List of Batman family enemies

Bane

Chuck DixonDoug MoenchGraham Nolan

Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1(January 1993)

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 MoenchTom Mandrake

Batman #386(August 1985)

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 KaneBill Finger

Batman #1(Spring 1940)

Selina Kyle is an accomplished jewel thief. Although traditionally considered a villain, she is often portrayed as an antihero and is occasionally romantically involved with Batman.

Clayface

Bill FingerBob Kane

Detective Comics #40(June 1940)

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 KaneDavid Vern ReedLew Schwartz

Batman #59(June 1950)

Floyd Lawton is an excellent sniper assassin who, when wielding a gun or projectile, never misses a shot.

Firefly

France HerronDick Sprang

Detective Comics #184(June 1952)

Garfield Lynns is an orphan who became a pyromaniac, having developed a fireproof suit with a flamethrower to further pursue his "hobby". He invents numerous weapons that involve light to commit crimes with.

Harley Quinn

Paul DiniBruce Timm

Batman: The Animated Series episode "Joker's Favor"(September 1992)

Dr. Harleen Quinzel was the Joker's psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum until she fell in love with him and subsequently reinvented herself as his madcap sidekick, Harley Quinn. She is often mistreated by the Joker, but that rarely changes how she feels about him.

Hugo Strange

Bob KaneBill Finger

Detective Comics #36(February 1940)

Hugo Strange is an insane psychologist who uses his mastery of chemistry to create a serum that turns his victims into mindless monsters who obey his every command. He has succeeded in deducing that Batman is Bruce Wayne.

Hush

Jeph LoebJim Lee

Batman #609(January 2003)

Dr. Thomas Elliot is a brilliant surgeon who targets both Bruce Wayne, his childhood friend, and Batman.

Joker

Bob KaneBill FingerJerry Robinson

Batman #1(spring 1940)

The Joker (real name unknown) is a homicidal maniac with a clown-like appearance, bent on creating havoc in Gotham City and fighting a never-ending battle against Batman. His arsenal of weapons includes razor-sharp edged playing cards, acid-squirting trick flowers, joy buzzers with a lethal electrical charge and a fatal toxin called Joker venom. He is Batman's archenemy, as well as the most famous and recurring Batman villain.

Killer Croc

Gerry ConwayDon NewtonGene Colan

Batman #357(March 1983)

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 KaneBill Finger

Batman #49(October 1948)

Jervis Tetch is inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to commit crimes. He uses his mind control technology to bend people to his will.

Man-Bat

Frank RobbinsNeal Adams

Detective Comics #400(June 1970)

Dr. Kirk Langstrom invented a serum to give him echolocation in an attempt to cure his deafness. The serum had an unforeseen side effect, transforming him into the monstrous human-bat hybrid creature known as the Man-Bat.

Mr. Freeze(originally known as Mr. Zero)

Bob KaneSheldon MoldoffDavid Wood

Batman #121(February 1959)

Dr. Victor Fries is a scientist who accidentally spilled cryogenic chemicals on himself while inventing a freeze-gun. Now requiring subzero temperatures to survive, he uses 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 KaneBill Finger

Detective Comics #58(December 1941)

Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot is a devious, short-statured, penguin-themed crime boss who is seldom seen without at least one of his trick umbrellas. The Penguin uses his nightclub, the Iceberg Lounge, as a front for his criminal activities. He is one of Batman's few adversaries who is sane and in full control of his actions. Riddler is one of his partnerships.

Poison Ivy

Robert KanigherSheldon Moldoff

Batman #181(June 1966)

Pamela Lillian Isley, a former student of advanced botanical biochemistry, employs plants of all varieties and their derivatives in her crimes. She has the ability to control all plant life and can create new henchmen with her mutated seeds. She is immune to all plant-based poisons.

Ra's al Ghul

Dennis O'NeilNeal Adams

Batman #232(June 1971)

Ra's al Ghul ("the Demon's Head" in Arabic) is a centuries-old international radical environmentalist who believes that his actions help "bring balance" to the world. Ra's al Ghul is the founder of the League of Assassins and is fully aware of Batman's secret identity. Impressed by Batman's skills and intellect, he wants the Dark Knight to take his place as his heir.

