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, 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". Many characters from Batman's rogues gallery who are criminally insane become patients at Arkham Asylum after they are apprehended.
Supervillains and themed criminals
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, staying 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
Listed below are the Batman family's most enduring and iconic enemies.| Villain | Creators | First appearance | Fictional biography |
| Bane | Chuck Dixon Doug Moench Graham Nolan | Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 | 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. |
| Black Mask | Doug Moench Tom Mandrake | Batman #386 | Roman Sionis 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. |
| Catwoman | Bob Kane Bill Finger | Batman #1 | 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 | Bill Finger Bob Kane | Detective Comics #40 | Actor Basil Karlo went mad when he learned that there would be a remake of one of his films with another actor in the lead role. 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. Later, he gained shapeshifting powers and became the Ultimate Clayface. |
| Deadshot | Bob Kane David Vern Reed Lew Schwartz | Batman #59 | 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 | 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 | Paul Dini Bruce Timm | Batman: The Animated Series episode "Joker's Favor" | 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 | Bob Kane Bill Finger | Detective Comics #36 | 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. |
| Hush | Jeph Loeb Jim Lee | Batman #609 | Dr. Thomas Elliot is a brilliant surgeon who targets both Bruce Wayne, his childhood friend, and Batman. |
| Joker | Bob Kane Bill Finger Jerry Robinson | Batman #1 | The Joker 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 | Gerry Conway Don Newton Gene Colan | Batman #357 | 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. |
| Mad Hatter | Bob Kane Bill Finger | Batman #49 | 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 | Frank Robbins Neal Adams | Detective Comics #400 | 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 | Bob Kane Sheldon Moldoff David Wood | Batman #121 | 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 a special containment suit and cold-themed weaponry to commit crimes. The character was later reinvented as a tragic villain, 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. |
| Penguin | Bob Kane Bill Finger | Detective Comics #58 | 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 | Robert Kanigher Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #181 | 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 | Dennis O'Neil Neal Adams | Batman #232 | Ra's al Ghul 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 | Bill Finger Dick Sprang | Detective Comics #140 | Edward Nashton, a.k.a. Edward 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 | Bob Kane Bill Finger | World's Finest Comics #3 | 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. |
| Talia al Ghul | Dennis O'Neil Bob Brown Dick Giordano | Detective Comics #411 | 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. |
| Two-Face | Bob Kane Bill Finger | Detective Comics #66 | 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 themed around the number two and the concept of duality. |
| Ventriloquist / Scarface | Alan Grant John Wagner Norm Breyfogle | Detective Comics #583 | 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 | 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
These are major Batman family enemies that have not quite reached the status of Batman's classic rogues gallery.| Villain | Creator | First appearance | Fictional biography |
| [Anarky|Lonnie Machin / [|Anarky] I] | Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle | Detective Comics #608 | 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. |
| Anarky II | Chuck Dixon Michael Netzer | Detective Comics #654 | 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 used the persona to cause psychotic and meaningless acts of chaos and destruction. This Anarky is primarily an enemy of Tim Drake. |
| Anarky III | Van Jensen Robert Venditti | Green Lantern Corps #25 | 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. |
| Anarky IV | Francis Manapul Brian Buccellato | Detective Comics #37 | 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. |
| Black Mask II | Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 | Jeremiah Arkham 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 | 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. |
| Barbatos | Scott Snyder Greg Capullo | Dark Days: The Casting #1 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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, offering insight in Batman's search for Holiday, a vigilante who uses holidays as his modus operandi. |
| Catman | Bill Finger Jim Mooney | Detective Comics #311 | 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 Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #298 | Treasure-hunter Matthew "Matt" Hagen 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 Marshall Rogers | Detective Comics #478 | Preston Payne 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 | Lady Clay 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 | Cassius "Clay" Payne, 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 | Sean McKeever Eddy Barrows | Teen Titans #56 | While the Clock King I 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. |
| Cluemaster | Gardner Fox Carmine Infantino | Detective Comics #351 | Arthur Brown was a game show host until he turned to a life of crime. He is the father of Stephanie Brown. |
| Copperhead I | Bob Haney Bob Brown | The Brave and the Bold #78 | The original Copperhead, "John Doe", 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 #56 | A second Copperhead, Nathan Prince, was introduced as a member of the Terror Titans. |
| Doctor Death | Gardner Fox Bob Kane | Detective Comics #29 | Dr. Karl Hellfern is a nefarious scientist who threatens Gotham with deadly biochemical weapons. He is notable for being Batman's first recurring villain. |
| Simon Hurt | Sheldon Moldoff Charles Paris | Batman #156 | 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. |
| Electrocutioner | Marv Wolfman Michael Fleisher Irv Novick | Batman #331 | The original Electrocutioner is a vigilante who murders criminals with electricity. He is eventually killed by Adrian Chase. |
| Electrocutioner | Marv Wolfman Jim Aparo | Detective Comics #626 | The second Electrocutioner's identity remains unknown. He is a vigilante like his predecessor. |
| Electrocutioner | Chuck Dixon Tom Lyle Scott Hanna | Detective Comics #644 | 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 | Dan Slott Ryan Sook | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 | 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, White serves as a benefactor for other villains. |
