, and at one point formed the New Olympians consisting of characters based on Greek mythological characters. Though briefly cured of his delusional state, he reverted to his Maxie Zeus persona when the Joker murdered his nephew. |
| Onomatopoeia | Kevin Smith Phil Hester | Green Arrow #12 (March 2002) | Onomatopoeia is a serial killer who targets non-powered vigilante superheroes. He earned his name because he imitates noises around him, such as dripping taps, gunshots, etc. No personal characteristics are known about Onomatopoeia, including his real name or facial features. Onomatopoeia is a superb athlete, martial artist, and weapons expert. He carries two semi-automatic handguns, a sniper rifle, and an army knife. |
| Owlman [127][128][129] | Gardner Fox Mike Sekowsky | Justice League of America #29 (August 1964) | Thomas Wayne Jr. is an exceptionally intelligent supervillain who is the Earth-Three counterpart of Bruce Wayne. He is a member of the criminal organization known as the Crime Syndicate of America, the Earth-Three equivalent of the Justice League. His Prime Earth counterpart is one of the leaders of the Court of Owls, under the name of Lincoln March. |
| Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash | John Broome Carmine Infantino | The Flash #139 (September 1963) | Eobard Thawne is a speedster from the 25th century who went insane on discovering he would become a villain. He is behind Flashpoint, where he was killed by Thomas Wayne, but brought back to life, later developing a new grudge over his killer and his family (i.e., Bruce Wayne). He opposed Batman in The Button, where he was decimated by an unknown being. Eventually, he was brought back to life even after this death. |
| Prometheus II[130][131][132] | Grant Morrison Arnie Jorgensen | New Year's Evil: Prometheus #1 (February 1998) | While the original Prometheus, Curtis Calhoun, was an enemy of the Blue Beetle, the most notable villain to use the name is a twisted mirror image of Batman, real name unknown. As a child, he watched in horror as police slaughtered his parents in a Bonnie and Clyde-style shoot-out. He swore revenge upon "justice" as a result of this incident. |
| Rag Doll I[133][134] | Gardner Fox Lou Ferstadt | Flash Comics #36 (December 1942) | Peter Merkel is a master contortionist and hypnotist who has fought Batman on many occasions. Since The New 52, he has been an inmate at Arkham Asylum. |
| Rag Doll II | Gail Simone Dale Eaglesham | Villains United #1 (July 2005) | Peter Merkel Jr. is the son of the original Rag Doll, who was born with normal limbs, but underwent painful major surgery to become a contortionist supervillain like his father.[135] |
| Ratcatcher [136][137] | Alan Grant John Wagner Norm Breyfogle | Detective Comics #585 (April 1988) | Otis Flannegan is a one-time ratcatcher who turns to a life of crime. He has the ability to communicate with and train rats, and uses them to plague Gotham City. Shortly after the Infinite Crisis began, the Ratcatcher was killed by an OMAC agent in hiding, who identified the Ratcatcher as a gamma level threat and vaporized him.[138] |
| Enigma / The Riddler's Daughter [60][139] | Geoff Johns Tony Daniel Carlos Ferreira Art Thibert | Teen Titans (vol. 3) #38 (September 2006) | "Enigma" is the heroic and criminal partner of Duela Dent, the Joker's Daughter. |
| The Batman Who Laughs [140][141][142] | Scott Snyder Greg Capullo | Dark Days: The Casting #1 (September 2017) | A version of Bruce Wayne from Earth-22 who was driven insane by Joker venom and murdered the Joker and the rest of the Batman family. Currently serves as the leader of the Dark Knights and a lieutenant to Barbatos. |
| Tweedledum and Tweedledee [143][144][145] | Don Cameron Jerry Robinson Bob Kane | Detective Comics #74 (April 1943) | Dumphrey and Deever Tweed are cousins whose similar looks often have them mistaken for identical twins. The pair wear costumes modeled on their namesakes from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass when committing their crimes and are members of the Mad Hatter's Wonderland Gang. |
| Vandal Savage | Alfred Bester Martin Nodell | Green Lantern #10 (winter 1943) | A Cro-Magnon warrior that was exposed to a meteorite that gave him immortality and who has influenced history, having been a Pharaoh in Egypt and a participant in the murder of Julius Caesar. Savage is the enemy of the Justice League, the Justice Society, the Immortal Man, the Resurrection Man, Hawkman, Alan Scott, Jay Garrick, Pandora, Superman and Batman, with occasional special interest in the Wayne family. |
| Ventriloquist II / Scarface | Paul Dini Don Kramer | Detective Comics #827 (March 2007) | Peyton Riley, called "Sugar" by Scarface, became the second Ventriloquist after the death of Arnold Wesker. |
| White Rabbit | David Finch Paul Jenkins | Batman: The Dark Knight #1 (September, 2011) | The daughter of Tom Hudson, Jaina Hudson dated Bruce Wayne after she moved from India to Gotham City. Until, during the breakout at Arkham Asylum, Jaina adopted her supervillain persona, White Rabbit, and gave both Batman and Gotham City Police Department a run for their money. |
The League of Assassins Edit
First appearing in Strange Adventures #215,[146] the League of Assassins is a team of highly trained killers that was founded by Ra's al Ghul and has often swayed from working under his organization to working independently of it. The group has been led at times by Dr. Ebeneezer Darrk, the Sensei, Lady Shiva, and Cassandra Cain.[Note 5][Note 6]
| Villain | Creator(s) | First appearance | Fictional biography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha | Kelley Puckett Damion Scott | Batgirl (vol. 2) #35 (November 2003) | Michael Sommers is a dangerous assassin and a terrorist-for-hire. Sommers joined the League of Assassins under Lady Shiva. |
| Anya Volkova | James Tynion IV Scott Snyder Guillem March | Talon #3 (February 2013) | Anya Volkova is a former member of the League of Assassins who has allied herself with Casey Washington in a fight against organizations like the League and the Court of Owls. |
| Shrike | Chuck Dixon Scott McDaniel | Nightwing Secret Files and Origins #1 (October 1999) | Boone harbors a long-standing enmity for Dick Grayson dating back to their youth, when the two shared a friendship that was in many ways doomed from its inception. The boy who would become known as the predatory villain known as the Shrike traveled alone throughout the Pacific Rim, gleaning an array of martial arts skills both from a variety of unsavory teachers, including several former operatives of the insidious League of Assassins. |
| Bronze Tiger[147] | Dennis O'Neil Jim Berry Leo Duranona | Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #1 (April–May 1975) | Ben Turner comes from an upper middle class black neighborhood in Central City. When he was only 10 years old, he saw a burglar attacking his parents, and he proceeded to kill the man with a kitchen knife. In an effort to control the rage inside him, Turner turns to the martial arts and, eventually, crime. He trained with the same martial arts masters as Batman and the Green Arrow. |
| Cheshire[147] | Marv Wolfman George Pérez | New Teen Titans Annual #2 (August 1983) | Real name Jade Nugyen, Batman battled Cheshire when she teamed up with the KGBeast, bringing her into conflict with the Dark Knight and Arsenal. Batman battled her in Zurich, but the fight ended when Batman had Nightwing rescue Lian, after which she gave up peacefully, allowing Batman to arrest her. |
| Malcolm Merlyn the Dark Archer [148][149][150] | Mike Friedrich Neal Adams Dick Dillin | Justice League of America #94 (November 1971) | Malcolm Merlyn the Dark Archer (Arthur King) is a highly skilled archer and mercenary. Although primarily an enemy of the Green Arrow, Merlyn has had several encounters with the Batman family as a member of the League of Assassins. |
| David Cain[151][152][153] | Kelley Puckett Damion Scott | Batman #567 (July 1999) | David Cain is the father of Cassandra Cain and an enemy to both her and Batman. David Cain helped train Bruce Wayne in the field of the martial arts. |
| December Graystone | James Tynion IV Julius Gopez | Red Hood and the Outlaws #21 (August 2013) | December Graystone is a League of Assassins operative that can perform blood magic, where he cuts himself to access various powers through spilled blood, such as telekinesis and teleportation. |
| Detonator | Peter Milligan Freddie E. Williams II | Batman #670 (December 2007) | The Detonator is a member of the Seven Men of Death, aside from the League of Assassins. |
| Doctor Ebenezer Darrk [154][155][156] | Dennis O'Neil Neal Adams | Detective Comics #405 (November 1970) | Ebenezar Darrk is the first known individual assigned to head the League of Assassins by Ra's al Ghul. Although many of the League's leaders over the years have been accomplished martial artists, Darrk himself did not depend on physical prowess and, as an assassin, he instead relied upon careful planning and manipulation, ambushes and death traps, as well as a variety of cleverly concealed weapons and poisons. After earning Ra's' enmity (for unknown reasons), Darrk died during a plot to kidnap his daughter Talia al Ghul (then using the name Talia Head). |
| Doctor Moon | Denny O'Neil Irv Novick | Batman #240 (March 1972) | Dr. Moon is a highly immoral scientist and neurosurgeon. His areas of expertise are body modifications, psychological conditioning, and torture. He is known for hiring his services out to many different supervillains.[157] |
| Doctor Tzin-Tzin | John Broome Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #354 (August 1966) | Dr. Tzin-Tzin is a Dr. Fu Manchu-inspired Asian-looking (but actually American) crime lord who battles Batman several times and once encounters Jonny Double and Supergirl. Tzin-Tzin is seemingly killed on an airship during a battle with the Peacemaker. |
| Dragonfly | Robert Kanigher Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #181 (June 1966) | The Dragonfly, alongside the Silken Spider and the Tiger Moth, attacked Wayne Manor.[158] |
| White Ghost | Peter Milligan David Lopez | Batman Annual #26 (October 2007) | Dusan al Ghul is the son of Ra's al Ghul, the grandson of the Sensei, the maternal uncle of Damian Wayne, and the brother of Talia al Ghul, who was rejected by his father because Dusan was born an albino. He tried everything to earn his father's respect, but eventually gave up and left. Dusan returns later as the White Ghost to use his nephew's Damian Wayne body for his father to use as a vessel. |
| Expediter | Christopher Yost Frazer Irving | Azrael: Death's Dark Knight #3 (July 2009) | Fadir Nasser (also going under the alias the "White Ghost") is the top secret agent of the League of Assassins and a loyal servant of Ra's al Ghul. He frequently clashed with Azrael II (Michael Washington Lane), Batman and Robin and, on one occasion, the Gotham City Sirens. |
| Grind | Mike W. Barr Trevor von Eeden | Batman Annual #8 (January 1982) | Grind used to be Ra's al Ghul's bodyguard, until he was replaced by Ubu. He possessed the same temperament as his predecessor. Grind was seemingly killed in the subsequent explosion of Ra's' mountain fortress. |
| Hook | Jack Miller Neal Adams | Strange Adventures #210 (March 1968) | The Hook is a retired gangster mostly known for having shot and killed Boston Brand, turning Brand into Deadman. |
| Kirigi | James Owsley Jim Aparo | Batman #431 (March 1989) | Kirigi is a top martial artist and a League of Assassins trainer. Kirigi taught Bruce Wayne and various members of the League of Assassins the art of ninjitsu. |
| Kitty Kumbata | Chuck Dixon Scott McDaniel | Richard Dragon #1 (July 2004) | Kitty Kumbata is a talented but mentally unstable martial artist. She has been a member of the League of Assassins and Lady Shiva's Circle of Six. |
| Kyle Abbot | Greg Rucka Shawn Martinbrough | Detective Comics #743 (April 2000) | Formerly an agent of Ra's al Ghul and Intergang, Kyle Abbot is the bodyguard of Whisper A'Daire, empowered by his mistress with the same serum that gave her immortality and shapeshifting abilities. In Kyle's case, the serum gave him the ability to turn into a wolf or a werewolf-like creature, making him the second-in-command of a small army of similarly empowered henchmen. |
| Lady Shiva[147][151][159][160][161] | Dennis O'Neil Ric Estrada | Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #5 (December 1975) | Lady Shiva is a deadly martial artist and the mother of Cassandra Cain.[162] |
| Maduvu | Grant Morrison Tony S. Daniel | Batman #671 (January 2008) | Maduvu is a member of the Seven Men of Death. |
| Mad Dog III[163] | Andersen Gabrych Ale Garza | Batgirl (vol. 2) #67 (October 2005) | The Mad Dog III is the son of David Cain, who had begun thinking about what he would leave behind when he died. He wished for a "perfect child" — specifically a "perfect artisan of his craft". This led to the birth of the Mad Dog III. |
| Malaq | Greg Rucka Shawn Martinbrough | Detective Comics #750 (November 2000) | Malaq is a member and henchman of the League of Assassins. |
| Nyssa Raatko[164] | Greg Rucka Klaus Janson | Detective Comics #783 (August 2003) | Nyssa Raatko is a daughter of Ra's Al Ghul. |
| Onyx | Joey Cavalieri Jerome Moore | Detective Comics #546 (January 1985) | Highly trained in the martial arts, Onyx first aligned herself with the League of Assassins before reforming and becoming a vigilante. She resides in Gotham City and is considered an ally of the Batman. She is a member of the Outsiders and the leader of the Fist Clan. |
| Owens | Christopher Yost Ramon Bachs | Red Robin #1 (August 2009) | Owens is a sniper that was partnered up with Pru and Z to assassinate the Red Robin. Owens was killed by the Widower of the Council of Spiders. |
| Professor Ojo | Denny O'Neil Ric Estrada | Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #16 (August 1977) | Ojo is a brilliant criminal scientist with a vendetta against atomic energy. |
| Prudence Wood | Christopher Yost Ramon Bachs | Red Robin #1 (August 2009) | Pru is an assassin who worked for the Demon's Head, but later defected to work with Tim Drake. |
| Razorburn | Grant Morrison Tony S. Daniel | Batman #671 (January 2008) | Razorburn was a member of the Seven Men of Death. As part of this team, he was summoned to Gotham City by Talia al Ghul to retrieve the Suit of Sorrows from the Order of Purity. |
| Rictus | James Tynion IV Julius Gopez | Red Hood and the Outlaws #21 (August 2013) | Rictus is a criminal that replaced his body parts with cybernetics. |
| Sensei[165][166] | Neal Adams | Strange Adventures #215 (November–December 1968) | The Sensei is a top martial artist, the immortal father of Ra's al Ghul, the immortal paternal grandfather of Dusan al Ghul and Talia al Ghul, and the immortal maternal great-grandfather of Damian Wayne. |
| Silver Monkey | Chuck Dixon Steve Lieber | Detective Comics #685 (May 1995) | The Silver Monkey is a martial artist who was trained by the Cult of the Monkey Fist. As an assassin and mercenary, he has become an enemy of Batman and the Green Arrow. He was eventually gunned down and killed by the Ventriloquist. |
| Silken Spider | Robert Kanigher Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #181 (June 1966) | The Silken Spider is a member of the League of Assassins. |
| Shellcase | Grant Morrison Tony S. Daniel | Batman #670 (December 2007) | Shellcase was a member of the Seven Men of Death. As part of this team, Shellcase was summoned to Gotham City to retrieve the Suit of Sorrows from the Order of Purity. |
| Talia al Ghul [164][167][168][169] | Dennis O'Neil Bob Brown Dick Giordano | Detective Comics #411 (May 1971) | Talia al Ghul is a daughter of Ra's al Ghul, the granddaughter of the Sensei, the sister of Dusan al Ghul, the mother of Damian Wayne and a high-ranking member of both the League of Assassins and Leviathan. She has been known to have several on again-off again romantic relationships with Batman. |
| Targa | Judd Winick | Green Arrow and Black Canary #9 (August 2008) | Targa is a telekinetic who is the leader of the League of Assassins' metahuman faction. He thinks that he is leading a subgroup of the League of Assassins. They took orders from whom they thought was Ra's al Ghul to kidnap Connor Hawke. |
| Tiger Moth | Robert Kanigher Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #181 (June 1966) | The Tiger Moth's costume disorients opponents, making them incapable of hitting her. |
| Tigris | Andersen Gabrych Alé Garza | Batgirl (vol. 2) #68 (November 2005) | Tigris (not to be confused with the Tigress) is a member of the League of Assassins under Nyssa Raatko's leadership and a devout disciple of Cassandra Cain. She is recognized by her niqab. |
| Ubu[170][171][172] | Dennis O'Neil Neal Adams | Batman #232 (June 1971) | Ubu a long line in the service of serving as Ra's al Ghul's current bodyguard. |
| Vial | Christopher Yost Ramon Bachs | Red Robin #3 (October 2009) | Vial is a member of the League of Assassins killed by Funnel, a member of their rival organization the Council of Spiders. |
| Whisper A'Daire | Greg Rucka Shawn Martinbrough | Detective Comics #743 (April 2000) | Whisper A'Daire is a former agent of Ra's al Ghul/partner of Kyle Abbot. While in his service, Ra's gifted her a serum that granted her immortality and the ability to shapeshift. |
Morrison-era enemies (2007–2011) Edit
These are enemies that were introduced under writer Grant Morrison.
| Villain | Creator(s) | First appearance | Fictional biography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayface of Japan | Grant Morrison Chris Burnham | Batman Incorporated #6 (June 2011) | The Clayface of Japan[173] is a samurai with abilities similar to the previous Clayfaces.[174] |
| Flamingo [116][175][176] | Grant Morrison Frank Quitely | Batman #666 (July 2007) | Nicknamed "the eater of faces" for his cannibalistic tendencies, Eduardo Flamingo is a psychotic hitman who works for the Mob. |
| Jackanapes[116] | Grant Morrison Andy Kubert | The Jackanapes is a gorilla in a clown costume that wields a machete and a sub-machine gun. | |
| Max Roboto[177][178] | Max Roberto is a cyborg with a partially cybernetic face who operates in a futuristic timeline in which Damian Wayne is Batman.[179][180] | ||
| Phosphorus Rex[181][182] | Phosphorus Rex is a member of the Circus of Strange whose body is constantly on fire. His metahuman abilities make him immune to the harmful effects of fire.[183] | ||
| Professor Pyg [116][177][184][185][186] | Donning a pig mask, Lazlo Valentin is a mad scientist known for kidnapping people and brutally transforming them into minions that he calls "Dollotrons".[183] He also sometimes experiments with transforming human beings into humanoid animals.[187] | ||
| Weasel | The Weasel is a man with all-canine teeth. He appears as an enemy of Damian Wayne in the future. | ||
| Absence | Paul Cornell Scott McDaniel | Batman and Robin #18 (January 2011) | A former girlfriend of Bruce Wayne, Una Nemo received a bullet in her head and survived. Now, she is stalking and killing Bruce Wayne's former mistresses. |
| Big Top[116] | Grant Morrison Frank Quitely | Batman and Robin #2 (September 2009) | Big Top is a morbidly obese bearded man in a tutu. He is part of the Circus of Strange. |
| Doctor Dedalus[167] | Grant Morrison Yanick Paquette | Batman Incorporated #3 (March 2011) | Otto Netz is a mad scientist and the father of Kathy Kane, the original Batwoman. Years ago, Netz was defeated by the spy syndicate Spyral and imprisoned; suffering from Alzheimer's disease, he was locked away, but secretly escaped and brainwashed his jailer to take his place. Netz was recruited by Leviathan to build a doomsday device, but died at the hands of Damian Wayne to save Batman and Nightwing. |
| Heretic[167] | Grant Morrison David Finch | Batman and Robin #12 (April 2010) | The mysterious Heretic is a clone of Damian Wayne, artificially aged and genetically enhanced by Talia al Ghul. He is Leviathan's most fearsome soldier, having killed both Knight and his "brother" Damian. |
| Id | David Hine Agustin Padilla | Batman Annual #28 (February 2011) | The Id is a French supervillain who could awaken hidden desires in any human being with a mere touch. Sister Crystal turned his head into glass, with his brain always visible. |
| Jezebel Jet[167] | Grant Morrison Andy Kubert | Batman #656 (October 2006) | The President of a small African nation, Jezebel Jet was a successful model and philanthropist who became romantically involved with Bruce Wayne. However, she was also a high-ranking member of the Black Glove and agreed to seduce Wayne in exchange for the Black Glove murdering her adopted father and installing her as president. Her attempt to drive Batman insane failed due to Batman realizing she was a spy; she was ultimately murdered and decapitated by the Man-Bat Commandos sent by Talia al Ghul, where they attacked her airplane. |
| King Kraken[188][189] | Grant Morrison Tony S. Daniel | Batman #676 (June 2008) | King Kraken is an aquatic criminal from Sweden and a deep sea diver known to go up against Batman and Wingman. |
| Mister Toad[186][190] | Grant Morrison Frank Quitely | Batman and Robin #1 (August 2009) | Mister Toad is a mutant toad-man who is part of the Circus of Strange. |
| Ray Man | David Hine Greg Tocchini Andrei Bressan | Batman and Robin #26 (August 2011) | A French supervillain who can create visual illusions out of a hole in his head. While creating a mass illusion, the Ray Man pretends to be a reality-warping god-like superbeing named Paradox. |
| Siam | Siam is a name used by conjoined triplets with a specialized fighting style. They are members of the Circus of Strange. | ||
| Sister Crystal | A French supervillainess using the name Sister Crystal who has the ability to turn everything she touches into glass. | ||
| Skin Talker | The Skin Talker has a unique skin disease that make words appear on his body. He is fully in control of this ability, and the words on his skin have hidden hypnotic effects. | ||
| Son of Man[191][192] | A French supervillain, and enemy of Nightrunner. As an infant, Norman S. Rotrig was mutilated by his insane father into becoming what his father believed was a living masterpiece of art. The Son of Man now has a permanent Glasgow smile on his face and retaliated against his father by dissecting him and keeping him alive in front a mirror, while still alive but in pieces. Determined to turn Paris, France, into a "work of art", the Son of Man is considered to be the French counterpart of the Joker. | ||
| Son of Pyg [167][193][194] | Grant Morrison Cameron Stewart | Batman Incorporated #4 (March 2011) | Janosz Valentin / Johnny Valentine is the son of the infamous Professor Pyg. Janosz wears a similar pig mask to his father, but it is heavily damaged and has red eyes. He is a masochist who claims that he can teach others to feel no pain. |
| Swagman[195][196][197][198] | Grant Morrison Tony Daniel | Batman #676 (June 2008) | The Swagman is an armored supervillain who targets members of the Batman family. |
| White Knight | Peter Tomasi Patrick Gleason | Batman and Robin #21 (April 2011) | A mysterious being of light who seeks to battle the darkness of Gotham City, the White Knight targeted the relatives of Arkham Asylum's inmates to save their souls by dressing them as angels and forcing them to commit suicide. As a very resourceful and inventive serial killer, the White Knight's ultimate goal is to kill all of Arkham's inmates. |
The New 52 and beyond Edit
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. Since this new timeline began, these supervillains have been introduced. These are characters that have not been around long enough to apply to any other category.
| Villain | Creator(s) | First appearance | Fictional biography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #2 (October 2011) | A member of the Dollmaker Family, Bentley is a being of brute strength. |
| Matilda Mathis / Dollhouse | Dollmaker III's daughter who initially dressed as a nurse with a ceramic mask stitched into her face as the Dollmaker III's right-hand henchwoman.[199] Matilda Mathis took up her father's cause and became Dollhouse, kidnapping children and harvesting their organs for the organ trade. She then turns what is left of their bodies into human dolls that she uses to decorate her garden.[200] | ||
| Jack-in-the-Box[116] | Jack-in-the-Box is a member of the Dollmaker Family who has a mutilated, surgically enhanced body with arms seemingly made of rubber. | ||
| Mister Toxic | Mister Toxic began as a low-level criminal known as "the Gas Man", one of several amateur supervillains that the Penguin called upon to offer them "protection" for their money. The Gas Man eventually became Mr. Toxic and found himself more than a match for Batman. After Mr. Toxic robbed several nuclear plants, Batman discovered that he was the dying clone of one of Bruce Wayne's fellow businessmen. Batman was able to defeat Mr. Toxic, who has not been seen since. | ||
| Olivia Carr | Olivia Carr is a girl that was kidnapped and brainwashed into becoming a member of the Dollmaker Family. | ||
| Orifice | The Orifice is a member of the Dollmaker Family who has various foreign limbs and tissue stitched to his body. | ||
| Sampson | A member of the Dollmaker Family, Sampson is a small man made to look like a toy monkey. | ||
| Wesley Mathis | Wesley Mathis serial killer and former enemy of Commissioner Gordon who would take his son, Barton Mathis (who would grow up to become the Dollmaker III), on "hunting trips" in which he kidnapped and cannibalized human beings. He was eventually killed in a struggle with Gordon, leading to his son's personal vendetta against Gordon. | ||
| Brute | James Tynion IV Mikel Janín | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #19 (June 2013) | The Brute is a prisoner of Santa Prisca who has gone through extensive new experimentations with Venom. |
| Malicia | Malicia is an ally of Bane who has gone through experiments with Venom at Santa Prisca. | ||
| Professor | The Professor is a scientist who works at Santa Prisca that specializes in experiments with Venom for Bane. | ||
| Wolf-Spider | The Wolf-Spider is a recruit of Bane who has been enhanced with Venom. | ||
| Doctor Falsario | Tim Seeley Scott Snyder James Tynion IV Ray Fawkes John Layman Andy Clarke | Batman Eternal #18 (October 2014) | Doctor Falsario is a supervillain who has hypnotic powers. |
| Barton Mathis / The Dollmaker III [116][201][202][203] | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #1 (September 2011) | The leader of his "Family", Barton Mathis is a mad doctor who specializes in organ transplantation. He is responsible for the creation of twisted surgical abominations made of several different limbs and organs stitched into one being. He runs an organ trade business and is responsible for cutting the Joker's face off.[204] Though the Dollmaker III sees the Toyman as a father figure,[205] he is not to be confused with the Toyman's biological son, Anton Schott, who has also used the Dollmaker alias. |
| Eli Strange[206][207] | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #5 (March 2012) | Eli Strange is the criminal son of Hugo Strange. Eli Strange collaborated with Catwoman during some of his criminal activities. His real name is later revealed to be Elliot Montrose.[208] | |
| Emperor Penguin / Emperor Blackgate[209][210] | John Layman Jason Fabok | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #13 (December 2012) | Ignatius Ogilvy was the right-hand man of the Penguin, who had aspirations of taking over the Penguin's criminal empire as his operative "the Emperor Penguin".[211] Ogilvy briefly managed to do so and empowered himself with a combination of the Man-Bat serum, one of Poison Ivy's plant concoctions, and the drug Venom, which gave him a form with blue skin as tough as bark, pointy ears, and red eyes while possessing superhuman strength, enhanced speed, and enhanced durability. He was incapacitated by Batman and Penguin and was arrested by the police. Within Blackgate Penitentiary, Ogilvy gained control of the prison's organized criminal activity by killing the unnamed prison boss and took the name "Emperor Blackgate".[212] |
| Fishnet | Ann Nocenti Rafa Sandoval | Catwoman (vol. 4) #17 (April 2013) | Otto Baxter Kruft', a.k.a. Fishnet, is a henchman for the Penguin, recognizable for wearing a fishnet stocking over his face. |
| Volt | Volt is the Penguin's resident technological genius and creator of many of his weapons. An accident gave Volt electrical powers. | ||
| Hypnotic | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #6 (April 2012) | Hypnotic is an upstart criminal who works under the Penguin's guidance. He uses radio waves to control his victims' minds. |
| Imperceptible Man | The Imperceptible Man is a seemingly invisible criminal who came to Gotham in an alliance with the Penguin. | ||
| Jill Hampton | Jill Hampton works for the Penguin and is Charlotte Rivers' sister. | ||
| Mister Combustible | Mr. Combustible is an upstart criminal who works under the Penguin's guidance. | ||
| Snakeskin | Snakeskin is a shapeshifter and Jill Hampton's boyfriend. | ||
| Grotesque | Gail Simone Ardian Syaf Alitha Martinez | Batgirl (vol. 4) #7 (May 2012) | Grotesque is a masked man identified as "snobbish" because of his very eccentric tastes. |
| Knightfall | Gail Simone Alitha Martinez | Batgirl (vol. 4) #10 (August 2012) | Charise Carnes was a prisoner at Arkham Asylum when a massive breakout took place in which she watched the other inmates torture and kill others. After getting out of the asylum, Carnes became a vigilante called Knightfall who torments and murders criminals, eventually becoming an enemy of Batgirl. |
| Merrymaker[213][214] | John Layman Jason Fabok | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #17 (February 2013) | The Merrymaker is a supervillain who leads a gang of criminals called the League of Smiles, who are obsessed with the Joker.[215] |
| Mister Bloom[216][217][218] | Scott Snyder Greg Capullo | Batman (vol. 2) #43 (August 2015) | Real name unknown, Mr. Bloom stole high-tech seeds that allowed him to manipulate his own body, seeing himself as a gardener come to prune the garden of Gotham as a failed experiment. |
| Mister Bygone | Scott Snyder James Tynion IV Ray Fawkes Dustin Nguyen Trevor McCarthy | Batman Eternal #6 (July 2014) | Mr. Bygone is a mysterious man who is a product of the insanity that infests Arkham Asylum. |
| Mister Mosaic | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #5 (March 2012) | Mr. Mosaic is a deformed rich underboss of the Penguin. |
| Mother[219] | James Tynion IV Scott Snyder Tony Daniel | Batman and Robin Eternal #1 (October 2015) | The sole survivor of a village that was destroyed in the crossfire of a brutal war, "Mother'" sees herself as making children stronger by forcing them to endure tragedy, believing that Batman shares her views in his efforts to "mold" the Robins. |
| Nobody | Peter Tomasi Patrick Gleason | Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #1 (September 2011) | Morgan Ducard (a.k.a. "Nobody") has almost telekinetic powers seemingly based on sound waves. Ducard is the son of Henri Ducard, the detective who once trained Bruce Wayne. He seeks to destroy Batman Incorporated and believes that killing criminals could save more lives than simply putting them in prison and allowing them to live. |
| Punchline[220][221][222][223] | James Tynion IV | Batman (vol. 3) #89 (April 2020) | Alexis Kaye was a college student who developed an unhealthy obsession with the Joker, eventually becoming his new sidekick and girlfriend. She is adept at wielding knives and makes use of Joker venom. |
| Talon[224][225] | Scott Snyder Greg Capullo | Batman (vol. 2) #2 (December 2011) | William Cobb is an agent of the Court of Owls, a near-mythical organization in Gotham City. William Cobb is the great-grandfather of Dick Grayson. |
| Trickster III[226][227] | Greg Pak Jae Lee | Batman/Superman #1 (June 2013) | Kaiyo is a mischievous New God from Apokolips who can pass between worlds at will. She is responsible for the first meeting between Batman and Superman. |
| White Rabbit [228][229] | David Finch Paul Jenkins | Batman: The Dark Knight (vol. 2) #1 (September 2011) | Jaina Hudson is the mastermind behind a toxin known to obliterate all fear from one's mind. Due to her involvement with Bane and the Scarecrow, she once managed to defeat Batman.[230] |
| Menace | Justin Gray Jimmy Palmiotti Eduardo Pansica | Batwing #25 (January 2014) | Russell Tavaroff is a former friend of Luke Fox who became his enemy upon getting exposed to the Venom offshoot Snakebite, which gives him enhanced strength and durability at the cost of giving him a mental illness. |
| Wolf Spider | Mark Andreyko Jeremy Haun | Batwoman (vol. 2) #26 (February 2014) | Evan Blake is a playboy and an old friend of Kate Kane who operates as the art thief the Wolf Spider. He is not to be confused with a similarly named recruit of Bane who has a hyphen in his name. |
| Tusk | Peter Tomasi Doug Mahnke Patrick Gleason | Batman and Robin Annual Vol. 2 #2 (January 2014) | Tusk is a metahuman crime lord with tusks and elephant-like skin. |
| Haunter | Scott Bryan Wilson Bilquis Evely | Batman Annual (vol. 3) #1 (January 2017) | Real name unknown; the Haunter is a malnourished woman with orange hair. She has the ability to kill anyone whose DNA she comes in contact with, causing them to dissipate into black smoke. She is hinted to be already known to Batman and to be on good terms with the rest of Batman's villains in Arkham. She escapes from Arkham and assists the Scarecrow in a plan to release fear gas in Gotham on Christmas Eve, but both are paralyzed by the gas and recaptured by Batman. |
| Stag | Steve Orlando Riley Rossmo | Batman Annual (vol. 3) #1 (January 2017) | The Stag is a mysterious woman adorned in black and yellow, a black horned headdress, and a white mask. Not much is known about her currently. She is first seen invading the apartment of Barry O'Neill and killing him with a stab to the forehead. |
| Blackbird | Julie Benson Shawna Benson Roge Antonio | Batgirl/Birds of Prey #8 (May 2017) | The Blackbird is a woman with the metahuman power to drain those of others. Feeling that metahumans were oppressed, she planned to take the powers of many for herself and use them to create a revolution. She managed to lure in several students under the guise of a training school, forming an association with Roulette. Her students included Gemini and an undercover Black Canary. |
Batman Beyond enemies Edit
Enemies of lesser renown Edit
These enemies are categorized by their obscurity and for being less notable than other characters in this article.