Riddler

Bill FingerDick Sprang

Detective Comics #140(October 1948)

Edward Nashton, a.k.a. Edward Nygma (or "E. Nygma"), is a criminal mastermind who has a compulsion to challenge Batman by leaving clues to his crimes in the form of riddles, puzzles, and word games. Nygma's intelligence rivals that of Batman. Nygma often carries a question mark-tipped cane around with him, as well as many other trick puzzle gimmicks. Penguin is one of his partnerships.

Scarecrow

Bob KaneBill Finger

World's Finest Comics #3(September 1941)

Professor Jonathan Crane was an outcast in childhood due to constant bullying, until he grew up to face his fears as a psychologist and biochemist specializing in fear. Kicked out of a university for his unorthodox teaching methods, he now dresses symbolically as a scarecrow and employs a toxin that causes its victims to hallucinate into seeing what they fear the most.

Talia al Ghul

Dennis O'NeilBob BrownDick Giordano

Detective Comics #411(May 1971)

Talia al Ghul is a daughter of Ra's al Ghul, the granddaughter of the Sensei, the sister of Dusan al Ghul, the mother of Damian Wayne and a high-ranking member of both the League of Assassins and Leviathan. She has been known to have several on again-off again romantic relationships with Batman.

Two-Face

Bob KaneBill Finger

Detective Comics #66(August 1942)

Harvey Dent was a Gotham City district attorney until half of his face was disfigured by acid after being assaulted by mob boss Sal Maroni. Having developed dissociative identity disorder, Dent is obsessed with the number two and the concept of duality and must make most of his decisions with the flip of his signature two-headed coin. As Two-Face, Dent commits crimes themed around the number two and the concept of duality.

Ventriloquist /Scarface

Alan GrantJohn WagnerNorm Breyfogle

Detective Comics #583(February 1988)

Arnold Wesker is a small, mild-mannered ventriloquist with dissociative identity disorder. He projects a criminal personality through his gangster-themed dummy, Scarface.

Lonnie Machin / Anarky I

Alan GrantNorm Breyfogle

Detective Comics #608(November 1989)

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 DixonMichael Netzer

Detective Comics #654(December 1992)

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 JensenRobert Venditti

Green Lantern Corps (vol. 3) #25(November 2013)

A new Anarky surfaced during Zero Year, appearing during a blackout in Gotham City. This Anarky is an African American teenager who was shown rallying a group of followers and evacuees to occupy a sports stadium, on the basis that the area the stadium was built upon was gentrified at the expense of the local community and should be returned to them. The true name and identity of this character remains a mystery, making him the only Anarky so far to remain anonymous.

Anarky IV

Francis ManapulBrian Buccellato

Detective Comics (vol. 2) #37(February 2015)

Sam Young is a corrupt politician who became the most recent Anarky to exact revenge on the Mad Hatter. Young's sister was the Mad Hatter's first murder victim, or his first "Alice", as the Mad Hatter affectionately calls his female victims.

Black Mask II

Alan GrantNorm Breyfogle

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1(June 1992)

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(August 1990)

The mysterious Bat-Devil that haunted Gotham across time, fought Vandal Savage in the Stone Age and corrupted or possessed a man that would become Simon Hurt. Later revealed to be the Hyper-Adapter, a sentient weapon from Apokolips, unleashed by Darkseid to travel across time and torment Batman.

Scott SnyderGreg Capullo

Dark Days: The Casting #1(September 2017)

An ancient God-Monster from the Dark Multiverse, worshipped by Hath-Set, the Bat Tribe, the Tribe of Judas, the Court of Owls, Simon Hurt, the Black Glove and the Dark Knights. He had first noticed Bruce Wayne when he slipped through time and now has finally arrived in the DC Universe.

Brother Eye

Jack Kirby

OMAC #1(October 1974)

An evil artificial intelligence created by Bruce Wayne and Michael Holt originally as a metahuman database and deterrent, now hellbent on conquering the world.