| Duela Dent | Bob Rozakis | Batman Family #6 | 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. |
| Failsafe | Chip Zdarsky Jorge Jiménez | Batman Vol. 3 #145 | The artificial Batman of Zur-En-Arrh construct of Batman created the android Failsafe from the technology of Amazo and other technological Justice League villains as Batman's failsafe should he start killing. At one point, Failsafe made an aging clone of Bruce Wayne to serve as his Robin when Damian Wayne rejected him. |
| KGBeast | Jim Starlin Jim Aparo | Batman #417 | Anatoli Knyazev is an ex-KGB assassin. He is among the villains who are executed by the second Tally Man. |
| Killer Moth | Bill Finger Dick Sprang Lew Schwartz | Batman #63 | Drury Walker, a.k.a. Cameron Van Cleer, is a moth-themed criminal, known for being the first villain defeated by Batgirl. |
| King Scimitar | Dennis McNicholas | Batman: The Audio Adventures Special #1 | King Scimitar is a Gotham City arms dealer focusing on exotic swords. He made himself an enemy of the League of Assassins. |
| Kite Man | Bill Finger Dick Sprang | Batman #133 | Charles "Chuck" Brown commits crimes by arming himself with kite-based weapons and hang-gliding on a large kite. |
| Maxie Zeus | Dennis O'Neil Don Newton | Detective Comics #483 | 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 | 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 | Gardner Fox Mike Sekowsky | Justice League of America #29 | 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. |
| Prometheus II | Grant Morrison Arnie Jorgensen | New Year's Evil: Prometheus #1 | 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. |
| Penny Plunderer | Bill Finger Bob Kane | Worlds Finest Comics #30 | Joe Coyne was a man who became obsessed with pennies after a whole life of penny related bad luck, who later went on to commit penny related crimes until his death at the hands of a giant penny during a fight with Batman. |
| Rag Doll I | Gardner Fox Lou Ferstadt | Flash Comics #36 | 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 | 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. |
| Ratcatcher | Alan Grant John Wagner Norm Breyfogle | Detective Comics #585 | 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. |
| Enigma / The Riddler's Daughter | Geoff Johns Tony Daniel Carlos Ferreira Art Thibert | Teen Titans #38 | "Enigma" is the heroic and criminal partner of Duela Dent, the Joker's Daughter. |
| The Batman Who Laughs | Scott Snyder Greg Capullo | Dark Days: The Casting #1 | 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 | Don Cameron Jerry Robinson Bob Kane | Detective Comics #74 | Dumfree 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 and are members of the Mad Hatter's Wonderland Gang. |
| Vandal Savage | Alfred Bester Martin Nodell | Green Lantern #10 | A Cro-Magnon warrior who 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 | 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 | 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. |
Nightwing's villains and enemies
The League of Assassins
First appearing in Strange Adventures #215, 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.| Villain | Creator | First appearance | Fictional biography |
| Alpha | Kelley Puckett Damion Scott | Batgirl #35 | 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 | 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. |
| Bronze Tiger | Dennis O'Neil Jim Berry Leo Duranona | Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #1 | 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 | Marv Wolfman George Pérez | New Teen Titans Annual #2 | Real name Jade Nguyen, Batman battled Cheshire when she teamed up with the KGBeast, bringing her into conflict with the Dark Knight and Arsenal. Batman battled her in Zürich, 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 | Mike Friedrich Neal Adams Dick Dillin | Justice League of America #94 | Malcolm Merlyn the Dark Archer 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 | Kelley Puckett Damion Scott | Batman #567 | 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 | December Graystone is a League of Assassins operative who can perform blood magic. He cuts himself to access various powers through spilled blood, such as telekinesis and teleportation. |
| Detonator | Peter Milligan Freddie E. Williams II | Batman #670 | The Detonator is a member of the Seven Men of Death, aside from the League of Assassins. |
| Doctor Ebenezer Darrk | Dennis O'Neil Neal Adams | Detective Comics #405 | 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, Darrk died during a plot to kidnap his daughter Talia al Ghul. |
| Doctor Moon | Dennis O'Neil Irv Novick | Batman #240 | 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. |
| Doctor Tzin-Tzin | John Broome Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #354 | Dr. Tzin-Tzin is a Fu Manchu-inspired Asian-looking 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 | The Dragonfly, alongside the Silken Spider and the Tiger Moth, attacked Wayne Manor. |
| White Ghost | Peter Milligan David Lopez | Batman Annual #26 | 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 | Fadir Nasser 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, Batman and Robin and, on one occasion, the Gotham City Sirens. |
| Grind | Mike W. Barr Trevor von Eeden | Batman Annual #8 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Dennis O'Neil Ric Estrada | Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #5 | Lady Shiva is a deadly martial artist and the mother of Cassandra Cain. |
| Maduvu | Grant Morrison Tony S. Daniel | Batman #671 | Maduvu is a member of the Seven Men of Death. |
| Mad Dog III | Andersen Gabrych Ale Garza | Batgirl #67 | 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 | Malaq is a member and henchman of the League of Assassins. |
| Nyssa Raatko | Greg Rucka Klaus Janson | Detective Comics #783 | Nyssa Raatko is a daughter of Ra's Al Ghul. |
| Onyx | Joey Cavalieri Jerome Moore | Detective Comics #546 | 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 | Owens is a sniper who 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 | Dennis O'Neil Ric Estrada | Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #16 | Professor Ojo is a brilliant criminal scientist with a vendetta against atomic energy. |
| Prudence Wood | Christopher Yost Ramon Bachs | Red Robin #1 | 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 | 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 | Rictus is a criminal who replaced his body parts with cybernetics. |
| Sensei | Neal Adams | Strange Adventures #215 | Sensei is a top martial artist, the immortal father of Ra's al Ghul, grandfather of Dusan al Ghul and Talia al Ghul, and great-grandfather of Damian Wayne. |