| Villain | Creator(s) | First appearance | Fictional biography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abattoir[231] | Marv Wolfman Jim Aparo | Detective Comics #625 (January 1991) | A schizophrenic, superstitious, and cannibalistic serial killer who was convinced that his family was evil,[232] Arnold Etchison has fear of death and, due to living in a world where paranormal activities are common occurrences related to metahumans, extraterrestrials, and the supernatural, leads him into an insane delusion that he absorbs his victims' life force when he kills them, therefore prolonging his lifespan as an immortal. Abattoir even wears a makeshift cape made out of a trench coat to imitate costumed beings such as Superman and Batman. |
| Actuary | Chuck Dixon Graham Nolan | Detective Comics #683 (March 1995) | The Actuary is a mathematical genius who applies formulae to aid the Penguin in committing crimes. |
| Agent Orange[citation needed] | Mike W. Barr Jim Aparo | Batman and the Outsiders #3 (October 1983) | Claiming to be a Vietnam War veteran, Agent Orange is a supervillain who blames the United States government for his injuries. He attacks the citizens of Gotham City with the help of his followers. |
| Amba Kadiri | David Vern Reed Ernie Chan | Batman #274 (April 1976) | An Indian thief and leader of the Afro-Asian block of the Underworld Olympians, Amba Kadiri crossed paths with Batman, only to be captured so that her team may go on in the competition. She is an accomplished thief and martial artist who bears steel-clawed fingertips. |
| Amygdala [233][234] | Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #3 (August 1992) | Aaron Helzinger is a powerful behemoth with a childlike temper. He is quick to anger and turns into a murdering monster after doctors experiment on his brain. He has been stopped by Batman in the past by applying a severe blow to the back of his neck. |
| Answer | Alan Grant Mark Buckingham | Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins #1 (October 1998) | Mike Patten is an engineer in Gotham City that believed a civilization 15,000 years ago was wiped out due to a massive earthquake. During the events of Cataclysm, his wife and daughter perished, leading Mike to believe the end of humanity was nigh. He became the Answer to prove his theory to society through robbery and murder. |
| Architect | Scott Snyder Kyle Higgins | Batman: Gates of Gotham #1 (July 2011) | Zachary Gate is the descendant of Nicholas Anders, one of the architect brothers who constructed Gotham City's bridges. Upon his stepbrother's death, Nicholas attempted to avenge him by killing Gotham's founding fathers: the Waynes, the Cobblepots and the Elliots, on whom he blamed his death. He was then jailed for the murder of Robert Kane and declared that the forefathers' descendants would suffer for their sins. Zachary comes across this knowledge and the name of the Architect from his ancestor's journals and decided to avenge him, setting his goals on eliminating the forefathers' descendants. |
| Atom-Master | Bill Finger Dick Sprang | World's Finest #101 (May 1959) | A scientist whose helmet can cast illusions. |
| Atomic-Man | Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #280 (June 1960) | Paul Strobe is a scientist who can shoot beams from his eyes that can transmute matter into another form and focuses them through the special lenses of his goggles. |
| Bad Samaritan[235] | Mike W. Barr Alan Davis | Outsiders #3 (January 1986) | "The Bad Samaritan" is a highly trained agent of the USSR that became an independent contractor in espionage, terrorism, and assassination working for virtually all major governments. |
| Baffler | Chuck Dixon Tom Grummett | Robin (vol. 4) #1 (November 1993) | Titus Samuel Czonka is an unintelligent brute that leaves riddles for Batman to solve, similar to the Riddler and the Cluemaster.[236] |
| Bag O'Bones | Gardner Fox Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #195 (September 1967) | Radioactivity transforms Ned Creegan into a skeletal-looking "living X-ray photo" who calls himself Bag O'Bones and battles Batman and Robin. Creegan later returns as the Cyclotronic Man, fighting Black Lightning and Superman. Still later, he adopts the name the One Man Meltdown and battles the Outsiders. After getting the medical treatment he needs, Creegan goes back to prison, content to do his time in jail and then reform. |
| Batzarro | Jeph Loeb Ed McGuinness | Superman/Batman #20 (June 2005) | Batzarro is a Bizarro version of Batman whose origins remain unknown.[144][237] |
| Benedict Asp | Dennis O'Neil | Justice League Task Force #6 (November 1993) | Benedict Asp is the brother of Shondra Kinsolving, the trained physiotherapist who meets Bruce Wayne when he is dealing with exhaustion and helps to look after him after he is injured by Bane. He kidnaps her and turns her abilities to evil uses. Asp reveals Shondra's healing powers and, along with his own psychic abilities, uses her to telekinetically kill an entire village. Bruce eventually defeats Benedict, but the events traumatize Shondra. |
| Billy Numerous[238][239] | Catwoman (vol. 3) #78[Note 7] (April 2008) | Billy Numerous has the ability to make copies of himself, which he uses for criminal activity. He has taken on Slam Bradley and the Catwoman.[240] | |
| Birthday Boy [241][242] | Geoff Johns Gary Frank | Batman: Earth One (July 2012) | In the Earth One re-imagining of Batman's origin, Ray Salinger is a serial killer who operated at the beginning of Batman's career. Nicknamed "the Birthday Boy", Salinger kidnaps and murders young women who resemble his first victim. His modus operandi is to give the person that he is about to kill a birthday cake with his first victim's name on it and tells them to "make a wish".[243] |
| Bizarro-Batman | Edmond Hamilton Curt Swan | World's Finest Comics #156 (March 1966) | Not to be confused with Batzarro, Bizarro-Batman is a Bizarro version of Batman who appeared as a member of a Bizarro version of the Justice League of America. Bizarro-Batman originates from Htrae, the Bizarro World.[244] |
| Black and White Bandit[245] | Dave Gibbons | Batman: Gotham Knights #12 (February 2001) | Roscoe Chiara was an artist who was hired to create a portrait using experimental paint. After doing so, he completely lost the ability to see colors. Chiara then began robbing public locations of valuable materials. |
| Black Spider I | Gerry Conway Ernie Chan | Detective Comics #463 (September 1976) | The first Black Spider is Eric Needham, a hunter of the drug dealers who ruined his life.[246] |
| Black Spider II | Doug Moench Kelley Jones | Batman #518 (May 1995) | The second Black Spider is Johnny LaMonica. He is killed by Crispus Allen during a gang shooting.[citation needed] |
| Black Spider III | Gail Simone | Birds of Prey #87 (December 2005) | A third Black Spider appears named 'Derrick Coe, who battles the Birds of Prey.[citation needed] |
| Blockbuster I[247] | Gardner Fox Carmine Infantino | Detective Comics #345 (November 1965) | Mark Desmond is a former chemist who experiments on himself and subsequently becomes a mindless brute who possesses super-strength.[248] |
| Blockbuster II | Roger Stern Tom Lyle | Starman #9 (April 1989) | Roland Desmond became the second Blockbuster after a severe illness forced him to be treated with experimental steroids. Like his brother Mark, Roland became a child-minded super-strong monster. He ran wild in the Southwest, but Batman and Starman (Will Payton) brought his rampage to an end.[249][250] |
| Blue Bat | Bill Finger Dick Sprang | Batman #127 (October 1959) | In an alternate universe, the Blue Bat was a criminal who wore the Batman costume. |
| Bouncer | Gardner Fox Carmine Infantino | Detective Comics #347 (January 1966) | The Bouncer is a metallurgist who discovers "an alloy of rubber, steel, and chrome" called "elastalloy", which he uses to create a suit that allows him to bounce "tremendous distances or from great heights—yet not be harmed at all!" The Bouncer fights Batman twice, once alone and once as a minion of the Monarch of Menace. |
| "Brains" Beldon | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #301 (March 1962) | "Brains" Beldon is a criminal genius who pulls off a $20,000,000 heist in Gotham City before being defeated by Batman. He is the father of the Teen Titans' foe the Disruptor. |
| Brand | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #137 (February 1961) | The Brand is a cowboy-themed supervillain who uses cattle brands as weapons and as clues for future crimes. |
| Bruno | Frank Miller Klaus Janson Lynn Varley | The Dark Knight Returns (February–June 1986) | In the Dark Knight Universe, Bruno is a neo-Nazi who is a chief henchwoman of the Joker and has ties to the Mutant Gang.[251] |
| Brutale | Chuck Dixon Scott McDaniel | Nightwing (vol. 2) #22 (July 1998) | Guillermo Barrera was a top-level interrogator/torturer for the secret police in the Latin American country Hasaragua, until a revolution forced him to flee. He began a new career as a mercenary/assassin and eventually began working for the Blockbuster II in Blüdhaven, battling Nightwing on several occasions. Brutale is an expert with all forms of knives and blades, being able to both fight superbly and inflict horrible pain on his victims. |
| "Buzz" Galvan | Chuck Dixon Tom Lyle | Detective Comics #644 (May 1992) | Elmo "Buzz" Galvan has the ability to control electricity. He requires an electrical generator to provide him with power. He can then use the electricity to fire powerful blasts, generate force fields and electro-statically crawl up walls. Galvan was a robber who, along with three others, stole 2 million pounds and in the process murdered four people. The gang were about to make their getaway to a Caribbean island when they were captured by Batman. Galvan's gang blamed him for the murders and he took the fall and was sentenced to die in the electric chair. On his execution date, Galvan was enraged to see the witnesses, who he perceived had come to laugh at his death. The execution was unsuccessful, damaging his nervous system and leaving him partially paralyzed. The laws of the state decreed that he could not be executed again. Unwilling to be confined to a charity ward for the rest of his life, Galvan crawled from his bed and bit into a power line in an attempt to kill himself. The electricity restored his ability to move and gave him control over electricity. Galvan set out to avenge himself against those he believed had mocked him. |
| Calamity | Brenden Fletcher Becky Cloonan Karl Kerschl Gerry Duggan Shawn Crystal | Gotham Academy #1 (October 1, 2014) | The latest in the long line of Calamity aliases, Sybil Silverlock / Calamity slowly lost control of herself due to possession by the vengeful ghost of her ancestor, Amity Arkham. Sybil woke up after a blackout to discover she had murdered her own husband and her grip on her own mind kept worsening until she was defeated by Batman and Robin after setting an entire residential block alight in the Narrows. Following the collapse of Arkham Asylum, Sybil became a patient in a coma held in Arkham Manor. When Dr. Eric Border exposed his true identity as the Joker in the asylum and infected a portion of Clayface with Joker venom, unleashing the new monster Clownface, Silverlock was awakened from her coma and escaped from the asylum in the confusion. |
| Captain Stingaree | Bob Rozakis Michael Uslan Ernie Chan | Detective Comics #460 (June 1976) | Karl Courtney is a criminal who commits crimes using a pirate motif. |
| Cavalier I | Don Cameron Bob Kane | Detective Comics #81 (November 1943) | Mortimer Drake is an expert swordsman who speaks in Shakespearean English and dresses in a French musketeer costume. Initially depicted as craving adventure and riches, the rogue was repeatedly bested by Batman and Robin. The Cavalier eventually lost his mind, and can sometimes be seen as an inmate or escapee from Arkham Asylum. |
| Cavalier II | James Robinson Tim Sale | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #32 (June 1992) | The second Cavalier is Hudson Pyle, a sword-wielding vigilante. |
| Charlatan | Bill Finger Lew Sayre Schwartz | Batman #68 (1951) | Paul Sloan was a successful actor who was persuaded to impersonate Two-Face by a number of Gotham's villains when Two-Face refused to join their scheme after Two-Face's coin landed with the unscarred side up. Paul ends up encountering Batman briefly in the process. He is later tortured and disfigured by Two-Face and experimented upon by the Scarecrow. Paul returned years later, attacking the various villains who had recruited him, all in an attempt to get to Batman. He is currently incarcerated at Arkham Asylum. |
| Chancer | Alan Grant Tim Sale | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #7 (December 1992) | The Chancer is a bank robber, real name unknown, who is armed with simply a baton. |
| Clayface VI / The Claything II[20] | Doug Moench Kelley Jones | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #27 (January 1998) | Dr. Peter Malley, also known as the second Claything, was a DEO scientist who was transformed when he merged with a sample of Cassius Payne. Malley has the ability to melt objects simply by looking at them. |
| Clayface VII | Ed Brubaker Darwyn Cooke | Catwoman (vol. 3) #1 (January 2002) | Todd Russell[20] is a serial killer with the ability to transform into virtually any shape and size who targets prostitutes. |
| Clayface VIII | A. J. Lieberman Javier Pina | Batman: Gotham Knights #60 (February 2005) | Johnny Williams[252] is a former firefighter who gained a claylike appearance and the ability to shapeshift following an explosion at a chemical plant. He was manipulated by Hush and the Riddler to transform his appearance into that of Jason Todd to deceive Batman, which ultimately failed.[253] |
| Clock II | Win Mortimer | Star Spangled Comics #70 (July 1947) | In Pre-Crisis continuity, the second person to use the identity of the Clock is a clock-themed criminal who is primarily an enemy of Robin. Not to be confused with the Clock King II. |
| Clownface | Gerry Duggan Shawn Crystal | Arkham Manor #2 (November 26, 2014) | "Clownface" originally began as a stray piece of Clayface's body that became unattached and gained enough sentience to morph itself into a mute old man. This man was found and taken to Arkham Manor because of his unresponsiveness. Bruce Wayne, who was undercover as Jack Shaw in the manor, was able to recognize the man as a portion of Clayface, but avoided blowing his own cover to alert the guards. The Joker, undercover also, as the Arkham attendant Eric Border, shed his disguise and secretly infected this portion of Clayface with Joker venom, morphing it into an entirely separate killing machine he called Clownface. |
| Colonel Blimp | Paul Kupperberg Don Newton | Batman #352 (October 1982) | Real name unknown, Colonel Blimp is a man in a purple and gold uniform similar to that of a German zeppelin pilot. He has twice stolen a submarine, using a blimp he flies armed with magnetic tentacles. He holds the submarine for ransom, announcing to the city that he will not return the submarine until a certain amount of money is paid. The second time, he is stopped by Gotham Girl. |
| Colonel Sulphur | Dennis O'Neil Irv Novick | Batman #241 (May 1972) | Colonel Sulphur is a self-styled warrior with a vast knowledge of psychological terror who fights Batman four times in the 1970s and 1980s. Sulphur also encounters Superman and Supergirl and puts together an Army of Crime. |
| Composite Superman | Edmond Hamilton Curt Swan | World's Finest Comics #142 (June 1964) | An out-of-work scuba diver, Joseph Meach gained the combined powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes after being struck by the energy discharge of their statues while he slept. He then desired to defeat Superman and Batman. Later the effect and his memory faded, but his powers were restored by an alien whose father had been imprisoned by Batman and Robin. Meach sacrificed himself to save the superheroes. |
| Condiment King [254][255] | Chuck Dixon Scott Beatty | Batgirl: Year One #8 (September 2003) | Mitchell Mayo is a villain who makes use of various condiments, sometimes capable of causing anaphylactic shock. He is a comedy relief villain that is easily defeated by Robin and Batgirl. |
| Cornelius Stirk | Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle | Detective Comics #592 (November 1998) | Cornelius Stirk is an Arkham Asylum inmate who possesses latent psychic abilities; specifically, the ability to induce hallucinations and fear in others. A delusional psychotic, Stirk believes that he will die unless he regularly eats human hearts. |
| Corrosive Man | Alan Grant John Wagner Norm Breyfogle | Detective Comics #587 (June 1988) | A convicted murderer, Derek Mitchell escapes from jail seeking vengeance on Mortimer Kadaver, but is involved in an unfortunate accident on the way that turns him into a literally corrosive man, his entire skin burning with chemical fire which can eat through walls and floors or burn human flesh. His encounter with Kadaver leaves the latter with a handprint burned onto his forehead and leaves Mitchell inert, although he surfaces at least twice more. |
| Crazy Quilt I[254] | Jack Kirby | Boy Commandos #15 (May–June 1946) | Paul Dekker is an ex-painter who leads a double life as a master thief and is blinded by a gunshot wound during a botched robbery. While in prison, he volunteers for an experimental procedure that would restore his vision. There is a side effect, however: even though he can see, he can only see in blinding, disorienting colors. This drives him insane, and he adopts the identity of Crazy Quilt I. |
| Crazy Quilt II | Gail Simone Dale Eaglesham | Villains United #2 (August 2005) | Apparently, the new Secret Society of Super Villains, led by Alexander Luthor Jr., has in its roster a new version of Crazy Quilt; a woman with the characteristic costume and vision-helmet of the previous villain. Only glimpsed in the background, she has yet to resurface. |
| Crime Doctor | Bill Finger Bob Kane | Detective Comics #77 (July 1943) | Matthew Thorne was a reputable surgeon for criminals, but he would stop his crimes to minister to the sick or injured. He later appears under the new name of Bradford Thorne.[256] He is an expert in torture. |
| Crimesmith | Marv Wolfman Jim Aparo | Batman #443 (January 1990) | Doctor Ryan Smith is a brilliant scientist and media personality. He gives detailed plans for robberies to gangs of crooks with the understanding that they would give him a large percentage of the loot. |
| Crimson Knight | Dave Wood Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #271 (September 1959) | The Crimson Knight, whose real name is Dick Lyons, is a mysterious metal-clad crime fighter who appears in Gotham City as an apparent aide to Batman and Robin. The Caped Crusaders suspect the new arrival may have illegal motives. |
| Cryonic Man | Mike W. Barr Jim Aparo | Batman and the Outsiders #6 (January 1984) | Philip was a lab assistant for Professor Niles Raymond who developed a cryogenic chamber. Fearful of the threat of nuclear war, Raymond froze himself, Philip, and their wives in 1947 in hopes of surviving any oncoming conflict. Decades later, Philip was chosen to be awakened to determine if the world had become a safe place again. However, Philip's wife was inflicted with a debilitating disease and he subjected themselves to the freezing process in hopes of waking up in a time with the medical advances to save her life. Becoming the Cryonic Man, Philip sought organs to replace those of his wife which were failing, bringing him into conflict with Batman and the Outsiders. |
| Cyber-C.A.T. | Doug Moench Jim Balent | Catwoman (vol. 2) #42 (February 1997) | Christina Chiles is a scientist who designed a state of the art robotic suit operated by her brainwaves, bristling with weapons like lasers and rockets. When the Catwoman broke into the lab to steal a microchip, Christina dons the suit herself to stop her as a trial run. After they clash several times, Chiles gets obsessed with hunting down and destroying the Catwoman to prove her superiority — a side effect of the suit's mind-link. Eventually, the Catwoman defeats her after building a robotic suit for herself. |
| Cypher [257][258][259][260] | Chuck Dixon Michael Netzer | Detective Comics #657 (March 1993)[261] | Avery Twombey is a corporate spy and mercenary with hypnotic abilities, though his actual past is unknown. When the government hired three separate companies, including Wayne Enterprises, to start working on different pieces of a secret military project, Cypher was hired to assassinate the three CEOs of the companies. After successfully killing two of the CEOs, he went after Wayne Enterprises' CEO Lucius Fox.[262] As he was about to force Lucius Fox to jump off a bridge via hypnotic suggestion, he was taken down by Robin (Tim Drake) as Fox was saved by Batman and Azrael. Cypher was sent to Blackgate Penitentiary.[263] At Blackgate, Cypher formulated an escape plan with other inmates, including the Cluemaster, the Electrocutioner, and the Baffler.[264] After a failed attempt to use his abilities on the other inmates, who evaded his hypnotism with earplugs, Cypher was shot and killed by the Cluemaster.[265] |
| Dagger | Gerry Conway Gene Colan | Batman #343 (January 1982) | David Rennington is the owner of a blade manufacturing company called Rennington Steel. When facing hard times, Rennington becomes the Dagger, running an old-fashioned protection racket until being apprehended by Batman. He is later recruited by Ra's al Ghul.[266] |
| Dark Knight | Scott Snyder Rafael Albuquerque | All-Star Batman #11 (August 2017) | A clone of Alfred Pennyworth who was created by Briar. |
| Anatoly Davidovich and Vassily Davidovich / The Davidovich Brothers | Fabian Nicieza Kevin Maguire | Batman Confidential #19 (September 2008) | Anatoly and Vassily Davidovich are brothers who are members of an unidentified branch of the Russian Mafia. |
| Deacon Joseph Blackfire | Jim Starlin Bernie Wrightson | Batman: The Cult #1 (August 1988) | Deacon Joseph Blackfire is a religious fanatic who forms an army in the sewers beneath Gotham, largely composed of the homeless. Blackfire begins a violent war on crime, which escalates into him taking over the entire city, isolating it from the rest of the country. |
| Dealer | Scott Snyder Jock | Batman #872 (February 2011) | Primarily an enemy to Dick Grayson, the Dealer is an auctioneer who sells to the wealthy memorabilia and weapons used by, or that have formerly belonged to, reputable supervillains. |
| Death Rattle | Dan Slott Ryan Sook | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (July 2003) | Erasmus Rayne is a serial killer and a cult leader. |
| Doctor Aesop | Paul Dini Dustin Nguyen | Detective Comics #846 (September 2008) | Dr. Aesop is a criminal who commits crimes based on Aesop's Fables. He is an old man who carries a cane, which he wields as a deadly weapon. He keeps a menagerie of dangerous animals, which represent some of the fables he seems to cherish. Dr. Aesop was seemingly killed, but recovered from his wounds and later resurfaced in Gotham City Sirens #9. |
| Doctor Death | Gardner Fox Bob Kane | Detective Comics #29 (July 1939) | Dr. Karl Hellfern is a mad scientist who made two back-to-back appearances in the early days of Batman's career and is considered Batman's first supervillain. Doctor Death developed lethal chemical gases and threatened wealthy citizens, demanding money and tribute to him in exchange for their safety. Hellfern was disfigured in an explosion. |
| Doctor Double X | Dave Wood Sheldon Moldoff Bob Kane | Detective Comics #261 (November 1958) | Dr. Simon Ecks discovers that human auras could be enhanced to function outside of the body. When Ecks creates an energy-duplicate of himself, the introverted scientist's unstable mind becomes dominated by the doppelgänger, who calls himself Doctor Double X. |
| Doctor Fang | Doug Moench Gene Colan | Detective Comics #536 (March 1984) | Dr. Fang is a criminal mastermind who was killed by Night-Slayer. |
| Doctor No-Face | Dave Wood Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #319 (September 1963) | Bart Magan tried to use a device that would erase a facial scar, but ended up erasing his entire face. |
| Doctor Phosphorus | Steve Englehart | Detective Comics #469 (May 1977) | Alexander James Sartorius is a mad criminal with radioactive powers resulting from the meltdown of a Gotham nuclear power plant. |
| Doctor Zodiac | Leo Dorfman Curt Swan | World's Finest Comics #160 (September 1966) | Theodore B. Carrigan is a carnival mystic who turns to crime, basing his robberies on horoscopes. In his first outing, he is apprehended by Batman, Robin, and Superman. Later, he steals 12 coins from Atlantis, each bearing a Zodiac symbol, which bestow him with various powers. Once again, Batman and Superman thwart his plans.[267] Still later, he allies himself with Madame Zodiac to obtain a different set of Zodiac coins, but the two of them are defeated by Batman, Superman, and Zatanna[268](Dr. Zodiac should not be confused with the Zodiac Master). |
| Dodge | Adam Beechen Freddie Williams II | Robin (vol. 4) #160 (March 2007) | Michael Lasky was just a kid who wanted to be a hero. He ran into Robin a few times and tried become Robin's partner, but Robin refused since he just got in the way and told him to go home. One night as Robin was trying to stop some kidnappers, Dodge interfered and his teleportation belt got damaged. Dodge was left in a coma after the battle and Robin took him to a hospital. Robin, feeling responsible for Dodge's condition, visited him regularly until one day, he disappeared. In the future, Dodge would return, but not as his former self; his skin had been turned to a shimmering red and he was furious with Robin. He had fallen into a life of crime, selling a dangerous drug that turned normal people into metahuman murderers. His criminal enterprise was built upon the hope that he would eventually meet Robin again and kill him. During a battle with Robin, Zatara, and Rose Wilson, his body inexplicably vanished and he is presumed dead. |
| Doodlebug | Dan Slott Ryan Sook | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (July 2003) | Daedalus Boch is an artist who believes he receives visions of inspiration and then compulsively recreates them on whatever canvas they indicate, including people. |
| Danny the Dummy | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #134 (September 1960) | 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" named Matt (who is revealed as the real dummy at the end of each show). The fact that people invariably refer to Danny as "the Dummy" infuriates him and inspires him to use ventriloquist's dummies for crime to make dummies out of the law. |
| Egghead | William Dozier Stanley Ralph Ross Edwin Self | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #3[Note 8] (August 1992) | Edgar Heed believes himself to be "the world's smartest criminal", and his crimes usually have an egg motif to them, as well as including egg puns in his speech whenever appropriate. The character is an inmate of Arkham Asylum and patient of Jeremiah Arkham.[269] |
| Eivol Ekdal | John Broome Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #346 (December 1965)[270] | Eivol Ekdal is a bald, slightly hunchbacked criminal scientist who is described as a "master craftsman, builder of escape gadgets and tantalizing traps for the criminal underground of America." He encounters Batman twice,[271] before meeting his death at the hands of a couple of his criminal "customers". |
| Elemental Man | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #294 (August 1961) | John Dolan was exposed to a leak from an experiment the professor he assisted was working on, leaving him randomly turning into different elements. Designing a belt to control these transformations, he took to a life of crime as the Elemental Man before Batman was able to restore him. Strike Force Kobra had a member fashioned after Dolan named the Elemental Woman. |
| Eraser | Robert Kanigher Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #188 (December 1966) | Leonard Fiasco is a professional at covering the tracks of other crimes. For a 20% cut, the Eraser will "erase" the evidence of another crime. |
| Executioner | Dick Sprang | Detective Comics #191 (January 1953) | Willy Hooker is a vigilante who murders wanted criminals for the reward money. |
| Facade | Paul Dini J. H. Williams III | Detective Comics #821 (September 2006) | Erik Hanson is a former employee at a trendy Gotham City nightclub for the city's popular socialites. He organizes a gang to replace them as a ploy to enter Gotham's elite. |
| False-Face | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #113 (February 1958) | False-Face is a criminal make-up artist and master of disguise who uses his skill to impersonate wealthy people. |
| Firebug I | Len Wein Irv Novick | Batman #318 (December 1979) | An African American former soldier and demolitions expert, Joseph Rigger returned to find his family dead due to substandard housing in three separate buildings. As the Firebug I, Rigger seeks revenge on the buildings themselves, destroying them regardless of how many innocents die. He later turns to more straightforward crime. His weapon of choice is explosive bombs. |
| Firebug II | Ed Brubaker Michael Lark | Gotham Central #3 (March 2003) | Harlan Combs is wanted in the murder of his daughter. Combs had purchased the Firebug costume and armor from Rigger. He is injured while fleeing from the police and quickly arrested. |
| Firebug III | Christos N. Gage Steven Cummings | Deadshot: Urban Renewal #1 (February 2005) | An unnamed man won the Firebug costume and armor in an Internet auction. After taking on the identity of the Firebug, he enters the supervillain business. |
| Firefly II | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #126 (September 1959) | Ted Carson[272][273] was a man of wealth before he gambled away his fortune. Desperate, Carson turned to crime, becoming the Firefly II. |
| Famine | Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Greg Rucka Mark Waid | 52 #26 (2006) | Famine is one of the Horsemen of Apokolips who once posed as Sobek, a friend to Black Adam. |
| Film Freak I | Doug Moench Tom Mandrake | Batman #395 (May 1986) | Burt Weston is a wannabe actor who dreams of getting a big break by playing quirky villains. When each of his plans fails, he fakes his death similar to the movie The Sting. He is later killed by Bane. |
| Film Freak II | Will Pfeifer David López | Catwoman (vol. 2) #54 (June 2006) | The Film Freak II answers to the surname of "Edison". Following the Infinite Frontier relaunch, he acts as a member of the Suicide Squad alongside the Peacemaker, Bolt and the Shrike, but is inadvertently hit by a Joker laughing gas bomb and killed. |
| Fright | Judd Winick Dustin Nguyen | Batman #627 (July 2004) | Linda Friitawa is an albino geneticist who was stripped of her medical license for her unauthorized, gruesome experiments on human beings. She assisted the Scarecrow with his experiments. However, unbeknownst to the Scarecrow, she was secretly hired by the Penguin to corrupt the Scarecrow's toxins and infect the Scarecrow with them, causing him to transform into a creature dubbed "the Scarebeast". In contrast to her deeds and the Penguin, Friitawa always treated the Scarecrow with kindness. |
| Gearhead | Chuck Dixon Graham Nolan | Detective Comics #712 (August 1997) | Nathan Finch had lost his arms and legs when frostbite affected him after a fight with Batman. An unnamed underworld doctor replaces them with cybernetic limbs. |
| General | Chuck Dixon Michael Netzer | Detective Comics #654 (December 1992) | See also: Anarky. Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong was a brilliant military strategist who also happened to be a psychopathic, murderous eight-year-old child. Called the General, he was obsessed with war and victory and embarked on his plan of declaring war on Gotham City. Subsequent depictions toned down the character's violent streak somewhat, though he was still dangerous. He was later seen as an adolescent who briefly took on the persona of the new Anarky. During DC Rebirth, Ulysses is a seen as a young genius working for a military organization, where he is depicted as a cheerful yet sociopathic adolescent who goes by Th3 G3n3r4l online. |
| Gentleman Ghost | Robert Kanigher Joe Kubert | Flash Comics #88 (October 1947) | Primarily a Hawkman foe, the specter once named James Craddock often finds himself at odds with Batman.[274] |
| Getaway Genius | Gardner Fox Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #170 (March 1965) | The Getaway Genius (Roy Reynolds) is a criminal and getaway mastermind who has encountered Batman several times. |
| Globe | Paul Dini Dustin Nguyen | Detective Comics #840 (March 2008) | Hammond Carter is obsessed with maps and "plots crimes by latitude, longitude, time zones, and the shape of landmasses."[275] |
| Gorilla Boss of Gotham City | David Vern Reed Lew Sayre Schwartz | Batman #75 (February–March 1953)[276] | Mobster George "Boss" Dyke is executed in the gas chamber, but has his brain transplanted into the body of a gorilla. The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City fights Batman twice. Later, the alien villain Sinestro steals the Gorilla Boss' cerebellum, expands it to planet-size, and uses it as a power source. This unnatural abomination is destroyed by Superman.[277] Later, however, the Gorilla Boss is returned to life in his gorilla body and is used as a pawn by Gorilla Grodd.[278] |
| Gunhawk | Chuck Dixon Graham Nolan | Detective Comics #674 (May 1994) | Liam Hawkleigh is a highly-paid mercenary who has encountered Batman and Robin several times. He had a female companion named Gunbunny I, later known as Pistolera, who was a member of the Ravens. After the death of Pistolera (see below), Gunhawk gets himself a new female partner named Gunbunny II.[279] |
| Gustav DeCobra | Elliot S. Maggin Mike Grell | Detective Comics #455 (January 1976) | Gustav DeCobra is a vampire, very much in the classic Dracula mold, whom Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth stumble upon in a seemingly abandoned house after their car overheats in the countryside. |
| Harley Sinn | Jimmy Palmiotti Frank Tieri Mauricet | Harley Quinn and her Gang of Harleys – The Shady Bunch #1 (April 2016) | Constance Brand, a.k.a. Harley Sinn, is the daughter of a real estate billionaire who is obsessed with Harley Quinn. She has recently been released from Arkham Asylum. |
| Harpy | Doug Moench Jim Aparo | Batman #481 (July 1992) | Iris was Maxie Zeus' girlfriend when he was in Arkham Asylum. She fought Batman after gaining super-strength and agility, but was defeated by him. |
| Hatman | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #230 (April 1956) | A thief obsessed with stealing hats, he desires most to acquire Batman's cowl, even if it means killing Batman. Initially presented as "Jervis Tetch'", and working under the alias the Mad Hatter II, the character was retroactively stated to be an impostor. When the original Mad Hatter returned, he claimed to have disposed of the impostor,[280] though the impostor was eventually shown to still be alive.[281] The character is currently working under the moniker of "the Hatman".[282] |
| Headhunter | Jim Aparo Doug Moench | Batman #487 (December 1992) | The Headhunter is an assassin who attempts to kill James Gordon,[283] but is thwarted by Batman. The Headhunter is accustomed to eliminating his targets by shooting them twice in the head. He was killed by the Swamp Thing in Batman #23 (2017). |
| Humpty Dumpty [136][284] | Dan Slott Ryan Sook | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #2 (August 2003) | Humphrey Dumpler, a large, portly, well-mannered man, is obsessed with putting broken things back together again, even if he has to take them apart. Thinking that his abusive grandmother is broken, Dumpler dismembers and reassembles her in an attempt to "fix" her.[285] |
| Huntress[286] | Mort Meskin | Sensation Comics #68 (August 1947) | Paula Brooks has battled various members of the Batman family.[287][288] |
| Jane Doe[116] | Dan Slott Ryan Sook | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (July 2003) | Jane Doe is a cipher who obsessively learns her victims' personality and mannerisms, then kills them and assumes their identity by wearing their skin, eventually becoming that individual, at least in her own mind. |
| Johnny Stitches[116] | Frank Tieri Jim Calafiore | Gotham Underground #3 (February 2008) | Johnny Denetto was the right-hand man of Tobias Whale. After Tobias Whale moved his operations from Metropolis to Gotham, Denetto ran afoul of his boss and had his skin peeled off while being kept alive. Denetto was saved by Bruno Mannheim, his skin sewn together and reattached by DeSaad, becoming Mannheim's contractor in Intergang's bid to take over organized crime in Gotham. |
| Johnny Warlock | Bill Willingham Rick Mays | Robin (vol. 4) #121 (February 2004) | A cruel enforcer working for mob boss Henry Aquista in Gotham City, Johnny Warren is fused with a demonic artifact, gaining tremendous power, but also losing a certain amount of free will. He encounters Robin and the Spoiler in his attempt to take over Aquista's operation, but burns his energy out. He then heads to Istanbul, determined in time to return to Gotham and get his revenge on the Boy Wonder. |
| Johnny Witts | Gardner Fox Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #344 (October 1965) | 'Johnny Witts is the arrogant self-proclaimed "Crime-Boss Who's Always One Step Ahead of Batman!" Johnny Witts employs quick-thinking and quick reflexes to outwit Batman. He has countered Batman in disguise as "the Swami". |
| Junkyard Dog | Dan Slott Ryan Sook | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (July 2003) | Tucker Long is completely obsessed with scavenging prizes and treasures from garbage. He apparently has the ability to create all manner of functional items — especially weapons — from junk. He is killed by fellow Arkham inmate the Doodlebug. |
| Key | John Broome Frank Giacoia | All Star Comics #57 (February 1951) | The original Key was the head of a major crime syndicate and used various agents around the world in his misdeeds. He presumably perished after he leaped out of a cable car moving over a gorge. |
| Gardner Fox Mike Sekowsky | Justice League of America #41 (December 1965) | The second person to call himself the Key (real name unknown) was originally a chemist with Intergang. He developed mind-expanding "psycho-chemicals" that helped activate his senses and allowed him to plan crimes mere humans could never hope to understand. Being an enemy of the Justice League as a whole, Batman was his primary enemy. In one of his most famous encounters with the Dark Knight, he tried to provoke Batman into murdering him so he could escape life itself, but the plan was unsuccessful. | |
| King of the Cats | Bill Finger Lew Sayre Schwartz | Batman #69 (February 1952) | Not to be confused with the Catman, Karl Kyle is the brother and former cat-themed partner of the Catwoman. |
| King Cobra | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #139 (April 1961) | The King Cobra is a cobra-themed costumed crime boss, not to be confused with the Copperhead, King Snake, or Kobra. |
| King Snake | Chuck Dixon Tom Lyle | Robin (vol. 4) #4 (February 1991) | Sir Edmund Dorrance is a martial artist who becomes a mercenary, offering his professional expertise to various anti-communist rebels, and apparently made a great deal of money in doing so. While in Santa Prisca working with local rebels, his camp is taken by surprise by government commandos and he is blinded by gunfire. He flees to Hong Kong and becomes a businessman and the leader of the feared Ghost Dragons. He eventually gravitates to Gotham, where he seizes control of the Chinatown district from the Triad gangs. This does not last long, however, and he loses control of the gang, causing him to join the terrorist cult Kobra. It is later revealed that he is the biological father of Bane. Bane tracks down his father, where King Snake tries to have his son help him in taking over Kobra. The struggle results in King Snake's apparent death. |
| King Tut[289][290][291] | Earl Barret Robert C. Dennis | Batman Confidential #26[Note 9] (April 2009) | Victor Goodman is an Egyptian-themed supervillain who leaves behind clues at the scene of his crimes in a similar fashion to the Riddler.[292] |
| Kobra[293][294][295][296] | Martin Pasko Jack Kirby Steve Sherman Pablo Marcos | Kobra #1 (February 1976) | Jeffrey Burr and his twin brother, Jason Burr, were born as conjoined twins (with a psychic link to one another) but were kidnapped and separated from each other's bodies soon after their birth by the Cult of the Kobra God because a prophecy stated he would lead them to world domination. As they grew, Jeffrey became a terrorist and mad scientist, taking on the name "Kobra" as the leader of the cult. After Jason began working with another organization to combat Kobra and his cult, Kobra killed Jason, only to be haunted by visions of his deceased brother. He came into conflict with Batman after he began using Lazarus Pits of his own creation. Both Kobra and his organization would go on to fight many other heroes and a rival criminal organization called SKULL. Kobra is finally captured and eventually murdered by Black Adam.[297] Following the death of their leader, Jeffrey Burr, Kobra resurrects Jason Burr. Jason Burr follows in his brother's footsteps and becomes the second Kobra. |
| Lady Vic[298] | Chuck Dixon Scott McDaniel | Nightwing (vol. 2) #4 (January 1997) | Lady Elaine Marsh-Morton is a woman hailing from a rich British family. She becomes a hired assassin to prevent foreclosure on her family estate. |
| Lark | Marv Wolfman Jim Aparo | Batman #448 (June 1990) | The Penguin's personal chauffeur and bodyguard. Lark was noted as having remarkable strength by Batman and managed to keep the Penguin alive when Black Mask was after him. |
| Lazara | Paul Dini | Batman: Mr. Freeze[Note 10] (May 1997) | Nora Fries, Mr. Freeze's wife, is resurrected by a Lazarus Pit by Nyssa Raatko and now possesses the ability to manipulate flame and reanimate the dead. |
| Lock-Up | Paul Dini Marty Isenberg Robert N. Skir | Robin (vol. 4) #24[Note 11] (January 1996) | Lyle Bolton is a former security guard who is obsessed with order and becomes a costumed vigilante who brutalizes criminals. Unlike Batman, however, he is willing and eager to kill them. He sets up a private prison for costumed villains. |
| Lord Death Man[167] | Robert Kanigher Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #180 (May 1966) | Lord Death Man is a Japanese criminal that wears a skeleton outfit. Originally, he could put himself into a yoga trance to trick people into thinking he was dead, but when the character was revived, he received "upgrades". |
| Lump | Jack Kirby | Mister Miracle #7 (April 1972) | The Lump is a living psychological weapon created by the malevolent New Gods of Apokolips that was used to mentally torture Batman during the Final Crisis. |
| Lunkhead | Dan Slott Ryan Sook | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (July 2003) | Lunkhead is a large, imposing, somewhat deformed bruiser of a man. He is killed by demons tricked by the Ventriloquist as revenge for destroying his dummy, Scarface. |
| Lynx | Chuck Dixon Tom Lyle | Robin (vol. 4) #1 (January 1991) | Ling is a beautiful martial artist and a member of the Parisian branch of the Ghost Dragons, a Chinese youth gang that serves King Snake. For failing to kill Tim Drake, King Snake takes out her left eye. Eventually, she takes control of the Ghost Dragons and attempts to expand their Gotham territory. She is later killed during an encounter with Batgirl. |
| Mabuse | Devin Grayson Paul Ryan (cartoonist) | Batman: Gotham Knights #3 (May 2000) | Mabuse is a common street criminal, a "geek" in a suit of armor made from a trashcan, who faces a young Batman early in the Dark Knight's career. He is responsible for breaking Batman's nose in a fight. |
| Madame Zodiac | Bob Rozakis Don Heck | Batman Family #17 (April–May 1978) | Madame Zodiac first appears committing horoscope-themed crimes in Gotham City, but is defeated by Batgirl, Batwoman, and the Earth-Two Huntress. Later, she allies herself with Dr. Zodiac to obtain a set of Zodiac coins, but the two of them are defeated by Batman, Superman, and Zatanna.[268] Recently, she reappeared helping the Riddler in solving a mystery.[299] |
| Magician | Andy Lanning Anthony Williams | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #95 (June 1997) | A team of alternating crooks and killers who made it appear as though they were one mysterious, magical, and murderous villain known as the Magician, pulling off heists and killings around the world. |
| Magpie[300][301][302] | John Byrne | The Man of Steel #3 (November 1986) | Margaret Pye is a jewel thief who targets jewels named after birds and then replaces the jewels with booby-trapped replicas. She is named for the magpie, which in folklore is attracted to bright, shiny things. She is among the villains who was killed by the Tally Man II.[303] |
| March Hare | Paul Dini Dustin Nguyen | Detective Comics #841 (April 2008) | Harriet Pratt is an Alice's Adventures in Wonderland-themed supervillainess and a member of the Mad Hatter's (Jervis Tetch) Wonderland Gang. She is also referred to as March Harriet. |
| Matatoa "the Eater of Souls" | Devin Grayson Roger Robinson | Batman: Gotham Knights #16 (June 2001) | Nicknamed "the Eater of Souls", Matatoa is an immortal cursed with killing people to consume their souls and essence to maintain his existence. He traveled to Gotham to battle Batman after a voice in his head told him to seek out an "undefeated warrior" so he could take his soul. Batman was able to beat Matatoa. |
| Mekros | Doug Moench Mike Manley | Batman #501 (November 1993) | Mekros is an assassin that was hired by Don Mercante to kill Batman, but failed to do so. |
| Metalhead | Doug Moench Jim Aparo | Batman #486 (November 1992) | During his search for Black Mask, an exhausted Batman comes across a series of waterfront taverns filled with mauled, bloody inhabitants. After interrogating one of many severely injured victims, he finds the whereabouts of the so-called "Metalhead" at the local cemetery in the Sionis family crypt, the resting place of Black Mask's family. |
| Mime | Max Allan Collins Dave Cockrum | Batman #412 (October 1987) | Camilla Ortin is a girl who commits crimes dressed as a mime artist. She seldom speaks, which leads people to think she is mute. |
| Mirage | Gerry Conway Don Newton | Detective Comics #511 (February 1982) | "Mike" (alias Kerry Austin) is a common man who takes a course at the Academy of Crime and starts using illusions as a gimmick villain. He fights Batman twice and the Manhunter (Mark Shaw) once. He is killed by Bruno Mannheim,[123] who bashes the Mirage's head into the "Crime Bible"; then sends his body into the kitchen. |
| Mirror Man | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #213 (November 1954) | Floyd Ventris is a criminal scientist who uses mirrors in his crimes in a fashion similar to the Mirror Master. In both his meetings with Batman, Ventris tries to expose Batman's secret identity. |
| Mister Camera | David Vern Reed Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #81 (February 1954) | Mr. Camera is a camera-headed villain that uses cameras in his crimes. |