Calculator

Bob RozakisMike Grell

Detective Comics #463(September 1976)

Noah Kuttler is a highly intelligent criminal who fights Batman and the Justice League wearing a costume designed like a pocket calculator. In spite of his powerful arsenal, the Calculator never makes it big as a costumed villain. Now relying solely on his intellect, he works as a successful information broker and source of information for supervillains planning heists. He sees the Oracle as his nemesis and opposite number.

Calendar Man

Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #259(September 1958)

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 FingerJim Mooney

Detective Comics #311(January 1963)

Thomas Blake was a world-famous trapper of jungle cats who turned to crime because he had grown bored with hunting and squandered most of his fortune. He became a burglar who committed his crimes in a cat-suit made out of an ancient African cloth he believes gives him a "cat's nine lives".

Clayface II

Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #298(December 1961)

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 WeinMarshall Rogers

Detective Comics #478(July 1978)

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. BarrJim Aparo

Outsiders #21(July 1987)

Lady Clay (Sondra Fuller) has superpowers similar to that of the second Clayface, Matt Hagen. She meets and falls in love with the third Clayface, Preston Payne, and gives birth to Cassius "Clay" Payne.

Clayface V /The Claything I

Doug MoenchKelley Jones

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #27(January 1998)

Cassius "Clay" Payne, 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 McKeeverEddy Barrows

Teen Titans (vol. 3) #56(May 2008)

While the Clock King I (William Tockman) was an enemy of the Green Arrow, the Temple Fugate version of the character leads the Terror Titans, which antagonizes Robin and the Teen Titans.

Cluemaster

Gardner FoxCarmine Infantino

Detective Comics #351(May 1966)

Arthur Brown was a game show host until he turned to a life of crime. He is the father of Stephanie Brown.

Copperhead I

Bob HaneyBob Brown

The Brave and the Bold #78(June 1968)

The original Copperhead, "John Doe" (real name unknown), was a criminal who committed numerous thefts in Gotham City wearing a snake costume before finally being apprehended by Batman and Batgirl. He eventually becomes a hired assassin and would sell his soul to the demon-lord Neron in exchange for more power, being transformed into a deadly human/snake hybrid.

Copperhead II

Sean McKeeverEddy Barrows

Teen Titans (vol. 3) #56(April 2008)

A second Copperhead, Nathan Prince, was introduced as a member of the Terror Titans.

Doctor Death

Gardner FoxBob Kane

Detective Comics #29(July 1939)

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 MoldoffCharles Paris

Batman #156(June 1963)

A Wayne from the second generation of the family who lived in the 18th century and worshipped the Bat-Devil Barbatos, but instead confronted the Hyper-Adapter. Corrupted or possessed by the Hyper-Adapter's energies, Wayne became extremely long-lived; renamed as Doctor Simon Hurt, he became the leader of a secret cult known as the Black Glove and the Club of Villains. He also set out to kill his descendant, Bruce Wayne.

Electrocutioner

Marv WolfmanMichael FleisherIrv Novick

Batman #331(January 1981)

The original Electrocutioner is a vigilante (last name Buchinsky, first name unknown) who murders criminals with electricity. He is eventually killed by Adrian Chase.

Marv WolfmanJim Aparo

Detective Comics #626(February 1991)

The second Electrocutioner's identity remains unknown. He is a vigilante like his predecessor.

Chuck DixonTom LyleScott Hanna

Detective Comics #644(May 1992)

Lester Buchinsky is the brother of the original Electrocutioner. He started off as a vigilante like his brother, but soon became a mercenary.

Great White Shark

Dan SlottRyan Sook

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1(July 2003)

Former crooked investor Warren White thought he scored a legal victory when he won the insanity plea in court. However, White learned that he had made a mistake as he found himself among Batman's most dangerous enemies within Arkham Asylum. After much torture and abuse, a disfigured Warren White was driven insane. Now one of Batman's enemies himself, White serves as a benefactor for other villains.