| Silver Monkey | Chuck Dixon Steve Lieber | Detective Comics #685 | 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 | The Silken Spider is a member of the League of Assassins. |
| Shellcase | Grant Morrison Tony S. Daniel | Batman #670 | 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. |
| Targa | Judd Winick | Green Arrow and Black Canary #9 | 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 | The Tiger Moth's costume disorients opponents, making them incapable of hitting her. |
| Tigris | Andersen Gabrych Alé Garza | Batgirl #68 | Tigris 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 | Dennis O'Neil Neal Adams | Batman #232 | Ubu is the name of several people in a long line in serving as Ra's al Ghul's bodyguard. |
| Vial | Christopher Yost Ramon Bachs | Red Robin #3 | 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 | 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)
These are enemies that were introduced under writer Grant Morrison.| Villain | Creators | First appearance | Fictional biography |
| Clayface of Japan | Grant Morrison Chris Burnham | Batman Incorporated #6 | The Clayface of Japan is a samurai with abilities similar to the previous Clayfaces. |
| Flamingo | Grant Morrison Frank Quitely | Batman #666 | Nicknamed "the eater of faces" for his cannibalistic tendencies, Eduardo Flamingo is a psychotic hitman who works for the Mob. |
| Jackanapes | Grant Morrison Andy Kubert | Batman #666 | The Jackanapes is a gorilla in a clown costume who wields a machete and a sub-machine gun. |
| Max Roboto | Grant Morrison Andy Kubert | Batman #666 | Max Roberto is a cyborg with a partially cybernetic face who operates in a futuristic timeline in which Damian Wayne is Batman. |
| Phosphorus Rex | Grant Morrison Andy Kubert | Batman #666 | 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. |
| Professor Pyg | Grant Morrison Andy Kubert | Batman #666 | Donning a pig mask, Lazlo Valentin is a mad scientist known for kidnapping people and brutally transforming them into minions that he calls "Dollotrons". He also sometimes experiments with transforming human beings into humanoid animals. |
| Weasel | Grant Morrison Andy Kubert | Batman #666 | 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 | 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 | Grant Morrison Frank Quitely | Batman and Robin #2 | Big Top is a morbidly obese bearded man in a tutu. He is part of the Circus of Strange. |
| Doctor Dedalus | Grant Morrison Yanick Paquette | Batman Incorporated #3 | 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 | Grant Morrison David Finch | Batman and Robin #12 | 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 | 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 | Grant Morrison Andy Kubert | Batman #656 | 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 murdered by the Man-Bat Commandos sent by Talia al Ghul. |
| King Kraken | Grant Morrison Tony S. Daniel | Batman #676 | King Kraken is an aquatic criminal from Sweden and a deep sea diver known to go up against Batman and Wingman. |
| Mister Toad | Grant Morrison Frank Quitely | Batman and Robin #1 | 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 | 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 | David Hine Greg Tocchini Andrei Bressan | Batman and Robin #26 | Siam is a name used by conjoined triplets with a specialized fighting style. They are members of the Circus of Strange. |
| Sister Crystal | David Hine Greg Tocchini Andrei Bressan | Batman and Robin #26 | A French supervillainess using the name Sister Crystal who has the ability to turn everything she touches into glass. |
| Skin Talker | David Hine Greg Tocchini Andrei Bressan | Batman and Robin #26 | 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 | David Hine Greg Tocchini Andrei Bressan | Batman and Robin #26 | 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 | Grant Morrison Cameron Stewart | Batman Incorporated #4 | 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 | Grant Morrison Tony Daniel | Batman #676 | The Swagman is an armored supervillain who targets members of the Batman family. |
| White Knight | Peter Tomasi Patrick Gleason | Batman and Robin #21 | 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
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 | First appearance | Fictional biography |
| Bentley | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #2 | A member of the Dollmaker Family, Bentley is a being of brute strength. |
| Matilda Mathis / Dollhouse | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #2 | 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. 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. |
| Jack-in-the-Box | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #2 | 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 | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #2 | 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 | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #2 | Olivia Carr is a girl who was kidnapped and brainwashed into becoming a member of the Dollmaker Family. |
| Orifice | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #2 | The Orifice is a member of the Dollmaker Family who has various foreign limbs and tissue stitched to his body. |
| Sampson | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #2 | A member of the Dollmaker Family, Sampson is a small man made to look like a toy monkey. |
| Wesley Mathis | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #2 | Wesley Mathis is a serial killer and former enemy of Commissioner Gordon who would take his son Barton Mathis, 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 #19 | The Brute is a prisoner of Santa Prisca who has gone through extensive new experimentations with Venom. |
| Malicia | James Tynion IV Mikel Janín | Detective Comics #19 | Malicia is an ally of Bane who has gone through experiments with Venom at Santa Prisca. |
| Professor | James Tynion IV Mikel Janín | Detective Comics #19 | The Professor is a scientist who works at Santa Prisca and specializes in experiments with Venom for Bane. |
| Wolf-Spider | James Tynion IV Mikel Janín | Detective Comics #19 | 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 | Doctor Falsario is a supervillain who has hypnotic powers. |
| Barton Mathis / The Dollmaker III | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #1 | 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. Though the Dollmaker III sees the Toyman as a father figure, he is not to be confused with the Toyman's biological son, Anton Schott, who has also used the Dollmaker alias. |
| Eli Strange | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #5 | 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. |
| Emperor Penguin / Emperor Blackgate | John Layman Jason Fabok | Detective Comics #13 | 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". 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 Venom drug, 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". |