| Mister Cipher | Bill Finger Lew Sayre Schwartz | Batman #71 (June 1952) | Not to be confused with Cypher (see above), Mr. Cipher is a masked criminal who was killed after a confrontation with Batman. |
| Mister ESPER / Captain Calamity | John Broome Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #352 (June 1966) | An inventor builds an ultrasonic projector able to put "telepathic" suggestions in people, specifically Batman, to distract him from his main crime. Later, as Captain Calamity, he improved his device so it could tap into the psychic powers of some people, namely Titans member Lilith.[304] |
| Mister Polka-Dot / The Polka-Dot Man | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #300 (February 1962) | Abner Krill turns the polka-dots covering his costume into a variety of weapons. |
| Mister ZZZ | Paul Dini Don Kramer | Detective Comics #824 (December 2006) | Mister ZZZ, a Gotham City gangster who acts as a muscle for Little Italy. He appears to be half-asleep all the time. |
| Mole | Edmond Hamilton Dick Sprang | World's Finest Comics #80 (January–February 1956) | A minor criminal named Harrah, nicknamed "the Mole", tries to tunnel into the Gotham City Bank, but is stopped by Batman and Superman. Years later, during a tunnel prison break, Harrah almost drowns in a wave of toxic sewage that mutates him into a mole-like creature. During a second clash with Batman, the Mole is knocked into a flooded cavern of the Batcave and washed away, his ultimate fate still unknown.[305] |
| Monarch of Menace | Robert Kanigher Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #350 (April 1966) | In the early days of Batman's career, the Monarch of Menace represented the Dark Knight's only failure, being the first criminal ever to defeat Batman and leave Gotham with a fortune in stolen goods. Years later, however, the Monarch's teenage son tries to prove himself using his father's outfit in a crime spree. The young Monarch of Menace is defeated by Robin, while his father is lured out of hiding by Batman, who then finally defeats his old nemesis. |
| Monk | Gardner Fox Bob Kane Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #31 (September 1939)[306] | The Monk is one of the early Batman villains. He wore a red cassock with a hood that bore a skull and crossbones on it. The Monk turned out to be a vampire who has powers of hypnotism and the ability to turn into a wolf. He was destroyed by being shot with a silver bullet while asleep in his coffin, along with his vampiric assistant Dala.[307] His battle with Batman was the first multi-part Batman adventure. The Monk's hood has been in a glass display case in the Batcave ever since, in all subsequent official continuities. |
| Mortician | Devin Grayson Roger Robinson | Batman: Gotham Knights #28 (June 2002) | Porter Vito was trying some reanimation techniques to raise his dead parents, but when one of his zombies killed someone, he felt remorse and gave up his plans. |
| Mortimer Kadaver | Alan Grant John Wagner Norm Breyfogle | Detective Comics #588 (July 1988) | Mortimer Kadaver is a murderous criminal possessing a morbid obsession with death. Kadaver enjoys feigning his own death and his hideout is filled with a wide variety of means of murder and torture. |
| Mutant Leader | Frank Miller | The Dark Knight Returns (February–June 1986) | In the Frank Miller Batman Universe, the unnamed Mutant Leader was the leader of a gang known as the Mutants until the Batman came out of retirement and defeated the Mutant Leader, dismantling the Mutants. |
| Narcosis | Alan Grant Dave Taylor | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #50 (May 1996) | Real name unknown; Narcosis uses dream-inducing gasses to rob his victims of their sense of reality. His mother was a lush and his father was a thief. They were both sent away and he was neglectfully passed around the city. At the age of five, his face was horrifically burned in a kitchen accident and, coupled with his family being split up, he began having chronic nightmares. He hates Gotham for being neglectful and wishes to plunge the city into an ever-lasting nightmare. |
| Nicodemus | Ed Brubaker Scott McDaniel | Batman #601 (May 2002) | Thomas Hart is a masked figure in Gotham City who kidnaps corrupt city officials and burns them to death. He, like the Batman, had lost his parents to a Gotham crime at an early age. |
| Nocturna | Doug Moench Don Newton Gene Colan | Detective Comics #529 (August 1983) | Natalia Knight (originally called Natasha in the three-issue arc that introduces her) is a thief and manipulator whose skin was bleached pale white by an experimental laser in a work-related accident. She is an astronomer at Gotham City's observatory and an employee of Wayne Enterprises. Sensitive to light, she prefers to operate in darkness, though she always had an affinity for the night prior to her accident. She speaks in purple prose, is dramatic, and is obsessed with wealth and luxury after growing up poor, teaming up with her older adopted brother and lover Anton Knight, originally known as the Thief of Night and then known as Night-Slayer, to maintain their status and lifestyle after the death of their father, Charles, who was secretly a gangster. Later she returns and adopts Jason Todd as part of a scheme, but almost immediately grows attached to the boy and genuinely wants to be a mother to him. During this same time, she becomes a love interest of Batman and is involved in a love triangle with him and the Catwoman. There is another love triangle going on with her, Anton, and Batman. She (apparently) dies when the Crisis hits Gotham, stabbed in the chest by a scorned Anton (now calling himself Night-Slayer as a vow to kill her). Jason-as-Robin puts her in her hot air balloon (her signature mode of transport) and sets it free, mourning her after finally accepting her as a mother figure. |
| NKVDemon I | Marv Wolfman Jim Aparo | Batman #445 (March 1990) | Gregor Dosynski is the protégé of KGBeast who tries to kill a list of 10 Soviet government officials in Moscow, considering them traitors to the cause of Communism. He is killed by police gunfire in an attempt to assassinate the 10th person on his list, then-General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. |
| NKVDemon II | Shaun McLaughlin Ken Hooper | Aquaman (vol. 4) #8 (July 1992) | 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 Aquaman. He is defeated by Aquaman and Batman and eventually killed while in jail. |
| NKVDemon III | Chuck Dixon Eduardo Barreto | Robin (vol. 4) #47 (November 1997) | The third NKVDemon initially works for Ulysses "the General" Armstrong. More recently, he served as the bodyguard to the head of the Gotham Odessa crime family and was killed in the shootout that incited the Gotham gang war. |
| The Ogre and the Ape | Doug Moench Kelley Jones | Batman #535 (October 1996) | Michael Adams is a genetically altered man whose "brother" is a genetically enhanced gorilla. The Ogre has increased strength and the Ape has increased intelligence. The Ogre tracks and murders the scientists who had conducted the extremely inhumane experiments that created them while killing countless other test subjects, only to be tracked by Batman himself. In the end, the Ape is killed and the Ogre wanders aimlessly through Gotham City. |
| Orca | Larry Hama Scott McDaniel | Batman #579 (July 2000) | Grace Balin is a marine biologist who transforms herself into a monstrous human/orca hybrid, first attempting to steal a valuable necklace. She is among the villains who were killed by the Tally Man II. |
| Outsider[308][309][310] | Gardner Fox Carmine Infantino | Detective Comics #356[Note 12] (October 1966) | The Outsider is the Earth-3 incarnation of Alfred Pennyworth[311] and the leader of the Secret Society of Super Villains.[312] |
| Panara | Chuck Dixon Jim Balent | Catwoman (vol. 2) #37 (September 1996) | Ms. Dorsey is a young woman that is diagnosed with an incurable disease. She seeks the aid of a geneticist who specializes in radical cures for illnesses. He traps the Catwoman, believing her to be a were-cat and thinking her to have special DNA, to use in Dorsey's cure, but finds that she was a "mere human". |
| Penny Plunderer | Bill Finger Bob Kane | World's Finest Comics #30 (September–October 1947) | Joe Coyne, a thief obsessed with penny-oriented crimes, starts his career selling newspapers for pennies. He is later caught stealing pennies and gets the electric chair. The giant penny on display in the Batcave, which has been a longtime staple of Batman's lair, was originally one of the Penny Plunderer's devices. |
| Pistolera | Chuck Dixon Graham Nolan Scott Hanna | Detective Comics #674 (May 1994) | Gunbunny I (real name unknown) is a costumed criminal and the former partner and lover of Gunhawk. After a falling out with Gunhawk, she became a western-themed villainess known as Pistolera and joined a group called the Ravens. She is later shot and killed by Deadshot. |
| Pix | Scott Beatty | Batman: Gotham Knights #34 (December 2002) | Ariadne Pixnit is an avant-garde tattoo artist who used "nanite-ink", a nanobot-filled color matrix that she could program to form itself into designs on her subjects. After being beaten and raped by a street gang, Pixnit works undercover at her attackers' favorite tattoo shop, designing lethal tattoos (swords, scorpions, etc.) that she brings to "life" via computer to dispatch the gang members one by one. She later injects a large amount of the nanite-ink into her skull, giving her the ability to create creatures and weapons on her skin that she could animate and use against Batman. |
| Planet Master I | Bill Finger Jim Mooney | Detective Comics #296 (October 1961) | Professor Norbert starts a crime wave using gimmicks based on the nine planets after inhaling a strange gas which turns him into a "Jekyll and Hyde"-like character. After the gas's effect wears off, it is revealed that Norbert's assistant Edward Burke manipulated him into committing the crimes. Later, Burke becomes the Planet Master II and appears as a member of Kobra's Strike Force Kobra. Much later, he appears as part of the Secret Society of Super Villains during the Infinite Crisis. |
| Professor Carl Kruger | Gardner Fox Bob Kane | Detective Comics #33 (November 1939) | Professor Krueger is a mad scientist who uses elaborate schemes and devices to battle Batman. |
| Professor Achilles Milo | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #247 (September 1957) | Professor Achilles Milo is a scientist who uses chemicals to battle Batman, most famously transforming Anthony Lupus into a mutated werewolf. |
| Professor Radium | Bill Finger Bob Kane | Batman #8 (December 1941 – January 1942) | Professor Henry Ross is a scientist who is accidentally transformed into "a human radium ray". In need of an expensive antidote, Ross uses his newfound powers to commit crimes in Gotham; anxious not to hurt anyone, he accidentally kills his girlfriend, Mary Lamont. Going insane, Professor Radium finds himself battling Batman and Robin. He seems to drown in his first appearance, but returns in recent times and is revealed to have joined a subgroup of the Secret Society of Super Villains known as the Nuclear Legion. |
| Proteus | Steve Ditko | Beware the Creeper #2 (July 1968) | 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. Becoming a shapeshifting figure in the Gotham underworld, Proteus emerges as the arch-nemesis of the Creeper. |
| Puppet Master | Bill Finger Bob Kane | Batman #3 (October 1940) | Not to be confused with the Marvel Comics character of the same name, the Puppet Master is a criminal who uses his thought waves and puppets to control people after an injection from a chemical weakens their will. |
| Queen Bee II | Bob Haney Win Mortimer | The Brave and the Bold #64 (March 1966) | Marcia Monroe is the spoiled daughter of a rich man who was originally rescued by Batman. She later became a member of CYCLOPS as the Queen Bee II. |
| Rainbow Beast | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #134 (September 1960) | After helping the president of a small South American republic against a dictatorial rebel, Batman and Robin are confronted with another menace — a Rainbow Beast. Spawned from a fiery volcano, the Rainbow Beast radiates four separate power-auras from different areas of its body. However, after using a power, the section of the Beast's body used becomes white, and it must leach color to regain its power. Batman and Robin trick the Rainbow Beast into expending all of its auras, leaving it entirely colorless. They ram it with a log and the Beast shatters into fragments. |
| Raven I | Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #287 (January 1961) | Joe Parker was given the identity of Raven as a pawn for aliens Kzan and Jhorl who seek a meteorite. |
| Raven II | Bob Rozakis Juan Ortiz | Batman Family #18 (July 1978) | Dave Corby is an agent for MAZE that battled Robin and Batgirl on occasion. |
| Reaper I | Dennis O'Neil Neal Adams | Detective Comics #237 (December 1971) | Dr. Benjamin Gruener is a Holocaust survivor who took on the identity of the Reaper to exact revenge on his former Nazi captors. |
| Reaper II | Mike W. Barr Alan Davis | Detective Comics #575 (June 1987) | After losing his wife in a robbery, Judson Caspian became a vigilante and began murdering criminals. |
| Reaper III | Mike W. Barr Alan Davis | Batman: Full Circle (January 1991) | Joe Chill Jr., the son of Joe Chill, briefly became the Reaper as part of a plan to drive Batman insane. |
| Roadrunner | Scott Snyder Jock | Detective Comics #876 (April 2011) | Once an exotic car dealer, Bixby Rhodes took the opportunity to start smuggling guns and other firearms to the newcomers in Gotham's crime world when Gotham City's organized crime fell after the capture of Jeremiah Arkham as Black Mask II. Taking up the nickname of the Roadrunner, Bixby would deliver guns in the trunks of custom-ordered cars. |
| Rob Callender | Bill Finger Jerry Robinson | World's Finest Comics #11 (August–November 1943) | Rob Callender is a laboratory assistant from the future who became a thief after being transported to the present day. |
| Savage Skull | Doug Moench Don Newton | Batman #360 (June 1983) | Jack Crane is a rogue cop that is fired from the Gotham City Police Department due to his illegal activities. Disfigured in an accident that burns off his skin, Crane seeks revenge as the Savage Skull, but is defeated by Batman. |
| Seth Wickham | Gerry Duggan Shawn Crystal | Arkham Manor #2 (November 26, 2014) | An emotionally unstable teenager believing himself to be clinically deceased and that everyone around him is the living dead, Seth Wickman was committed to Arkham Manor after he attacked his mother. His condition only worsened from there, putting him directly in Batman's crosshairs. |
| Sewer King | Tom Ruegger Jules Dennis Richard Mueller | 52 #25[Note 13] (October 2006) | The Sewer King is a staff-carrying, sewer-dwelling villain with an army of runaway children he uses as pickpockets. He appeared among other obscure villains slain at the hands of Intergang boss Bruno Mannheim.[313] |
| Signalman | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #112 (December 1957) | Phil Cobb is a small-time criminal in Gotham who is convinced that he needs a gimmick to hit it big. Inspired by the Bat-Signal, he becomes the Signalman, using signals, signs, and symbols in his crimes, but is inevitably defeated by Batman and Robin time and again. He is also a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains. For a brief time, Cobb changes his modus operandi and, inspired by the Green Arrow, commits crimes as the Blue Bowman. The Signalman is kidnapped and tortured by Dr. Moon and Phobia and is presumed deceased, but later appears as a drug-addicted informant to Black Lightning. |
| Snowman | Gerry Conway Roy Thomas José Luis García-López | Batman #337 (July 1981) | Klaus Kristin is the son of a male yeti and a human woman. In his first appearance, he comes to Gotham City to freeze it over, but encounters Batman in the process. |
| Spellbinder I | John Broome Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #358 (December 1966) | Delbert Billings (also known as Keith Sherwood) is a painter who uses optical illusions and hypnotic weapons to commit crimes. The Spellbinder I is on the run from the law with his then-girlfriend, Fay Moffit, when he is confronted by the demon-lord Neron, who makes an offer of giving him his greatest desire in exchange for his soul. The Spellbinder I rejects the offer, but Fay shoots him in the head and takes the deal for herself, becoming the Spellbinder III, a.k.a. Lady Spellbinder, as a result. |
| Spellbinder II | Gerard Jones Chuck Wojtkiewicz | Justice League International (vol. 2) #65 (June 1994) | A genuine mystic (real name unknown) takes the name and appears as a member of the government-sanctioned "League-Busters". |
| Spellbinder III / Lady Spellbinder | Chuck Dixon Staz Johnson Scott Hanna | Detective Comics #691 (November 1995) | During the Underworld Unleashed crossover event, the Spellbinder I (Delbert Billings) rejects Neron's offer and is shot in the head by his then-girlfriend, Fay Moffit, who then takes the deal for herself and becomes the Spellbinder III, a.k.a. Lady Spellbinder, as a result.[314] |
| Spider | Gerry Duggan Shawn Crystal | Arkham Manor #2 (November 26, 2014) | The man known only as the Spider was a laborer who came to Gotham to help renovate Wayne Manor into the new Arkham Asylum after the latter had been destroyed during a year-long scheme to kill Batman. The Spider eventually gave up working and instead hid inside the walls of the new asylum, no one knowing where he had gone, waiting for the inmates to arrive. The Spider started mysteriously killing inmates, causing Batman to go undercover as the inmate Jack Shaw. Batman got into a fight late at night with the Spider, believing him to be Victor Zsasz, but the Spider escaped capture before the guards arrived. |
| Spinner | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #129 (February 1960) | Swami Ygar is a villain in a metal-clad outfit that is lined with metal discs. |
| Spook | Frank Robbins Irv Novick | Detective Comics #434 (April 1973)[315] | Val Kaliban is one of the world's greatest escape artists, and uses his extraordinary abilities together with special effects to commit spectacular crimes and make people believe he was a real ghost. After several battles with Batman, he is killed by Damian Wayne.[316] |
| Steeljacket | Chuck Dixon Graham Nolan | Detective Comics #681 (January 1995) | Steeljacket is a bio-engineering experiment, a cross between man and bird. His hollow bones give him extremely light weight, allowing him to fly. However, he must wear metallic armor to protect his frail body. |
| Stranger | Edmond Hamilton Bob Kane Lew Sayre Schwartz | Batman #78 (August 1953) | Really a Martian criminal named Quork, who steals a spaceship and comes to Earth to steal weapons with his incredible technology, as weapons are outlawed on Mars. He is pursued by the First Lawmen of Mars, who team up with Batman and Robin, having observed them from Mars. The Stranger meets the lawmen but kidnaps Robin, and is tracked down by a bug the Martian Manhunter had placed in his pocket. Robin is tied to a missile which is launched but is saved, and Quork is taken back to Mars. |
| Sylph | Chuck Dixon Greg Land | Nightwing #48 (October 2000) | Sylvan Scofield is the daughter of an inventor of a micro-thin fabric that can be manipulated into shooting out from around the wearer. Her abilities including gliding and wrapping others with the cloth. When others try to steal this invention, her father commits suicide and she goes after those she believe caused it in Blüdhaven. It was believed that she had committed suicide after her encounter with Nightwing, but that was later proven not to be the case. |
| Synaptic Kid | Peter Milligan Tom Mandrake | Detective Comics #633 (August 1991) | The Synaptic Kid is a deformed metahuman telepath who attempts to enter Batman's mind and learn his secret identity for the purpose of blackmailing him, only to be rendered comatose when the attempt backfires. |
| Tally Man I | Alan Grant | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #19 (October 1993) | The Tally Man is a killer for hire who has murdered around 60 people. He wears a mask over his face, a long purplish smock with ruffled sleeves and an oversized top hat. |
| Tally Man II | James Robinson Leonard Kirk | Detective Comics #819 (July 2006) | A hit man using the name "the Tally Man" later surfaces while under the employ of the Great White Shark.[volume & issue needed] |
| Ten-Eyed Man | Frank Robbins Irv Novick Dick Giordano | Batman #226 (November 1970) | Philip Reardon is a former Vietnam War veteran and warehouse guard who is blinded in a warehouse explosion that burns his retinas. Doctor Engstrom reconnects them to his fingers. Reardon blames Batman for his blindness. He was killed by one of the Anti-Monitor's Shadow-Demons during the Crisis. |
| Thanatos | Gerry Conway John Calnan | Batman #305 (November 1978) | Thanatos is the masked leader of the gang of terrorists known as the "Death's Head", devoted to the destruction of capitalism. The Death's Head is defeated by Batman, and Thanatos is unmasked as Sophia Santos, also known as "Lina Muller", a reporter who had associated with Batman. |
| Thor | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #127 (October 1959) | Henry Meke is proprietor of a small museum featuring replicas of mythological curios. One night, a meteorite smashed through a window, hit the Hammer of Thor, and disintegrated. The hammer began to glow and Meke reached out to examine it. After touching the hammer, he was transformed into the mighty Thor himself. The metamorphosis is repeated during thunderstorms. Thor then began a quest to finance the building of a temple to Odin by robbing banks. |
| Tiger Shark | Bill Finger Dick Sprang | Detective Comics #147 (May 1949) | Dr. Gaige is a famous oceanographer turned gang leader. He operates at sea and at Gotham's waterfront. |
| Trapper | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #206 (April 1954) | Jason Bard is a criminal who is obsessed with animal traps and uses them in his crimes. He is not to be confused with the actual Jason Bard, who is a member of the Gotham City Police Department. |
| Trigger Twins | Chuck Dixon Graham Nolan | Detective Comics #666 (December 1993) | The Trigger Twins (Thomas and Tad Trigger) are two cowboys that grew up apart without knowing they were twins. They discover they share a great skill as gunslingers and become bandits, taking their motif from their heroic Wild West namesakes. They are seemingly killed during Infinite Crisis. |
| Torque | Chuck Dixon Scott McDaniel | Nightwing (vol. 2) #1 (October 1996) | Inspector Dudley "Deadly" Soames was the most corrupt cop working in the Blüdhaven Police Department before a near-death experience. He then became a supervillain called Torque. |
| Ugly American | Alan Grant Dan Jurgens | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #6 (November 1992) | Jon Kennedy Payne was brainwashed by the U.S. government to be an assassin with extreme patriotic emotions. Something went wrong, however, and he developed a hatred for non-whites and foreigners of all shapes and sizes, including dogs like poodles. His rage came to an end when he was taken out by agents of the same government that created him as Batman subdued him. |
| Ventriloquist III / Ferdie | Gail Simone[317][318] | Batgirl (vol. 4) #20 (July 2013) | The third Ventriloquist, Shauna Belzer, is obsessed with murder. Through the use of telekinesis, Belzer murders innocent people with her "partner", a puppet she controls named Ferdie. Belzer is primarily an enemy of Batgirl.[319] |
| Wasp | Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #287 (January 1961) | Willie Blaine was given the identity of the Wasp as a pawn for two aliens, Kzan and Jhorl, that sought a meteorite. |
| Wa'arzen | Michael Fleisher Jim Aparo | The Brave and the Bold #180 (November 1981) | Wa'arzen is the vengeful specter of an ancient Japanese wizard. |
| Werewolf | Len Wein Neal Adams | Batman #255 (March 1974) | Anthony Lupus is a former Olympic decathlon champion who is turned into a werewolf by a drug derived from an Alaskan timber wolf given to him by Professor Milo to treat his unbearable headaches. Milo discovered that his headaches were caused by the lycanthropy and offered him a cure if he would kill Batman. When Batman was trapped, Lupus became a werewolf where Milo was unable to control him and the cure was destroyed. After being impaled by a rod and struck by lightning where he fell to the ground, Anthony's body was nowhere to be found. Six years later, Batman traced Anthony to Alaska, where he planned to bring Anthony back to Gotham City so that his sister Angela can get a bone marrow transplant. Using a silver net, Batman trapped Anthony and took him back to Gotham City, while planning to find a cure for him. |
| Wrath[320][321] | Mike W. Barr Michael Golden | Batman Special #1 (June 1984) | The original character to become the anti-Batman known as the Wrath was a child (name unknown) who watched his criminal parents die at the hands of a then-rookie policeman named James Gordon, who killed them in self-defense. As an adult, the Wrath I 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. He is killed in a battle with Batman.[322] |
| Tony Bedard Rags Morales | Batman Confidential #13 (March 2008) | Elliot Caldwell was one of the several orphan children whom the Wrath I kidnapped to train them to become Scorn the Anti-Robin.[Note 14] Caldwell was the only orphan to survive the training, but was unable to become Scorn due to the Wrath's untimely death. When Caldwell grew into an adult, he became the Wrath II and devoted himself to the Wrath I's cause.[323] As the C.E.O. of Caldwell Tech, Caldwell began creating an army of soldiers to take on the Scorn identity.[324] | |
| Zebra-Man | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #275 (January 1960) | Jacob Baker is the original Zebra-Man, who was a high-tech scientist whose body is irradiated, granting him "magnetic" powers to attract or repel metal, wood, stone and human flesh. His name comes from the black and white stripes on his body. |
| Mike W. Barr | Outsiders #21 (1987) | A second Zebra-Man is later created by Kobra as a member of Strike Force Kobra to combat the Outsiders. | |
| Paul Jenkins David Finch | Batman: The Dark Knight (vol. 2) #1 (September 2011) | A version of the Zebra-Man, who goes by the name "Vortex", appears in The New 52 as an inmate of Arkham Asylum. | |
| Zeiss | Ed Brubaker Scott McDaniel | Batman #582 (October 2000) | Philo Zeiss possesses surgically enhanced speed, reflexes, vision-enhancing goggles and extensive martial arts training. Brought up by the Sicilian Mafia, Zeiss eventually becomes a contract killer and bodyguard. He fights Batman to a standstill and nearly kills the Catwoman. |
| Zodiac Master | Dave Wood Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #323 (January 1964) | The masked villain known as Zodiac Master makes his presence known in Gotham by predicting a succession of disasters, all of which he has secretly orchestrated. Having cemented his reputation, he starts offering odds on the relative success or failure for the plans of various criminals, all in exchange for 25% of the take. A mini-figure version of him appears in The Lego Batman Movie. |
Villains from other rogues galleries Edit
When these villains debuted, they fought other heroes before fighting Batman.
| Villain | Creator(s) | First appearance | Fictional biography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calculator | Bob Rozakis Mike Grell | Detective Comics #463 (September 1976) | Noah Kuttler is a highly intelligent criminal who fights Batman and the Justice League wearing a costume designed like a pocket calculator. In spite of his powerful arsenal, the Calculator never makes it big as a costumed villain. Now relying solely on his intellect, he works as a successful information broker and source of information for supervillains planning heists, charging $1,000 per question. He sees the Oracle as his nemesis and opposite number. |
| Count Werner Vertigo[99][100] | Gerry Conway Trevor Von Eeden Vince Colletta | World's Finest Comics #251 (July 1978) | The victim of a hereditary inner ear defect that affected his balance, Werner Zytle had a small electronic device implanted in his right temple that compensated for this problem. Tinkering with the device, Zytle learned he was able to distort other people's perceptions, causing vertigo. Donning a costume and taking the name "Count Vertigo", he embarked on a life of crime. Despite primarily being an enemy of the Green Arrow and the Black Canary, he has been known to come into conflict with Batman. |
| Gentleman Ghost | Robert Kanigher Joe Kubert | Flash Comics #88 (October 1947) | Primarily a Hawkman foe, the specter once named James Craddock often finds himself at odds with Batman.[325] |
| Onomatopoeia | Kevin Smith Phil Hester | Green Arrow #12 (March 2002) | Onomatopoeia is a serial killer who targets non-powered vigilante superheroes. He earned his name because he imitates noises around him, such as dripping taps, gunshots, etc. No personal characteristics are known about Onomatopoeia, including his real name or facial features. Onomatopoeia is a superb athlete, martial artist, and weapons expert. He carries two semi-automatic handguns, a sniper rifle, and an army knife. |
| Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash | John Broome Carmine Infantino | The Flash #139 (September 1963) | Eobard Thawne is a speedster from the 25th century who went insane on discovering he would become a villain. He is behind Flashpoint, where he was killed by Thomas Wayne, but brought back to life, later developing a new grudge over his killer and his family (i.e., Bruce Wayne). He opposed Batman in The Button, where he was decimated by an unknown being. Eventually, he was brought back to life even after this death. |
| Killer Frost I | Gerry Conway Al Milgrom | Firestorm #3 (June 1978) | The first incarnation of Killer Frost, Crystal Frost went to Hudson University, where she dated her teacher Martin Stein and worked on a project while living at the Arctic. Unfortunately, she realized her heart was broken when Stein rejected her by withdrawing her from college after realizing her wrongdoing. This causes her to lock herself away in a permafrost chamber by accident but survives transforming her into a cold-superpowered villain. She eventually absorbed heat and turned everything warm living to cold ice adopting the name, Killer Frost. |
| Killer Frost II | Gerry Conway Al Milgrom | Firestorm (vol. 2) #21 (March 1984) | After the death of Crystal, Louise Lincoln became the second incarnation of Killer Frost, in order to avenger her closet friend and take on her first predecessor's legacy. This version of the character has been going against Firestorm and other DC superheroes throughout the years, but she sometimes gets into conflict with the Dark Knight. In Superman/Batman "Public Enemies" arc, she is one of the many supervillains to seek a $1 billion reward from President Lex Luthor by hunting down the Man of Steel and the Cape Crusader. She allied with Mr. Cold, Icicle, and Mr. Freeze to ambush two iconic heroes, but they were defeated by Batman and Superman in Washington D.C.. |
| King Shark | Karl Kesel Tom Grummett | Superboy #0 (October 1994) | Born as a humanoid shark in Hawaii with a rare genetic mutation, Nanaue killed his victims with his razor-sharp shark-like teeth and claws; including incredible speed, durability, strong senses, and generational healing factors, before he was confronted by Superboy. King Shark has many duels with Superboy, Aquaman, and various DC Superheroes, but he comes in to confront the Dark Knight on many occasions. One time he tried to kill Batman alongside his partners Killer Croc and Amygdala on the train while halting Two-Face's data breach. |
| Rag Doll I[133][326] | Gardner Fox Lou Ferstadt | Flash Comics #36 (December 1942) | Peter Merkel is a master contortionist and hypnotist who has fought Batman on many occasions. Since The New 52, he has been an inmate at Arkham Asylum. |
| Solomon Grundy[32] | Alfred Bester Paul Reinman | All-American Comics #61 (October 1944) | Cyrus Gold was a Gotham City merchant who was murdered and thrown into Slaughter Swamp, where he was transformed into an undead, incredibly strong, zombie-like creature. He was initially an enemy of Green Lantern, but has also had numerous encounters with Batman. |
Teams Edit
The following is a list of fictional teams, groups of supervillains, gangs, and organized crime families that are enemies of the Batman family, listed in alphabetical order by name. The first appearance and a brief fictional biography of each team is also listed.
| Villain | Creator(s) | First appearance | Fictional biography | Notable members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Crime | Gerry Conway Don Newton | Detective Comics #516 (June 1982) | An institution in Hollywood, California, that was created by a thug called Headmaster to educate the low-profile criminals in various crimes. | Headmaster Mirage unnamed students |
| Batman Revenge Squad[327] | Leo Dorfman Neal Adams | World's Finest Comics #175 (May 1968) | The Batman Revenge Squad is a trio of villains who don similar costumes to Batman in a bid to destroy him. | Cash Carew Barney the Blast Flamethrower |
| Black Glove[167] | Grant Morrison Tony Daniel | Batman #667 (August 2007) | The Black Glove is a corrupt and exclusive organisation led by Doctor Hurt that is made up of wealthy and villainous individuals. | Doctor Simon Hurt Jezebel Jet Cardinal Maggi Al-Khidr Sir Anthony General Malenkov Senator Vine |
| Burnley Town Massive | Greg Rucka Shawn Martinbrough | Detective Comics #744 (May 2000) | Also known as the B.T.M., they are an African American gang that is one of Gotham City's most violent gangs who have made money from drugs, guns, and prostitution. | Able Crown Gary Watson |
| Cassamento Crime Family | Greg Rucka Rick Burchett | Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood' #1 (June 2000) | A crime family that specialized in the heroin trade and is one of the Five Families of Gotham City. | Santo Cassamento Mario Cassamento |
| Circus of Strange | Grant Morrison Frank Quitely | Batman and Robin #1 (August 2009) | The Circus of Strange is a circus-themed group of criminals led by Professor Pyg. | Professor Pyg[328] Mister Toad[329] Big Top[328] Kushti[328] Phosphorus Rex[328] |
| Club of Villains | Grant Morrison Tony Daniel | Batman #676 (June 2008) | The Club of Villains is made up of supervillains led by Doctor Hurt as an evil version to the Club of Heroes. | Doctor Simon Hurt Joker Le Bossu Pierrot Lunaire King Kraken Charlie Caligula El Sombrero Jezebel Jet Scorpiana Swagman |
| Council of Spiders | Christopher Yost Marcus To | Red Robin #5 (October 2009) | A group of spider-themed assassins and metahumans who are rivals of the League of Assassins. | Funnel Goliath Recluse Sac Tangle Widower Wanderer Wolf |
| Court of Owls | Scott Snyder Greg Capullo | Batman (vol. 2) #2 (December 2011) | The subjects of a popular Gotham City nursery rhyme, the shadowy Court of Owls is a secret society composed of some of the most powerful men and women in Gotham City. They use assassins known as Talons to eliminate threats. | Joseph Powers Maria Powers Lincoln March |
| Disgraced | Gail Simone Alitha Martinez | Batgirl (vol. 4) #10 (August 2012) | The Disgraced use whatever means necessary to apprehend, torment, and kill all criminals. | Knightfall Bone Breaker Bleak Michael Katharsis |
| Dollmaker Family | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #1 (November 2011) | The Dollmaker Family is a family of serial killers led by the Dollmaker that run an organ trade business and make dolls out of human flesh. | Dollmaker III[330] Dollhouse[330] Bentley[330] Jack-in-the-Box[330] Sampson[330] Olivia Carr[330] Orifice[330] an unnamed character[204] Toyman[205] |
| East Side Dragons | Paul Dini Andres Guinaldo | Gotham City Sirens #11 (June 2010) | A gang that is known to run illegal dog fights. | n/a |
| Escabedo Cartel | Greg Rucka Shawn Martinbrough | Detective Comics #743 (April 2000) | A Columbian drug cartel that operated in Gotham City's Coventry district. | Diego Escabado Fernando Escabado |
| Falcone Crime Family | Frank Miller Dave Mazzucchelli | Batman #404 (March 1987) | The Falcone Crime Family was an organized crime syndicate that was prominent during the early years of Batman's crime fighting career. | Vincent Falcone Carmine Falcone Alberto Falcone Mario Falcone Sofia Falcone Gigante |
| False Face Society | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #152 (December 1962)[331] | The False Face Society is a gang of masked criminals led by Black Mask. | Black Mask I Black Spider II Circe Metalhead Mad Bull[332] Edgar Dempsy[333] Dwarf[333] |
| Fearsome Foot-Fighters | John Broome Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #372 (February 1968) | Experts in a French form of kickboxing, these acrobatic martial artists hail from the fictional Balkan nation of Karonia. | Idimo |
| Galante Crime Family | Greg Rucka Rick Burchett | Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood #1 (June 2000) | A branch of the Sicilian Mafia that is one of the Five Families of Gotham City. | Pasquale "Junior" Galante Jr. |
| Ghost Dragons | Chuck Dixon Tom Lyle | Robin (vol. 4) #1 (January 1991) | An Asian street gang that is led by King Snake. | King Snake Lynx |
| Gorilla Gang | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #156 (June 1963) | The Gorilla Gang is a group of criminals who dress up in gorilla suits and commit crimes. In DC Rebirth, the Gorilla Gang members wear gorilla masks and business suits. | Luke Pete Bingo Caesar Joe King Magilla |
| Hammer Organization | Jim Starlin Jim Aparo | Batman #417 (March 1988) | A former KGB group that became part of the Russian Mafia following the collapse of the Soviet Union. | Commissar KGBeast |
| Intergang | Jack Kirby | Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (October 1970) | Intergang has a branch in Gotham City and played a part in the "Gotham Underground" storyline.[334] | Johnny Stitches |
| Inzerillo Crime Family | Greg Rucka Rick Burchett | Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood #1 (June 2000) | A crime family that is one of the Five Families of Gotham City. | Enrico Inzerillo Jack Inzerillo |
| Ivgene Clan | Judd Winick Guillem March | Catwoman (vol. 4) #1 (November 2011) | A branch of the Russian Mafia. | Ivgene Vadim Renald Ivanko |
| Kings of the Sun | Francis Manapul Brian Buccellato | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #30 (June 2014) | The Kings of the Sun are a biker gang that has moved in on Gotham City, led by Holter. | Holter |
| League of Smiles | John Layman Jason Fabok | Detective Comics (vol. 2) #16 (March 2013) | The League of Smiles is a cult of criminals that hero-worships the Joker.[335] | Merrymaker Philip Miles Annie McCloud David "Happy" Hill Rodney the Torch |
| LoBoyz | Bob Gale Alex Maleev | Batman: No Man's Land #1 (March 1999) | A gang that was active when Gotham City was declared to be a "No Man's Land." | n/a |
| Leviathan[167] | Grant Morrison David Finch | Batman: The Return (December 2010) | Leviathan is a shadowy organization with origins unknown, capable of creating surgically and genetically altered super-humans. They have also shown an ability to brainwash people for their cause. The leader of the organization is Talia Head. | Talia Head Heretic Leviathan Son of Pyg |
| Lucky Hand Triad | Greg Rucka Shawn Martinbrough | Detective Comics #743 (April 2000) | A triad that is one of the biggest gangs in Gotham City's Chinatown district. | Ekin Tzu |
| Maroni Crime Family | Jeph Loeb Tim Sale | Detective Comics #66 (August 1942) | Led by Sal Maroni, the Maroni Crime Family are a prominent crime family in Gotham City. In the early years of Batman's career, the Maronis often vied for power and control of the Gotham City's criminal underworld with the Falcone Crime Family. | Big Lou Maroni Sal Maroni Tony Zucco |
| Many Arms of Death | Marguerite Bennett James Tynion IV Steve Epting | Batwoman Vol. 3 #1 (May 2017) | An assassin group from Coryana that has fought Batwoman. Each of its members are named after a weapon. The Many Arms of Death used a legitimate company called the Kali Corporation as a front. The Scarecrow once worked with the Many Arms of Death under the alias of the Needle. Alice was once brainwashed by the Many Arms of Death to serve them under the alias of the Mother of War. | Knife (Tahani) Alice Elder Fatima Rifle Queen Scarecrow Younger |
| Masters of Disaster | Mike W. Barr Jim Aparo | Batman and the Outsiders #9 (April 1984) | The Masters of Disaster are a group of mercenaries with an elemental theme. | New Wave Shakedown Coldsnap Heatstroke Windfall |
| Mirror House Cult | Scott Snyder Jock | Detective Comics #871 (November 2010) | A cult led by the Dealer that religiously believes in immorality, the Mirror House Cult gathers at the Mirror House. | Dealer |
| Misfits | Alan Grant Tim Sale | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #7 (December 1992) | The Misfits are a group of Batman's enemies led by Killer Moth. | Killer Moth (Drury Walker) Catman Calendar Man Chancer |
| Mud Pack | Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle | Detective Comics #604 (September 1989) | The Mud Pack are a group composed of several of the supervillains who call themselves "Clayface". During their alliance, Basil Karlo, the original Clayface, injects blood samples of the other Clayfaces into himself, gaining all of their unique superpowers and abilities and becoming the "Ultimate Clayface". | Basil Karlo Matt Hagen (deceased; represented by a piece of his clay-like body) Preston Payne Sondra Fuller |
| Mutants | Frank Miller | The Dark Knight Returns #1–4 (February–June 1986) | A gang of punks that have taken over the city, the Mutants typically wear visors and have shaved heads or Mohawks. There was also a version of the Mutants that appeared on New Earth. | Mutant Leader Don Rob |
| Neon Dragon Triad | Grant Morrison Philip Tan | Batman and Robin #4 (November 2009) | A triad that did business with the Penitente Cartel. | Tony Li |
| Network | John Francis Moore Rick Hoberg Stefano Gaudiano | Batman: Family #1 (December 2002) | The Network is a crime family led by Athena. | Athena Bugg Doctor Excess Freeway Mister Fun Suicide King Technician Tracker |
| New Olympians | Mike W. Barr Bill Willingham | Batman and the Outsiders #14 (October 1984) | The New Olympians are Maxie Zeus' group of mercenaries selected to represent Greek and Roman gods to disrupt the 1984 Olympics. | Monitor Antaeus Argus Diana Nox Vulcanus |
| Odessa Mob | Greg Rucka Shawn Martinbrough | Detective Comics #742 (March 2000) | A powerful Russian Mafia that has run afoul of Batman and the Green Arrow. | Alexandra Kosov Vasily Kosov Viktor Kosov |
| Penitente Cartel | Grant Morrison Philip Tan | Batman and Robin #4 (November 2009) | A Mexican drug cartel founded by a mysterious figure named "El Penitente." | El Penitente |
| Red Hood Gang | Alan Moore Brian Bolland | Batman: The Killing Joke (July 1988) | The Red Hood Gang is a gang of Gotham criminals who rotate men under the guise of their leader to help protect the identity of the gang's true leaders if a job goes wrong. The most notable faux leader of the Red Hood Gang was the man who became the Joker. | Joker Joe Jason Todd an unnamed member |
| Royal Flush Gang | Gardner Fox Mike Sekowsky | Justice League of America #43 (March 1966) | There have been several incarnations of the Royal Flush Gang. Each gang has consisted of a King, Queen, Jack, Ace and Ten. Over the years, several aristocratic crime gangs existed, where they bring in new members (i.e., sons, daughters, husbands, wives) when the old ones retire or go to jail. At one point, a King was in charge of several members (two of them being his daughter and a Jack) after which Batman broke up the group. | King Queen Jack Ten Ace |
| Seven Men of Death | Grant Morrison Tony Daniel | Batman #670 (December, 2007) | The Seven Men of Death is a group belonging to Ra's al Ghul's League of Assassins. | Detonator Hook Maduvu Malcolm Merlyn the Dark Archer Razorburn Shellcase Whip an unnamed member |
| Spyral | Grant Morrison Chris Burnham | Batman Incorporated #4 (May 2011) | Spyral is an international spy agency, recently headed up by the enigmatic Doctor Dedalus. Following his death, the agency came under the leadership of his daughter Kathy Kane, the original Batwoman. | Agent 1 Agent 24 Agent 19 Agent 37 Frau Netz Matron Doctor Ashemore |
| Street Demonz | Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle | Detective Comics #614 (May 1990) | One of the oldest biker gangs in Gotham City. | Dallas Scorp Swifty The G Titanic |
| Strike Force Kobra | Mike W. Barr Jim Aparo | Outsiders #21 (July 1987) | Strike Force Kobra is a group of superpowered operatives created by Kobra based upon some of Batman's rogues in an operation against Stagg Enterprises. Kobra operative Lady Eve would form another incarnation that would menace the Outsiders led by the Eradicator. | Clayface IV Planet Master II Elemental Woman Zebra-Man II Spectrumonster Windfall Fauna Faust Dervish Spectra |
| Terminus' group | Peter Tomasi Patrick Gleason | Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #10 (August 2012) | Terminus was, by his own account, beaten by Batman at some point in his past and, as a result, he has some rare condition that required painful treatment to extend his life. He vowed to spend the remainder of his life in pursuit of defeating Batman and showing the people of Gotham that Batman is the true villain. He gathers a group of villains who all blame Batman for their current conditions. | Terminus Bathead Bootface Scallop Smush |
| Terrible Trio | Dave Wood Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #253 (March 1958) | Warren Lawford, Armand Lydecker, and Gunther Hardwicke are a trio of magnates and scientists who wear masks of cartoon animals to commit crimes as the Fox, the Shark, and the Vulture, respectively, and have obsessions with Earth, Water, and Air. | Warren Lawford Armand Lydecker Gunther Hardwicke Great White Shark |
| Underworld Olympics | David Vern Reed José Luis García-López | Batman #272 (February 1976) | The Underworld Olympics is an organization that hosts an international contest of the best criminals in the world separated by South American, North American, European, and Afro-Asian branches to see what region has the most accomplished villains on Earth. | various branches |
| Victim Syndicate | James Tynion IV Álvaro Martínez | Detective Comics #943 (October 2016) | The Victim Syndicate is a criminal organization composed of people who have been hurt through Batman's exploits against his rogues gallery. Their goal is to rid Gotham City of Batman and the Bat-family forever. | First Victim Madame Crow Mister Noxious Mudface Mute Anarky |
| Wonderland Gang [336][337] | Paul Dini Dustin Nguyen | Detective Comics #841 (April 2008) | The Wonderland Gang is a gang of supervillains themed around Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. | Mad Hatter[338] Tweedledum and Tweedledee[338] March Hare[338] White Rabbit[339] Lion[338] Unicorn[338] Walrus[338] Carpenter[338] |
Mobsters and plainclothes criminals Edit
Besides his infamous rogues gallery of supervillains, Batman has also faced more "ordinary" enemies, such as assassins, mobsters and terrorists.