Duela Dent

Bob Rozakis

Batman Family #6(August 1976)

Duela Dent is a psychotic young woman who has an obsession with the Joker. To try and impress the Joker, she began a series of crimes before deciding to track down the Dollmaker, who is a mad surgeon and one of the Joker's allies. When Duela found Dollmaker, she convinced him to inject her veins with the Joker's blood, which he had been keeping in jars. She then proclaimed herself to be the Joker's "daughter", continuing her career as a supervillain.

Failsafe

Chip ZdarskyJorge 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 StarlinJim Aparo

Batman #417(March 1988)

Anatoli Knyazev is an ex-KGB assassin. He is among the villains who are executed by the second Tally Man.

Killer Moth

Bill FingerDick SprangLew Schwartz

Batman #63(February 1951)

Drury Walker, a.k.a. Cameron Van Cleer, is a moth-themed criminal, known for being the first villain defeated by Batgirl.

King Scimitar

Dennis McNicholas

Batman: The Audio Adventures Special #1 (December 2021)

King Scimitar is a Gotham City arms dealer focusing on exotic swords. He made himself an enemy of the League of Assassins.

Kite Man

Bill FingerDick Sprang

Batman #133(August 1960)

Charles "Chuck" Brown commits crimes by arming himself with kite-based weapons and hang-gliding on a large kite.

Maxie Zeus

Dennis O'NeilDon Newton

Detective Comics #483(May 1979)

Maximillian Zeus is a former history teacher who loses his mind and believes himself to be the Greek god Zeus, committing crimes modeled after Greek mythology. Completely delusional, yet quite dangerous, he usually uses electricity-based weaponry to emulate the lightning bolts of Zeus, and at one point formed the New Olympians consisting of characters based on Greek mythological characters. Though briefly cured of his delusional state, he reverted to his Maxie Zeus persona when the Joker murdered his nephew.

Onomatopoeia

Kevin SmithPhil Hester

Green Arrow #12(March 2002)

Onomatopoeia is a serial killer who targets non-powered vigilante superheroes. He earned his name because he imitates noises around him, such as dripping taps, gunshots, etc. No personal characteristics are known about Onomatopoeia, including his real name or facial features. Onomatopoeia is a superb athlete, martial artist, and weapons expert. He carries two semi-automatic handguns, a sniper rifle, and an army knife.

Owlman

Gardner FoxMike Sekowsky

Justice League of America #29(August 1964)

Thomas Wayne Jr. is an exceptionally intelligent supervillain who is the Earth-Three counterpart of Bruce Wayne. He is a member of the criminal organization known as the Crime Syndicate of America, the Earth-Three equivalent of the Justice League. His Prime Earth counterpart is one of the leaders of the Court of Owls, under the name of Lincoln March.

Prometheus II

Grant MorrisonArnie Jorgensen

New Year's Evil: Prometheus #1(February 1998)

While the original Prometheus, Curtis Calhoun, was an enemy of the Blue Beetle, the most notable villain to use the name is a twisted mirror image of Batman, real name unknown. As a child, he watched in horror as police slaughtered his parents in a Bonnie and Clyde-style shoot-out. He swore revenge upon "justice" as a result of this incident.

Penny Plunderer

Bill Finger Bob Kane

Worlds Finest Comics #30 (October 1947)

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 FoxLou Ferstadt

Flash Comics #36(December 1942)

Peter Merkel is a master contortionist and hypnotist who has fought Batman on many occasions. Since The New 52, he has been an inmate at Arkham Asylum.

Rag Doll II

Gail SimoneDale Eaglesham

Villains United #1(July 2005)

Peter Merkel Jr. is the son of the original Rag Doll, who was born with normal limbs, but underwent painful major surgery to become a contortionist supervillain like his father.

Ratcatcher

Alan GrantJohn WagnerNorm Breyfogle

Detective Comics #585(April 1988)

Otis Flannegan is a one-time ratcatcher who turns to a life of crime. He has the ability to communicate with and train rats, and uses them to plague Gotham City. Shortly after the Infinite Crisis began, the Ratcatcher was killed by an OMAC agent in hiding, who identified the Ratcatcher as a gamma level threat and vaporized him.