| Fishnet | Ann Nocenti Rafa Sandoval | Catwoman #17 | Otto Baxter Kruft', a.k.a. Fishnet, is a henchman for the Penguin, recognizable for wearing a fishnet stocking over his face. |
| Volt | Ann Nocenti Rafa Sandoval | Catwoman #17 | 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 #6 | Hypnotic is an upstart criminal who works under the Penguin's guidance. He uses radio waves to control his victims' minds. |
| Imperceptible Man | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #6 | The Imperceptible Man is a seemingly invisible criminal who came to Gotham in an alliance with the Penguin. |
| Jill Hampton | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #6 | Jill Hampton works for the Penguin and is Charlotte Rivers' sister. |
| Mister Combustible | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #6 | Mr. Combustible is an upstart criminal who works under the Penguin's guidance. |
| Snakeskin | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #6 | Snakeskin is a shapeshifter and Jill Hampton's boyfriend. |
| Grotesque | Gail Simone Ardian Syaf Alitha Martinez | Batgirl #7 | Grotesque is a masked man identified as "snobbish" because of his very eccentric tastes. |
| Knightfall | Gail Simone Alitha Martinez | Batgirl #10 | 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 | John Layman Jason Fabok | Detective Comics #17 | The Merrymaker is a supervillain who leads a gang of criminals called the League of Smiles, who are obsessed with the Joker. |
| Mister Bloom | Scott Snyder Greg Capullo | Batman #43 | 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 | Mr. Bygone is a mysterious man who is a product of the insanity that infests Arkham Asylum. |
| Mister Mosaic | Tony Daniel | Detective Comics #5 | Mr. Mosaic is a deformed rich underboss of the Penguin. |
| Mother | James Tynion IV Scott Snyder Tony Daniel | Batman and Robin Eternal #1 | 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 #1 | Morgan Ducard 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 | James Tynion IV | Batman #89 | 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. |
| Trickster | Greg Pak Jae Lee | Batman/Superman #1 | 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 | David Finch Paul Jenkins | Batman: The Dark Knight #1 | 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. |
| Menace | Justin Gray Jimmy Palmiotti Eduardo Pansica | Batwing #25 | 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 #26 | 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 | Tusk is a metahuman crime lord with tusks and elephant-like skin. |
| Haunter | Scott Bryan Wilson Bilquis Evely | Batman Annual #1 | 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 #1 | 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 | 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
Enemies of lesser renown
These enemies are categorized by their obscurity or for being less notable than other characters in this article.| Villain | Creator | First appearance | Fictional biography |
| Abattoir | Marv Wolfman Jim Aparo | Detective Comics #625 | A schizophrenic, superstitious, and cannibalistic serial killer, Arnold Etchison had fear of death and was under the delusion that he absorbed his victims' life force when he killed them, therefore prolonging his lifespan. Abattoir was obsessed by his own bloodline and, believing his relatives to be all evil, set out to murder members of his extended family. He wore a makeshift cape made out of a trench coat to imitate costumed beings such as Superman and Batman. Jean-Paul Valley let Abattoir fall to his death during the Batman: Knightfall storyline. |
| Actuary | Chuck Dixon Graham Nolan | Detective Comics #683 | The Actuary is a mathematical genius who applies formulae to aid the Penguin in committing crimes. |
| Agent Orange | Mike W. Barr Jim Aparo | Batman and the Outsiders #3 | 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 | 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 | Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #3 | 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 | Mike Patten is an engineer in Gotham City who 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 | 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 | A scientist whose helmet can cast illusions. |
| Atomic-Man | Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #280 | 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 | Mike W. Barr Alan Davis | Outsiders #3 | "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 #1 | Titus Samuel Czonka is an unintelligent brute who leaves riddles for Batman to solve, similar to the Riddler and the Cluemaster. |
| Bag O'Bones | Gardner Fox Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #195 | 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 | Batzarro is a Bizarro version of Batman whose origins remain unknown. |
| Benedict Asp | Dennis O'Neil | Justice League Task Force #6 | 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 | Catwoman #78 | 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. | |
| Birthday Boy | Geoff Johns Gary Frank | Batman: Earth One | 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". |
| Bizarro-Batman | Edmond Hamilton Curt Swan | World's Finest Comics #156 | 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. |
| Black and White Bandit | Dave Gibbons | Batman: Gotham Knights #12 | 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 | The first Black Spider is Eric Needham, a hunter of the drug dealers who ruined his life. |
| Black Spider II | Doug Moench Kelley Jones | Batman #518 | The second Black Spider is Johnny LaMonica. He is killed by Crispus Allen during a gang shooting. |
| Black Spider III | Gail Simone | Birds of Prey #87 | A third Black Spider appears named 'Derrick Coe, who battles the Birds of Prey. |
| Blockbuster I | Gardner Fox Carmine Infantino | Detective Comics #345 | Mark Desmond is a former chemist who experiments on himself and subsequently becomes a mindless brute who possesses super-strength. |
| Blue Bat | Bill Finger Dick Sprang | Batman #127 | In an alternate universe, the Blue Bat was a criminal who wore the Batman costume. |
| Bouncer | Gardner Fox Carmine Infantino | Detective Comics #347 | 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 | "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 | 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 | 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. |
| "Buzz" Galvan | Chuck Dixon Tom Lyle | Detective Comics #644 | 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 | 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 | Karl Courtney is a criminal who commits crimes using a pirate motif. |
| Cavalier I | Don Cameron Bob Kane | Detective Comics #81 | 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 | The second Cavalier is Hudson Pyle, a sword-wielding vigilante. |