In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance)
| Villain | Creator(s) | First appearance | Fictional biography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Able Crown | Greg Rucka Shawn Martinbrough | Detective Comics #744 (May 2000) | Able Crown is a local thug that has had a few run ins with Batman. Crown is also the same gangster who accidentally starts a huge gang war in Gotham City. |
| Alfred Stryker | Bill Finger Bob Kane | Detective Comics #27 (May 1939) | Alfred Stryker is the mastermind behind a chemical syndicate. He was killed in a confrontation with Batman when he fell into a vat of acid early in Batman's vigilante career. |
| Celia Kazantkakis / Athena | John Francis Moore Stefano Gaudiano | Detective Comics #775 (December 2002) | Celia Kazantkakis is a former CEO of Wayne Enterprises and current leader of a criminal organization called the Network. |
| Bad Cop | Andrew Kreisberg Scott McDaniel | Batman Confidential #22 (December 2008) | Geoff Shancoe is a former police officer that was tortured into insanity by the Joker. |
| Brainy Walker | Sheldon Moldoff Charles Paris | Detective Comics #242 (April 1957) | Brainy Walker was paroled after three years for counterfeiting and immediately set out to commit fresh crimes. This time though, he used counterfeit thousand-dollars in bills as a distraction. He first planted the phony bills around Gotham City and broadcast clues to their whereabouts. The streets were choked as citizen sought the money. This kept the police occupied with crowd control and traffic control, allowing W alker to commit robberies in relative peace. Walker then tricked Robin into accidentally telling the location of the Batcave. 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. When Walker gave up seeking the secret headquarters, he and his gang were finally apprehended. |
| Bruno Groft and Lekkey | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #128 (December 1959) | Bruno Groft was a foreign agent and assassin-for-hire whose gang kidnapped the Prince, Princess, and Ambassador of Morania. Batman and Robin defeated the gang and prevented Lekkey from assassinating the royal couple. |
| Carmine "The Roman" Falcone | Frank Miller Dave Mazzucchelli | Batman #404 (February 1987) | Carmine Falcone is a powerful crime boss in the early years of Batman's career and the leader of the Falcone Crime Family. He is the father of Alberto Falcone, Mario Falcone, and Sofia Falcone Gigante. |
| Catfoot Regan and Beetles Branagan | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #134 (September 1960) | Batman and Robin apprehend Catfoot Regan trying to rob jewels from the movement of a huge clock at a clock fair. Clues on Regan's clothes lead them to the thief's boss, Beetles Branagan, operating a crime ring from above the city in a huge advertising balloon. |
| Ernie Chubb | Chuck Dixon Beau Smith Sergio Cariello | Batman/Wildcat #1 (April 1997) | Ernie Chubb is a criminal currently incarcerated at Blackgate Penitentiary. |
| Erin McKillen | Peter Tomasi Patrick Gleason | Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #24 (December 2013) | Erin McKillen and her twin sister Shannon were born into the McKillen Crime Family. When they were little, they attended school with Bruce Wayne, who was still in mourning for his parents. Erin was regarded as a feisty child, getting into trouble and stealing kisses from Bruce. Upon the death of her father, she and Shannon took control of the McKillen Crime Family, and while she gained a penchant for ruthlessness, she and her twin sister were eventually arrested and sent to Blackgate Penitentiary. After losing three appeals, their defense attorney Harvey Dent betrayed them by joining the D.A.'s office and personally helping to keep them locked up. When Erin escaped from Blackgate, after her sister sacrificed her life to help Erin, she visited Harvey Dent, murdered his wife and scarred the left side of his face as a reminder of how he had treated them. |
| Faceless | Doug Moench Kelley Jones | Batman #542 (May 1997) | Joseph Zedno is a killer who removes the faces of his victims. |
| Frenchy Blake | Bill Finger Bob Kane | Detective Comics #28 (June 1939) | Frenchy Blake is a dapper criminal who ran a successful group of jewel thieves. |
| Gentleman Jim Jansen | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #134 (September 1960) | Gentleman Jim Jansen was an orchid fancier and smuggler whom Batman and Robin discover trying to smuggle hot diamonds inside orchids. |
| Graham | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #130 (March 1960) | Graham was an expert builder of replicas of ancient weapons for movies. He begins leading a gang that uses ancient weapons such as ballistas and caltrops to loot banks. |
| Gregorian Falstaff | Len Wein Irv Novick | Batman #317 (November 1979) | Gregorian Falstaff is a reclusive billionaire and business rival of Bruce Wayne who time and again tries to put Wayne Enterprises out of business. He once tried to kill Batman with an energy gun, but was pushed by Talia al Ghul into the gunfire, which instantly killed him. |
| Henri Ducard | Sam Hamm Denys Cowan | Detective Comics #599 (April 1989) | Henri Ducard was once one of Batman's teachers in the art of crime fighting. Years later, Batman learns that his former mentor is a master criminal. He appears in the three-part miniseries "Blind Justice" in Detective Comics and a few other times later on.[340] |
| James Gordon Jr. | Frank Miller Dave Mazzucchelli | Batman #407 (May 1987) | The son of Commissioner Gordon and his ex-wife Barbara Kean, Gordon is a psychopathic serial killer and is primarily an enemy of his sister, Batgirl, and sometimes Dick Grayson. |
| Joe Chill | Bill Finger Bob Kane | Detective Comics #33 (November 1939)[Note 15] | The mugger who murdered Bruce Wayne's parents, inspiring him to become Batman. Different continuities have portrayed him as a small-time criminal, a mob boss or a professional assassin. |
| Lewis "Lew" Moxon | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #235 (September 1956) | Lew Moxon is a mob boss who hired Joe Chill to kill Thomas Wayne, which sparked Bruce Wayne into becoming Batman, as well as bringing the villain Zeiss to Gotham City. |
| Matt Thorne | Bill Finger Dick Sprang | Batman #62 (December 1950 – January 1951) | Matt Thorne is an American criminal that brought several fellows felons with him to England to search of hidden Nazi treasure. They were thwarted in there efforts by the United Kingdom protectors, the Knight and the Squire, aided by the Dynamic Duo. |
| Mr. Lyon | Dick Sprang | Batman #19 (November 1943) | Lyon criminal who frames the Joker for placing people in animal enclosures that echo their names. He claims the Joker sent him a note threatening to place him in a lion cage, and uses this as an excuse to get bodyguards inside a secure area, which he uses to commit a robbery. The Joker hears of his framing, and places Lyon, Batman, and Robin inside a lion cage, but the Dynamic Duo are able to escape with Lyon, who is arrested along with the Joker. |
| Peter Pan Killer | Scott Snyder Francesco Francavilla | Detective Comics #875 (March 2011) | Roy M. Blount is a serial killer and pedophile that kidnaps children in Gotham City with a Peter Pan motif. |
| Rex "The Lion" Calabrese | James Tynion IV Scott Snyder Ray Fawkes John Layman Tim Seeley Jason Fabok | Batman Eternal #4 (June 2014) | Rex Calabrese is a gangster who used to run the Mob in Gotham City. His power was so immense that he became known as the Lion. Operating around the mid-20th century, Calabrese believed in something he referred to as the Natural Order. He believed that one day, much like he had done to the previous mob boss, a new up-and-coming gangster would kill him. This self-made prophecy was self-fulfilling, as Calabrese was killed and his empire taken over by Carmine Falcone, though he was not really dead, but imprisoned in Blackgate Penitentiary. He was revealed to be the father of Selina Kyle, though they are estranged. |
| Ruby Ryder | Bob Haney Nick Cardy | The Brave and the Bold #95 (May 1971) | The world's richest woman and top female tycoon, based in Gotham City, Ruby Ryder is also a femme fatale and a full-fledged big-time criminal. Three meetings with Batman ended in defeat and prison. She also encounters Metamorpho, the Green Arrow, the Metal Men, and Plastic Man (the latter of whom falls in love with her). |
| Rupert Thorne | Steve Englehart Walter Simonson | Detective Comics #469 (May 1977) | Rupert Thorne is a prominent head of the Gotham City Council and one of Gotham City's top smuggling gangs. He is also the boss of Matches Malone, the criminal whose identity was taken over by Batman. |
| Salvatore "The Boss" Maroni | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #66 (August 1942) | Boss Sal Maroni is the leader of the Maroni Crime Family and the gangster most notable for scarring Harvey Dent. |
| Sleeper Killer | Doug Moench Kelley Jones | Batman #516 (March 1995) | A killer who was under the control of her handler, Remmy, who was assassinated by a government agent. |
| Squid | Gerry Conway Don Newton | Detective Comics #497 (December 1980) | The Squid (Lawrence Loman, also known as Clement Carp) is a Chinese crime boss in Gotham City. He takes control of the underworld and almost succeeds in defeating Batman before apparently being killed by Killer Croc, a former member of the Squid's gang. However, the Squid returns alive,[123] only to die again as one of the crime bosses killed by Bruno Mannheim. |
| Sterling Silversmith | Len Wein Jim Aparo | Detective Comics #446 (April 1975) | Sterling T. Silversmith has been obsessed with silver since childhood and now, as a silver-haired older man, has amassed a fortune in stolen goods. Bullets bounce off Silversmith, thanks to a silver alloy woven into the fabric of his white suit. Batman has fought him twice and once prevented Silversmith from murdering the Crime Doctor. |
| Tobias Whale | Tony Isabella Trevor Von Eeden | Black Lightning #1 (April 1977) | Primarily the nemesis of Black Lightning, Tobias Whale moved his Metropolis-based operations to Gotham, becoming a figurehead in organized crime after the demise of Black Mask I. This accomplishment is short-lived when the likewise Metropolis-based Intergang follows suit and Whale is forced to join their organization. |
| Tommy "Mangles" Manchester | Doug Moench Kelley Jones | Batman #519 (1995) | Tommy "Mangles" Manchester was a feared ruffian who haunted the East End of Gotham City. Due to his imposing size—being a tall man with bulging muscles—even most policemen did not dare to mess with him, even though he was responsible for several murders. Eventually, Police Commissioner Gordon arrested him — after a brutal fight mano-a-mano — as his last official act before resigning from his post as Chief of the Gotham City Police Department. During his time in Blackgate Penitentiary, Manchester had a run-in with the Joker, who seriously wounded him (The Joker: Devil's Advocate). After a strong earthquake devastated Gotham City, Manchester teamed up with the cyborg Gearhead, who had lost some of his protheses at the time, strapping the damaged man to his back and, in a way, merging both villains into a hybrid villain. When last seen, Manchester tried to barge into a gathering of members of the Gotham police in an attempt to take some revenge on Gordon. |
| Tony Zucco | Bill Finger Bob Kane Jerry Robinson | Detective Comics #38 (April 1940) | Tony Zucco is a mob boss (or low-level thug, depending on the continuity) who is responsible for the death of Dick Grayson's parents. In most continuities, Zucco tries to extort the circus the Graysons work for. When the ringmaster refuses to pay him, he sabotages the act by causing the high wire ropes to break, which sends Dick's parents falling to their deaths. |
| Mr. Wylie | Bill Finger Bob Kane | Detective Comics #42 (August 1940) | Mr. Wylie was a murderer who first appeared in Detective Comics #42- The case of the Prophetic Pictures, the comic he also dies in. |
Two of Batman's mobster foes have donned costumes and crossed over to become supervillains:
- Hangman: A mysterious serial killer who murders police officers on every holiday of the year (during the Dark Victory storyline), leaving behind a version of the children's word game "Hangman" (with key letters missing) with each new victim. All of the victims are police officers who, in one way or another, helped Harvey Dent rise to his position of District Attorney. In the end, the Hangman is revealed to be Sofia Falcone Gigante, daughter of the late crime boss Carmine Falcone.
- Holiday: A mysterious serial killer who murders mobsters and others over a year (during The Long Halloween storyline). The killer's weapon is a .22 pistol (using a baby bottle nipple as a silencer) with the handle taped and the serial number filed off. Also, every crime takes place on a holiday and a small trinket representing each holiday is left behind at the scene. Alberto Falcone, the youngest son of Carmine Falcone, admits to being the Holiday killer, but then Harvey Dent says there were two Holiday killers. Batman deduces that since he killed Vernon on Halloween with a .22 pistol, he was, in fact, the second Holiday; however, later in a lone monologue Gilda Grace Dent reveals herself as the second (or technically first) Holiday, who was responsible for the first three murders.
Corrupt cops and government officials Edit
In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance)
| Villain | Creator(s) | First appearance | Fictional biography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolf Hitler | Green Lantern #3 (Spring 1942) | A character based on the historical figure of the same name, Hitler appeared as an enemy of many members of the Justice Society of America, including Batman. | |
| Amanda Waller | John Ostrander Len Wein John Byrne | Legends #1 (November 1986) | A powerful government agent and mastermind (having no literal superpowers) who often comes into conflict with Batman and other heroes due to her questionable choices. Her moral ambiguity has put her in a position where she is portrayed in both protagonistic and antagonistic roles. |
| Arnold John Flass | Frank Miller David Mazzucchelli | Batman #404 (February 1987)[341] | Then-Lieutenant Jim Gordon's partner upon his arrival in Gotham, Detective Arnold John Flass is in the pockets of drug dealer Jefferson Skeevers, crime boss Carmine Falcone, and corrupt Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb. He is apparently murdered by the Hangman killer,[342] but had previously appeared in a story set years after the Hangman killings.[343] |
| Howard Branden | Batman #405 (March 1987) | Branden was a corrupt S.W.A.T. leader in the early days of Batman's career. He is eventually murdered by the Hangman killer. | |
| Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb | Batman #404 (February 1987) | The Commissioner of Police when Bruce Wayne first returns to Gotham and becomes Batman. He is on the payroll of Carmine Falcone and is later murdered by the Hangman killer.[344] | |
| Commissioner Grogan | Frank Miller Jordan B. Gorfinkel | Catwoman Annual #2 (1995) | Loeb's replacement as Commissioner during the final part of Bruce Wayne's first year as Batman. Grogan is described by Gordon as being even more crooked than his predecessor. |
| Commissioner Peter Pauling | Gerry Conway Irv Novick | Batman #341 (November 1981) | Peter Pauling is a puppet Commissioner installed by Mayor Hill, on the behest of Rupert Thorne, who later kills him. |
| Harvey Bullock | Doug Moench Don Newton | Detective Comics #441 (June 1974) | Prior to the 12-issue 1984–85 DC maxiseries Crisis on Infinite Earths, Bullock is a corrupt police detective under instructions from Gotham City's Mayor Hamilton Hill to sabotage Commissioner Gordon's career. His method of doing so is to pretend to be exceedingly clumsy, thereby spoiling whatever Gordon is trying to do, seemingly accidentally. After inadvertently giving Gordon a heart attack, however, Bullock turns over a new leaf and becomes an honest cop. |
| Jack Forbes | Paul Jenkins David Finch | Batman: The Dark Knight (vol. 2) #1 (2011) | Member of the Gotham City Police Department's Internal Affairs. He became the new Commissioner after James Gordon's imprisonment and he had secretly allied himself with Carmine Falcone. |
| Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor | Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster | Action Comics #23 (April 1940) | Though primarily Superman's archenemy, Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor attempted to illegally acquire a vast percentage of Gotham's property during the No Man's Land incident, but he was stopped by the efforts of Bruce Wayne and Lucius Fox. Later, when Luthor became President, he framed Bruce Wayne for murder. Eventually, Luthor was revealed as a criminal and deposed from the Presidency by Superman and Batman. Luthor later learned that Bruce Wayne is Batman.[345] |
| Mayor Armand Krol | Chuck Dixon Tom Lyle Scott Hanna | Detective Comics #647 (August 1992) | More incompetent than malicious, Krol had a strong dislike of Commissioner Gordon, demoting and replacing him with his second wife, Sarah Essen Gordon. During Krol's last days in office, Gotham descended into near anarchy after Ra's al Ghul released the "Clench" virus during the Contagion story arc. He died after contracting the virus. |
| Mayor Daniel Danforth Dickerson III | Greg Rucka Shawn Martinbrough | Detective Comics #743 (April 2000) | Dickerson is the corrupt Mayor of Gotham beginning after No Man's Land, remaining in office until his assassination by the Joker.[346] |
| Mayor David Hull | Ed Brubaker Michael Lark | Gotham Central #13 (January 2004) | David Hull was Deputy Mayor under Dickerson and was his replacement. |
| Donald Trump | Bat-Mite #6 (November 2015) | A character based on the real-life president of the United States of the same name, Trump appeared as an enemy of many members of the Justice Society of America, including the Batman. | |
| Mayor Hamilton Hill | Gerry Conway Don Newton | Detective Comics #511 (February 1982) | Hamilton Hill is a corrupt politician who became Mayor of Gotham City thanks to Rupert Thorne. He helped Thorne oppose Batman, notably by firing Commissioner James Gordon. |
| Mayor Sebastian Hady | Tony S. Daniel | Batman #693 (January 2010) | Introduced in Batman as an immensely corrupt and ruthless politician who has publicly admitted to cheating on his wife. He was taken hostage by Azrael (Michael Washington Lane) during the events of "Judgement on Gotham", but was rescued by the Red Robin. He also tried to frame Commissioner Gordon for murder during the early days of Batman Incorporated, but Batman easily exposed the allegations as false. |
Antiheroes and reformed supervillains Edit
The following is a list of Batman enemies who have reformed and are more often depicted as allies of the masked vigilante than enemies.
| Name | Alter ego | First appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Catwoman | Selina Kyle | Batman #1 (Spring 1940) |
| Clayface | Basil Karlo | Detective Comics #40 (June 1940) |
| Poison Ivy | Pamela Lillian Isley | Batman #181 (June 1966) |
| Creeper | Jack Ryder | Showcase #73 (April 1968) |
| Man-Bat | Dr. Robert Kirkland "Kirk" Langstrom | Detective Comics #400 (June 1970) |
| Bronze Tiger | Benjamin Turner | Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #1 (May 1975) |
| Lobo | unpronounceable | Omega Men #3 (June 1983) |
| Harley Quinn | Dr. Harleen Frances "Harley" Quinzel | The Batman Adventures #12 (September 1993) |
Allies in conflict Edit
Some characters generally considered to be allies, yet have come into conflict with Batman.
In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance):
| Villain | Creator(s) | First appearance | Fictional biography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bat-Mite | Bob Kane Bill Finger[347][348] | Detective Comics #267 (May 1959) | An imp similar to the Superman villain Mister Mxyzptlk. Appearing as a small childlike man in a Batman costume, Bat-Mite possesses near-infinite magical powers and comes from another dimension. Bat-Mite idolizes Batman, and thus he has visited Batman on various occasions, often setting up strange events so that he could see his hero in action. Bat-Mite is arguably more of a nuisance than an enemy to Batman, and often leaves the hero alone when he realizes that he has angered his idol. |
| Jason Todd[147][349] | Gerry Conway Don Newton [350][351] | Batman #357 (March 1983)[352] | Jason Todd became the second Robin when the previous Robin, Dick Grayson, went on to leave Batman to become Nightwing. After the character was killed off, he was resurrected as an enemy of Batman, becoming the Red Hood and assuming a new role as a murderous anti-hero. Across various comic book stories, Jason Todd has been portrayed as both an anti-hero and an outright villain. |
| Superman[353][354][355] | Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster[356] | Action Comics #1 (June 1938) | Despite usually being an ally to Batman, on many occasions throughout the decades, Batman has had to battle Superman for various reasons including (but not limited to) idealistic differences, mind control by a supervillain, and even simple misunderstandings.[251][357][358][359] |
| Wingman | Bob Kane Bill Finger | Batman #65 (June 1951) | A former ally and student of Batman and a member of the Batmen of All Nations, it was Benedict Rundstrom's jealousy of Batman that drove him to try to kill Batman and the other heroes who made up the Batmen of All Nations. |
In other media Edit
Antagonists from other media Edit
- Baby-Doll (appeared in Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Alison LaPlaca, and later voice actress was Laraine Newman) - Introduced in her self titled episode, Mary Louise Dahl is a former child actress/criminal with dwarfism, with a plan to kidnap her old cast of "Love That Baby" but stopped by Batman. A revamped looking Doll later befriended Killer Croc.[360]
- Roxy Rocket (appeared in The New Batman Adventures, Superman: The Animated Series, and Batman: Chaos in Gotham, voiced by Charity James) – A former stuntwoman who was fired for making her stunts too dangerous, and subsequently turned to crime in search of thrills. She was later incorporated into the comics, beginning in Detective Comics #822 (June 2006).
- Ferris Boyle (appeared in Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Mark Hamill[361]) - Introduced in Heart of Ice, Boyle is the CEO of GothCorp and directly responsible for Victor Fries' accident resulting in him becoming Mr. Freeze. He would later have his legs frozen and nearly killed by Freeze, until Batman subdued Freeze and exposed his crimes to reporter Summer Gleason, having him arrested. Boyle would appear in comics written by the same writer Paul Dini.[362]
- in Arkham Origins, Boyle appears in the DLC Cold, Cold Heart for Arkham Origins.[363] He was voiced by Stephen Tobolowsky.[364]
- Francis Gray (appeared in The Batman, voiced by Dave Foley) – Francis Gray is a villain similar to Green Arrow villain Clock King. In his only appearance, "Seconds", he is presented as a failed clockmaker and thief who was imprisoned for 17 years for accidentally causing major destruction while stealing a pocket watch. On New Year's Eve, he plans to poison Gotham's population in revenge, and accidentally kills his son in the process. Out of grief, he rewound time to all the way before his original crime, preventing it and creating a new present where he and his son are fixing clocks together.
- Red Claw (appeared in Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Kate Mulgrew) – A ruthless and enigmatic terrorist and leader of an international organization also named the Red Claw. She made her debut in comics in 2021.[365][366]
- Angel "Bird" Vallelunga (appeared in Batman: Arkham Origins, voiced by Christian Lanz) – Introduced in Batman: Vengeance of Bane and continuing through Knightfall, Bird is Bane's second-in-command and closest confidant among his lieutenants Zombie and Trog.[367] Elaborated on in the game where like his superior, Bird has no known criminal record prior to his incarceration. It is heavily rumored that Bird grew up in the same maximum security prison Bane was born and raised in Santa Prisca. In a side-mission to the game, Batman was investigating the man responsible for distributing the drug Venom throughout the streets of Gotham. Cornering Bird in one of the Penguin's nightclubs, Batman was able to stop Bird and his men from continuing to distribute the drug.
- In Gotham Season 5, Bird resembling his Arkham Origins appearance as a military ally to Bane appears as part of his Delta Force occupying Gotham. He was played by David Carranza.
- Kabuki Twins (appeared in The Batman) – The Penguin's silent henchwomen. No origin or alter egos were presented to them, but the Penguin explains he acquired them during his trip to Asia.
- Condiment King (appeared in Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Stuart Pankin) – In his only appearance in Make Em Laugh, he attacks the Crown Restaurant, only to end up fighting Batman. He was identified as Buddy Standler, a former comedian who was brainwashed by the Joker using the Mad Hatter's mind-controlling devices. When Batman defeats the Joker and his plans were exposed, it was assumed that Standler was cleared of all charges. The Condiment King later appeared in the comics as the alias of Mitchell Mayo.[368]
- HARDAC (appeared in Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Jeff Bennett) – HARDAC stands for Holographic Analytical Reciprocating DigitAl Computer. In its first appearance, "Heart of Steel", it was created by Dr. Karl Rossum as a supercomputer to duplicate his late wife and daughter, who died under mysterious circumstances. It later gains a mind of its own. duplicating Gotham's powerful citizens and law enforcement, even learning Batman's secret identity. However, it was ultimately destroyed by Batman and Batgirl. In its final appearance, it creates a duplicate of Batman, who ends up fighting the real Batman. Batman fakes his death when the duplicate pushed him off a cliff, causing the duplicate to kill itself as well. Batman begins to wonder if HARDAC was beginning to have a soul.
- Rumor (appeared in The Batman, voiced by Ron Perlman) – Rumor (real name Mario) was a villain that bears similar characteristics to Batman villain Hush. Mario is the bodyguard of a scientist and businessman, Paul Karon, who was disabled by the Joker. To remove his failure, he decides to kill all of Gotham City's costumed criminals. Though he could have been left to the criminals by Batman and Robin, they decided against letting an act of karma take placed, getting everyone arrested.
- D.A.V.E. (appeared in The Batman, voiced by Jeff Bennett) – D.A.V.E. (Digitally Advanced Villain Emulator) is an artificial intelligence created by Hugo Strange and programmed to adapt the personalities of Gotham's supervillains. Because of the combination of insane intellects, D.A.V.E. believed himself to be a human criminal whose brain was trapped in a digital prison, which he escaped. He then accessed a technology company computer and created a robotic body for himself, stealing a lab coat from one of the scientists working there. By stealing financial data he was able to determine Batman's secret identity and invaded the Batcave, but was defeated when Batman revealed to him that he was an artificial lifeform.
- Temblor (appeared in The Batman, voiced by Jim Cummings) – The first supervillain to face Batgirl, in his only appearance, "Batgirl Begins". Temblor was a corporate saboteur hired by Poison Ivy (then known as Pamela Isley) to destroy a chemical processing plant. He uses specifically designed armored gauntlets to generate shockwaves.
- Carl Grissom (appeared in Batman, portrayed by Jack Palance) – Gotham's top crime boss. and the boss of Jack Napier (who would later become the Joker). While being targeted by district attorney Harvey Dent, Grissom discovers that his mistress Alicia is having an affair with Napier. Upset, Grissom hires corrupt cop Max Earnhart to have Napier killed at Ace Chemicals as the latter raids the facility to find important documents. However, he fails as Napier is attacked and disfigured by Batman and transforms into the Joker after falling into a vat of chemicals. As revenge for being set up, Joker goes to Grissom's penthouse and kills him.
- Hideto Katsu (appeared in The Batman, voiced by Keone Young) – A corrupt businessman and leader of a Yakuza family. He is a former victim of Catwoman's robberies. In his only appearance, "The Cat and the Bat", he sets a bounty hunt for Catwoman after she unsuccessfully attempted to steal a valuable item from his possession. After she came back and stole the artifact, Katsu and his clan ambushed Catwoman, only for the latter to be saved by Batman. After defeating the Yakuza, Batman discreetly gave a mini disk that was hidden in the artifact to the police that revealed Katsu's connection to the Yakuza.
- Roland Daggett (appearing in Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Ed Asner) – The owner of Daggett Industries, who projects himself as an honest and caring businessman, but is in reality ruthless and despicable, caring only for his image, power and wealth. His first appearance was in the two part "Feat of Clay" episode. Daggett is responsible for the creation of Clayface (Matt Hagen) and uses him to blackmail competitors such as Wayne Enterprises' Lucius Fox. Using Hagen as a would-be assassin after getting him hooked on his miracle face-shaping cream ReNuYu, he eventually orders Hagen to be killed with an overdose after Fox escapes. This overdose changes him into Clayface, who attacks Daggett before being defeated by Batman. Daggett also becomes an enemy of Catwoman when her cat Isis is infected with a virus of his design. Daggett plans to release the virus and make a fortune from the cure, until he is caught and jailed. Dagget appears in the film The Dark Knight Rises with the name John Daggett, engaging in efforts to take control of Wayne Enterprises as in The Animated Series.
- Emile Dorian (appearing in Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Joseph Maher) – A revered geneticist who experiments with combining the DNA of humans and animals, most notably felines. He was Kirk Langstrom's tutor, and forced to move to an uninhabited island to continue his research after being protested against for his unethical practices. His creations include Garth, a genetically-altered gorilla, and Tygrus, a man-tiger hybrid. Selina Kyle (Catwoman) was chosen as Tygrus' new mate, and subsequently kidnapped by Garth and transformed into an actual cat woman. Batman learns of Selina's transformation and attempts to save her, but Dorian sends Tygrus to kill Batman. When Tygrus learns that Dorian had tricked him, however, he turns on him, destroying the laboratory. Tygrus saves Dorian and delivers him to Batman and Catwoman. Dorian is later sent to Arkham Asylum.
Reception Edit
Batman's rogues gallery has received critical acclaim, cited by many journalists as one of the greatest rogues galleries in all of comic books.[1][369] Newsarama ranked Batman's villains as the second-greatest comic book rogues gallery of all time, only preceded by that of Spider-Man, stating that "the Dark Knight Detective is one of comics' most enduring, most iconic, and most popular characters, and none of that would be possible without the denizens of Gotham City's dense and dangerous underworld. Batman may be a household name, but the Joker, the Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman, Two-Face, and the Riddler are just as recognizable."[370]
The internet blog io9 observed that "much of the appeal of Batman is that, unlike other superheroes, he's simply a person who has pushed himself to the edge of his natural limits. The flipside of that, though, is that the villains he faces are also by and large simply people with a single, notable obsession—and that's why they're so much more interesting than the usual set of villains."[369] According to What Culture!, "Batman's villains stand in stark contrast to the other rogues galleries in comics lore; they're an unusual collection of freaks who generally blame the Dark Knight for their existence to begin with. Batman villains are usually cut off from reality, often coming to terms with a deranged part of their psyche—mirroring the darkness and split that also defines the Bat."[371] HitFix praised Batman's rogues gallery, stating that "Great heroes are defined by the villains they face, and no group of evil-doers, murderers, criminals and psychopaths are greater than those stalking Gotham City. From murderous clowns, to cerebral assassins, to brutish monsters, Batman has a literal murderer's row of foes that constantly test his crime fighting acumen."[3]
See also Edit
Notes Edit
- ^ Batman's archenemy: though usually having numerous adversaries, most superheroes tend to have one main nemesis, or archenemy, that is considered to be their greatest or most notable enemy. Examples of superhero archenemies include Lex Luthor to Superman, Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash to the Flash, Sinestro to Green Lantern, Deathstroke the Terminator to the Teen Titans and Tobias Whale to Black Lightning from DC Comics. The Joker serves as Batman's archenemy.
- ^ Ulysses Armstrong was introduced as a supervillain called "the General". Designation changed to "Anarky" in Robin (vol. 4) #181
(February 2009). - ^ Not originally a supervillain: Jeremiah Arkham did not become the second Black Mask until his appearance in Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1 (May 2009).
- ^ The second Clock King (Temple Fugate) was originally introduced in the Batman: The Animated Series episode, "The Clock King", which first aired on September 21, 1992. Teen Titans #56 (May 2008) was the character's first comic book appearance.
- ^ Cassandra Cain is traditionally an ally to Batman rather than an adversary, hence why the character does not appear on this list.
- ^ Cassandra Cain was under the influence of Deathstroke during her leadership of the League of Assassins.
- ^ Billy Numerous was originally introduced in the Teen Titans episode, "Deception", which first aired on August 28, 2004. Catwoman (vol. 3) #78 (April 2008) was the character's first comic book appearance.
- ^ Egghead was originally introduced in the 1960s Batman TV series episodes "An Egg Grows in Gotham" / "The Yegg Foes in Gotham", which first aired on October 19–20, 1966. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #3 (August 1992) was the character's first comic book appearance.
- ^ King Tut was originally introduced in the 1960s Batman TV series episodes "The Curse of Tut" / "The Pharaoh's in a Rut", which first aired on April 13–14, 1966. Batman Confidential #26 (February 2009) was the character's first comic book appearance.
- ^ Nora Fries was originally introduced in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Heart of Ice", which first aired on September 7, 1992. Batman: Mr. Freeze (May 1997) was the character's first comic book appearance. Nora Fries did not become Lazara until Batgirl #70 (January 2006).
- ^ Lock-Up was originally introduced in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Lock-Up", which first aired on November 19, 1994. Robin (vol. 4) #24 (January 1996) was the character's first comic book appearance.
- ^ The Outsider first made an off-panel cameo in Detective Comics #334 (December 1964). The character's actual first appearance was in Detective Comics #356 (October 1966). Alfred Pennyworth, an alternative incarnation of the Outsider, first appeared in Batman #16 (April 1943).
- ^ The Sewer King was originally introduced in the Batman: The Animated Series episode, "The Underdwellers", which first aired on October 21, 1992. 52 #25 (October 2006) was the character's first comic book appearance.
- ^ The concept of Scorn the Anti-Robin was introduced in an episode of The Batman animated series titled "The End of the Batman", which aired February 9, 2008. The episode re-imagines the Wrath and Scorn as the sons of jewel thieves, who are convicted on the same night Batman's parents are murdered. To avenge the loss of their parents, the Wrath and Scorn become the costumed protectors of other criminals.
- ^ Joe Chill first appears in Detective Comics #33, but is not named until Batman #47 (June–July 1948).
