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The Best Batman Villains Ever
List Rules
Vote up your favorite foes of the caped crusader!
Batman has, arguably, the greatest rogues gallery in all of comics, so let's rank every Batman villain best to worst! Bad guys like The Joker, Two-Face, and Hush have been reeking havoc on Batman since the 1940s. Some of his greatest allies have even crossed the line here and there, back and forth, and become worthy foes, like The Red Hood, Phantasm, and Catwoman. If you want to rerank this list, then you'll want to consult this complete list of all Batman villains.
Which is the greatest Batman villain? Is the Clown Prince of Crime your favorite Bat baddie, is it the burly yet conniving Bane, or is it perhaps the vivacious DC villainess Poison Ivy?
Make sure to vote up all your favorite Batman villains from this Batman villains list, and vote down the ones you don't think are worthy to be a part of this impressive roster.
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- The Joker is a fictional supervillain who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger, and Bob Kane, and first appeared in Batman ...more
- Dr. Victor Fries is a fictional character from the 1997 film Batman & Robin.
- The Penguin or Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot is a fictional supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He is known as one of Batman's oldest and most persistent enemies. Artist ...more
- Harvey "Two-Face" Dent is a fictional supervillain that appears in comic books published by DC Comics, and is an enemy of Batman. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #66, and was created ...more
- Catwoman is a fictional character who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics and is associated with the Batman franchise. Historically a supervillainess and often an antiheroine, the ...more
- The Riddler (Edward Nigma or Nygma) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang. He first appeared in Detective Comics #140 (October ...more
- The Scarecrow is a fictional supervillain that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in World's Finest Comics #3 and was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. His ...more
- Poison Ivy is a fictional DC Comics supervillainess who is primarily an enemy of Batman. Created by Robert Kanigher and Sheldon Moldoff, she made her first appearance in Batman #181. Poison Ivy is ...more
- Deathstroke the Terminator is a fictional supervillain, and sometimes antihero, who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. He is a ...more
- 10Bane is a supervillain, often antihero who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character's origin was in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1, and was created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, and ...more
- Ra's al Ghul is a fictional supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Besides being considered to be one of Batman's greatest enemies, given his high status as a supervillain, ...more
- Killer Croc is a fictional supervillain who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is an enemy of Batman. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and by artist Don ...more
- 13The Red Hood is the alias used by multiple fictional characters, usually antagonists who challenge Batman's skills within the DC Universe.
- 14Clayface is an alias used by several DC Comics fictional characters, most of them possessing clay-like bodies and shape-shifting abilities. All of them have been enemies of Batman. In 2010, IGN named ...more
- 15Deadshot is a fictional supervillain and sometimes an antihero who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He is primarily an enemy of Batman. The character first appears in Batman #59 and was ...more
- Professor Hugo Strange is a fictional comic book supervillain appearing in books published by DC Comics. He serves as an adversary of Batman. He first appeared in Detective Comics #36, and is one of ...more
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- Black Mask is the name of two supervillains in DC Comics.
- The Mad Hatter is a fictional supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He serves as an enemy of Batman. He is modeled after the Hatter from Lewis Carroll's novel, Alice's ...more
- 20Hush is a fictional supervillain who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is usually depicted as an enemy of Batman. Hush first appeared in Batman #609, as part of the 12-issue ...more
- Talia al Ghul is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman. The character was created by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Bob ...more
- Solomon Grundy is a fictional zombie supervillain in the DC Comics universe and as an antihero in the DC animated universe. Named after the 19th century nursery rhyme, Grundy was introduced as an ...more
- 23Man-Bat is a fictional character who appears in comics published by DC Comics, usually as a supervillain and adversary of Batman, though occasionally depicted as a heroic character. He first appeared ...more
- Victor Zsasz is a fictional supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics, usually as an enemy of Batman. He is a serial killer who usually kills with a knife and carves a tally mark ...more
- Jason Peter Todd is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Jason first appeared in Batman #357 and became the second character to take up the Robin identity, ...more