| Charlatan | Bill Finger Lew Sayre Schwartz | Batman #68 | 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 | The Chancer is a bank robber, real name unknown, who is armed with simply a baton. |
| Clayface VI / The Claything II | Doug Moench Kelley Jones | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #27 | 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 #1 | Todd Russell 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 | Johnny Williams 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 failed. |
| Clock II | Win Mortimer | Star Spangled Comics #70 | 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 | "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 Clayface fragment 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 Kupperberg Don Newton | Batman #352 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Chuck Dixon Scott Beatty | Batgirl: Year One #8 | Mitchell Mayo is a villain who makes use of various condiments, sometimes capable of causing anaphylactic shock. He is a comedy relief villain who is easily defeated by Robin and Batgirl. |
| Cornelius Stirk | Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle | Detective Comics #592 | 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 | 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 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 | Jack Kirby | Boy Commandos #15 | 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 | 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 | 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. He is an expert in torture. |
| Crimesmith | Marv Wolfman Jim Aparo | Batman #443 | 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 | 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 | 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 #42 | 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 | Chuck Dixon Michael Netzer | Detective Comics #657 | 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. As he was about to force Lucius Fox to jump off a bridge via hypnotic suggestion, he was taken down by Robin as Fox was saved by Batman and Azrael. Cypher was sent to Blackgate Penitentiary. At Blackgate, Cypher formulated an escape plan with other inmates, including the Cluemaster, the Electrocutioner, and the Baffler. 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. |
| Dagger | Gerry Conway Gene Colan | Batman #343 | 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. |
| Dark Knight | Scott Snyder Rafael Albuquerque | All-Star Batman #11 | 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 | Anatoly and Vassily Davidovich are brothers who are members of an unidentified branch of the Russian Mafia. |
| Deacon Blackfire | Jim Starlin Bernie Wrightson | Batman: The Cult #1 | 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 | 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 | Erasmus Rayne is a serial killer and a cult leader. |
| Doctor Aesop | Paul Dini Dustin Nguyen | Detective Comics #846 | 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 Double X | Dave Wood Sheldon Moldoff Bob Kane | Detective Comics #261 | Dr. Simon Ecks discovers that human auras could be enhanced to function outside of the body. When Ecks creates an energy-duplicate of himself, his mind becomes dominated by the doppelgänger, who calls himself Doctor Double X. |
| Doctor Fang | Doug Moench Gene Colan | Detective Comics #536 | Dr. Fang is a criminal mastermind who was killed by Night-Slayer. |
| Doctor No-Face | Dave Wood Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #319 | 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 | 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 | 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. 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. |
| Dodge | Adam Beechen Freddie Williams II | Robin #160 | 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 | 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 | 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. 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 | 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. |
| Eivol Ekdal | John Broome Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #346 | 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, before meeting his death at the hands of a couple of his criminal "customers". |
| Elemental Man | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #294 | 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 | 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 | Willy Hooker is a vigilante who murders wanted criminals for the reward money. |
| Facade | Paul Dini J. H. Williams III | Detective Comics #821 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Ted Carson 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 | 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 | 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 #54 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Primarily a Hawkman foe, the specter once named James Craddock often finds himself at odds with Batman. |
| Getaway Genius | Gardner Fox Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #170 | The Getaway Genius is a criminal and getaway mastermind who has encountered Batman several times. |
| Globe | Paul Dini Dustin Nguyen | Detective Comics #840 | Hammond Carter is obsessed with maps and "plots crimes by latitude, longitude, time zones, and the shape of landmasses." |
| Gorilla Boss | David Vern Reed Lew Sayre Schwartz | Batman #75 | 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. Later, however, the Gorilla Boss is returned to life in his gorilla body and is used as a pawn by Gorilla Grodd. |
| Gunhawk | Chuck Dixon Graham Nolan | Detective Comics #674 | 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, Gunhawk gets himself a new female partner named Gunbunny II. |
| Gustav DeCobra | Elliot S. Maggin Mike Grell | Detective Comics #455 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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, though the impostor was eventually shown to still be alive. The character is currently working under the moniker of "the Hatman". |
| Headhunter | Jim Aparo Doug Moench | Batman #487 | The Headhunter is an assassin who attempts to kill James Gordon, 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. |
| Humpty Dumpty | Dan Slott Ryan Sook | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #2 | 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. |
| Huntress | Mort Meskin | Sensation Comics #68 | Paula Brooks has battled various members of the Batman family. |
| Jane Doe | Dan Slott Ryan Sook | Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 | 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 | Frank Tieri Jim Calafiore | Gotham Underground #3 | 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 #121 | 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 | 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 | 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 Doodlebug. |