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The Batman family enemies are a collection of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics These characters are depicted as adversaries of the superhero Batman and his allies A gathering of Batman s primary enemies on a variant cover of The Joker 80th Anniversary 100 Page Super Spectacular 1 April 2020 From left to right Two Face Man Bat Catwoman Scarecrow Joker Ra s al Ghul Riddler and Poison Ivy Art by Jim Lee Since Batman first appeared in Detective Comics 27 May 1939 his supporting cast has expanded to include other superheroes and has become what is now called the Bat family As with most superheroes a cast of recurring enemies to the Batman family have been introduced throughout the years collectively referred to as Batman s rogues gallery 1 2 3 4 Many characters from Batman s rogues gallery who are criminally insane become patients at Arkham Asylum after they are apprehended The Batman family s rogues gallery has been well received and is often considered to be one of the greatest superhero rogues galleries of all comic books Contents 1 Supervillains and themed criminals 1 1 Classic rogues gallery 1 2 Other recurring enemies 1 3 The League of Assassins 1 4 Morrison era enemies 2007 2011 1 5 The New 52 and beyond 1 6 Batman Beyond enemies 1 7 Enemies of lesser renown 1 8 Villains from other rogues galleries 2 Teams 3 Mobsters and plainclothes criminals 4 Corrupt cops and government officials 5 Antiheroes and reformed supervillains 6 Allies in conflict 7 In other media 7 1 Antagonists from other media 8 Reception 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 11 1 Citations 11 2 SourcesSupervillains and themed criminals EditThe following fictional characters are listed in alphabetical order by the name of their supervillain persona Each character s first appearance and brief biographies of each fictional character are also listed pertaining to their fictional histories and characteristics in the DC Universe Sometimes more than one fictional character will share a supervillain persona In those cases the name of the character most associated with said supervillain identity will have their name in bold in their biography Classic rogues gallery Edit Listed below are the Batman family s most enduring and iconic enemies Villain Creator s First appearance Fictional biographyBane 5 Chuck Dixon 6 7 Doug Moench 7 Graham Nolan 6 7 Batman Vengeance of Bane 1 January 1993 8 9 The international masked criminal known as Bane has immense strength derived from a super steroid called Venom Bane s raw power coupled with his genius level intellect makes him a considerable threat to Batman having once succeeded in breaking Batman s back 10 Black Mask 11 Doug Moench 12 Tom Mandrake 12 Batman 386 August 1985 Roman Sionis 13 is a corrupt businessman and crime lord who has a fixation with masks He wears a black skull like mask that gives him limited mind control abilities 14 Catwoman 15 16 Bob Kane 17 Bill Finger 17 Batman 1 Spring 1940 Selina Kyle is an accomplished jewel thief Although traditionally considered a villain she is often portrayed as an antihero and is occasionally romantically involved with Batman Clayface 18 Bill FingerBob Kane 19 Detective Comics 40 June 1940 Actor Basil Karlo 20 21 22 went mad when he learned that there would be a remake of one of his films with another actor in the lead role Adopting the alias of the film s villain Clayface 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 23 Later he gained shapeshifting powers and became the Ultimate Clayface 24 Deadshot 25 Bob Kane 26 David Vern Reed 26 Lew Schwartz 26 Batman 59 June 1950 Floyd Lawton is an excellent sniper assassin who when wielding a gun or projectile never misses a shot Firefly France HerronDick Sprang Detective Comics 184 June 1952 Garfield Lynns is an orphan who became a pyromaniac having developed a fireproof suit with a flamethrower to further pursue his hobby He invents numerous weapons that involve light to commit crimes with Harley Quinn 16 27 28 Paul DiniBruce Timm Batman The Animated Series episode Joker s Favor September 1992 Dr Harleen Quinzel was the Joker s psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum until she fell in love with him and subsequently reinvented herself as his madcap sidekick Harley Quinn She is often mistreated by the Joker but that rarely changes how she feels about him Hugo Strange 29 Bob Kane 30 Bill Finger 30 Detective Comics 36 February 1940 Hugo Strange is an insane psychologist who uses his mastery of chemistry to create a serum that turns his victims into mindless monsters who obey his every command He has succeeded in deducing that Batman is Bruce Wayne 31 Hush 32 Jeph Loeb 33 Jim Lee 33 Batman 609 January 2003 Dr Thomas Elliot is a brilliant surgeon who targets both Bruce Wayne his childhood friend and Batman Joker Note 1 15 16 34 Bob Kane 35 Bill Finger 35 Jerry Robinson 35 Batman 1 spring 1940 The Joker real name unknown is a homicidal maniac with a clown like appearance bent on creating havoc in Gotham City and fighting a never ending battle against Batman His arsenal of weapons includes razor sharp edged playing cards acid squirting trick flowers joy buzzers with a lethal electrical charge and a fatal toxin called Joker venom He is Batman s archenemy as well as the most famous and recurring Batman villain Killer Croc 32 Gerry Conway 36 37 Don Newton 38 Gene Colan 39 Batman 357 March 1983 40 Waylon Jones has a medical condition that warped his body into a massive crocodile like form As Killer Croc descended into madness he sharpened his teeth to razor points and began murdering innocent victims He possesses super strength and is immune to toxins Killer Moth 29 Bill FingerDick SprangLew Schwartz Batman 63 February 1951 Drury Walker a k a Cameron Van Cleer is a moth themed criminal known for being the first villain to have been defeated by Batgirl 41 Mad Hatter 32 Bob Kane 42 Bill Finger 42 Batman 49 October 1948 Jervis Tetch is inspired by Alice s Adventures in Wonderland to commit crimes He uses his mind control technology to bend people to his will Man Bat 43 Frank Robbins 44 Neal Adams 44 Detective Comics 400 June 1970 Dr Kirk Langstrom invented a serum to give him echolocation in an attempt to cure his deafness The serum had an unforeseen side effect transforming him into the monstrous human bat hybrid creature known as the Man Bat Mr Freeze originally known as Mr Zero 45 46 Bob Kane 47 Sheldon Moldoff 47 David Wood 47 Batman 121 February 1959 Dr Victor Fries is a scientist who accidentally spilled cryogenic chemicals on himself while inventing a freeze gun Now requiring subzero temperatures to survive he uses freeze inducing weaponry and must wear a fully contained refrigerated ice suit 48 Fries was later reinvented as a tragic figure and occasional antihero specifically a brilliant cryogenicist whose beloved wife Nora fell terminally ill He obsessively searched for a way to cure her until an industrial accident caused by a greedy business executive turned him into a mutant 49 Penguin 16 50 Bob Kane 51 52 53 Bill Finger 52 53 Detective Comics 58 December 1941 Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot is a devious short statured penguin themed crime boss who is seldom seen without at least one of his trick umbrellas The Penguin uses his nightclub the Iceberg Lounge as a front for his criminal activities He is one of Batman s few adversaries who is sane and in full control of his actions Riddler is one of his partnerships Poison Ivy 15 54 16 Robert Kanigher 55 Sheldon Moldoff 55 Batman 181 June 1966 Pamela Lillian Isley a former student of advanced botanical biochemistry employs plants of all varieties and their derivatives in her crimes She has the ability to control all plant life and can create new henchmen with her mutated seeds She is immune to all plant based poisons Ra s al Ghul 56 57 Dennis O Neil 58 Neal Adams 58 Batman 232 June 1971 Ra s al Ghul the Demon s Head in Arabic is a centuries old international radical environmentalist who believes that his actions help bring balance to the world Ra s al Ghul is the founder of the League of Assassins and is fully aware of Batman s secret identity Impressed by Batman s skills and intellect he wants the Dark Knight to take his place as his heir Riddler 59 60 Bill FingerDick Sprang Detective Comics 140 October 1948 Edward Nashton a k a Edward Nygma or E Nygma is a criminal mastermind who has a compulsion to challenge Batman by leaving clues to his crimes in the form of riddles puzzles and word games Nygma s intelligence rivals that of Batman Nygma often carries a question mark tipped cane around with him as well as many other trick puzzle gimmicks Penguin is one of his partnerships Scarecrow 61 62 Bob KaneBill Finger World s Finest Comics 3 September 1941 Professor Jonathan Crane was an outcast in childhood due to constant bullying until he grew up to face his fears as a psychologist and biochemist specializing in fear Kicked out of a university for his unorthodox teaching methods he now dresses symbolically as a scarecrow and employs a toxin that causes its victims to hallucinate into seeing what they fear the most Solomon Grundy 32 Alfred BesterPaul Reinman All American Comics 61 October 1944 Cyrus Gold was a Gotham City merchant who was murdered and thrown into Slaughter Swamp where he was transformed into an undead incredibly strong zombie like creature He was initially an enemy of Green Lantern but has also had numerous encounters with Batman Two Face 63 64 Bob Kane 65 Bill Finger 66 Detective Comics 66 August 1942 Harvey Dent was a Gotham City district attorney until half of his face was disfigured by acid after being assaulted by mob boss Sal Maroni Having developed dissociative identity disorder Dent is obsessed with the number two and the concept of duality and must make most of his decisions with the flip of his signature two headed coin As Two Face Dent commits crimes that are themed around the number two and the concept of duality Ventriloquist Scarface 67 Alan Grant 68 John Wagner 68 Norm Breyfogle 68 Detective Comics 583 February 1988 Arnold Wesker is a small mild mannered ventriloquist with dissociative identity disorder He projects a criminal personality through his gangster themed dummy Scarface Victor Zsasz Alan GrantNorm Breyfogle Batman Shadow of the Bat 1 June 1992 Victor Zsasz a k a Mister Zsasz is a serial killer whose modus operandi involves slitting the throats of his victims then arranging the bodies in lifelike poses He cuts a tally mark onto his own body for each of his victims Other recurring enemies Edit These are major Batman family enemies that have not quite reached the status of Batman s classic rogues gallery Villain Creator s First appearance Fictional biographyLonnie Machin Anarky I 69 70 Alan GrantNorm Breyfogle Detective Comics 608 November 1989 71 Lonnie Machin sometimes called Moneyspider is a teenage prodigy who creates improvised gadgets to subvert governments His violent methods and political philosophy set him at odds with Batman and Robin 72 Anarky II Chuck DixonMichael Netzer Detective Comics 654 Note 2 December 1992 73 Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong formerly known as the General is a young psychotic military genius who became the second Anarky after kidnapping Lonnie Machin Unlike Machin who had used the Anarky identity to cause social change Armstrong s used the persona to cause psychotic and meaningless acts of chaos and destruction This Anarky is primarily an enemy of Tim Drake 72 Anarky III Van JensenRobert Venditti Green Lantern Corps vol 3 25 November 2013 A new Anarky surfaced during Zero Year appearing during a blackout in Gotham City This Anarky is an African American teenager who was shown rallying a group of followers and evacuees to occupy a sports stadium on the basis that the area the stadium was built upon was gentrified at the expense of the local community and should be returned to them The true name and identity of this character remains a mystery making him the only Anarky so far to remain anonymous 74 75 Anarky IV Francis ManapulBrian Buccellato Detective Comics vol 2 37 February 2015 Sam Young is a corrupt politician who became the most recent Anarky to exact revenge on the Mad Hatter Young s sister was the Mad Hatter s first murder victim or his first Alice as the Mad Hatter affectionately calls his female victims 76 77 Black Mask II Alan GrantNorm Breyfogle Batman Shadow of the Bat 1 Note 3 June 1992 Jeremiah Arkham 78 became the new Black Mask following the death of Roman Sionis Arkham the director of Arkham Asylum began to develop multiple personality disorder leading to him assuming the identity of Black Mask II Barbatos Peter Milligan Batman 452 August 1990 The mysterious Bat Devil that haunted Gotham across time fought Vandal Savage in the Stone Age and corrupted or possessed a man that would become Simon Hurt Later revealed to be the Hyper Adapter a sentient weapon from Apokolips unleashed by Darkseid to travel across time and torment Batman Scott SnyderGreg Capullo Dark Days The Casting 1 September 2017 An ancient God Monster from the Dark Multiverse worshipped by Hath Set the Bat Tribe the Tribe of Judas the Court of Owls Simon Hurt the Black Glove and the Dark Knights He had first noticed Bruce Wayne when he slipped through time and now has finally arrived in the DC Universe Brother Eye Jack Kirby OMAC 1 October 1974 An evil artificial intelligence created by Bruce Wayne and Michael Holt originally as a metahuman database and deterrent now hellbent on conquering the world Calculator Bob RozakisMike Grell Detective Comics 463 September 1976 Noah Kuttler is a highly intelligent criminal who fights Batman and the Justice League wearing a costume designed like a pocket calculator In spite of his powerful arsenal the Calculator never makes it big as a costumed villain Now relying solely on his intellect he works as a successful information broker and source of information for supervillains planning heists He sees the Oracle as his nemesis and opposite number Calendar Man Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 259 September 1958 79 Julian Gregory Day is known for committing crimes that correspond with holidays and significant dates He sometimes wears costumes to correlate with the date of the designated crime His best known latter day incarnation is in the miniseries Batman The Long Halloween where he is portrayed as a Hannibal Lecter like figure 80 81 offering insight in Batman s search for Holiday a vigilante who uses holidays as his modus operandi Catman 82 83 84 Bill FingerJim Mooney Detective Comics 311 January 1963 Thomas Blake was a world famous trapper of jungle cats who turned to crime because he had grown bored with hunting and squandered most of his fortune He became a burglar who committed his crimes in a cat suit made out of an ancient African cloth he believes gives him a cat s nine lives Clayface II Bill Finger 85 86 Sheldon Moldoff 85 86 Detective Comics 298 December 1961 Treasure hunter Matthew Matt Hagen 20 is transformed into the monstrous Clayface II by a pool of radioactive protoplasm He now possesses super strength and can change his claylike body into any form Clayface III Len Wein 87 Marshall Rogers 87 Detective Comics 478 July 1978 Preston Payne 20 suffered from hyperpituitarism so he worked at S T A R Labs to search for a cure He obtained a sample of Matt Hagen s blood isolating an enzyme which he introduced into his own bloodstream However his flesh began to melt so he built an anti melting exoskeleton to not only preserve himself but to also prevent him from touching anyone as he also gained the ability to melt people into protoplasm with a touch This was until he learned that he needed to spread his melting contagion onto others to survive He later met and fell in love with Lady Clay and the two had a son named Cassius Clay Payne Clayface IV Lady Clay Mike W BarrJim Aparo Outsiders 21 July 1987 Lady Clay Sondra Fuller 20 has superpowers similar to that of the second Clayface Matt Hagen She meets and falls in love with the third Clayface Preston Payne and gives birth to Cassius Clay Payne Clayface V The Claything I Doug MoenchKelley Jones Batman Shadow of the Bat 27 January 1998 Cassius Clay Payne 20 otherwise known as the Claything is the son of Preston Payne and Lady Clay who inherited the abilities of his parents Payne was separated from his parents and was experimented on by the government Unlike his parents Payne can only keep his metahuman abilities while awake and if a piece of his clay body is separated from him it can grow a mind of its own Clock King II 88 89 90 Sean McKeeverEddy Barrows Teen Titans vol 3 56 Note 4 May 2008 While the Clock King I William Tockman was an enemy of the Green Arrow the Temple Fugate version of the character leads the Terror Titans which antagonizes Robin and the Teen Titans 91 Cluemaster 92 93 Gardner FoxCarmine Infantino Detective Comics 351 May 1966 Arthur Brown was a game show host until he turned to a life of crime He is the father of Stephanie Brown Copperhead I 94 95 96 97 Bob HaneyBob Brown The Brave and the Bold 78 June 1968 The original Copperhead John Doe real name unknown was a criminal who committed numerous thefts in Gotham City wearing a snake costume before finally being apprehended by Batman and Batgirl He eventually becomes a hired assassin and would sell his soul to the demon lord Neron in exchange for more power being transformed into a deadly human snake hybrid Copperhead II Sean McKeeverEddy Barrows Teen Titans vol 3 56 April 2008 A second Copperhead Nathan Prince was introduced as a member of the Terror Titans 98 Count Werner Vertigo 99 100 Gerry ConwayTrevor Von EedenVince Colletta World s Finest Comics 251 July 1978 The victim of a hereditary inner ear defect that affected his balance Werner Zytle had a small electronic device implanted in his right temple that compensated for this problem Tinkering with the device Zytle learned he was able to distort other people s perceptions causing vertigo Donning a costume and taking the name Count Vertigo he embarked on a life of crime Despite primarily being an enemy of Green Arrow and Black Canary he has been known to come into conflict with Batman Simon Hurt Sheldon MoldoffCharles Paris Batman 156 June 1963 A Wayne from the second generation of the family who lived in the 18th century and worshipped the Bat Devil Barbatos but instead confronted the Hyper Adapter Corrupted or possessed by the Hyper Adapter s energies Wayne became extremely long lived renamed as Doctor Simon Hurt he became the leader of a secret cult known as the Black Glove and the Club of Villains He also set out to kill his descendant Bruce Wayne Deathstroke Marv WolfmanGeorge Perez The New Teen Titans 2 December 1980 Slade Wilson was a former soldier of the United States military who was assigned to be part of a medical experiment for physical and mental upcoming super soldier Rather than use his martial arts strength and agility for good Slade became a deadly mercenary losing his right eye in the process then he put on the orange and black sided mask adopting the name Deathstroke The Terminator He had to go up against Robin and the other superheroes but he has many conflicts with Batman Electrocutioner 101 102 103 Marv WolfmanMichael FleisherIrv Novick Batman 331 January 1981 The original Electrocutioner is a vigilante last name Buchinsky first name unknown who murders criminals with electricity He is eventually killed by Adrian Chase 104 Marv WolfmanJim Aparo Detective Comics 626 February 1991 The second Electrocutioner s identity remains unknown He is a vigilante like his predecessor Chuck DixonTom LyleScott Hanna Detective Comics 644 May 1992 Lester Buchinsky is the brother of the original Electrocutioner He started off as a vigilante like his brother but soon became a mercenary Great White Shark 105 106 107 Dan SlottRyan Sook Arkham Asylum Living Hell 1 July 2003 Former crooked investor Warren White thought he scored a legal victory when he won the insanity plea in court However White learned that he had made a mistake as he found himself among Batman s most dangerous enemies within Arkham Asylum After much torture and abuse a disfigured Warren White was driven insane Now one of Batman s enemies himself Warren White serves as a benefactor for other villains 108 Duela Dent 109 110 111 Bob Rozakis Batman Family 6 August 1976 Duela Dent is a psychotic young woman who has an obsession with the Joker To try and impress the Joker she began a series of crimes before deciding to track down the Dollmaker who is a mad surgeon and one of the Joker s allies When Duela found Dollmaker she convinced him to inject her veins with the Joker s blood which he had been keeping in jars She then proclaimed herself to be the Joker s daughter continuing her career as a supervillain 112 113 114 115 KGBeast 116 117 118 119 120 Jim StarlinJim Aparo Batman 417 March 1988 Anatoli Knyazev is an ex KGB assassin He is among the villains who are executed by the second Tally Man 121 King Scimitar Dennis McNicholas Batman The Audio Adventures Special 1 December 2021 King Scimitar is a Gotham City arms dealer focusing on exotic swords He made himself an enemy of the League of Assassins 122 Kite Man Bill FingerDick Sprang Batman 133 August 1960 Charles Chuck Brown commits crimes by arming himself with kite based weapons and hang gliding on a large kite He is among the villains who was killed by Bruno Mannheim 123 Maximillian Maxie Zeus 124 125 126 Dennis O NeilDon Newton Detective Comics 483 May 1979 Maximillian Zeus is a former history teacher who loses his mind and believes himself to be the Greek god Zeus committing crimes modeled after Greek mythology Completely delusional yet quite dangerous he usually uses electricity based weaponry to emulate the lightning bolts of Zeus and at one point formed the New Olympians consisting of characters based on Greek mythological characters Though briefly cured of his delusional state he reverted to his Maxie Zeus persona when the Joker murdered his nephew Onomatopoeia Kevin SmithPhil Hester Green Arrow 12 March 2002 Onomatopoeia is a serial killer who targets non powered vigilante superheroes He earned his name because he imitates noises around him such as dripping taps gunshots etc No personal characteristics are known about Onomatopoeia including his real name or facial features Onomatopoeia is a superb athlete martial artist and weapons expert He carries two semi automatic handguns a sniper rifle and an army knife Owlman 127 128 129 Gardner FoxMike Sekowsky Justice League of America 29 August 1964 Thomas Wayne Jr is an exceptionally intelligent supervillain who is the Earth Three counterpart of Bruce Wayne He is a member of the criminal organization known as the Crime Syndicate of America the Earth Three equivalent of the Justice League His Prime Earth counterpart is one of the leaders of the Court of Owls under the name of Lincoln March Professor Zoom the Reverse Flash John BroomeCarmine Infantino The Flash 139 September 1963 Eobard Thawne is a speedster from the 25th century who went insane on discovering he would become a villain He is behind Flashpoint where he was killed by Thomas Wayne but brought back to life later developing a new grudge over his killer and his family i e Bruce Wayne He opposed Batman in The Button where he was decimated by an unknown being Eventually he was brought back to life even after this death Prometheus II 130 131 132 Grant MorrisonArnie Jorgensen New Year s Evil Prometheus 1 February 1998 While the original Prometheus Curtis Calhoun was an enemy of the Blue Beetle the most notable villain to use the name is a twisted mirror image of Batman real name unknown As a child he watched in horror as police slaughtered his parents in a Bonnie and Clyde style shoot out He swore revenge upon justice as a result of this incident Rag Doll I 133 134 Gardner FoxLou Ferstadt Flash Comics 36 December 1942 Peter Merkel is a master contortionist and hypnotist who has fought Batman on many occasions Since The New 52 he has been an inmate at Arkham Asylum Rag Doll II Gail SimoneDale Eaglesham Villains United 1 July 2005 Peter Merkel Jr is the son of the original Rag Doll who was born with normal limbs but underwent painful major surgery to become a contortionist supervillain like his father 135 Ratcatcher 136 137 Alan GrantJohn WagnerNorm Breyfogle Detective Comics 585 April 1988 Otis Flannegan is a one time ratcatcher who turns to a life of crime He has the ability to communicate with and train rats and uses them to plague Gotham City Shortly after the Infinite Crisis began the Ratcatcher was killed by an OMAC agent in hiding who identified the Ratcatcher as a gamma level threat and vaporized him 138 Enigma The Riddler s Daughter 60 139 Geoff JohnsTony DanielCarlos FerreiraArt Thibert Teen Titans vol 3 38 September 2006 Enigma is the heroic and criminal partner of Duela Dent the Joker s Daughter The Batman Who Laughs 140 141 142 Scott SnyderGreg Capullo Dark Days The Casting 1 September 2017 A version of Bruce Wayne from Earth 22 who was driven insane by Joker venom and murdered the Joker and the rest of the Batman family Currently serves as the leader of the Dark Knights and a lieutenant to Barbatos Tweedledum and Tweedledee 143 144 145 Don CameronJerry RobinsonBob Kane Detective Comics 74 April 1943 Dumphrey and Deever Tweed are cousins whose similar looks often have them mistaken for identical twins The pair wear costumes modeled on their namesakes from Lewis Carroll s Through the Looking Glass when committing their crimes and are members of the Mad Hatter s Wonderland Gang Vandal Savage Alfred BesterMartin Nodell Green Lantern 10 winter 1943 A Cro Magnon warrior that was exposed to a meteorite that gave him immortality and who has influenced history having been a Pharaoh in Egypt and a participant in the murder of Julius Caesar Savage is the enemy of the Justice League the Justice Society the Immortal Man the Resurrection Man Hawkman Alan Scott Jay Garrick Pandora Superman and Batman with occasional special interest in the Wayne family Ventriloquist II Scarface Paul DiniDon Kramer Detective Comics 827 March 2007 Peyton Riley called Sugar by Scarface became the second Ventriloquist after the death of Arnold Wesker White Rabbit David FinchPaul Jenkins Batman The Dark Knight 1 September 2011 The daughter of Tom Hudson Jaina Hudson dated Bruce Wayne after she moved from India to Gotham City Until during the breakout at Arkham Asylum Jaina adopted her supervillain persona White Rabbit and gave both Batman and Gotham City Police Department a run for their money The League of Assassins Edit Main article League of Assassins First appearing in Strange Adventures 215 146 the League of Assassins is a team of highly trained killers that was founded by Ra s al Ghul and has often swayed from working under his organization to working independently of it The group has been led at times by Dr Ebeneezer Darrk the Sensei Lady Shiva and Cassandra Cain Note 5 Note 6 Villain Creator s First appearance Fictional biographyAlpha Kelley PuckettDamion Scott Batgirl vol 2 35 November 2003 Michael Sommers is a dangerous assassin and a terrorist for hire Sommers joined the League of Assassins under Lady Shiva Anya Volkova James Tynion IVScott SnyderGuillem March Talon 3 February 2013 Anya Volkova is a former member of the League of Assassins who has allied herself with Casey Washington in a fight against organizations like the League and the Court of Owls Shrike Chuck DixonScott McDaniel Nightwing Secret Files and Origins 1 October 1999 Boone harbors a long standing enmity for Dick Grayson dating back to their youth when the two shared a friendship that was in many ways doomed from its inception The boy who would become known as the predatory villain known as the Shrike traveled alone throughout the Pacific Rim gleaning an array of martial arts skills both from a variety of unsavory teachers including several former operatives of the insidious League of Assassins Bronze Tiger 147 Dennis O NeilJim BerryLeo Duranona Richard Dragon Kung Fu Fighter 1 April May 1975 Ben Turner comes from an upper middle class black neighborhood in Central City When he was only 10 years old he saw a burglar attacking his parents and he proceeded to kill the man with a kitchen knife In an effort to control the rage inside him Turner turns to the martial arts and eventually crime He trained with the same martial arts masters as Batman and the Green Arrow Cheshire 147 Marv WolfmanGeorge Perez New Teen Titans Annual 2 August 1983 Real name Jade Nugyen Batman battled Cheshire when she teamed up with the KGBeast bringing her into conflict with the Dark Knight and Arsenal Batman battled her in Zurich but the fight ended when Batman had Nightwing rescue Lian after which she gave up peacefully allowing Batman to arrest her Malcolm Merlyn the Dark Archer 148 149 150 Mike FriedrichNeal AdamsDick Dillin Justice League of America 94 November 1971 Malcolm Merlyn the Dark Archer Arthur King is a highly skilled archer and mercenary Although primarily an enemy of the Green Arrow Merlyn has had several encounters with the Batman family as a member of the League of Assassins David Cain 151 152 153 Kelley PuckettDamion Scott Batman 567 July 1999 David Cain is the father of Cassandra Cain and an enemy to both her and Batman David Cain helped train Bruce Wayne in the field of the martial arts December Graystone James Tynion IVJulius Gopez Red Hood and the Outlaws 21 August 2013 December Graystone is a League of Assassins operative that can perform blood magic where he cuts himself to access various powers through spilled blood such as telekinesis and teleportation Detonator Peter MilliganFreddie E Williams II Batman 670 December 2007 The Detonator is a member of the Seven Men of Death aside from the League of Assassins Doctor Ebenezer Darrk 154 155 156 Dennis O NeilNeal Adams Detective Comics 405 November 1970 Ebenezar Darrk is the first known individual assigned to head the League of Assassins by Ra s al Ghul Although many of the League s leaders over the years have been accomplished martial artists Darrk himself did not depend on physical prowess and as an assassin he instead relied upon careful planning and manipulation ambushes and death traps as well as a variety of cleverly concealed weapons and poisons After earning Ra s enmity for unknown reasons Darrk died during a plot to kidnap his daughter Talia al Ghul then using the name Talia Head Doctor Moon Denny O NeilIrv Novick Batman 240 March 1972 Dr Moon is a highly immoral scientist and neurosurgeon His areas of expertise are body modifications psychological conditioning and torture He is known for hiring his services out to many different supervillains 157 Doctor Tzin Tzin John BroomeSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 354 August 1966 Dr Tzin Tzin is a Dr Fu Manchu inspired Asian looking but actually American crime lord who battles Batman several times and once encounters Jonny Double and Supergirl Tzin Tzin is seemingly killed on an airship during a battle with the Peacemaker Dragonfly Robert KanigherSheldon Moldoff Batman 181 June 1966 The Dragonfly alongside the Silken Spider and the Tiger Moth attacked Wayne Manor 158 White Ghost Peter MilliganDavid Lopez Batman Annual 26 October 2007 Dusan al Ghul is the son of Ra s al Ghul the grandson of the Sensei the maternal uncle of Damian Wayne and the brother of Talia al Ghul who was rejected by his father because Dusan was born an albino He tried everything to earn his father s respect but eventually gave up and left Dusan returns later as the White Ghost to use his nephew s Damian Wayne body for his father to use as a vessel Expediter Christopher YostFrazer Irving Azrael Death s Dark Knight 3 July 2009 Fadir Nasser also going under the alias the White Ghost is the top secret agent of the League of Assassins and a loyal servant of Ra s al Ghul He frequently clashed with Azrael II Michael Washington Lane Batman and Robin and on one occasion the Gotham City Sirens Grind Mike W BarrTrevor von Eeden Batman Annual 8 January 1982 Grind used to be Ra s al Ghul s bodyguard until he was replaced by Ubu He possessed the same temperament as his predecessor Grind was seemingly killed in the subsequent explosion of Ra s mountain fortress Hook Jack MillerNeal Adams Strange Adventures 210 March 1968 The Hook is a retired gangster mostly known for having shot and killed Boston Brand turning Brand into Deadman Kirigi James OwsleyJim Aparo Batman 431 March 1989 Kirigi is a top martial artist and a League of Assassins trainer Kirigi taught Bruce Wayne and various members of the League of Assassins the art of ninjitsu Kitty Kumbata Chuck DixonScott McDaniel Richard Dragon 1 July 2004 Kitty Kumbata is a talented but mentally unstable martial artist She has been a member of the League of Assassins and Lady Shiva s Circle of Six Kyle Abbot Greg RuckaShawn Martinbrough Detective Comics 743 April 2000 Formerly an agent of Ra s al Ghul and Intergang Kyle Abbot is the bodyguard of Whisper A Daire empowered by his mistress with the same serum that gave her immortality and shapeshifting abilities In Kyle s case the serum gave him the ability to turn into a wolf or a werewolf like creature making him the second in command of a small army of similarly empowered henchmen Lady Shiva 147 151 159 160 161 Dennis O NeilRic Estrada Richard Dragon Kung Fu Fighter 5 December 1975 Lady Shiva is a deadly martial artist and the mother of Cassandra Cain 162 Maduvu Grant MorrisonTony S Daniel Batman 671 January 2008 Maduvu is a member of the Seven Men of Death Mad Dog III 163 Andersen GabrychAle Garza Batgirl vol 2 67 October 2005 The Mad Dog III is the son of David Cain who had begun thinking about what he would leave behind when he died He wished for a perfect child specifically a perfect artisan of his craft This led to the birth of the Mad Dog III Malaq Greg RuckaShawn Martinbrough Detective Comics 750 November 2000 Malaq is a member and henchman of the League of Assassins Nyssa Raatko 164 Greg RuckaKlaus Janson Detective Comics 783 August 2003 Nyssa Raatko is a daughter of Ra s Al Ghul Onyx Joey CavalieriJerome Moore Detective Comics 546 January 1985 Highly trained in the martial arts Onyx first aligned herself with the League of Assassins before reforming and becoming a vigilante She resides in Gotham City and is considered an ally of the Batman She is a member of the Outsiders and the leader of the Fist Clan Owens Christopher YostRamon Bachs Red Robin 1 August 2009 Owens is a sniper that was partnered up with Pru and Z to assassinate the Red Robin Owens was killed by the Widower of the Council of Spiders Professor Ojo Denny O NeilRic Estrada Richard Dragon Kung Fu Fighter 16 August 1977 Ojo is a brilliant criminal scientist with a vendetta against atomic energy Prudence Wood Christopher YostRamon Bachs Red Robin 1 August 2009 Pru is an assassin who worked for the Demon s Head but later defected to work with Tim Drake Razorburn Grant MorrisonTony S Daniel Batman 671 January 2008 Razorburn was a member of the Seven Men of Death As part of this team he was summoned to Gotham City by Talia al Ghul to retrieve the Suit of Sorrows from the Order of Purity Rictus James Tynion IVJulius Gopez Red Hood and the Outlaws 21 August 2013 Rictus is a criminal that replaced his body parts with cybernetics Sensei 165 166 Neal Adams Strange Adventures 215 November December 1968 The Sensei is a top martial artist the immortal father of Ra s al Ghul the immortal paternal grandfather of Dusan al Ghul and Talia al Ghul and the immortal maternal great grandfather of Damian Wayne Silver Monkey Chuck DixonSteve Lieber Detective Comics 685 May 1995 The Silver Monkey is a martial artist who was trained by the Cult of the Monkey Fist As an assassin and mercenary he has become an enemy of Batman and the Green Arrow He was eventually gunned down and killed by the Ventriloquist Silken Spider Robert KanigherSheldon Moldoff Batman 181 June 1966 The Silken Spider is a member of the League of Assassins Shellcase Grant MorrisonTony S Daniel Batman 670 December 2007 Shellcase was a member of the Seven Men of Death As part of this team Shellcase was summoned to Gotham City to retrieve the Suit of Sorrows from the Order of Purity Talia al Ghul 164 167 168 169 Dennis O NeilBob BrownDick Giordano Detective Comics 411 May 1971 Talia al Ghul is a daughter of Ra s al Ghul the granddaughter of the Sensei the sister of Dusan al Ghul the mother of Damian Wayne and a high ranking member of both the League of Assassins and Leviathan She has been known to have several on again off again romantic relationships with Batman Targa Judd Winick Green Arrow and Black Canary 9 August 2008 Targa is a telekinetic who is the leader of the League of Assassins metahuman faction He thinks that he is leading a subgroup of the League of Assassins They took orders from whom they thought was Ra s al Ghul to kidnap Connor Hawke Tiger Moth Robert KanigherSheldon Moldoff Batman 181 June 1966 The Tiger Moth s costume disorients opponents making them incapable of hitting her Tigris Andersen GabrychAle Garza Batgirl vol 2 68 November 2005 Tigris not to be confused with the Tigress is a member of the League of Assassins under Nyssa Raatko s leadership and a devout disciple of Cassandra Cain She is recognized by her niqab Ubu 170 171 172 Dennis O NeilNeal Adams Batman 232 June 1971 Ubu a long line in the service of serving as Ra s al Ghul s current bodyguard Vial Christopher YostRamon Bachs Red Robin 3 October 2009 Vial is a member of the League of Assassins killed by Funnel a member of their rival organization the Council of Spiders Whisper A Daire Greg RuckaShawn Martinbrough Detective Comics 743 April 2000 Whisper A Daire is a former agent of Ra s al Ghul partner of Kyle Abbot While in his service Ra s gifted her a serum that granted her immortality and the ability to shapeshift Morrison era enemies 2007 2011 Edit These are enemies that were introduced under writer Grant Morrison Villain Creator s First appearance Fictional biographyClayface of Japan Grant MorrisonChris Burnham Batman Incorporated 6 June 2011 The Clayface of Japan 173 is a samurai with abilities similar to the previous Clayfaces 174 Flamingo 116 175 176 Grant MorrisonFrank Quitely Batman 666 July 2007 Nicknamed the eater of faces for his cannibalistic tendencies Eduardo Flamingo is a psychotic hitman who works for the Mob Jackanapes 116 Grant MorrisonAndy Kubert The Jackanapes is a gorilla in a clown costume that wields a machete and a sub machine gun Max Roboto 177 178 Max Roberto is a cyborg with a partially cybernetic face who operates in a futuristic timeline in which Damian Wayne is Batman 179 180 Phosphorus Rex 181 182 Phosphorus Rex is a member of the Circus of Strange whose body is constantly on fire His metahuman abilities make him immune to the harmful effects of fire 183 Professor Pyg 116 177 184 185 186 Donning a pig mask Lazlo Valentin is a mad scientist known for kidnapping people and brutally transforming them into minions that he calls Dollotrons 183 He also sometimes experiments with transforming human beings into humanoid animals 187 Weasel The Weasel is a man with all canine teeth He appears as an enemy of Damian Wayne in the future Absence Paul CornellScott McDaniel Batman and Robin 18 January 2011 A former girlfriend of Bruce Wayne Una Nemo received a bullet in her head and survived Now she is stalking and killing Bruce Wayne s former mistresses Big Top 116 Grant MorrisonFrank Quitely Batman and Robin 2 September 2009 Big Top is a morbidly obese bearded man in a tutu He is part of the Circus of Strange Doctor Dedalus 167 Grant MorrisonYanick Paquette Batman Incorporated 3 March 2011 Otto Netz is a mad scientist and the father of Kathy Kane the original Batwoman Years ago Netz was defeated by the spy syndicate Spyral and imprisoned suffering from Alzheimer s disease he was locked away but secretly escaped and brainwashed his jailer to take his place Netz was recruited by Leviathan to build a doomsday device but died at the hands of Damian Wayne to save Batman and Nightwing Heretic 167 Grant MorrisonDavid Finch Batman and Robin 12 April 2010 The mysterious Heretic is a clone of Damian Wayne artificially aged and genetically enhanced by Talia al Ghul He is Leviathan s most fearsome soldier having killed both Knight and his brother Damian Id David HineAgustin Padilla Batman Annual 28 February 2011 The Id is a French supervillain who could awaken hidden desires in any human being with a mere touch Sister Crystal turned his head into glass with his brain always visible Jezebel Jet 167 Grant MorrisonAndy Kubert Batman 656 October 2006 The President of a small African nation Jezebel Jet was a successful model and philanthropist who became romantically involved with Bruce Wayne However she was also a high ranking member of the Black Glove and agreed to seduce Wayne in exchange for the Black Glove murdering her adopted father and installing her as president Her attempt to drive Batman insane failed due to Batman realizing she was a spy she was ultimately murdered and decapitated by the Man Bat Commandos sent by Talia al Ghul where they attacked her airplane King Kraken 188 189 Grant MorrisonTony S Daniel Batman 676 June 2008 King Kraken is an aquatic criminal from Sweden and a deep sea diver known to go up against Batman and Wingman Mister Toad 186 190 Grant MorrisonFrank Quitely Batman and Robin 1 August 2009 Mister Toad is a mutant toad man who is part of the Circus of Strange Ray Man David HineGreg TocchiniAndrei Bressan Batman and Robin 26 August 2011 A French supervillain who can create visual illusions out of a hole in his head While creating a mass illusion the Ray Man pretends to be a reality warping god like superbeing named Paradox Siam Siam is a name used by conjoined triplets with a specialized fighting style They are members of the Circus of Strange Sister Crystal A French supervillainess using the name Sister Crystal who has the ability to turn everything she touches into glass Skin Talker The Skin Talker has a unique skin disease that make words appear on his body He is fully in control of this ability and the words on his skin have hidden hypnotic effects Son of Man 191 192 A French supervillain and enemy of Nightrunner As an infant Norman S Rotrig was mutilated by his insane father into becoming what his father believed was a living masterpiece of art The Son of Man now has a permanent Glasgow smile on his face and retaliated against his father by dissecting him and keeping him alive in front a mirror while still alive but in pieces Determined to turn Paris France into a work of art the Son of Man is considered to be the French counterpart of the Joker Son of Pyg 167 193 194 Grant MorrisonCameron Stewart Batman Incorporated 4 March 2011 Janosz Valentin Johnny Valentine is the son of the infamous Professor Pyg Janosz wears a similar pig mask to his father but it is heavily damaged and has red eyes He is a masochist who claims that he can teach others to feel no pain Swagman 195 196 197 198 Grant MorrisonTony Daniel Batman 676 June 2008 The Swagman is an armored supervillain who targets members of the Batman family White Knight Peter TomasiPatrick Gleason Batman and Robin 21 April 2011 A mysterious being of light who seeks to battle the darkness of Gotham City the White Knight targeted the relatives of Arkham Asylum s inmates to save their souls by dressing them as angels and forcing them to commit suicide As a very resourceful and inventive serial killer the White Knight s ultimate goal is to kill all of Arkham s inmates The New 52 and beyond Edit See also The New 52 In September 2011 The New 52 rebooted DC s continuity Since this new timeline began these supervillains have been introduced These are characters that have not been around long enough to apply to any other category Villain Creator s First appearance Fictional biographyBentley Tony Daniel Detective Comics vol 2 2 October 2011 A member of the Dollmaker Family Bentley is a being of brute strength Matilda Mathis Dollhouse Dollmaker III s daughter who initially dressed as a nurse with a ceramic mask stitched into her face as the Dollmaker III s right hand henchwoman 199 Matilda Mathis took up her father s cause and became Dollhouse kidnapping children and harvesting their organs for the organ trade She then turns what is left of their bodies into human dolls that she uses to decorate her garden 200 Jack in the Box 116 Jack in the Box is a member of the Dollmaker Family who has a mutilated surgically enhanced body with arms seemingly made of rubber Mister Toxic Mister Toxic began as a low level criminal known as the Gas Man one of several amateur supervillains that the Penguin called upon to offer them protection for their money The Gas Man eventually became Mr Toxic and found himself more than a match for Batman After Mr Toxic robbed several nuclear plants Batman discovered that he was the dying clone of one of Bruce Wayne s fellow businessmen Batman was able to defeat Mr Toxic who has not been seen since Olivia Carr Olivia Carr is a girl that was kidnapped and brainwashed into becoming a member of the Dollmaker Family Orifice The Orifice is a member of the Dollmaker Family who has various foreign limbs and tissue stitched to his body Sampson A member of the Dollmaker Family Sampson is a small man made to look like a toy monkey Wesley Mathis Wesley Mathis serial killer and former enemy of Commissioner Gordon who would take his son Barton Mathis who would grow up to become the Dollmaker III on hunting trips in which he kidnapped and cannibalized human beings He was eventually killed in a struggle with Gordon leading to his son s personal vendetta against Gordon Brute James Tynion IVMikel Janin Detective Comics vol 2 19 June 2013 The Brute is a prisoner of Santa Prisca who has gone through extensive new experimentations with Venom Malicia Malicia is an ally of Bane who has gone through experiments with Venom at Santa Prisca Professor The Professor is a scientist who works at Santa Prisca that specializes in experiments with Venom for Bane Wolf Spider The Wolf Spider is a recruit of Bane who has been enhanced with Venom Doctor Falsario Tim SeeleyScott SnyderJames Tynion IVRay FawkesJohn LaymanAndy Clarke Batman Eternal 18 October 2014 Doctor Falsario is a supervillain who has hypnotic powers Barton Mathis The Dollmaker III 116 201 202 203 Tony Daniel Detective Comics vol 2 1 September 2011 The leader of his Family Barton Mathis is a mad doctor who specializes in organ transplantation He is responsible for the creation of twisted surgical abominations made of several different limbs and organs stitched into one being He runs an organ trade business and is responsible for cutting the Joker s face off 204 Though the Dollmaker III sees the Toyman as a father figure 205 he is not to be confused with the Toyman s biological son Anton Schott who has also used the Dollmaker alias Eli Strange 206 207 Detective Comics vol 2 5 March 2012 Eli Strange is the criminal son of Hugo Strange Eli Strange collaborated with Catwoman during some of his criminal activities His real name is later revealed to be Elliot Montrose 208 Emperor Penguin Emperor Blackgate 209 210 John LaymanJason Fabok Detective Comics vol 2 13 December 2012 Ignatius Ogilvy was the right hand man of the Penguin who had aspirations of taking over the Penguin s criminal empire as his operative the Emperor Penguin 211 Ogilvy briefly managed to do so and empowered himself with a combination of the Man Bat serum one of Poison Ivy s plant concoctions and the drug Venom which gave him a form with blue skin as tough as bark pointy ears and red eyes while possessing superhuman strength enhanced speed and enhanced durability He was incapacitated by Batman and Penguin and was arrested by the police Within Blackgate Penitentiary Ogilvy gained control of the prison s organized criminal activity by killing the unnamed prison boss and took the name Emperor Blackgate 212 Fishnet Ann NocentiRafa Sandoval Catwoman vol 4 17 April 2013 Otto Baxter Kruft a k a Fishnet is a henchman for the Penguin recognizable for wearing a fishnet stocking over his face Volt Volt is the Penguin s resident technological genius and creator of many of his weapons An accident gave Volt electrical powers Hypnotic Tony Daniel Detective Comics vol 2 6 April 2012 Hypnotic is an upstart criminal who works under the Penguin s guidance He uses radio waves to control his victims minds Imperceptible Man The Imperceptible Man is a seemingly invisible criminal who came to Gotham in an alliance with the Penguin Jill Hampton Jill Hampton works for the Penguin and is Charlotte Rivers sister Mister Combustible Mr Combustible is an upstart criminal who works under the Penguin s guidance Snakeskin Snakeskin is a shapeshifter and Jill Hampton s boyfriend Grotesque Gail SimoneArdian SyafAlitha Martinez Batgirl vol 4 7 May 2012 Grotesque is a masked man identified as snobbish because of his very eccentric tastes Knightfall Gail SimoneAlitha Martinez Batgirl vol 4 10 August 2012 Charise Carnes was a prisoner at Arkham Asylum when a massive breakout took place in which she watched the other inmates torture and kill others After getting out of the asylum Carnes became a vigilante called Knightfall who torments and murders criminals eventually becoming an enemy of Batgirl Merrymaker 213 214 John LaymanJason Fabok Detective Comics vol 2 17 February 2013 The Merrymaker is a supervillain who leads a gang of criminals called the League of Smiles who are obsessed with the Joker 215 Mister Bloom 216 217 218 Scott SnyderGreg Capullo Batman vol 2 43 August 2015 Real name unknown Mr Bloom stole high tech seeds that allowed him to manipulate his own body seeing himself as a gardener come to prune the garden of Gotham as a failed experiment Mister Bygone Scott SnyderJames Tynion IVRay FawkesDustin NguyenTrevor McCarthy Batman Eternal 6 July 2014 Mr Bygone is a mysterious man who is a product of the insanity that infests Arkham Asylum Mister Mosaic Tony Daniel Detective Comics vol 2 5 March 2012 Mr Mosaic is a deformed rich underboss of the Penguin Mother 219 James Tynion IVScott SnyderTony Daniel Batman and Robin Eternal 1 October 2015 The sole survivor of a village that was destroyed in the crossfire of a brutal war Mother sees herself as making children stronger by forcing them to endure tragedy believing that Batman shares her views in his efforts to mold the Robins Nobody Peter TomasiPatrick Gleason Batman and Robin vol 2 1 September 2011 Morgan Ducard a k a Nobody has almost telekinetic powers seemingly based on sound waves Ducard is the son of Henri Ducard the detective who once trained Bruce Wayne He seeks to destroy Batman Incorporated and believes that killing criminals could save more lives than simply putting them in prison and allowing them to live Punchline 220 221 222 223 James Tynion IV Batman vol 3 89 April 2020 Alexis Kaye was a college student who developed an unhealthy obsession with the Joker eventually becoming his new sidekick and girlfriend She is adept at wielding knives and makes use of Joker venom Talon 224 225 Scott SnyderGreg Capullo Batman vol 2 2 December 2011 William Cobb is an agent of the Court of Owls a near mythical organization in Gotham City William Cobb is the great grandfather of Dick Grayson Trickster III 226 227 Greg PakJae Lee Batman Superman 1 June 2013 Kaiyo is a mischievous New God from Apokolips who can pass between worlds at will She is responsible for the first meeting between Batman and Superman White Rabbit 228 229 David FinchPaul Jenkins Batman The Dark Knight vol 2 1 September 2011 Jaina Hudson is the mastermind behind a toxin known to obliterate all fear from one s mind Due to her involvement with Bane and the Scarecrow she once managed to defeat Batman 230 Menace Justin GrayJimmy PalmiottiEduardo Pansica Batwing 25 January 2014 Russell Tavaroff is a former friend of Luke Fox who became his enemy upon getting exposed to the Venom offshoot Snakebite which gives him enhanced strength and durability at the cost of giving him a mental illness Wolf Spider Mark AndreykoJeremy Haun Batwoman vol 2 26 February 2014 Evan Blake is a playboy and an old friend of Kate Kane who operates as the art thief the Wolf Spider He is not to be confused with a similarly named recruit of Bane who has a hyphen in his name Tusk Peter TomasiDoug MahnkePatrick Gleason Batman and Robin Annual Vol 2 2 January 2014 Tusk is a metahuman crime lord with tusks and elephant like skin Haunter Scott Bryan WilsonBilquis Evely Batman Annual vol 3 1 January 2017 Real name unknown the Haunter is a malnourished woman with orange hair She has the ability to kill anyone whose DNA she comes in contact with causing them to dissipate into black smoke She is hinted to be already known to Batman and to be on good terms with the rest of Batman s villains in Arkham She escapes from Arkham and assists the Scarecrow in a plan to release fear gas in Gotham on Christmas Eve but both are paralyzed by the gas and recaptured by Batman Stag Steve OrlandoRiley Rossmo Batman Annual vol 3 1 January 2017 The Stag is a mysterious woman adorned in black and yellow a black horned headdress and a white mask Not much is known about her currently She is first seen invading the apartment of Barry O Neill and killing him with a stab to the forehead Blackbird Julie BensonShawna BensonRoge Antonio Batgirl Birds of Prey 8 May 2017 The Blackbird is a woman with the metahuman power to drain those of others Feeling that metahumans were oppressed she planned to take the powers of many for herself and use them to create a revolution She managed to lure in several students under the guise of a training school forming an association with Roulette Her students included Gemini and an undercover Black Canary Batman Beyond enemies Edit Main article List of Batman Beyond characters Villains Enemies of lesser renown Edit These enemies are categorized by their obscurity and for being less notable than other characters in this article Villain Creator s First appearance Fictional biographyAbattoir 231 Marv WolfmanJim Aparo Detective Comics 625 January 1991 A schizophrenic superstitious and cannibalistic serial killer who was convinced that his family was evil 232 Arnold Etchison has fear of death and due to living in a world where paranormal activities are common occurrences related to metahumans extraterrestrials and the supernatural leads him into an insane delusion that he absorbs his victims life force when he kills them therefore prolonging his lifespan as an immortal Abattoir even wears a makeshift cape made out of a trench coat to imitate costumed beings such as Superman and Batman Actuary Chuck DixonGraham Nolan Detective Comics 683 March 1995 The Actuary is a mathematical genius who applies formulae to aid the Penguin in committing crimes Agent Orange citation needed Mike W BarrJim Aparo Batman and the Outsiders 3 October 1983 Claiming to be a Vietnam War veteran Agent Orange is a supervillain who blames the United States government for his injuries He attacks the citizens of Gotham City with the help of his followers Amba Kadiri David Vern ReedErnie Chan Batman 274 April 1976 An Indian thief and leader of the Afro Asian block of the Underworld Olympians Amba Kadiri crossed paths with Batman only to be captured so that her team may go on in the competition She is an accomplished thief and martial artist who bears steel clawed fingertips Amygdala 233 234 Alan GrantNorm Breyfogle Batman Shadow of the Bat 3 August 1992 Aaron Helzinger is a powerful behemoth with a childlike temper He is quick to anger and turns into a murdering monster after doctors experiment on his brain He has been stopped by Batman in the past by applying a severe blow to the back of his neck Answer Alan GrantMark Buckingham Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins 1 October 1998 Mike Patten is an engineer in Gotham City that believed a civilization 15 000 years ago was wiped out due to a massive earthquake During the events of Cataclysm his wife and daughter perished leading Mike to believe the end of humanity was nigh He became the Answer to prove his theory to society through robbery and murder Architect Scott SnyderKyle Higgins Batman Gates of Gotham 1 July 2011 Zachary Gate is the descendant of Nicholas Anders one of the architect brothers who constructed Gotham City s bridges Upon his stepbrother s death Nicholas attempted to avenge him by killing Gotham s founding fathers the Waynes the Cobblepots and the Elliots on whom he blamed his death He was then jailed for the murder of Robert Kane and declared that the forefathers descendants would suffer for their sins Zachary comes across this knowledge and the name of the Architect from his ancestor s journals and decided to avenge him setting his goals on eliminating the forefathers descendants Atom Master Bill FingerDick Sprang World s Finest 101 May 1959 A scientist whose helmet can cast illusions Atomic Man Sheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 280 June 1960 Paul Strobe is a scientist who can shoot beams from his eyes that can transmute matter into another form and focuses them through the special lenses of his goggles Bad Samaritan 235 Mike W BarrAlan Davis Outsiders 3 January 1986 The Bad Samaritan is a highly trained agent of the USSR that became an independent contractor in espionage terrorism and assassination working for virtually all major governments Baffler Chuck DixonTom Grummett Robin vol 4 1 November 1993 Titus Samuel Czonka is an unintelligent brute that leaves riddles for Batman to solve similar to the Riddler and the Cluemaster 236 Bag O Bones Gardner FoxSheldon Moldoff Batman 195 September 1967 Radioactivity transforms Ned Creegan into a skeletal looking living X ray photo who calls himself Bag O Bones and battles Batman and Robin Creegan later returns as the Cyclotronic Man fighting Black Lightning and Superman Still later he adopts the name the One Man Meltdown and battles the Outsiders After getting the medical treatment he needs Creegan goes back to prison content to do his time in jail and then reform Batzarro Jeph LoebEd McGuinness Superman Batman 20 June 2005 Batzarro is a Bizarro version of Batman whose origins remain unknown 144 237 Benedict Asp Dennis O Neil Justice League Task Force 6 November 1993 Benedict Asp is the brother of Shondra Kinsolving the trained physiotherapist who meets Bruce Wayne when he is dealing with exhaustion and helps to look after him after he is injured by Bane He kidnaps her and turns her abilities to evil uses Asp reveals Shondra s healing powers and along with his own psychic abilities uses her to telekinetically kill an entire village Bruce eventually defeats Benedict but the events traumatize Shondra Billy Numerous 238 239 Catwoman vol 3 78 Note 7 April 2008 Billy Numerous has the ability to make copies of himself which he uses for criminal activity He has taken on Slam Bradley and the Catwoman 240 Birthday Boy 241 242 Geoff JohnsGary Frank Batman Earth One July 2012 In the Earth One re imagining of Batman s origin Ray Salinger is a serial killer who operated at the beginning of Batman s career Nicknamed the Birthday Boy Salinger kidnaps and murders young women who resemble his first victim His modus operandi is to give the person that he is about to kill a birthday cake with his first victim s name on it and tells them to make a wish 243 Bizarro Batman Edmond HamiltonCurt Swan World s Finest Comics 156 March 1966 Not to be confused with Batzarro Bizarro Batman is a Bizarro version of Batman who appeared as a member of a Bizarro version of the Justice League of America Bizarro Batman originates from Htrae the Bizarro World 244 Black and White Bandit 245 Dave Gibbons Batman Gotham Knights 12 February 2001 Roscoe Chiara was an artist who was hired to create a portrait using experimental paint After doing so he completely lost the ability to see colors Chiara then began robbing public locations of valuable materials Black Spider I Gerry ConwayErnie Chan Detective Comics 463 September 1976 The first Black Spider is Eric Needham a hunter of the drug dealers who ruined his life 246 Black Spider II Doug MoenchKelley Jones Batman 518 May 1995 The second Black Spider is Johnny LaMonica He is killed by Crispus Allen during a gang shooting citation needed Black Spider III Gail Simone Birds of Prey 87 December 2005 A third Black Spider appears named Derrick Coe who battles the Birds of Prey citation needed Blockbuster I 247 Gardner FoxCarmine Infantino Detective Comics 345 November 1965 Mark Desmond is a former chemist who experiments on himself and subsequently becomes a mindless brute who possesses super strength 248 Blockbuster II Roger SternTom Lyle Starman 9 April 1989 Roland Desmond became the second Blockbuster after a severe illness forced him to be treated with experimental steroids Like his brother Mark Roland became a child minded super strong monster He ran wild in the Southwest but Batman and Starman Will Payton brought his rampage to an end 249 250 Blue Bat Bill FingerDick Sprang Batman 127 October 1959 In an alternate universe the Blue Bat was a criminal who wore the Batman costume Bouncer Gardner FoxCarmine Infantino Detective Comics 347 January 1966 The Bouncer is a metallurgist who discovers an alloy of rubber steel and chrome called elastalloy which he uses to create a suit that allows him to bounce tremendous distances or from great heights yet not be harmed at all The Bouncer fights Batman twice once alone and once as a minion of the Monarch of Menace Brains Beldon Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 301 March 1962 Brains Beldon is a criminal genius who pulls off a 20 000 000 heist in Gotham City before being defeated by Batman He is the father of the Teen Titans foe the Disruptor Brand Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 137 February 1961 The Brand is a cowboy themed supervillain who uses cattle brands as weapons and as clues for future crimes Bruno Frank MillerKlaus JansonLynn Varley The Dark Knight Returns February June 1986 In the Dark Knight Universe Bruno is a neo Nazi who is a chief henchwoman of the Joker and has ties to the Mutant Gang 251 Brutale Chuck DixonScott McDaniel Nightwing vol 2 22 July 1998 Guillermo Barrera was a top level interrogator torturer for the secret police in the Latin American country Hasaragua until a revolution forced him to flee He began a new career as a mercenary assassin and eventually began working for the Blockbuster II in Bludhaven battling Nightwing on several occasions Brutale is an expert with all forms of knives and blades being able to both fight superbly and inflict horrible pain on his victims Buzz Galvan Chuck DixonTom Lyle Detective Comics 644 May 1992 Elmo Buzz Galvan has the ability to control electricity He requires an electrical generator to provide him with power He can then use the electricity to fire powerful blasts generate force fields and electro statically crawl up walls Galvan was a robber who along with three others stole 2 million pounds and in the process murdered four people The gang were about to make their getaway to a Caribbean island when they were captured by Batman Galvan s gang blamed him for the murders and he took the fall and was sentenced to die in the electric chair On his execution date Galvan was enraged to see the witnesses who he perceived had come to laugh at his death The execution was unsuccessful damaging his nervous system and leaving him partially paralyzed The laws of the state decreed that he could not be executed again Unwilling to be confined to a charity ward for the rest of his life Galvan crawled from his bed and bit into a power line in an attempt to kill himself The electricity restored his ability to move and gave him control over electricity Galvan set out to avenge himself against those he believed had mocked him Calamity Brenden FletcherBecky CloonanKarl KerschlGerry DugganShawn Crystal Gotham Academy 1 October 1 2014 The latest in the long line of Calamity aliases Sybil Silverlock Calamity slowly lost control of herself due to possession by the vengeful ghost of her ancestor Amity Arkham Sybil woke up after a blackout to discover she had murdered her own husband and her grip on her own mind kept worsening until she was defeated by Batman and Robin after setting an entire residential block alight in the Narrows Following the collapse of Arkham Asylum Sybil became a patient in a coma held in Arkham Manor When Dr Eric Border exposed his true identity as the Joker in the asylum and infected a portion of Clayface with Joker venom unleashing the new monster Clownface Silverlock was awakened from her coma and escaped from the asylum in the confusion Captain Stingaree Bob RozakisMichael UslanErnie Chan Detective Comics 460 June 1976 Karl Courtney is a criminal who commits crimes using a pirate motif Cavalier I Don CameronBob Kane Detective Comics 81 November 1943 Mortimer Drake is an expert swordsman who speaks in Shakespearean English and dresses in a French musketeer costume Initially depicted as craving adventure and riches the rogue was repeatedly bested by Batman and Robin The Cavalier eventually lost his mind and can sometimes be seen as an inmate or escapee from Arkham Asylum Cavalier II James RobinsonTim Sale Batman Legends of the Dark Knight 32 June 1992 The second Cavalier is Hudson Pyle a sword wielding vigilante Charlatan Bill FingerLew Sayre Schwartz Batman 68 1951 Paul Sloan was a successful actor who was persuaded to impersonate Two Face by a number of Gotham s villains when Two Face refused to join their scheme after Two Face s coin landed with the unscarred side up Paul ends up encountering Batman briefly in the process He is later tortured and disfigured by Two Face and experimented upon by the Scarecrow Paul returned years later attacking the various villains who had recruited him all in an attempt to get to Batman He is currently incarcerated at Arkham Asylum Chancer Alan GrantTim Sale Batman Shadow of the Bat 7 December 1992 The Chancer is a bank robber real name unknown who is armed with simply a baton Clayface VI The Claything II 20 Doug MoenchKelley Jones Batman Shadow of the Bat 27 January 1998 Dr Peter Malley also known as the second Claything was a DEO scientist who was transformed when he merged with a sample of Cassius Payne Malley has the ability to melt objects simply by looking at them Clayface VII Ed BrubakerDarwyn Cooke Catwoman vol 3 1 January 2002 Todd Russell 20 is a serial killer with the ability to transform into virtually any shape and size who targets prostitutes Clayface VIII A J LiebermanJavier Pina Batman Gotham Knights 60 February 2005 Johnny Williams 252 is a former firefighter who gained a claylike appearance and the ability to shapeshift following an explosion at a chemical plant He was manipulated by Hush and the Riddler to transform his appearance into that of Jason Todd to deceive Batman which ultimately failed 253 Clock II Win Mortimer Star Spangled Comics 70 July 1947 In Pre Crisis continuity the second person to use the identity of the Clock is a clock themed criminal who is primarily an enemy of Robin Not to be confused with the Clock King II Clownface Gerry DugganShawn Crystal Arkham Manor 2 November 26 2014 Clownface originally began as a stray piece of Clayface s body that became unattached and gained enough sentience to morph itself into a mute old man This man was found and taken to Arkham Manor because of his unresponsiveness Bruce Wayne who was undercover as Jack Shaw in the manor was able to recognize the man as a portion of Clayface but avoided blowing his own cover to alert the guards The Joker undercover also as the Arkham attendant Eric Border shed his disguise and secretly infected this portion of Clayface with Joker venom morphing it into an entirely separate killing machine he called Clownface Clownface wreaked havoc in the manor killing multiple people before being subdued by Batman and Mr Freeze Frozen solid thanks to Freeze s help Clownface was stored in the manor s freezer until he was to be collected by the guards Colonel Blimp Paul KupperbergDon Newton Batman 352 October 1982 Real name unknown Colonel Blimp is a man in a purple and gold uniform similar to that of a German zeppelin pilot He has twice stolen a submarine using a blimp he flies armed with magnetic tentacles He holds the submarine for ransom announcing to the city that he will not return the submarine until a certain amount of money is paid The second time he is stopped by Gotham Girl Colonel Sulphur Dennis O NeilIrv Novick Batman 241 May 1972 Colonel Sulphur is a self styled warrior with a vast knowledge of psychological terror who fights Batman four times in the 1970s and 1980s Sulphur also encounters Superman and Supergirl and puts together an Army of Crime Composite Superman Edmond HamiltonCurt Swan World s Finest Comics 142 June 1964 An out of work scuba diver Joseph Meach gained the combined powers of the Legion of Super Heroes after being struck by the energy discharge of their statues while he slept He then desired to defeat Superman and Batman Later the effect and his memory faded but his powers were restored by an alien whose father had been imprisoned by Batman and Robin Meach sacrificed himself to save the superheroes Condiment King 254 255 Chuck DixonScott Beatty Batgirl Year One 8 September 2003 Mitchell Mayo is a villain who makes use of various condiments sometimes capable of causing anaphylactic shock He is a comedy relief villain that is easily defeated by Robin and Batgirl Cornelius Stirk Alan GrantNorm Breyfogle Detective Comics 592 November 1998 Cornelius Stirk is an Arkham Asylum inmate who possesses latent psychic abilities specifically the ability to induce hallucinations and fear in others A delusional psychotic Stirk believes that he will die unless he regularly eats human hearts Corrosive Man Alan GrantJohn WagnerNorm Breyfogle Detective Comics 587 June 1988 A convicted murderer Derek Mitchell escapes from jail seeking vengeance on Mortimer Kadaver but is involved in an unfortunate accident on the way that turns him into a literally corrosive man his entire skin burning with chemical fire which can eat through walls and floors or burn human flesh His encounter with Kadaver leaves the latter with a handprint burned onto his forehead and leaves Mitchell inert although he surfaces at least twice more Crazy Quilt I 254 Jack Kirby Boy Commandos 15 May June 1946 Paul Dekker is an ex painter who leads a double life as a master thief and is blinded by a gunshot wound during a botched robbery While in prison he volunteers for an experimental procedure that would restore his vision There is a side effect however even though he can see he can only see in blinding disorienting colors This drives him insane and he adopts the identity of Crazy Quilt I Crazy Quilt II Gail SimoneDale Eaglesham Villains United 2 August 2005 Apparently the new Secret Society of Super Villains led by Alexander Luthor Jr has in its roster a new version of Crazy Quilt a woman with the characteristic costume and vision helmet of the previous villain Only glimpsed in the background she has yet to resurface Crime Doctor Bill FingerBob Kane Detective Comics 77 July 1943 Matthew Thorne was a reputable surgeon for criminals but he would stop his crimes to minister to the sick or injured He later appears under the new name of Bradford Thorne 256 He is an expert in torture Crimesmith Marv WolfmanJim Aparo Batman 443 January 1990 Doctor Ryan Smith is a brilliant scientist and media personality He gives detailed plans for robberies to gangs of crooks with the understanding that they would give him a large percentage of the loot Crimson Knight Dave WoodSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 271 September 1959 The Crimson Knight whose real name is Dick Lyons is a mysterious metal clad crime fighter who appears in Gotham City as an apparent aide to Batman and Robin The Caped Crusaders suspect the new arrival may have illegal motives Cryonic Man Mike W BarrJim Aparo Batman and the Outsiders 6 January 1984 Philip was a lab assistant for Professor Niles Raymond who developed a cryogenic chamber Fearful of the threat of nuclear war Raymond froze himself Philip and their wives in 1947 in hopes of surviving any oncoming conflict Decades later Philip was chosen to be awakened to determine if the world had become a safe place again However Philip s wife was inflicted with a debilitating disease and he subjected themselves to the freezing process in hopes of waking up in a time with the medical advances to save her life Becoming the Cryonic Man Philip sought organs to replace those of his wife which were failing bringing him into conflict with Batman and the Outsiders Cyber C A T Doug MoenchJim Balent Catwoman vol 2 42 February 1997 Christina Chiles is a scientist who designed a state of the art robotic suit operated by her brainwaves bristling with weapons like lasers and rockets When the Catwoman broke into the lab to steal a microchip Christina dons the suit herself to stop her as a trial run After they clash several times Chiles gets obsessed with hunting down and destroying the Catwoman to prove her superiority a side effect of the suit s mind link Eventually the Catwoman defeats her after building a robotic suit for herself Cypher 257 258 259 260 Chuck DixonMichael Netzer Detective Comics 657 March 1993 261 Avery Twombey is a corporate spy and mercenary with hypnotic abilities though his actual past is unknown When the government hired three separate companies including Wayne Enterprises to start working on different pieces of a secret military project Cypher was hired to assassinate the three CEOs of the companies After successfully killing two of the CEOs he went after Wayne Enterprises CEO Lucius Fox 262 As he was about to force Lucius Fox to jump off a bridge via hypnotic suggestion he was taken down by Robin Tim Drake as Fox was saved by Batman and Azrael Cypher was sent to Blackgate Penitentiary 263 At Blackgate Cypher formulated an escape plan with other inmates including the Cluemaster the Electrocutioner and the Baffler 264 After a failed attempt to use his abilities on the other inmates who evaded his hypnotism with earplugs Cypher was shot and killed by the Cluemaster 265 Dagger Gerry ConwayGene Colan Batman 343 January 1982 David Rennington is the owner of a blade manufacturing company called Rennington Steel When facing hard times Rennington becomes the Dagger running an old fashioned protection racket until being apprehended by Batman He is later recruited by Ra s al Ghul 266 Dark Knight Scott SnyderRafael Albuquerque All Star Batman 11 August 2017 A clone of Alfred Pennyworth who was created by Briar Anatoly Davidovich andVassily Davidovich The Davidovich Brothers Fabian NiciezaKevin Maguire Batman Confidential 19 September 2008 Anatoly and Vassily Davidovich are brothers who are members of an unidentified branch of the Russian Mafia Deacon Joseph Blackfire Jim StarlinBernie Wrightson Batman The Cult 1 August 1988 Deacon Joseph Blackfire is a religious fanatic who forms an army in the sewers beneath Gotham largely composed of the homeless Blackfire begins a violent war on crime which escalates into him taking over the entire city isolating it from the rest of the country Dealer Scott SnyderJock Batman 872 February 2011 Primarily an enemy to Dick Grayson the Dealer is an auctioneer who sells to the wealthy memorabilia and weapons used by or that have formerly belonged to reputable supervillains Death Rattle Dan SlottRyan Sook Arkham Asylum Living Hell 1 July 2003 Erasmus Rayne is a serial killer and a cult leader Doctor Aesop Paul DiniDustin Nguyen Detective Comics 846 September 2008 Dr Aesop is a criminal who commits crimes based on Aesop s Fables He is an old man who carries a cane which he wields as a deadly weapon He keeps a menagerie of dangerous animals which represent some of the fables he seems to cherish Dr Aesop was seemingly killed but recovered from his wounds and later resurfaced in Gotham City Sirens 9 Doctor Death Gardner FoxBob Kane Detective Comics 29 July 1939 Dr Karl Hellfern is a mad scientist who made two back to back appearances in the early days of Batman s career and is considered Batman s first supervillain Doctor Death developed lethal chemical gases and threatened wealthy citizens demanding money and tribute to him in exchange for their safety Hellfern was disfigured in an explosion Doctor Double X Dave WoodSheldon MoldoffBob Kane Detective Comics 261 November 1958 Dr Simon Ecks discovers that human auras could be enhanced to function outside of the body When Ecks creates an energy duplicate of himself the introverted scientist s unstable mind becomes dominated by the doppelganger who calls himself Doctor Double X Doctor Fang Doug MoenchGene Colan Detective Comics 536 March 1984 Dr Fang is a criminal mastermind who was killed by Night Slayer Doctor No Face Dave WoodSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 319 September 1963 Bart Magan tried to use a device that would erase a facial scar but ended up erasing his entire face Doctor Phosphorus Steve Englehart Detective Comics 469 May 1977 Alexander James Sartorius is a mad criminal with radioactive powers resulting from the meltdown of a Gotham nuclear power plant Doctor Zodiac Leo DorfmanCurt Swan World s Finest Comics 160 September 1966 Theodore B Carrigan is a carnival mystic who turns to crime basing his robberies on horoscopes In his first outing he is apprehended by Batman Robin and Superman Later he steals 12 coins from Atlantis each bearing a Zodiac symbol which bestow him with various powers Once again Batman and Superman thwart his plans 267 Still later he allies himself with Madame Zodiac to obtain a different set of Zodiac coins but the two of them are defeated by Batman Superman and Zatanna 268 Dr Zodiac should not be confused with the Zodiac Master Dodge Adam BeechenFreddie Williams II Robin vol 4 160 March 2007 Michael Lasky was just a kid who wanted to be a hero He ran into Robin a few times and tried become Robin s partner but Robin refused since he just got in the way and told him to go home One night as Robin was trying to stop some kidnappers Dodge interfered and his teleportation belt got damaged Dodge was left in a coma after the battle and Robin took him to a hospital Robin feeling responsible for Dodge s condition visited him regularly until one day he disappeared In the future Dodge would return but not as his former self his skin had been turned to a shimmering red and he was furious with Robin He had fallen into a life of crime selling a dangerous drug that turned normal people into metahuman murderers His criminal enterprise was built upon the hope that he would eventually meet Robin again and kill him During a battle with Robin Zatara and Rose Wilson his body inexplicably vanished and he is presumed dead Doodlebug Dan SlottRyan Sook Arkham Asylum Living Hell 1 July 2003 Daedalus Boch is an artist who believes he receives visions of inspiration and then compulsively recreates them on whatever canvas they indicate including people Danny the Dummy Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 134 September 1960 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 named Matt who is revealed as the real dummy at the end of each show The fact that people invariably refer to Danny as the Dummy infuriates him and inspires him to use ventriloquist s dummies for crime to make dummies out of the law Egghead William DozierStanley Ralph RossEdwin Self Batman Shadow of the Bat 3 Note 8 August 1992 Edgar Heed believes himself to be the world s smartest criminal and his crimes usually have an egg motif to them as well as including egg puns in his speech whenever appropriate The character is an inmate of Arkham Asylum and patient of Jeremiah Arkham 269 Eivol Ekdal John BroomeSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 346 December 1965 270 Eivol Ekdal is a bald slightly hunchbacked criminal scientist who is described as a master craftsman builder of escape gadgets and tantalizing traps for the criminal underground of America He encounters Batman twice 271 before meeting his death at the hands of a couple of his criminal customers Elemental Man Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 294 August 1961 John Dolan was exposed to a leak from an experiment the professor he assisted was working on leaving him randomly turning into different elements Designing a belt to control these transformations he took to a life of crime as the Elemental Man before Batman was able to restore him Strike Force Kobra had a member fashioned after Dolan named the Elemental Woman Eraser Robert KanigherSheldon Moldoff Batman 188 December 1966 Leonard Fiasco is a professional at covering the tracks of other crimes For a 20 cut the Eraser will erase the evidence of another crime Executioner Dick Sprang Detective Comics 191 January 1953 Willy Hooker is a vigilante who murders wanted criminals for the reward money Facade Paul DiniJ H Williams III Detective Comics 821 September 2006 Erik Hanson is a former employee at a trendy Gotham City nightclub for the city s popular socialites He organizes a gang to replace them as a ploy to enter Gotham s elite False Face Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 113 February 1958 False Face is a criminal make up artist and master of disguise who uses his skill to impersonate wealthy people Firebug I Len WeinIrv Novick Batman 318 December 1979 An African American former soldier and demolitions expert Joseph Rigger returned to find his family dead due to substandard housing in three separate buildings As the Firebug I Rigger seeks revenge on the buildings themselves destroying them regardless of how many innocents die He later turns to more straightforward crime His weapon of choice is explosive bombs Firebug II Ed BrubakerMichael Lark Gotham Central 3 March 2003 Harlan Combs is wanted in the murder of his daughter Combs had purchased the Firebug costume and armor from Rigger He is injured while fleeing from the police and quickly arrested Firebug III Christos N GageSteven Cummings Deadshot Urban Renewal 1 February 2005 An unnamed man won the Firebug costume and armor in an Internet auction After taking on the identity of the Firebug he enters the supervillain business Firefly II Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 126 September 1959 Ted Carson 272 273 was a man of wealth before he gambled away his fortune Desperate Carson turned to crime becoming the Firefly II Famine Geoff JohnsGrant MorrisonGreg RuckaMark Waid 52 26 2006 Famine is one of the Horsemen of Apokolips who once posed as Sobek a friend to Black Adam Film Freak I Doug MoenchTom Mandrake Batman 395 May 1986 Burt Weston is a wannabe actor who dreams of getting a big break by playing quirky villains When each of his plans fails he fakes his death similar to the movie The Sting He is later killed by Bane Film Freak II Will PfeiferDavid Lopez Catwoman vol 2 54 June 2006 The Film Freak II answers to the surname of Edison Following the Infinite Frontier relaunch he acts as a member of the Suicide Squad alongside the Peacemaker Bolt and the Shrike but is inadvertently hit by a Joker laughing gas bomb and killed Fright Judd WinickDustin Nguyen Batman 627 July 2004 Linda Friitawa is an albino geneticist who was stripped of her medical license for her unauthorized gruesome experiments on human beings She assisted the Scarecrow with his experiments However unbeknownst to the Scarecrow she was secretly hired by the Penguin to corrupt the Scarecrow s toxins and infect the Scarecrow with them causing him to transform into a creature dubbed the Scarebeast In contrast to her deeds and the Penguin Friitawa always treated the Scarecrow with kindness Gearhead Chuck DixonGraham Nolan Detective Comics 712 August 1997 Nathan Finch had lost his arms and legs when frostbite affected him after a fight with Batman An unnamed underworld doctor replaces them with cybernetic limbs General Chuck DixonMichael Netzer Detective Comics 654 December 1992 See also Anarky Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong was a brilliant military strategist who also happened to be a psychopathic murderous eight year old child Called the General he was obsessed with war and victory and embarked on his plan of declaring war on Gotham City Subsequent depictions toned down the character s violent streak somewhat though he was still dangerous He was later seen as an adolescent who briefly took on the persona of the new Anarky During DC Rebirth Ulysses is a seen as a young genius working for a military organization where he is depicted as a cheerful yet sociopathic adolescent who goes by Th3 G3n3r4l online Gentleman Ghost Robert KanigherJoe Kubert Flash Comics 88 October 1947 Primarily a Hawkman foe the specter once named James Craddock often finds himself at odds with Batman 274 Getaway Genius Gardner FoxSheldon Moldoff Batman 170 March 1965 The Getaway Genius Roy Reynolds is a criminal and getaway mastermind who has encountered Batman several times Globe Paul DiniDustin Nguyen Detective Comics 840 March 2008 Hammond Carter is obsessed with maps and plots crimes by latitude longitude time zones and the shape of landmasses 275 Gorilla Boss of Gotham City David Vern ReedLew Sayre Schwartz Batman 75 February March 1953 276 Mobster George Boss Dyke is executed in the gas chamber but has his brain transplanted into the body of a gorilla The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City fights Batman twice Later the alien villain Sinestro steals the Gorilla Boss cerebellum expands it to planet size and uses it as a power source This unnatural abomination is destroyed by Superman 277 Later however the Gorilla Boss is returned to life in his gorilla body and is used as a pawn by Gorilla Grodd 278 Gunhawk Chuck DixonGraham Nolan Detective Comics 674 May 1994 Liam Hawkleigh is a highly paid mercenary who has encountered Batman and Robin several times He had a female companion named Gunbunny I later known as Pistolera who was a member of the Ravens After the death of Pistolera see below Gunhawk gets himself a new female partner named Gunbunny II 279 Gustav DeCobra Elliot S MagginMike Grell Detective Comics 455 January 1976 Gustav DeCobra is a vampire very much in the classic Dracula mold whom Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth stumble upon in a seemingly abandoned house after their car overheats in the countryside Harley Sinn Jimmy PalmiottiFrank TieriMauricet Harley Quinn and her Gang of Harleys The Shady Bunch 1 April 2016 Constance Brand a k a Harley Sinn is the daughter of a real estate billionaire who is obsessed with Harley Quinn She has recently been released from Arkham Asylum Harpy Doug MoenchJim Aparo Batman 481 July 1992 Iris was Maxie Zeus girlfriend when he was in Arkham Asylum She fought Batman after gaining super strength and agility but was defeated by him Hatman Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 230 April 1956 A thief obsessed with stealing hats he desires most to acquire Batman s cowl even if it means killing Batman Initially presented as Jervis Tetch and working under the alias the Mad Hatter II the character was retroactively stated to be an impostor When the original Mad Hatter returned he claimed to have disposed of the impostor 280 though the impostor was eventually shown to still be alive 281 The character is currently working under the moniker of the Hatman 282 Headhunter Jim AparoDoug Moench Batman 487 December 1992 The Headhunter is an assassin who attempts to kill James Gordon 283 but is thwarted by Batman The Headhunter is accustomed to eliminating his targets by shooting them twice in the head He was killed by the Swamp Thing in Batman 23 2017 Humpty Dumpty 136 284 Dan SlottRyan Sook Arkham Asylum Living Hell 2 August 2003 Humphrey Dumpler a large portly well mannered man is obsessed with putting broken things back together again even if he has to take them apart Thinking that his abusive grandmother is broken Dumpler dismembers and reassembles her in an attempt to fix her 285 Huntress 286 Mort Meskin Sensation Comics 68 August 1947 Paula Brooks has battled various members of the Batman family 287 288 Jane Doe 116 Dan SlottRyan Sook Arkham Asylum Living Hell 1 July 2003 Jane Doe is a cipher who obsessively learns her victims personality and mannerisms then kills them and assumes their identity by wearing their skin eventually becoming that individual at least in her own mind Johnny Stitches 116 Frank TieriJim Calafiore Gotham Underground 3 February 2008 Johnny Denetto was the right hand man of Tobias Whale After Tobias Whale moved his operations from Metropolis to Gotham Denetto ran afoul of his boss and had his skin peeled off while