| Key | John Broome Frank Giacoia | All Star Comics #57 | 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. |
| Key | Gardner Fox Mike Sekowsky | Justice League of America #41 | The second person to call himself the Key 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 | 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 | 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 #4 | 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 | Earl Barret Robert C. Dennis | Batman Confidential #26 | Victor Goodman is an Egyptian-themed supervillain who leaves behind clues at the scene of his crimes in a similar fashion to the Riddler. |
| Kobra | Martin Pasko Jack Kirby Steve Sherman Pablo Marcos | Kobra #1 | Jeffrey Burr and his twin brother, Jason Burr, were born as conjoined twins 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. 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. |
| Lark | Marv Wolfman Jim Aparo | Batman #448 | 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. |
| Lady Vic | Chuck Dixon Scott McDaniel | Nightwing #4 | 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. |
| Lazara | Paul Dini | Batman: Mr. Freeze | 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 #24 | 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 | Robert Kanigher Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #180 | Lord Death Man is a Japanese criminal who 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 | 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 | 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 #1 | 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 | Batman: Gotham Knights #3 | 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 | 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. Recently, she reappeared helping the Riddler in solving a mystery. |
| Magician | Andy Lanning Anthony Williams | Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #95 | 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 | John Byrne | The Man of Steel #3 | 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. |
| March Hare | Paul Dini Dustin Nguyen | Detective Comics #841 | Harriet Pratt is an Alice's Adventures in Wonderland-themed supervillainess and a member of the Mad Hatter's Wonderland Gang. She is also referred to as March Harriet. |
| Matatoa "the Eater of Souls" | Devin Grayson Roger Robinson | Batman: Gotham Knights #16 | 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 | Mekros is an assassin who was hired by Don Mercante in a failed attempt to kill Batman. |
| Metalhead | Doug Moench Jim Aparo | Batman #486 | 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 | 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 | "Mike" 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 once. He is killed by Bruno Mannheim, 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 | 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 | Mr. Camera is a camera-headed villain who uses cameras in his crimes. |
| Mister Cipher | Bill Finger Lew Sayre Schwartz | Batman #71 | Not to be confused with Cypher, 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 | 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. |
| Mister Polka-Dot / The Polka-Dot Man | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #300 | Abner Krill turns the polka-dots covering his costume into a variety of weapons. |
| Mister ZZZ | Paul Dini Don Kramer | Detective Comics #824 | 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 | 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 unknown. |
| Monarch of Menace | Robert Kanigher Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #350 | 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 | 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. 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 | 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 | 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. |
| Music Meister | Michael Jelenic James Tucker | Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Mayhem of the Music Meister!" | The Music Meister is a metahuman with a hypnotic voice that forces others to obey him and act as though they were in a musical. |
| Mutant Leader | Frank Miller | The Dark Knight Returns | 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 | 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 | 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 | Natalia Knight 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 dies when the Crisis hits Gotham, stabbed in the chest by a scorned Anton. Jason-as-Robin puts her in her hot air balloon and sets it free, mourning her after finally accepting her as a mother figure. |
| NKVDemon I | Marv Wolfman Jim Aparo | Batman #445 | 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-Soviet Union|General Secretary] Mikhail Gorbachev. |
| NKVDemon II | Shaun McLaughlin Ken Hooper | Aquaman #8 | An assassin named 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 #47 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Gardner Fox Carmine Infantino | Detective Comics #356 | The Outsider is the Earth-3 incarnation of Alfred Pennyworth and the leader of the Secret Society of Super Villains. |
| Panara | Chuck Dixon Jim Balent | Catwoman #37 | Ms. Dorsey is a young woman who 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". |
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| Pistolera | Chuck Dixon Graham Nolan Scott Hanna | Detective Comics #674 | Gunbunny I 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 | 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 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 | 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 second Planet Master 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 leech color to regain its power. Batman and Robin trick the Rainbow Beast into expending all of its auras, leaving it colorless. They ram it with a log and the Beast shatters into fragments. |
| Raven I | Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #287 | 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 | Dave Corby is an agent for MAZE who battled Robin and Batgirl on occasion. |
| Reaper I | Dennis O'Neil Neal Adams | Detective Comics #237 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Jack Crane is a rogue cop who 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 | 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 | 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. |
| Signalman | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #112 | 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 | 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 | Delbert Billings 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 #65 | A genuine mystic 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 | During the Underworld Unleashed crossover event, the Spellbinder I 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. |
| Spider | Gerry Duggan Shawn Crystal | Arkham Manor #2 | 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 Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #129 | Swami Ygar is a villain in a metal-clad outfit lined with metal discs. |
| Spook | Frank Robbins Irv Novick | Detective Comics #434 | 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. |
| Steeljacket | Chuck Dixon Graham Nolan | Detective Comics #681 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | A hit man using the name "the Tally Man" later surfaces while under the employ of the Great White Shark. |
| Ten-Eyed Man | Frank Robbins Irv Novick Dick Giordano | Batman #226 | 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. |
| Thanatos | Gerry Conway John Calnan | Batman #305 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | The Trigger Twins are two cowboys who 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. |
| Ugly American | Alan Grant Dan Jurgens | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #6 | 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 | Batgirl #20 | 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. |
| Wasp | Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #287 | 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 | Wa'arzen is the vengeful specter of an ancient Japanese wizard. |
| Werewolf | Len Wein Neal Adams | Batman #255 | 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 | Mike W. Barr Michael Golden | Batman Special #1 | The original character to become the anti-Batman known as the Wrath was a child 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. |
| Wrath | Tony Bedard Rags Morales | Batman Confidential #13 | Elliot Caldwell was one of the several orphan children whom the Wrath I kidnapped to train them to become Scorn the Anti-Robin. 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. As the C.E.O. of Caldwell Tech, Caldwell began creating an army of soldiers to take on the Scorn identity. |
| Zebra-Man | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #275 | 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. |
| Zebra-Man | Mike W. Barr | Outsiders #21 | A second Zebra-Man is later created by Kobra as a member of Strike Force Kobra to combat the Outsiders. |
| Zebra-Man | Paul Jenkins David Finch | Batman: The Dark Knight #1 | 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 | 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 | 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
When these villains debuted, they fought other heroes before fighting Batman.| Villain | Creators | First appearance | Fictional biography |
| Calculator | Bob Rozakis Mike Grell | Detective Comics #463 | 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 Vertigo | Gerry Conway Trevor Von Eeden Vince Colletta | World's Finest Comics #251 | 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. |
| Deathstroke | Marv Wolfman George Pérez | The New Teen Titans #2 | Slade Wilson is a former U.S. Army operative who gains enhanced physical and mental abilities from an experimental super-soldier serum, after losing his right eye in the process; then making his orange and black-sided mask, adopting the mercenary name Deathstroke the Terminator. Widely considered the greatest and deadliest assassin in the DC Universe, he serves as the archenemy of Dick Grayson and the Teen Titans, and is also an adversary of other superheroes such as Batman, Green Arrow, and the Justice League. |
| Gentleman Ghost | Robert Kanigher Joe Kubert | Flash Comics #88 | Primarily a Hawkman foe, the specter once named James Craddock often finds himself at odds with Batman. |
| Onomatopoeia | Kevin Smith Phil Hester | Green Arrow #12 | 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 | John Broome Carmine Infantino | The Flash #139 | 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. |
| Killer Frost I | Gerry Conway Al Milgrom | Firestorm #3 | 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 #21 | 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 Caped Crusader. She allied with Mr. Cold, Icicle, and Mr. Freeze, but they were defeated by Batman and Superman in Washington D.C.. |
| King Shark | Karl Kesel Tom Grummett | Superboy #0 | 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 had many duels with Superboy, Aquaman, and various DC Superheroes, but he comes in to confront the Dark Knight on many occasions. |
| Rag Doll | Gardner Fox Lou Ferstadt | Flash Comics #36 | 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 | Alfred Bester Paul Reinman | All-American Comics #61 | 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
The following is a list of fictional teams, groups of supervillains, gangs, and organized crime families who 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 | First appearance | Fictional biography | Notable members |
| Academy of Crime | Gerry Conway Don Newton | Detective Comics #516 | 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 | Leo Dorfman Neal Adams | World's Finest Comics #175 | 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 | Grant Morrison Tony Daniel | Batman #667 | The Black Glove is a corrupt and exclusive organisation led by Simon 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 | Also known as the B.T.M., they are an African American gang 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 | 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 | The Circus of Strange is a circus-themed group of criminals led by Professor Pyg. | Professor Pyg Mister Toad Big Top Kushti Phosphorus Rex |
| Club of Villains | Grant Morrison Tony Daniel | Batman #676 | 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 | 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 #2 | 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 #10 | 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 #1 | 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 Dollhouse Bentley Jack-in-the-Box Sampson Olivia Carr Orifice an unnamed character Toyman |
| East Side Dragons | Paul Dini Andres Guinaldo | Gotham City Sirens #11 | A gang that is known to run illegal dog fights. | n/a |
| Escabedo Cartel | Greg Rucka Shawn Martinbrough | Detective Comics #743 | 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 | 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 |
| False Face Society | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #152 | The False Face Society is a gang of masked criminals led by Black Mask. | Black Mask I Black Spider II Circe Metalhead Mad Bull Edgar Dempsy Dwarf |
| Fearsome Foot-Fighters | John Broome Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #372 | 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 | A branch of the Sicilian Mafia and one of the Five Families of Gotham City. | Pasquale "Junior" Galante Jr. |