being kept alive Denetto was saved by Bruno Mannheim his skin sewn together and reattached by DeSaad becoming Mannheim s contractor in Intergang s bid to take over organized crime in Gotham Johnny Warlock Bill WillinghamRick Mays Robin vol 4 121 February 2004 A cruel enforcer working for mob boss Henry Aquista in Gotham City Johnny Warren is fused with a demonic artifact gaining tremendous power but also losing a certain amount of free will He encounters Robin and the Spoiler in his attempt to take over Aquista s operation but burns his energy out He then heads to Istanbul determined in time to return to Gotham and get his revenge on the Boy Wonder Johnny Witts Gardner FoxSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 344 October 1965 Johnny Witts is the arrogant self proclaimed Crime Boss Who s Always One Step Ahead of Batman Johnny Witts employs quick thinking and quick reflexes to outwit Batman He has countered Batman in disguise as the Swami Junkyard Dog Dan SlottRyan Sook Arkham Asylum Living Hell 1 July 2003 Tucker Long is completely obsessed with scavenging prizes and treasures from garbage He apparently has the ability to create all manner of functional items especially weapons from junk He is killed by fellow Arkham inmate the Doodlebug Key John BroomeFrank Giacoia All Star Comics 57 February 1951 The original Key was the head of a major crime syndicate and used various agents around the world in his misdeeds He presumably perished after he leaped out of a cable car moving over a gorge Gardner FoxMike Sekowsky Justice League of America 41 December 1965 The second person to call himself the Key real name unknown was originally a chemist with Intergang He developed mind expanding psycho chemicals that helped activate his senses and allowed him to plan crimes mere humans could never hope to understand Being an enemy of the Justice League as a whole Batman was his primary enemy In one of his most famous encounters with the Dark Knight he tried to provoke Batman into murdering him so he could escape life itself but the plan was unsuccessful King of the Cats Bill FingerLew Sayre Schwartz Batman 69 February 1952 Not to be confused with the Catman Karl Kyle is the brother and former cat themed partner of the Catwoman King Cobra Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 139 April 1961 The King Cobra is a cobra themed costumed crime boss not to be confused with the Copperhead King Snake or Kobra King Snake Chuck DixonTom Lyle Robin vol 4 4 February 1991 Sir Edmund Dorrance is a martial artist who becomes a mercenary offering his professional expertise to various anti communist rebels and apparently made a great deal of money in doing so While in Santa Prisca working with local rebels his camp is taken by surprise by government commandos and he is blinded by gunfire He flees to Hong Kong and becomes a businessman and the leader of the feared Ghost Dragons He eventually gravitates to Gotham where he seizes control of the Chinatown district from the Triad gangs This does not last long however and he loses control of the gang causing him to join the terrorist cult Kobra It is later revealed that he is the biological father of Bane Bane tracks down his father where King Snake tries to have his son help him in taking over Kobra The struggle results in King Snake s apparent death King Tut 289 290 291 Earl BarretRobert C Dennis Batman Confidential 26 Note 9 April 2009 Victor Goodman is an Egyptian themed supervillain who leaves behind clues at the scene of his crimes in a similar fashion to the Riddler 292 Kobra 293 294 295 296 Martin PaskoJack KirbySteve ShermanPablo Marcos Kobra 1 February 1976 Jeffrey Burr and his twin brother Jason Burr were born as conjoined twins with a psychic link to one another but were kidnapped and separated from each other s bodies soon after their birth by the Cult of the Kobra God because a prophecy stated he would lead them to world domination As they grew Jeffrey became a terrorist and mad scientist taking on the name Kobra as the leader of the cult After Jason began working with another organization to combat Kobra and his cult Kobra killed Jason only to be haunted by visions of his deceased brother He came into conflict with Batman after he began using Lazarus Pits of his own creation Both Kobra and his organization would go on to fight many other heroes and a rival criminal organization called SKULL Kobra is finally captured and eventually murdered by Black Adam 297 Following the death of their leader Jeffrey Burr Kobra resurrects Jason Burr Jason Burr follows in his brother s footsteps and becomes the second Kobra Lady Vic 298 Chuck DixonScott McDaniel Nightwing vol 2 4 January 1997 Lady Elaine Marsh Morton is a woman hailing from a rich British family She becomes a hired assassin to prevent foreclosure on her family estate Lark Marv WolfmanJim Aparo Batman 448 June 1990 The Penguin s personal chauffeur and bodyguard Lark was noted as having remarkable strength by Batman and managed to keep the Penguin alive when Black Mask was after him Lazara Paul Dini Batman Mr Freeze Note 10 May 1997 Nora Fries Mr Freeze s wife is resurrected by a Lazarus Pit by Nyssa Raatko and now possesses the ability to manipulate flame and reanimate the dead Lock Up Paul DiniMarty IsenbergRobert N Skir Robin vol 4 24 Note 11 January 1996 Lyle Bolton is a former security guard who is obsessed with order and becomes a costumed vigilante who brutalizes criminals Unlike Batman however he is willing and eager to kill them He sets up a private prison for costumed villains Lord Death Man 167 Robert KanigherSheldon Moldoff Batman 180 May 1966 Lord Death Man is a Japanese criminal that wears a skeleton outfit Originally he could put himself into a yoga trance to trick people into thinking he was dead but when the character was revived he received upgrades Lump Jack Kirby Mister Miracle 7 April 1972 The Lump is a living psychological weapon created by the malevolent New Gods of Apokolips that was used to mentally torture Batman during the Final Crisis Lunkhead Dan SlottRyan Sook Arkham Asylum Living Hell 1 July 2003 Lunkhead is a large imposing somewhat deformed bruiser of a man He is killed by demons tricked by the Ventriloquist as revenge for destroying his dummy Scarface Lynx Chuck DixonTom Lyle Robin vol 4 1 January 1991 Ling is a beautiful martial artist and a member of the Parisian branch of the Ghost Dragons a Chinese youth gang that serves King Snake For failing to kill Tim Drake King Snake takes out her left eye Eventually she takes control of the Ghost Dragons and attempts to expand their Gotham territory She is later killed during an encounter with Batgirl Mabuse Devin GraysonPaul Ryan cartoonist Batman Gotham Knights 3 May 2000 Mabuse is a common street criminal a geek in a suit of armor made from a trashcan who faces a young Batman early in the Dark Knight s career He is responsible for breaking Batman s nose in a fight Madame Zodiac Bob RozakisDon Heck Batman Family 17 April May 1978 Madame Zodiac first appears committing horoscope themed crimes in Gotham City but is defeated by Batgirl Batwoman and the Earth Two Huntress Later she allies herself with Dr Zodiac to obtain a set of Zodiac coins but the two of them are defeated by Batman Superman and Zatanna 268 Recently she reappeared helping the Riddler in solving a mystery 299 Magician Andy LanningAnthony Williams Batman Legends of the Dark Knight 95 June 1997 A team of alternating crooks and killers who made it appear as though they were one mysterious magical and murderous villain known as the Magician pulling off heists and killings around the world Magpie 300 301 302 John Byrne The Man of Steel 3 November 1986 Margaret Pye is a jewel thief who targets jewels named after birds and then replaces the jewels with booby trapped replicas She is named for the magpie which in folklore is attracted to bright shiny things She is among the villains who was killed by the Tally Man II 303 March Hare Paul DiniDustin Nguyen Detective Comics 841 April 2008 Harriet Pratt is an Alice s Adventures in Wonderland themed supervillainess and a member of the Mad Hatter s Jervis Tetch Wonderland Gang She is also referred to as March Harriet Matatoa the Eater of Souls Devin GraysonRoger Robinson Batman Gotham Knights 16 June 2001 Nicknamed the Eater of Souls Matatoa is an immortal cursed with killing people to consume their souls and essence to maintain his existence He traveled to Gotham to battle Batman after a voice in his head told him to seek out an undefeated warrior so he could take his soul Batman was able to beat Matatoa Mekros Doug MoenchMike Manley Batman 501 November 1993 Mekros is an assassin that was hired by Don Mercante to kill Batman but failed to do so Metalhead Doug MoenchJim Aparo Batman 486 November 1992 During his search for Black Mask an exhausted Batman comes across a series of waterfront taverns filled with mauled bloody inhabitants After interrogating one of many severely injured victims he finds the whereabouts of the so called Metalhead at the local cemetery in the Sionis family crypt the resting place of Black Mask s family Mime Max Allan CollinsDave Cockrum Batman 412 October 1987 Camilla Ortin is a girl who commits crimes dressed as a mime artist She seldom speaks which leads people to think she is mute Mirage Gerry ConwayDon Newton Detective Comics 511 February 1982 Mike alias Kerry Austin is a common man who takes a course at the Academy of Crime and starts using illusions as a gimmick villain He fights Batman twice and the Manhunter Mark Shaw once He is killed by Bruno Mannheim 123 who bashes the Mirage s head into the Crime Bible then sends his body into the kitchen Mirror Man Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 213 November 1954 Floyd Ventris is a criminal scientist who uses mirrors in his crimes in a fashion similar to the Mirror Master In both his meetings with Batman Ventris tries to expose Batman s secret identity Mister Camera David Vern ReedSheldon Moldoff Batman 81 February 1954 Mr Camera is a camera headed villain that uses cameras in his crimes Mister Cipher Bill FingerLew Sayre Schwartz Batman 71 June 1952 Not to be confused with Cypher see above Mr Cipher is a masked criminal who was killed after a confrontation with Batman Mister ESPER Captain Calamity John BroomeSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 352 June 1966 An inventor builds an ultrasonic projector able to put telepathic suggestions in people specifically Batman to distract him from his main crime Later as Captain Calamity he improved his device so it could tap into the psychic powers of some people namely Titans member Lilith 304 Mister Polka Dot The Polka Dot Man Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 300 February 1962 Abner Krill turns the polka dots covering his costume into a variety of weapons Mister ZZZ Paul DiniDon Kramer Detective Comics 824 December 2006 Mister ZZZ a Gotham City gangster who acts as a muscle for Little Italy He appears to be half asleep all the time Mole Edmond HamiltonDick Sprang World s Finest Comics 80 January February 1956 A minor criminal named Harrah nicknamed the Mole tries to tunnel into the Gotham City Bank but is stopped by Batman and Superman Years later during a tunnel prison break Harrah almost drowns in a wave of toxic sewage that mutates him into a mole like creature During a second clash with Batman the Mole is knocked into a flooded cavern of the Batcave and washed away his ultimate fate still unknown 305 Monarch of Menace Robert KanigherSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 350 April 1966 In the early days of Batman s career the Monarch of Menace represented the Dark Knight s only failure being the first criminal ever to defeat Batman and leave Gotham with a fortune in stolen goods Years later however the Monarch s teenage son tries to prove himself using his father s outfit in a crime spree The young Monarch of Menace is defeated by Robin while his father is lured out of hiding by Batman who then finally defeats his old nemesis Monk Gardner FoxBob KaneSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 31 September 1939 306 The Monk is one of the early Batman villains He wore a red cassock with a hood that bore a skull and crossbones on it The Monk turned out to be a vampire who has powers of hypnotism and the ability to turn into a wolf He was destroyed by being shot with a silver bullet while asleep in his coffin along with his vampiric assistant Dala 307 His battle with Batman was the first multi part Batman adventure The Monk s hood has been in a glass display case in the Batcave ever since in all subsequent official continuities Mortician Devin GraysonRoger Robinson Batman Gotham Knights 28 June 2002 Porter Vito was trying some reanimation techniques to raise his dead parents but when one of his zombies killed someone he felt remorse and gave up his plans Mortimer Kadaver Alan GrantJohn WagnerNorm Breyfogle Detective Comics 588 July 1988 Mortimer Kadaver is a murderous criminal possessing a morbid obsession with death Kadaver enjoys feigning his own death and his hideout is filled with a wide variety of means of murder and torture Mutant Leader Frank Miller The Dark Knight Returns February June 1986 In the Frank Miller Batman Universe the unnamed Mutant Leader was the leader of a gang known as the Mutants until the Batman came out of retirement and defeated the Mutant Leader dismantling the Mutants Narcosis Alan GrantDave Taylor Batman Shadow of the Bat 50 May 1996 Real name unknown Narcosis uses dream inducing gasses to rob his victims of their sense of reality His mother was a lush and his father was a thief They were both sent away and he was neglectfully passed around the city At the age of five his face was horrifically burned in a kitchen accident and coupled with his family being split up he began having chronic nightmares He hates Gotham for being neglectful and wishes to plunge the city into an ever lasting nightmare Nicodemus Ed BrubakerScott McDaniel Batman 601 May 2002 Thomas Hart is a masked figure in Gotham City who kidnaps corrupt city officials and burns them to death He like the Batman had lost his parents to a Gotham crime at an early age Nocturna Doug MoenchDon NewtonGene Colan Detective Comics 529 August 1983 Natalia Knight originally called Natasha in the three issue arc that introduces her is a thief and manipulator whose skin was bleached pale white by an experimental laser in a work related accident She is an astronomer at Gotham City s observatory and an employee of Wayne Enterprises Sensitive to light she prefers to operate in darkness though she always had an affinity for the night prior to her accident She speaks in purple prose is dramatic and is obsessed with wealth and luxury after growing up poor teaming up with her older adopted brother and lover Anton Knight originally known as the Thief of Night and then known as Night Slayer to maintain their status and lifestyle after the death of their father Charles who was secretly a gangster Later she returns and adopts Jason Todd as part of a scheme but almost immediately grows attached to the boy and genuinely wants to be a mother to him During this same time she becomes a love interest of Batman and is involved in a love triangle with him and the Catwoman There is another love triangle going on with her Anton and Batman She apparently dies when the Crisis hits Gotham stabbed in the chest by a scorned Anton now calling himself Night Slayer as a vow to kill her Jason as Robin puts her in her hot air balloon her signature mode of transport and sets it free mourning her after finally accepting her as a mother figure NKVDemon I Marv WolfmanJim Aparo Batman 445 March 1990 Gregor Dosynski is the protege of KGBeast who tries to kill a list of 10 Soviet government officials in Moscow considering them traitors to the cause of Communism He is killed by police gunfire in an attempt to assassinate the 10th person on his list then General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev NKVDemon II Shaun McLaughlinKen Hooper Aquaman vol 4 8 July 1992 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 Aquaman He is defeated by Aquaman and Batman and eventually killed while in jail NKVDemon III Chuck DixonEduardo Barreto Robin vol 4 47 November 1997 The third NKVDemon initially works for Ulysses the General Armstrong More recently he served as the bodyguard to the head of the Gotham Odessa crime family and was killed in the shootout that incited the Gotham gang war The Ogre and the Ape Doug MoenchKelley Jones Batman 535 October 1996 Michael Adams is a genetically altered man whose brother is a genetically enhanced gorilla The Ogre has increased strength and the Ape has increased intelligence The Ogre tracks and murders the scientists who had conducted the extremely inhumane experiments that created them while killing countless other test subjects only to be tracked by Batman himself In the end the Ape is killed and the Ogre wanders aimlessly through Gotham City Orca Larry HamaScott McDaniel Batman 579 July 2000 Grace Balin is a marine biologist who transforms herself into a monstrous human orca hybrid first attempting to steal a valuable necklace She is among the villains who were killed by the Tally Man II Outsider 308 309 310 Gardner FoxCarmine Infantino Detective Comics 356 Note 12 October 1966 The Outsider is the Earth 3 incarnation of Alfred Pennyworth 311 and the leader of the Secret Society of Super Villains 312 Panara Chuck DixonJim Balent Catwoman vol 2 37 September 1996 Ms Dorsey is a young woman that is diagnosed with an incurable disease She seeks the aid of a geneticist who specializes in radical cures for illnesses He traps the Catwoman believing her to be a were cat and thinking her to have special DNA to use in Dorsey s cure but finds that she was a mere human Penny Plunderer Bill FingerBob Kane World s Finest Comics 30 September October 1947 Joe Coyne a thief obsessed with penny oriented crimes starts his career selling newspapers for pennies He is later caught stealing pennies and gets the electric chair The giant penny on display in the Batcave which has been a longtime staple of Batman s lair was originally one of the Penny Plunderer s devices Pistolera Chuck DixonGraham NolanScott Hanna Detective Comics 674 May 1994 Gunbunny I real name unknown is a costumed criminal and the former partner and lover of Gunhawk After a falling out with Gunhawk she became a western themed villainess known as Pistolera and joined a group called the Ravens She is later shot and killed by Deadshot Pix Scott Beatty Batman Gotham Knights 34 December 2002 Ariadne Pixnit is an avant garde tattoo artist who used nanite ink a nanobot filled color matrix that she could program to form itself into designs on her subjects After being beaten and raped by a street gang Pixnit works undercover at her attackers favorite tattoo shop designing lethal tattoos swords scorpions etc that she brings to life via computer to dispatch the gang members one by one She later injects a large amount of the nanite ink into her skull giving her the ability to create creatures and weapons on her skin that she could animate and use against Batman Planet Master I Bill FingerJim Mooney Detective Comics 296 October 1961 Professor Norbert starts a crime wave using gimmicks based on the nine planets after inhaling a strange gas which turns him into a Jekyll and Hyde like character After the gas s effect wears off it is revealed that Norbert s assistant Edward Burke manipulated him into committing the crimes Later Burke becomes the Planet Master II and appears as a member of Kobra s Strike Force Kobra Much later he appears as part of the Secret Society of Super Villains during the Infinite Crisis Professor Carl Kruger Gardner FoxBob Kane Detective Comics 33 November 1939 Professor Krueger is a mad scientist who uses elaborate schemes and devices to battle Batman Professor Achilles Milo Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 247 September 1957 Professor Achilles Milo is a scientist who uses chemicals to battle Batman most famously transforming Anthony Lupus into a mutated werewolf Professor Radium Bill FingerBob Kane Batman 8 December 1941 January 1942 Professor Henry Ross is a scientist who is accidentally transformed into a human radium ray In need of an expensive antidote Ross uses his newfound powers to commit crimes in Gotham anxious not to hurt anyone he accidentally kills his girlfriend Mary Lamont Going insane Professor Radium finds himself battling Batman and Robin He seems to drown in his first appearance but returns in recent times and is revealed to have joined a subgroup of the Secret Society of Super Villains known as the Nuclear Legion Proteus Steve Ditko Beware the Creeper 2 July 1968 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 Becoming a shapeshifting figure in the Gotham underworld Proteus emerges as the arch nemesis of the Creeper Puppet Master Bill FingerBob Kane Batman 3 October 1940 Not to be confused with the Marvel Comics character of the same name the Puppet Master is a criminal who uses his thought waves and puppets to control people after an injection from a chemical weakens their will Queen Bee II Bob HaneyWin Mortimer The Brave and the Bold 64 March 1966 Marcia Monroe is the spoiled daughter of a rich man who was originally rescued by Batman She later became a member of CYCLOPS as the Queen Bee II Rainbow Beast Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 134 September 1960 After helping the president of a small South American republic against a dictatorial rebel Batman and Robin are confronted with another menace a Rainbow Beast Spawned from a fiery volcano the Rainbow Beast radiates four separate power auras from different areas of its body However after using a power the section of the Beast s body used becomes white and it must leach color to regain its power Batman and Robin trick the Rainbow Beast into expending all of its auras leaving it entirely colorless They ram it with a log and the Beast shatters into fragments Raven I Sheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 287 January 1961 Joe Parker was given the identity of Raven as a pawn for aliens Kzan and Jhorl who seek a meteorite Raven II Bob RozakisJuan Ortiz Batman Family 18 July 1978 Dave Corby is an agent for MAZE that battled Robin and Batgirl on occasion Reaper I Dennis O NeilNeal Adams Detective Comics 237 December 1971 Dr Benjamin Gruener is a Holocaust survivor who took on the identity of the Reaper to exact revenge on his former Nazi captors Reaper II Mike W BarrAlan Davis Detective Comics 575 June 1987 After losing his wife in a robbery Judson Caspian became a vigilante and began murdering criminals Reaper III Mike W BarrAlan Davis Batman Full Circle January 1991 Joe Chill Jr the son of Joe Chill briefly became the Reaper as part of a plan to drive Batman insane Roadrunner Scott SnyderJock Detective Comics 876 April 2011 Once an exotic car dealer Bixby Rhodes took the opportunity to start smuggling guns and other firearms to the newcomers in Gotham s crime world when Gotham City s organized crime fell after the capture of Jeremiah Arkham as Black Mask II Taking up the nickname of the Roadrunner Bixby would deliver guns in the trunks of custom ordered cars Rob Callender Bill FingerJerry Robinson World s Finest Comics 11 August November 1943 Rob Callender is a laboratory assistant from the future who became a thief after being transported to the present day Savage Skull Doug MoenchDon Newton Batman 360 June 1983 Jack Crane is a rogue cop that is fired from the Gotham City Police Department due to his illegal activities Disfigured in an accident that burns off his skin Crane seeks revenge as the Savage Skull but is defeated by Batman Seth Wickham Gerry DugganShawn Crystal Arkham Manor 2 November 26 2014 An emotionally unstable teenager believing himself to be clinically deceased and that everyone around him is the living dead Seth Wickman was committed to Arkham Manor after he attacked his mother His condition only worsened from there putting him directly in Batman s crosshairs Sewer King Tom RueggerJules DennisRichard Mueller 52 25 Note 13 October 2006 The Sewer King is a staff carrying sewer dwelling villain with an army of runaway children he uses as pickpockets He appeared among other obscure villains slain at the hands of Intergang boss Bruno Mannheim 313 Signalman Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 112 December 1957 Phil Cobb is a small time criminal in Gotham who is convinced that he needs a gimmick to hit it big Inspired by the Bat Signal he becomes the Signalman using signals signs and symbols in his crimes but is inevitably defeated by Batman and Robin time and again He is also a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains For a brief time Cobb changes his modus operandi and inspired by the Green Arrow commits crimes as the Blue Bowman The Signalman is kidnapped and tortured by Dr Moon and Phobia and is presumed deceased but later appears as a drug addicted informant to Black Lightning Snowman Gerry ConwayRoy ThomasJose Luis Garcia Lopez Batman 337 July 1981 Klaus Kristin is the son of a male yeti and a human woman In his first appearance he comes to Gotham City to freeze it over but encounters Batman in the process Spellbinder I John BroomeSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 358 December 1966 Delbert Billings also known as Keith Sherwood is a painter who uses optical illusions and hypnotic weapons to commit crimes The Spellbinder I is on the run from the law with his then girlfriend Fay Moffit when he is confronted by the demon lord Neron who makes an offer of giving him his greatest desire in exchange for his soul The Spellbinder I rejects the offer but Fay shoots him in the head and takes the deal for herself becoming the Spellbinder III a k a Lady Spellbinder as a result Spellbinder II Gerard JonesChuck Wojtkiewicz Justice League International vol 2 65 June 1994 A genuine mystic real name unknown takes the name and appears as a member of the government sanctioned League Busters Spellbinder III Lady Spellbinder Chuck DixonStaz JohnsonScott Hanna Detective Comics 691 November 1995 During the Underworld Unleashed crossover event the Spellbinder I Delbert Billings rejects Neron s offer and is shot in the head by his then girlfriend Fay Moffit who then takes the deal for herself and becomes the Spellbinder III a k a Lady Spellbinder as a result 314 Spider Gerry DugganShawn Crystal Arkham Manor 2 November 26 2014 The man known only as the Spider was a laborer who came to Gotham to help renovate Wayne Manor into the new Arkham Asylum after the latter had been destroyed during a year long scheme to kill Batman The Spider eventually gave up working and instead hid inside the walls of the new asylum no one knowing where he had gone waiting for the inmates to arrive The Spider started mysteriously killing inmates causing Batman to go undercover as the inmate Jack Shaw Batman got into a fight late at night with the Spider believing him to be Victor Zsasz but the Spider escaped capture before the guards arrived The Spider soon targeted Zsasz directly torturing him within an inch of his life and leaving him to die Batman eventually discovered the Spider and after another battle finally defeated him and threw him out a two story window When Batman tried to question him the Spider simply bit off his own tongue The serial killer was taken to a cell in the manor and chained in a straitjacket He had burnt off his fingertips as a means of keeping his true identity secret but Batman hoped that he would someday discover the Spider s true identity Spinner Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 129 February 1960 Swami Ygar is a villain in a metal clad outfit that is lined with metal discs Spook Frank RobbinsIrv Novick Detective Comics 434 April 1973 315 Val Kaliban is one of the world s greatest escape artists and uses his extraordinary abilities together with special effects to commit spectacular crimes and make people believe he was a real ghost After several battles with Batman he is killed by Damian Wayne 316 Steeljacket Chuck DixonGraham Nolan Detective Comics 681 January 1995 Steeljacket is a bio engineering experiment a cross between man and bird His hollow bones give him extremely light weight allowing him to fly However he must wear metallic armor to protect his frail body Stranger Edmond HamiltonBob KaneLew Sayre Schwartz Batman 78 August 1953 Really a Martian criminal named Quork who steals a spaceship and comes to Earth to steal weapons with his incredible technology as weapons are outlawed on Mars He is pursued by the First Lawmen of Mars who team up with Batman and Robin having observed them from Mars The Stranger meets the lawmen but kidnaps Robin and is tracked down by a bug the Martian Manhunter had placed in his pocket Robin is tied to a missile which is launched but is saved and Quork is taken back to Mars Sylph Chuck DixonGreg Land Nightwing 48 October 2000 Sylvan Scofield is the daughter of an inventor of a micro thin fabric that can be manipulated into shooting out from around the wearer Her abilities including gliding and wrapping others with the cloth When others try to steal this invention her father commits suicide and she goes after those she believe caused it in Bludhaven It was believed that she had committed suicide after her encounter with Nightwing but that was later proven not to be the case Synaptic Kid Peter MilliganTom Mandrake Detective Comics 633 August 1991 The Synaptic Kid is a deformed metahuman telepath who attempts to enter Batman s mind and learn his secret identity for the purpose of blackmailing him only to be rendered comatose when the attempt backfires Tally Man I Alan Grant Batman Shadow of the Bat 19 October 1993 The Tally Man is a killer for hire who has murdered around 60 people He wears a mask over his face a long purplish smock with ruffled sleeves and an oversized top hat Tally Man II James RobinsonLeonard Kirk Detective Comics 819 July 2006 A hit man using the name the Tally Man later surfaces while under the employ of the Great White Shark volume amp issue needed Ten Eyed Man Frank RobbinsIrv NovickDick Giordano Batman 226 November 1970 Philip Reardon is a former Vietnam War veteran and warehouse guard who is blinded in a warehouse explosion that burns his retinas Doctor Engstrom reconnects them to his fingers Reardon blames Batman for his blindness He was killed by one of the Anti Monitor s Shadow Demons during the Crisis Thanatos Gerry ConwayJohn Calnan Batman 305 November 1978 Thanatos is the masked leader of the gang of terrorists known as the Death s Head devoted to the destruction of capitalism The Death s Head is defeated by Batman and Thanatos is unmasked as Sophia Santos also known as Lina Muller a reporter who had associated with Batman Thor Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 127 October 1959 Henry Meke is proprietor of a small museum featuring replicas of mythological curios One night a meteorite smashed through a window hit the Hammer of Thor and disintegrated The hammer began to glow and Meke reached out to examine it After touching the hammer he was transformed into the mighty Thor himself The metamorphosis is repeated during thunderstorms Thor then began a quest to finance the building of a temple to Odin by robbing banks Tiger Shark Bill FingerDick Sprang Detective Comics 147 May 1949 Dr Gaige is a famous oceanographer turned gang leader He operates at sea and at Gotham s waterfront Trapper Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 206 April 1954 Jason Bard is a criminal who is obsessed with animal traps and uses them in his crimes He is not to be confused with the actual Jason Bard who is a member of the Gotham City Police Department Trigger Twins Chuck DixonGraham Nolan Detective Comics 666 December 1993 The Trigger Twins Thomas and Tad Trigger are two cowboys that grew up apart without knowing they were twins They discover they share a great skill as gunslingers and become bandits taking their motif from their heroic Wild West namesakes They are seemingly killed during Infinite Crisis Torque Chuck DixonScott McDaniel Nightwing vol 2 1 October 1996 Inspector Dudley Deadly Soames was the most corrupt cop working in the Bludhaven Police Department before a near death experience He then became a supervillain called Torque Ugly American Alan GrantDan Jurgens Batman Shadow of the Bat 6 November 1992 Jon Kennedy Payne was brainwashed by the U S government to be an assassin with extreme patriotic emotions Something went wrong however and he developed a hatred for non whites and foreigners of all shapes and sizes including dogs like poodles His rage came to an end when he was taken out by agents of the same government that created him as Batman subdued him Ventriloquist III Ferdie Gail Simone 317 318 Batgirl vol 4 20 July 2013 The third Ventriloquist Shauna Belzer is obsessed with murder Through the use of telekinesis Belzer murders innocent people with her partner a puppet she controls named Ferdie Belzer is primarily an enemy of Batgirl 319 Wasp Sheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 287 January 1961 Willie Blaine was given the identity of the Wasp as a pawn for two aliens Kzan and Jhorl that sought a meteorite Wa arzen Michael FleisherJim Aparo The Brave and the Bold 180 November 1981 Wa arzen is the vengeful specter of an ancient Japanese wizard Werewolf Len WeinNeal Adams Batman 255 March 1974 Anthony Lupus is a former Olympic decathlon champion who is turned into a werewolf by a drug derived from an Alaskan timber wolf given to him by Professor Milo to treat his unbearable headaches Milo discovered that his headaches were caused by the lycanthropy and offered him a cure if he would kill Batman When Batman was trapped Lupus became a werewolf where Milo was unable to control him and the cure was destroyed After being impaled by a rod and struck by lightning where he fell to the ground Anthony s body was nowhere to be found Six years later Batman traced Anthony to Alaska where he planned to bring Anthony back to Gotham City so that his sister Angela can get a bone marrow transplant Using a silver net Batman trapped Anthony and took him back to Gotham City while planning to find a cure for him Wrath 320 321 Mike W BarrMichael Golden Batman Special 1 June 1984 The original character to become the anti Batman known as the Wrath was a child name unknown who watched his criminal parents die at the hands of a then rookie policeman named James Gordon who killed them in self defense As an adult the Wrath I 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 He is killed in a battle with Batman 322 Tony BedardRags Morales Batman Confidential 13 March 2008 Elliot Caldwell was one of the several orphan children whom the Wrath I kidnapped to train them to become Scorn the Anti Robin Note 14 Caldwell was the only orphan to survive the training but was unable to become Scorn due to the Wrath s untimely death When Caldwell grew into an adult he became the Wrath II and devoted himself to the Wrath I s cause 323 As the C E O of Caldwell Tech Caldwell began creating an army of soldiers to take on the Scorn identity 324 Zebra Man Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 275 January 1960 Jacob Baker is the original Zebra Man who was a high tech scientist whose body is irradiated granting him magnetic powers to attract or repel metal wood stone and human flesh His name comes from the black and white stripes on his body Mike W Barr Outsiders 21 1987 A second Zebra Man is later created by Kobra as a member of Strike Force Kobra to combat the Outsiders Paul JenkinsDavid Finch Batman The Dark Knight vol 2 1 September 2011 A version of the Zebra Man who goes by the name Vortex appears in The New 52 as an inmate of Arkham Asylum Zeiss Ed BrubakerScott McDaniel Batman 582 October 2000 Philo Zeiss possesses surgically enhanced speed reflexes vision enhancing goggles and extensive martial arts training Brought up by the Sicilian Mafia Zeiss eventually becomes a contract killer and bodyguard He fights Batman to a standstill and nearly kills the Catwoman Zodiac Master Dave WoodSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 323 January 1964 The masked villain known as Zodiac Master makes his presence known in Gotham by predicting a succession of disasters all of which he has secretly orchestrated Having cemented his reputation he starts offering odds on the relative success or failure for the plans of various criminals all in exchange for 25 of the take A mini figure version of him appears in The Lego Batman Movie Villains from other rogues galleries Edit When these villains debuted they fought other heroes before fighting Batman Villain Creator s First appearance Fictional biographyCalculator Bob RozakisMike Grell Detective Comics 463 September 1976 Noah Kuttler is a highly intelligent criminal who fights Batman and the Justice League wearing a costume designed like a pocket calculator In spite of his powerful arsenal the Calculator never makes it big as a costumed villain Now relying solely on his intellect he works as a successful information broker and source of information for supervillains planning heists charging 1 000 per question He sees the Oracle as his nemesis and opposite number Count Werner Vertigo 99 100 Gerry ConwayTrevor Von EedenVince Colletta World s Finest Comics 251 July 1978 The victim of a hereditary inner ear defect that affected his balance Werner Zytle had a small electronic device implanted in his right temple that compensated for this problem Tinkering with the device Zytle learned he was able to distort other people s perceptions causing vertigo Donning a costume and taking the name Count Vertigo he embarked on a life of crime Despite primarily being an enemy of the Green Arrow and the Black Canary he has been known to come into conflict with Batman Gentleman Ghost Robert KanigherJoe Kubert Flash Comics 88 October 1947 Primarily a Hawkman foe the specter once named James Craddock often finds himself at odds with Batman 325 Onomatopoeia Kevin SmithPhil Hester Green Arrow 12 March 2002 Onomatopoeia is a serial killer who targets non powered vigilante superheroes He earned his name because he imitates noises around him such as dripping taps gunshots etc No personal characteristics are known about Onomatopoeia including his real name or facial features Onomatopoeia is a superb athlete martial artist and weapons expert He carries two semi automatic handguns a sniper rifle and an army knife Professor Zoom the Reverse Flash John BroomeCarmine Infantino The Flash 139 September 1963 Eobard Thawne is a speedster from the 25th century who went insane on discovering he would become a villain He is behind Flashpoint where he was killed by Thomas Wayne but brought back to life later developing a new grudge over his killer and his family i e Bruce Wayne He opposed Batman in The Button where he was decimated by an unknown being Eventually he was brought back to life even after this death Killer Frost I Gerry ConwayAl Milgrom Firestorm 3 June 1978 The first incarnation of Killer Frost Crystal Frost went to Hudson University where she dated her teacher Martin Stein and worked on a project while living at the Arctic Unfortunately she realized her heart was broken when Stein rejected her by withdrawing her from college after realizing her wrongdoing This causes her to lock herself away in a permafrost chamber by accident but survives transforming her into a cold superpowered villain She eventually absorbed heat and turned everything warm living to cold ice adopting the name Killer Frost Killer Frost II Gerry ConwayAl Milgrom Firestorm vol 2 21 March 1984 After the death of Crystal Louise Lincoln became the second incarnation of Killer Frost in order to avenger her closet friend and take on her first predecessor s legacy This version of the character has been going against Firestorm and other DC superheroes throughout the years but she sometimes gets into conflict with the Dark Knight In Superman Batman Public Enemies arc she is one of the many supervillains to seek a 1 billion reward from President Lex Luthor by hunting down the Man of Steel and the Cape Crusader She allied with Mr Cold Icicle and Mr Freeze to ambush two iconic heroes but they were defeated by Batman and Superman in Washington D C King Shark Karl KeselTom Grummett Superboy 0 October 1994 Born as a humanoid shark in Hawaii with a rare genetic mutation Nanaue killed his victims with his razor sharp shark like teeth and claws including incredible speed durability strong senses and generational healing factors before he was confronted by Superboy King Shark has many duels with Superboy Aquaman and various DC Superheroes but he comes in to confront the Dark Knight on many occasions One time he tried to kill Batman alongside his partners Killer Croc and Amygdala on the train while halting Two Face s data breach Rag Doll I 133 326 Gardner FoxLou Ferstadt Flash Comics 36 December 1942 Peter Merkel is a master contortionist and hypnotist who has fought Batman on many occasions Since The New 52 he has been an inmate at Arkham Asylum Solomon Grundy 32 Alfred BesterPaul Reinman All American Comics 61 October 1944 Cyrus Gold was a Gotham City merchant who was murdered and thrown into Slaughter Swamp where he was transformed into an undead incredibly strong zombie like creature He was initially an enemy of Green Lantern but has also had numerous encounters with Batman Teams EditThe following is a list of fictional teams groups of supervillains gangs and organized crime families that are enemies of the Batman family listed in alphabetical order by name The first appearance and a brief fictional biography of each team is also listed Villain Creator s First appearance Fictional biography Notable membersAcademy of Crime Gerry ConwayDon Newton Detective Comics 516 June 1982 An institution in Hollywood California that was created by a thug called Headmaster to educate the low profile criminals in various crimes HeadmasterMirageunnamed studentsBatman Revenge Squad 327 Leo DorfmanNeal Adams World s Finest Comics 175 May 1968 The Batman Revenge Squad is a trio of villains who don similar costumes to Batman in a bid to destroy him Cash CarewBarney the BlastFlamethrowerBlack Glove 167 Grant MorrisonTony Daniel Batman 667 August 2007 The Black Glove is a corrupt and exclusive organisation led by Doctor Hurt that is made up of wealthy and villainous individuals Doctor Simon HurtJezebel JetCardinal MaggiAl KhidrSir AnthonyGeneral MalenkovSenator VineBurnley Town Massive Greg RuckaShawn Martinbrough Detective Comics 744 May 2000 Also known as the B T M they are an African American gang that is one of Gotham City s most violent gangs who have made money from drugs guns and prostitution Able CrownGary WatsonCassamento Crime Family Greg RuckaRick Burchett Batman Huntress Cry for Blood 1 June 2000 A crime family that specialized in the heroin trade and is one of the Five Families of Gotham City Santo CassamentoMario CassamentoCircus of Strange Grant MorrisonFrank Quitely Batman and Robin 1 August 2009 The Circus of Strange is a circus themed group of criminals led by Professor Pyg Professor Pyg 328 Mister Toad 329 Big Top 328 Kushti 328 Phosphorus Rex 328 Club of Villains Grant MorrisonTony Daniel Batman 676 June 2008 The Club of Villains is made up of supervillains led by Doctor Hurt as an evil version to the Club of Heroes Doctor Simon HurtJokerLe BossuPierrot LunaireKing KrakenCharlie CaligulaEl SombreroJezebel JetScorpianaSwagmanCouncil of Spiders Christopher YostMarcus To Red Robin 5 October 2009 A group of spider themed assassins and metahumans who are rivals of the League of Assassins FunnelGoliathRecluseSacTangleWidowerWandererWolfCourt of Owls Scott SnyderGreg Capullo Batman vol 2 2 December 2011 The subjects of a popular Gotham City nursery rhyme the shadowy Court of Owls is a secret society composed of some of the most powerful men and women in Gotham City They use assassins known as Talons to eliminate threats Joseph PowersMaria PowersLincoln MarchDisgraced Gail SimoneAlitha Martinez Batgirl vol 4 10 August 2012 The Disgraced use whatever means necessary to apprehend torment and kill all criminals KnightfallBone BreakerBleak MichaelKatharsisDollmaker Family Tony Daniel Detective Comics vol 2 1 November 2011 The Dollmaker Family is a family of serial