| Ghost Dragons | Chuck Dixon Tom Lyle | Robin #1 | An Asian street gang led by King Snake. | King Snake Lynx |
| Gorilla Gang | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #156 | 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 | A former KGB group that joined the Russian Mafia following the collapse of the Soviet Union. | Commissar KGBeast |
| Intergang | Jack Kirby | Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen | Intergang has a branch in Gotham City and played a part in the "Gotham Underground" storyline. | Johnny Stitches |
| Inzerillo Crime Family | Greg Rucka Rick Burchett | Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood #1 | A crime family that is one of the Five Families of Gotham City. | Enrico Inzerillo Jack Inzerillo |
| Ivgene Clan | Judd Winick Guillem March | Catwoman #1 | A branch of the Russian Mafia. | Ivgene Vadim Renald Ivanko |
| Kings of the Sun | Francis Manapul Brian Buccellato | Detective Comics #30 | 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 #16 | The League of Smiles is a cult of criminals that hero-worships the Joker. | Merrymaker Philip Miles Annie McCloud David "Happy" Hill Rodney the Torch |
| LoBoyz | Bob Gale Alex Maleev | Batman: No Man's Land #1 | A gang that was active when Gotham City was declared to be a "No Man's Land." | n/a |
| Leviathan | Grant Morrison David Finch | Batman: The Return | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 Alice Elder Fatima Rifle Queen Scarecrow Younger |
| Masters of Disaster | Mike W. Barr Jim Aparo | Batman and the Outsiders #9 | 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 | 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 | The Misfits are a group of Batman's enemies led by Killer Moth. | Killer Moth Catman Calendar Man Chancer |
| Mud Pack | Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle | Detective Comics #604 | 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 Preston Payne Sondra Fuller |
| Mutants | Frank Miller | The Dark Knight Returns #1–4 | A gang of punks who have taken over the city, the Mutants typically wear visors and have shaved heads or Mohawks. Introduced in The Dark Knight Returns, which took place in a potential future, the Mutants have since appeared in the main continuity. | Mutant Leader Don Rob |
| Neon Dragon Triad | Grant Morrison Philip Tan | Batman and Robin #4 | A triad that did business with the Penitente Cartel. | Tony Li |
| Network | John Francis Moore Rick Hoberg Stefano Gaudiano | Batman: Family #1 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 when the old ones retire or go to jail. At one point, a King was in charge of several members after which Batman broke up the group. | King Queen Jack Ten Ace |
| Seven Men of Death | Grant Morrison Tony Daniel | Batman #670 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 #10 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Paul Dini Dustin Nguyen | Detective Comics #841 | The Wonderland Gang is a gang of supervillains themed around Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. | Mad Hatter Tweedledum and Tweedledee March Hare White Rabbit Lion Unicorn Walrus Carpenter |
Mobsters and plainclothes criminals
Besides his infamous rogues gallery of supervillains, Batman has also faced more "ordinary" enemies, such as assassins, mobsters and terrorists.In alphabetical order
| Villain | Creator | First appearance | Fictional biography |
| Able Crown | Greg Rucka Shawn Martinbrough | Detective Comics #744 | Able Crown is a local thug who 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 | 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 | 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 | Geoff Shancoe is a former police officer who was tortured into insanity by the Joker. |
| Brainy Walker | Sheldon Moldoff Charles Paris | Detective Comics #242 | 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 | 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 Falcone | Frank Miller Dave Mazzucchelli | Batman #404 | Carmine Falcone, nicknamed "The Roman", 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. |
| Catfoot Regan and Beetles Branagan | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #134 | 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 | Ernie Chubb is a criminal currently incarcerated at Blackgate Penitentiary. |
| Erin McKillen | Peter Tomasi Patrick Gleason | Batman and Robin #24 | 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 | Joseph Zedno is a killer who removes the faces of his victims. |
| Frenchy Blake | Bill Finger Bob Kane | Detective Comics #28 | Frenchy Blake is a dapper criminal who ran a successful group of jewel thieves. |
| Gentleman Jim Jansen | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Batman #134 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. |
| James Gordon Jr. | Frank Miller Dave Mazzucchelli | Batman #407 | 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 | 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. |
| Lew Moxon | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #235 | 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 | Matt Thorne is an American criminal who 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 | 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 | Roy M. Blount is a serial killer and pedophile with a Peter Pan motif who kidnaps children in Gotham City. |
| Rex Calabrese | James Tynion IV Scott Snyder Ray Fawkes John Layman Tim Seeley Jason Fabok | Batman Eternal #4 | Rex Calabrese, nicknamed "The Lion", 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 | 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. |
| Rupert Thorne | Steve Englehart Walter Simonson | Detective Comics #469 | 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. |
| Sal Maroni | Bill Finger Sheldon Moldoff | Detective Comics #66 | 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 | 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 | The Squid 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, only to die again as one of the crime bosses killed by Bruno Mannheim. |
| Sterling Silversmith | Len Wein Jim Aparo | Detective Comics #446 | 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 with a poison. |
| Tobias Whale | Jenny Blake Isabella Trevor Von Eeden | Black Lightning #1 | 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 | 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. 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 | Tony Zucco is a mob boss 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 | 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, leaving behind a version of the children's word game "Hangman" 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, daughter of Carmine Falcone.
- Holiday: A mysterious serial killer who murders mobsters and others over a year. The killer's weapon is a .22 pistol 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 Holiday, who was responsible for the first three murders.