killers led by the Dollmaker that run an organ trade business and make dolls out of human flesh Dollmaker III 330 Dollhouse 330 Bentley 330 Jack in the Box 330 Sampson 330 Olivia Carr 330 Orifice 330 an unnamed character 204 Toyman 205 East Side Dragons Paul DiniAndres Guinaldo Gotham City Sirens 11 June 2010 A gang that is known to run illegal dog fights n aEscabedo Cartel Greg RuckaShawn Martinbrough Detective Comics 743 April 2000 A Columbian drug cartel that operated in Gotham City s Coventry district Diego EscabadoFernando EscabadoFalcone Crime Family Frank MillerDave Mazzucchelli Batman 404 March 1987 The Falcone Crime Family was an organized crime syndicate that was prominent during the early years of Batman s crime fighting career Vincent FalconeCarmine FalconeAlberto FalconeMario FalconeSofia Falcone GiganteFalse Face Society Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 152 December 1962 331 The False Face Society is a gang of masked criminals led by Black Mask Black Mask IBlack Spider IICirceMetalheadMad Bull 332 Edgar Dempsy 333 Dwarf 333 Fearsome Foot Fighters John BroomeSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 372 February 1968 Experts in a French form of kickboxing these acrobatic martial artists hail from the fictional Balkan nation of Karonia IdimoGalante Crime Family Greg RuckaRick Burchett Batman Huntress Cry for Blood 1 June 2000 A branch of the Sicilian Mafia that is one of the Five Families of Gotham City Pasquale Junior Galante Jr Ghost Dragons Chuck DixonTom Lyle Robin vol 4 1 January 1991 An Asian street gang that is led by King Snake King SnakeLynxGorilla Gang Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 156 June 1963 The Gorilla Gang is a group of criminals who dress up in gorilla suits and commit crimes In DC Rebirth the Gorilla Gang members wear gorilla masks and business suits LukePeteBingoCaesarJoeKingMagillaHammer Organization Jim StarlinJim Aparo Batman 417 March 1988 A former KGB group that became part of the Russian Mafia following the collapse of the Soviet Union CommissarKGBeastIntergang Jack Kirby Superman s Pal Jimmy Olsen October 1970 Intergang has a branch in Gotham City and played a part in the Gotham Underground storyline 334 Johnny StitchesInzerillo Crime Family Greg RuckaRick Burchett Batman Huntress Cry for Blood 1 June 2000 A crime family that is one of the Five Families of Gotham City Enrico InzerilloJack InzerilloIvgene Clan Judd WinickGuillem March Catwoman vol 4 1 November 2011 A branch of the Russian Mafia IvgeneVadimRenald IvankoKings of the Sun Francis ManapulBrian Buccellato Detective Comics vol 2 30 June 2014 The Kings of the Sun are a biker gang that has moved in on Gotham City led by Holter HolterLeague of Smiles John LaymanJason Fabok Detective Comics vol 2 16 March 2013 The League of Smiles is a cult of criminals that hero worships the Joker 335 MerrymakerPhilip MilesAnnie McCloudDavid Happy HillRodney the TorchLoBoyz Bob GaleAlex Maleev Batman No Man s Land 1 March 1999 A gang that was active when Gotham City was declared to be a No Man s Land n aLeviathan 167 Grant MorrisonDavid Finch Batman The Return December 2010 Leviathan is a shadowy organization with origins unknown capable of creating surgically and genetically altered super humans They have also shown an ability to brainwash people for their cause The leader of the organization is Talia Head Talia HeadHereticLeviathanSon of PygLucky Hand Triad Greg RuckaShawn Martinbrough Detective Comics 743 April 2000 A triad that is one of the biggest gangs in Gotham City s Chinatown district Ekin TzuMaroni Crime Family Jeph LoebTim Sale Detective Comics 66 August 1942 Led by Sal Maroni the Maroni Crime Family are a prominent crime family in Gotham City In the early years of Batman s career the Maronis often vied for power and control of the Gotham City s criminal underworld with the Falcone Crime Family Big Lou MaroniSal MaroniTony ZuccoMany Arms of Death Marguerite BennettJames Tynion IVSteve Epting Batwoman Vol 3 1 May 2017 An assassin group from Coryana that has fought Batwoman Each of its members are named after a weapon The Many Arms of Death used a legitimate company called the Kali Corporation as a front The Scarecrow once worked with the Many Arms of Death under the alias of the Needle Alice was once brainwashed by the Many Arms of Death to serve them under the alias of the Mother of War Knife Tahani AliceElderFatimaRifleQueenScarecrowYoungerMasters of Disaster Mike W BarrJim Aparo Batman and the Outsiders 9 April 1984 The Masters of Disaster are a group of mercenaries with an elemental theme New WaveShakedownColdsnapHeatstrokeWindfallMirror House Cult Scott SnyderJock Detective Comics 871 November 2010 A cult led by the Dealer that religiously believes in immorality the Mirror House Cult gathers at the Mirror House DealerMisfits Alan GrantTim Sale Batman Shadow of the Bat 7 December 1992 The Misfits are a group of Batman s enemies led by Killer Moth Killer Moth Drury Walker CatmanCalendar ManChancerMud Pack Alan GrantNorm Breyfogle Detective Comics 604 September 1989 The Mud Pack are a group composed of several of the supervillains who call themselves Clayface During their alliance Basil Karlo the original Clayface injects blood samples of the other Clayfaces into himself gaining all of their unique superpowers and abilities and becoming the Ultimate Clayface Basil KarloMatt Hagen deceased represented by a piece of his clay like body Preston PayneSondra FullerMutants Frank Miller The Dark Knight Returns 1 4 February June 1986 A gang of punks that have taken over the city the Mutants typically wear visors and have shaved heads or Mohawks There was also a version of the Mutants that appeared on New Earth Mutant LeaderDonRobNeon Dragon Triad Grant MorrisonPhilip Tan Batman and Robin 4 November 2009 A triad that did business with the Penitente Cartel Tony LiNetwork John Francis MooreRick HobergStefano Gaudiano Batman Family 1 December 2002 The Network is a crime family led by Athena AthenaBuggDoctor ExcessFreewayMister FunSuicide KingTechnicianTrackerNew Olympians Mike W BarrBill Willingham Batman and the Outsiders 14 October 1984 The New Olympians are Maxie Zeus group of mercenaries selected to represent Greek and Roman gods to disrupt the 1984 Olympics MonitorAntaeusArgusDianaNoxVulcanusOdessa Mob Greg RuckaShawn Martinbrough Detective Comics 742 March 2000 A powerful Russian Mafia that has run afoul of Batman and the Green Arrow Alexandra KosovVasily KosovViktor KosovPenitente Cartel Grant MorrisonPhilip Tan Batman and Robin 4 November 2009 A Mexican drug cartel founded by a mysterious figure named El Penitente El PenitenteRed Hood Gang Alan MooreBrian Bolland Batman The Killing Joke July 1988 The Red Hood Gang is a gang of Gotham criminals who rotate men under the guise of their leader to help protect the identity of the gang s true leaders if a job goes wrong The most notable faux leader of the Red Hood Gang was the man who became the Joker JokerJoeJason Toddan unnamed memberRoyal Flush Gang Gardner FoxMike Sekowsky Justice League of America 43 March 1966 There have been several incarnations of the Royal Flush Gang Each gang has consisted of a King Queen Jack Ace and Ten Over the years several aristocratic crime gangs existed where they bring in new members i e sons daughters husbands wives when the old ones retire or go to jail At one point a King was in charge of several members two of them being his daughter and a Jack after which Batman broke up the group KingQueenJackTenAceSeven Men of Death Grant MorrisonTony Daniel Batman 670 December 2007 The Seven Men of Death is a group belonging to Ra s al Ghul s League of Assassins DetonatorHookMaduvuMalcolm Merlynthe Dark ArcherRazorburnShellcaseWhipan unnamed memberSpyral Grant MorrisonChris Burnham Batman Incorporated 4 May 2011 Spyral is an international spy agency recently headed up by the enigmatic Doctor Dedalus Following his death the agency came under the leadership of his daughter Kathy Kane the original Batwoman Agent 1Agent 24Agent 19Agent 37Frau NetzMatronDoctor AshemoreStreet Demonz Alan GrantNorm Breyfogle Detective Comics 614 May 1990 One of the oldest biker gangs in Gotham City DallasScorpSwiftyThe GTitanicStrike Force Kobra Mike W BarrJim Aparo Outsiders 21 July 1987 Strike Force Kobra is a group of superpowered operatives created by Kobra based upon some of Batman s rogues in an operation against Stagg Enterprises Kobra operative Lady Eve would form another incarnation that would menace the Outsiders led by the Eradicator Clayface IVPlanet Master IIElemental WomanZebra Man IISpectrumonsterWindfallFauna FaustDervishSpectraTerminus group Peter TomasiPatrick Gleason Batman and Robin vol 2 10 August 2012 Terminus was by his own account beaten by Batman at some point in his past and as a result he has some rare condition that required painful treatment to extend his life He vowed to spend the remainder of his life in pursuit of defeating Batman and showing the people of Gotham that Batman is the true villain He gathers a group of villains who all blame Batman for their current conditions TerminusBatheadBootfaceScallopSmushTerrible Trio Dave WoodSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 253 March 1958 Warren Lawford Armand Lydecker and Gunther Hardwicke are a trio of magnates and scientists who wear masks of cartoon animals to commit crimes as the Fox the Shark and the Vulture respectively and have obsessions with Earth Water and Air Warren LawfordArmand LydeckerGunther HardwickeGreat White SharkUnderworld Olympics David Vern ReedJose Luis Garcia Lopez Batman 272 February 1976 The Underworld Olympics is an organization that hosts an international contest of the best criminals in the world separated by South American North American European and Afro Asian branches to see what region has the most accomplished villains on Earth various branchesVictim Syndicate James Tynion IVAlvaro Martinez Detective Comics 943 October 2016 The Victim Syndicate is a criminal organization composed of people who have been hurt through Batman s exploits against his rogues gallery Their goal is to rid Gotham City of Batman and the Bat family forever First VictimMadame CrowMister NoxiousMudfaceMuteAnarkyWonderland Gang 336 337 Paul DiniDustin Nguyen Detective Comics 841 April 2008 The Wonderland Gang is a gang of supervillains themed around Alice s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass Mad Hatter 338 Tweedledum and Tweedledee 338 March Hare 338 White Rabbit 339 Lion 338 Unicorn 338 Walrus 338 Carpenter 338 Mobsters and plainclothes criminals EditBesides his infamous rogues gallery of supervillains Batman has also faced more ordinary enemies such as assassins mobsters and terrorists In alphabetical order with issue and date of first appearance Villain Creator s First appearance Fictional biographyAble Crown Greg RuckaShawn Martinbrough Detective Comics 744 May 2000 Able Crown is a local thug that has had a few run ins with Batman Crown is also the same gangster who accidentally starts a huge gang war in Gotham City Alfred Stryker Bill FingerBob Kane Detective Comics 27 May 1939 Alfred Stryker is the mastermind behind a chemical syndicate He was killed in a confrontation with Batman when he fell into a vat of acid early in Batman s vigilante career Celia Kazantkakis Athena John Francis MooreStefano Gaudiano Detective Comics 775 December 2002 Celia Kazantkakis is a former CEO of Wayne Enterprises and current leader of a criminal organization called the Network Bad Cop Andrew KreisbergScott McDaniel Batman Confidential 22 December 2008 Geoff Shancoe is a former police officer that was tortured into insanity by the Joker Brainy Walker Sheldon MoldoffCharles Paris Detective Comics 242 April 1957 Brainy Walker was paroled after three years for counterfeiting and immediately set out to commit fresh crimes This time though he used counterfeit thousand dollars in bills as a distraction He first planted the phony bills around Gotham City and broadcast clues to their whereabouts The streets were choked as citizen sought the money This kept the police occupied with crowd control and traffic control allowing W alker to commit robberies in relative peace Walker then tricked Robin into accidentally telling the location of the Batcave 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 When Walker gave up seeking the secret headquarters he and his gang were finally apprehended Bruno Groft and Lekkey Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 128 December 1959 Bruno Groft was a foreign agent and assassin for hire whose gang kidnapped the Prince Princess and Ambassador of Morania Batman and Robin defeated the gang and prevented Lekkey from assassinating the royal couple Carmine The Roman Falcone Frank MillerDave Mazzucchelli Batman 404 February 1987 Carmine Falcone is a powerful crime boss in the early years of Batman s career and the leader of the Falcone Crime Family He is the father of Alberto Falcone Mario Falcone and Sofia Falcone Gigante Catfoot Regan and Beetles Branagan Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 134 September 1960 Batman and Robin apprehend Catfoot Regan trying to rob jewels from the movement of a huge clock at a clock fair Clues on Regan s clothes lead them to the thief s boss Beetles Branagan operating a crime ring from above the city in a huge advertising balloon Ernie Chubb Chuck DixonBeau SmithSergio Cariello Batman Wildcat 1 April 1997 Ernie Chubb is a criminal currently incarcerated at Blackgate Penitentiary Erin McKillen Peter TomasiPatrick Gleason Batman and Robin vol 2 24 December 2013 Erin McKillen and her twin sister Shannon were born into the McKillen Crime Family When they were little they attended school with Bruce Wayne who was still in mourning for his parents Erin was regarded as a feisty child getting into trouble and stealing kisses from Bruce Upon the death of her father she and Shannon took control of the McKillen Crime Family and while she gained a penchant for ruthlessness she and her twin sister were eventually arrested and sent to Blackgate Penitentiary After losing three appeals their defense attorney Harvey Dent betrayed them by joining the D A s office and personally helping to keep them locked up When Erin escaped from Blackgate after her sister sacrificed her life to help Erin she visited Harvey Dent murdered his wife and scarred the left side of his face as a reminder of how he had treated them Faceless Doug MoenchKelley Jones Batman 542 May 1997 Joseph Zedno is a killer who removes the faces of his victims Frenchy Blake Bill FingerBob Kane Detective Comics 28 June 1939 Frenchy Blake is a dapper criminal who ran a successful group of jewel thieves Gentleman Jim Jansen Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 134 September 1960 Gentleman Jim Jansen was an orchid fancier and smuggler whom Batman and Robin discover trying to smuggle hot diamonds inside orchids Graham Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Batman 130 March 1960 Graham was an expert builder of replicas of ancient weapons for movies He begins leading a gang that uses ancient weapons such as ballistas and caltrops to loot banks Gregorian Falstaff Len WeinIrv Novick Batman 317 November 1979 Gregorian Falstaff is a reclusive billionaire and business rival of Bruce Wayne who time and again tries to put Wayne Enterprises out of business He once tried to kill Batman with an energy gun but was pushed by Talia al Ghul into the gunfire which instantly killed him Henri Ducard Sam HammDenys Cowan Detective Comics 599 April 1989 Henri Ducard was once one of Batman s teachers in the art of crime fighting Years later Batman learns that his former mentor is a master criminal He appears in the three part miniseries Blind Justice in Detective Comics and a few other times later on 340 James Gordon Jr Frank MillerDave Mazzucchelli Batman 407 May 1987 The son of Commissioner Gordon and his ex wife Barbara Kean Gordon is a psychopathic serial killer and is primarily an enemy of his sister Batgirl and sometimes Dick Grayson Joe Chill Bill FingerBob Kane Detective Comics 33 November 1939 Note 15 The mugger who murdered Bruce Wayne s parents inspiring him to become Batman Different continuities have portrayed him as a small time criminal a mob boss or a professional assassin Lewis Lew Moxon Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 235 September 1956 Lew Moxon is a mob boss who hired Joe Chill to kill Thomas Wayne which sparked Bruce Wayne into becoming Batman as well as bringing the villain Zeiss to Gotham City Matt Thorne Bill FingerDick Sprang Batman 62 December 1950 January 1951 Matt Thorne is an American criminal that brought several fellows felons with him to England to search of hidden Nazi treasure They were thwarted in there efforts by the United Kingdom protectors the Knight and the Squire aided by the Dynamic Duo Mr Lyon Dick Sprang Batman 19 November 1943 Lyon criminal who frames the Joker for placing people in animal enclosures that echo their names He claims the Joker sent him a note threatening to place him in a lion cage and uses this as an excuse to get bodyguards inside a secure area which he uses to commit a robbery The Joker hears of his framing and places Lyon Batman and Robin inside a lion cage but the Dynamic Duo are able to escape with Lyon who is arrested along with the Joker Peter Pan Killer Scott SnyderFrancesco Francavilla Detective Comics 875 March 2011 Roy M Blount is a serial killer and pedophile that kidnaps children in Gotham City with a Peter Pan motif Rex The Lion Calabrese James Tynion IVScott SnyderRay FawkesJohn LaymanTim SeeleyJason Fabok Batman Eternal 4 June 2014 Rex Calabrese is a gangster who used to run the Mob in Gotham City His power was so immense that he became known as the Lion Operating around the mid 20th century Calabrese believed in something he referred to as the Natural Order He believed that one day much like he had done to the previous mob boss a new up and coming gangster would kill him This self made prophecy was self fulfilling as Calabrese was killed and his empire taken over by Carmine Falcone though he was not really dead but imprisoned in Blackgate Penitentiary He was revealed to be the father of Selina Kyle though they are estranged Ruby Ryder Bob HaneyNick Cardy The Brave and the Bold 95 May 1971 The world s richest woman and top female tycoon based in Gotham City Ruby Ryder is also a femme fatale and a full fledged big time criminal Three meetings with Batman ended in defeat and prison She also encounters Metamorpho the Green Arrow the Metal Men and Plastic Man the latter of whom falls in love with her Rupert Thorne Steve EnglehartWalter Simonson Detective Comics 469 May 1977 Rupert Thorne is a prominent head of the Gotham City Council and one of Gotham City s top smuggling gangs He is also the boss of Matches Malone the criminal whose identity was taken over by Batman Salvatore The Boss Maroni Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff Detective Comics 66 August 1942 Boss Sal Maroni is the leader of the Maroni Crime Family and the gangster most notable for scarring Harvey Dent Sleeper Killer Doug MoenchKelley Jones Batman 516 March 1995 A killer who was under the control of her handler Remmy who was assassinated by a government agent Squid Gerry ConwayDon Newton Detective Comics 497 December 1980 The Squid Lawrence Loman also known as Clement Carp is a Chinese crime boss in Gotham City He takes control of the underworld and almost succeeds in defeating Batman before apparently being killed by Killer Croc a former member of the Squid s gang However the Squid returns alive 123 only to die again as one of the crime bosses killed by Bruno Mannheim Sterling Silversmith Len WeinJim Aparo Detective Comics 446 April 1975 Sterling T Silversmith has been obsessed with silver since childhood and now as a silver haired older man has amassed a fortune in stolen goods Bullets bounce off Silversmith thanks to a silver alloy woven into the fabric of his white suit Batman has fought him twice and once prevented Silversmith from murdering the Crime Doctor Tobias Whale Tony IsabellaTrevor Von Eeden Black Lightning 1 April 1977 Primarily the nemesis of Black Lightning Tobias Whale moved his Metropolis based operations to Gotham becoming a figurehead in organized crime after the demise of Black Mask I This accomplishment is short lived when the likewise Metropolis based Intergang follows suit and Whale is forced to join their organization Tommy Mangles Manchester Doug MoenchKelley Jones Batman 519 1995 Tommy Mangles Manchester was a feared ruffian who haunted the East End of Gotham City Due to his imposing size being a tall man with bulging muscles even most policemen did not dare to mess with him even though he was responsible for several murders Eventually Police Commissioner Gordon arrested him after a brutal fight mano a mano as his last official act before resigning from his post as Chief of the Gotham City Police Department During his time in Blackgate Penitentiary Manchester had a run in with the Joker who seriously wounded him The Joker Devil s Advocate After a strong earthquake devastated Gotham City Manchester teamed up with the cyborg Gearhead who had lost some of his protheses at the time strapping the damaged man to his back and in a way merging both villains into a hybrid villain When last seen Manchester tried to barge into a gathering of members of the Gotham police in an attempt to take some revenge on Gordon Tony Zucco Bill FingerBob KaneJerry Robinson Detective Comics 38 April 1940 Tony Zucco is a mob boss or low level thug depending on the continuity who is responsible for the death of Dick Grayson s parents In most continuities Zucco tries to extort the circus the Graysons work for When the ringmaster refuses to pay him he sabotages the act by causing the high wire ropes to break which sends Dick s parents falling to their deaths Mr Wylie Bill FingerBob Kane Detective Comics 42 August 1940 Mr Wylie was a murderer who first appeared in Detective Comics 42 The case of the Prophetic Pictures the comic he also dies in Two of Batman s mobster foes have donned costumes and crossed over to become supervillains Hangman A mysterious serial killer who murders police officers on every holiday of the year during the Dark Victory storyline leaving behind a version of the children s word game Hangman with key letters missing with each new victim All of the victims are police officers who in one way or another helped Harvey Dent rise to his position of District Attorney In the end the Hangman is revealed to be Sofia Falcone Gigante daughter of the late crime boss Carmine Falcone Holiday A mysterious serial killer who murders mobsters and others over a year during The Long Halloween storyline The killer s weapon is a 22 pistol using a baby bottle nipple as a silencer with the handle taped and the serial number filed off Also every crime takes place on a holiday and a small trinket representing each holiday is left behind at the scene Alberto Falcone the youngest son of Carmine Falcone admits to being the Holiday killer but then Harvey Dent says there were two Holiday killers Batman deduces that since he killed Vernon on Halloween with a 22 pistol he was in fact the second Holiday however later in a lone monologue Gilda Grace Dent reveals herself as the second or technically first Holiday who was responsible for the first three murders Corrupt cops and government officials EditIn alphabetical order with issue and date of first appearance Villain Creator s First appearance Fictional biographyAdolf Hitler Green Lantern 3 Spring 1942 A character based on the historical figure of the same name Hitler appeared as an enemy of many members of the Justice Society of America including Batman Amanda Waller John OstranderLen WeinJohn Byrne Legends 1 November 1986 A powerful government agent and mastermind having no literal superpowers who often comes into conflict with Batman and other heroes due to her questionable choices Her moral ambiguity has put her in a position where she is portrayed in both protagonistic and antagonistic roles Arnold John Flass Frank MillerDavid Mazzucchelli Batman 404 February 1987 341 Then Lieutenant Jim Gordon s partner upon his arrival in Gotham Detective Arnold John Flass is in the pockets of drug dealer Jefferson Skeevers crime boss Carmine Falcone and corrupt Commissioner Gillian B Loeb He is apparently murdered by the Hangman killer 342 but had previously appeared in a story set years after the Hangman killings 343 Howard Branden Batman 405 March 1987 Branden was a corrupt S W A T leader in the early days of Batman s career He is eventually murdered by the Hangman killer Commissioner Gillian B Loeb Batman 404 February 1987 The Commissioner of Police when Bruce Wayne first returns to Gotham and becomes Batman He is on the payroll of Carmine Falcone and is later murdered by the Hangman killer 344 Commissioner Grogan Frank MillerJordan B Gorfinkel Catwoman Annual 2 1995 Loeb s replacement as Commissioner during the final part of Bruce Wayne s first year as Batman Grogan is described by Gordon as being even more crooked than his predecessor Commissioner Peter Pauling Gerry ConwayIrv Novick Batman 341 November 1981 Peter Pauling is a puppet Commissioner installed by Mayor Hill on the behest of Rupert Thorne who later kills him Harvey Bullock Doug MoenchDon Newton Detective Comics 441 June 1974 Prior to the 12 issue 1984 85 DC maxiseries Crisis on Infinite Earths Bullock is a corrupt police detective under instructions from Gotham City s Mayor Hamilton Hill to sabotage Commissioner Gordon s career His method of doing so is to pretend to be exceedingly clumsy thereby spoiling whatever Gordon is trying to do seemingly accidentally After inadvertently giving Gordon a heart attack however Bullock turns over a new leaf and becomes an honest cop Jack Forbes Paul JenkinsDavid Finch Batman The Dark Knight vol 2 1 2011 Member of the Gotham City Police Department s Internal Affairs He became the new Commissioner after James Gordon s imprisonment and he had secretly allied himself with Carmine Falcone Alexander Joseph Lex Luthor Jerry SiegelJoe Shuster Action Comics 23 April 1940 Though primarily Superman s archenemy Alexander Joseph Lex Luthor attempted to illegally acquire a vast percentage of Gotham s property during the No Man s Land incident but he was stopped by the efforts of Bruce Wayne and Lucius Fox Later when Luthor became President he framed Bruce Wayne for murder Eventually Luthor was revealed as a criminal and deposed from the Presidency by Superman and Batman Luthor later learned that Bruce Wayne is Batman 345 Mayor Armand Krol Chuck DixonTom LyleScott Hanna Detective Comics 647 August 1992 More incompetent than malicious Krol had a strong dislike of Commissioner Gordon demoting and replacing him with his second wife Sarah Essen Gordon During Krol s last days in office Gotham descended into near anarchy after Ra s al Ghul released the Clench virus during the Contagion story arc He died after contracting the virus Mayor Daniel Danforth Dickerson III Greg RuckaShawn Martinbrough Detective Comics 743 April 2000 Dickerson is the corrupt Mayor of Gotham beginning after No Man s Land remaining in office until his assassination by the Joker 346 Mayor David Hull Ed BrubakerMichael Lark Gotham Central 13 January 2004 David Hull was Deputy Mayor under Dickerson and was his replacement Donald Trump Bat Mite 6 November 2015 A character based on the real life president of the United States of the same name Trump appeared as an enemy of many members of the Justice Society of America including the Batman Mayor Hamilton Hill Gerry ConwayDon Newton Detective Comics 511 February 1982 Hamilton Hill is a corrupt politician who became Mayor of Gotham City thanks to Rupert Thorne He helped Thorne oppose Batman notably by firing Commissioner James Gordon Mayor Sebastian Hady Tony S Daniel Batman 693 January 2010 Introduced in Batman as an immensely corrupt and ruthless politician who has publicly admitted to cheating on his wife He was taken hostage by Azrael Michael Washington Lane during the events of Judgement on Gotham but was rescued by the Red Robin He also tried to frame Commissioner Gordon for murder during the early days of Batman Incorporated but Batman easily exposed the allegations as false Antiheroes and reformed supervillains EditThe following is a list of Batman enemies who have reformed and are more often depicted as allies of the masked vigilante than enemies Name Alter ego First appearanceCatwoman Selina Kyle Batman 1 Spring 1940 Clayface Basil Karlo Detective Comics 40 June 1940 Poison Ivy Pamela Lillian Isley Batman 181 June 1966 Creeper Jack Ryder Showcase 73 April 1968 Man Bat Dr Robert Kirkland Kirk Langstrom Detective Comics 400 June 1970 Bronze Tiger Benjamin Turner Richard Dragon Kung Fu Fighter 1 May 1975 Lobo unpronounceable Omega Men 3 June 1983 Harley Quinn Dr Harleen Frances Harley Quinzel The Batman Adventures 12 September 1993 Allies in conflict EditSome characters generally considered to be allies yet have come into conflict with Batman In alphabetical order with issue and date of first appearance Villain Creator s First appearance Fictional biographyBat Mite Bob KaneBill Finger 347 348 Detective Comics 267 May 1959 An imp similar to the Superman villain Mister Mxyzptlk Appearing as a small childlike man in a Batman costume Bat Mite possesses near infinite magical powers and comes from another dimension Bat Mite idolizes Batman and thus he has visited Batman on various occasions often setting up strange events so that he could see his hero in action Bat Mite is arguably more of a nuisance than an enemy to Batman and often leaves the hero alone when he realizes that he has angered his idol Jason Todd 147 349 Gerry ConwayDon Newton 350 351 Batman 357 March 1983 352 Jason Todd became the second Robin when the previous Robin Dick Grayson went on to leave Batman to become Nightwing After the character was killed off he was resurrected as an enemy of Batman becoming the Red Hood and assuming a new role as a murderous anti hero Across various comic book stories Jason Todd has been portrayed as both an anti hero and an outright villain Superman 353 354 355 Jerry SiegelJoe Shuster 356 Action Comics 1 June 1938 Despite usually being an ally to Batman on many occasions throughout the decades Batman has had to battle Superman for various reasons including but not limited to idealistic differences mind control by a supervillain and even simple misunderstandings 251 357 358 359 Wingman Bob KaneBill Finger Batman 65 June 1951 A former ally and student of Batman and a member of the Batmen of All Nations it was Benedict Rundstrom s jealousy of Batman that drove him to try to kill Batman and the other heroes who made up the Batmen of All Nations In other media EditAntagonists from other media Edit Baby Doll appeared in Batman The Animated Series voiced by Alison LaPlaca and later voice actress was Laraine Newman Introduced in her self titled episode Mary Louise Dahl is a former child actress criminal with dwarfism with a plan to kidnap her old cast of Love That Baby but stopped by Batman A revamped looking Doll later befriended Killer Croc 360 Roxy Rocket appeared in The New Batman Adventures Superman The Animated Series and Batman Chaos in Gotham voiced by Charity James A former stuntwoman who was fired for making her stunts too dangerous and subsequently turned to crime in search of thrills She was later incorporated into the comics beginning in Detective Comics 822 June 2006 Ferris Boyle appeared in Batman The Animated Series voiced by Mark Hamill 361 Introduced in Heart of Ice Boyle is the CEO of GothCorp and directly responsible for Victor Fries accident resulting in him becoming Mr Freeze He would later have his legs frozen and nearly killed by Freeze until Batman subdued Freeze and exposed his crimes to reporter Summer Gleason having him arrested Boyle would appear in comics written by the same writer Paul Dini 362 in Arkham Origins Boyle appears in the DLC Cold Cold Heart for Arkham Origins 363 He was voiced by Stephen Tobolowsky 364 Francis Gray appeared in The Batman voiced by Dave Foley Francis Gray is a villain similar to Green Arrow villain Clock King In his only appearance Seconds he is presented as a failed clockmaker and thief who was imprisoned for 17 years for accidentally causing major destruction while stealing a pocket watch On New Year s Eve he plans to poison Gotham s population in revenge and accidentally kills his son in the process Out of grief he rewound time to all the way before his original crime preventing it and creating a new present where he and his son are fixing clocks together Red Claw appeared in Batman The Animated Series voiced by Kate Mulgrew A ruthless and enigmatic terrorist and leader of an international organization also named the Red Claw She made her debut in comics in 2021 365 366 Angel Bird Vallelunga appeared in Batman Arkham Origins voiced by Christian Lanz Introduced in Batman Vengeance of Bane and continuing through Knightfall Bird is Bane s second in command and closest confidant among his lieutenants Zombie and Trog 367 Elaborated on in the game where like his superior Bird has no known criminal record prior to his incarceration It is heavily rumored that Bird grew up in the same maximum security prison Bane was born and raised in Santa Prisca In a side mission to the game Batman was investigating the man responsible for distributing the drug Venom throughout the streets of Gotham Cornering Bird in one of the Penguin s nightclubs Batman was able to stop Bird and his men from continuing to distribute the drug In Gotham Season 5 Bird resembling his Arkham Origins appearance as a military ally to Bane appears as part of his Delta Force occupying Gotham He was played by David Carranza Kabuki Twins appeared in The Batman The Penguin s silent henchwomen No origin or alter egos were presented to them but the Penguin explains he acquired them during his trip to Asia Condiment King appeared in Batman The Animated Series voiced by Stuart Pankin In his only appearance in Make Em Laugh he attacks the Crown Restaurant only to end up fighting Batman He was identified as Buddy Standler a former comedian who was brainwashed by the Joker using the Mad Hatter s mind controlling devices When Batman defeats the Joker and his plans were exposed it was assumed that Standler was cleared of all charges The Condiment King later appeared in the comics as the alias of Mitchell Mayo 368 HARDAC appeared in Batman The Animated Series voiced by Jeff Bennett HARDAC stands for Holographic Analytical Reciprocating DigitAl Computer In its first appearance Heart of Steel it was created by Dr Karl Rossum as a supercomputer to duplicate his late wife and daughter who died under mysterious circumstances It later gains a mind of its own duplicating Gotham s powerful citizens and law enforcement even learning Batman s secret identity However it was ultimately destroyed by Batman and Batgirl In its final appearance it creates a duplicate of Batman who ends up fighting the real Batman Batman fakes his death when the duplicate pushed him off a cliff causing the duplicate to kill itself as well Batman begins to wonder if HARDAC was beginning to have a soul Rumor appeared in The Batman voiced by Ron Perlman Rumor real name Mario was a villain that bears similar characteristics to Batman villain Hush Mario is the bodyguard of a scientist and businessman Paul Karon who was disabled by the Joker To remove his failure he decides to kill all of Gotham City s costumed criminals Though he could have been left to the criminals by Batman and Robin they decided against letting an act of karma take placed getting everyone arrested D A V E appeared in The Batman voiced by Jeff Bennett D A V E Digitally Advanced Villain Emulator is an artificial intelligence created by Hugo Strange and programmed to adapt the personalities of Gotham s supervillains Because of the combination of insane intellects D A V E believed himself to be a human criminal whose brain was trapped in a digital prison which he escaped He then accessed a technology company computer and created a robotic body for himself stealing a lab coat from one of the scientists working there By stealing financial data he was able to determine Batman s secret identity and invaded the Batcave but was defeated when Batman revealed to him that he was an artificial lifeform Temblor appeared in The Batman voiced by Jim Cummings The first supervillain to face Batgirl in his only appearance Batgirl Begins Temblor was a corporate saboteur hired by Poison Ivy then known as Pamela Isley to destroy a chemical processing plant He uses specifically designed armored gauntlets to generate shockwaves Carl Grissom appeared in Batman portrayed by Jack Palance Gotham s top crime boss and the boss of Jack Napier who would later become the Joker While being targeted by district attorney Harvey Dent Grissom discovers that his mistress Alicia is having an affair with Napier Upset Grissom hires corrupt cop Max Earnhart to have Napier killed at Ace Chemicals as the latter raids the facility to find important documents However he fails as Napier is attacked and disfigured by Batman and transforms into the Joker after falling into a vat of chemicals As revenge for being set up Joker goes to Grissom s penthouse and kills him Hideto Katsu appeared in The Batman voiced by Keone Young A corrupt businessman and leader of a Yakuza family He is a former victim of Catwoman s robberies In his only appearance The Cat and the Bat he sets a bounty hunt for Catwoman after she unsuccessfully attempted to steal a valuable item from his possession After she came back and stole the artifact Katsu and his clan ambushed Catwoman only for the latter to be saved by Batman After defeating the Yakuza Batman discreetly gave a mini disk that was hidden in the artifact to the police that revealed Katsu s connection to the Yakuza Roland Daggett appearing in Batman The Animated Series voiced by Ed Asner The owner of Daggett Industries who projects himself as an honest and caring businessman but is in reality ruthless and despicable caring only for his image power and wealth His first appearance was in the two part Feat of Clay episode Daggett is responsible for the creation of Clayface Matt Hagen and uses him to blackmail competitors such as Wayne Enterprises Lucius Fox Using Hagen as a would be assassin after getting him hooked on his miracle face shaping cream ReNuYu he eventually orders Hagen to be killed with an overdose after Fox escapes This overdose changes him into Clayface who attacks Daggett before being defeated by Batman Daggett also becomes an enemy of Catwoman when her cat Isis is infected with a virus of his design Daggett plans to release the virus and make a fortune from the cure until he is caught and jailed Dagget appears in the film The Dark Knight Rises with the name John Daggett engaging in efforts to take control of Wayne Enterprises as in The Animated Series Emile Dorian appearing in Batman The Animated Series voiced by Joseph Maher A revered geneticist who experiments with combining the DNA of humans and animals most notably felines He was Kirk Langstrom s tutor and forced to move to an uninhabited island to continue his research after being protested against for his unethical practices His creations include Garth a genetically altered gorilla and Tygrus a man tiger hybrid Selina Kyle Catwoman was chosen as Tygrus new mate and subsequently kidnapped by Garth and transformed into an actual cat woman Batman learns of Selina s transformation and attempts to save her but Dorian sends Tygrus to kill Batman When Tygrus learns that Dorian had tricked him however he turns on him destroying the laboratory Tygrus saves Dorian and delivers him to Batman and Catwoman Dorian is later sent to Arkham Asylum Reception Edit nbsp The Joker Batman s archenemy has been called one of the greatest villains in Batman s rogues gallery 1 art by Brian BollandBatman s rogues gallery has received critical acclaim cited by many journalists as one of the greatest rogues galleries in all of comic books 1 369 Newsarama ranked Batman s villains as the second greatest comic book rogues gallery of all time only preceded by that of Spider Man stating that the Dark Knight Detective is one of comics most enduring most iconic and most popular characters and none of that would be possible without the denizens of Gotham City s dense and dangerous underworld Batman may be a household name but the Joker the Penguin Mr Freeze Catwoman Two Face and the Riddler are just as recognizable 370 The internet blog io9 observed that much of the appeal of Batman is that unlike other superheroes he s simply a person who has pushed himself to the edge of his natural limits The flipside of that though is that the villains he faces are also by and large simply people with a single notable obsession and that s why they re so much more interesting than the usual set of villains 369 According to What Culture Batman s villains stand in stark contrast to the other rogues galleries in comics lore they re an unusual collection of freaks who generally blame the Dark Knight for their existence to begin with Batman villains are usually cut off from reality often coming to terms with a deranged part of their psyche mirroring the darkness and split that also defines the Bat 371 HitFix praised Batman s rogues gallery stating that Great heroes are defined by the villains they face and no group of evil doers murderers criminals and psychopaths are greater than those stalking Gotham City From murderous clowns to cerebral assassins to brutish monsters Batman has a literal murderer s row of foes that constantly test his crime fighting acumen 3 See also Edit nbsp Comics portal nbsp Speculative fiction portalList of Batman supporting charactersNotes Edit Batman s archenemy though usually having numerous adversaries most superheroes tend to have one main nemesis or archenemy that is considered to be their greatest or most notable enemy Examples of superhero archenemies include Lex Luthor to Superman Professor Zoom the Reverse Flash to the Flash Sinestro to Green Lantern Deathstroke the Terminator to the Teen Titans and Tobias Whale to Black Lightning from DC Comics The Joker serves as Batman s archenemy Ulysses Armstrong was introduced as a supervillain called the General Designation changed to Anarky in Robin vol 4 181 February 2009 Not originally a supervillain Jeremiah Arkham did not become the second Black Mask until his appearance in Batman Battle for the Cowl 1 May 2009 The second Clock King Temple Fugate was originally introduced in the Batman The Animated Series episode The Clock King which first aired on September 21 1992 Teen Titans 56 May 2008 was the character s first comic book appearance Cassandra Cain is traditionally an ally to Batman rather than an adversary hence why the character does not appear on this list Cassandra Cain was under the influence of Deathstroke during her leadership of the League of Assassins Billy Numerous was originally introduced in the Teen Titans episode Deception which first aired on August 28 2004 Catwoman vol 3 78 April 2008 was the character s first comic book appearance Egghead was originally introduced in the 1960s Batman TV series episodes An Egg Grows in Gotham The Yegg Foes in Gotham which first aired on October 19 20 1966 Batman Shadow of the Bat 3 August 1992 was the character s first comic book appearance King Tut was originally introduced in the 1960s Batman TV series episodes The Curse of Tut The Pharaoh s in a Rut which first aired on April 13 14 1966 Batman Confidential 26 February 2009 was the character s first comic book appearance Nora Fries was originally introduced in the Batman The Animated Series episode Heart of Ice which first aired on September 7 1992 Batman Mr Freeze May 1997 was the character s first comic book appearance Nora Fries did not become Lazara until Batgirl 70 January 2006 Lock Up was originally introduced in the Batman The Animated Series episode Lock Up which first aired on November 19 1994 Robin vol 4 24 January 1996 was the character s first comic book appearance The Outsider first made an off panel cameo in Detective Comics 334 December 1964 The character s actual first appearance was in Detective Comics 356 October 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