Enigma / The Riddler's Daughter

Geoff JohnsTony DanielCarlos FerreiraArt Thibert

Teen Titans (vol. 3) #38(September 2006)

"Enigma" is the heroic and criminal partner of Duela Dent, the Joker's Daughter.

The Batman Who Laughs

Scott SnyderGreg Capullo

Dark Days: The Casting #1(September 2017)

A version of Bruce Wayne from Earth-22 who was driven insane by Joker venom and murdered the Joker and the rest of the Batman family. Currently serves as the leader of the Dark Knights and a lieutenant to Barbatos.

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Don CameronJerry RobinsonBob Kane

Detective Comics #74(April 1943)

Dumphrey and Deever Tweed are cousins whose similar looks often have them mistaken for identical twins. The pair wear costumes modeled on their namesakes from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and are members of the Mad Hatter's Wonderland Gang.

Vandal Savage

Alfred BesterMartin Nodell

Green Lantern #10(winter 1943)

A Cro-Magnon warrior that was exposed to a meteorite that gave him immortality and who has influenced history, having been a Pharaoh in Egypt and a participant in the murder of Julius Caesar. Savage is the enemy of the Justice League, the Justice Society, the Immortal Man, the Resurrection Man, Hawkman, Alan Scott, Jay Garrick, Pandora, Superman and Batman, with occasional special interest in the Wayne family.

Ventriloquist II /Scarface

Paul DiniDon Kramer

Detective Comics #827(March 2007)

Peyton Riley, called "Sugar" by Scarface, became the second Ventriloquist after the death of Arnold Wesker.

White Rabbit

David FinchPaul Jenkins

Batman: The Dark Knight #1(September, 2011)

The daughter of Tom Hudson, Jaina Hudson dated Bruce Wayne after she moved from India to Gotham City. Until, during the breakout at Arkham Asylum, Jaina adopted her supervillain persona, White Rabbit, and gave both Batman and Gotham City Police Department a run for their money.

Victor Zsasz

Alan GrantNorm Breyfogle

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1(June 1992)

Victor Zsasz, a.k.a. Mister Zsasz, is a serial killer whose modus operandi involves slitting the throats of his victims, then arranging the bodies in lifelike poses. He cuts a tally mark onto his own body for each of his victims.

Blockbuster II

Roger Stern, Tom Lyle

Starman #9 (April 1989)

The second Blockbuster, Rolland Desmond, is the most prominent crime boss in Bludhaven who retains high intelligence due to combination of a less abrasive serum and a demonic pact with Neron. He also possess superhuman strength and often is a hulking individual.

Brutale

Chuck Dixon, Scott McDaniel

Nightwing (vol. 2) #22 (July 1998)

A former police interrogator from South America, Guillermo Barrera is a mercenary often employed by crime boss, Rolland Desmond, to battle Nighwing.

Double Dare

Nightwing (vol. 2) #32 (June 1999)

Sisters Margot and Aliki Marceau are successful aerialist and performers of Cirque Sensationnel who double as thieves.

Lady Vic

Nightwing (vol. 2) #14 (January 1997)

Hailing from a family line of British mercenaries, Lady Elaine Marsh-Morton carries versatile weaponry from her family's historical plunders and is a hired killer to maintain her family estate. Unlike most of his adversaries, Nightwing considered Lady Vic formidable threat in personal combat.

Shrike

Nightwing Secret Files and Origins #1 (October 1999)

Shrike is the name of several villains affiliated with the League of Assassins: The name was first held by a trainer who trained children into assassins until his operations were foiled by Grayson during his first year as Robin and circumstances led to his death. The second Shrike (Boone) was a former student who took his mentor's name sometime afterwards and harbors a strong enmity for Grayson due to a perceived betrayal of a friendship and subsequent death of his mentor.

Stallion

Nightwing (vol. 2) #14 (November 1997)

Former wide receiver or the Dallas Cowboys Randy Hanrahan lost a promising sports career due to an injury. Later working as a bouncer for the Iceberg Lounge, he eventually became a freelance assassin known for his steroid-enhanced physique to kill his targets despite his lack of formal training. The character was reintroduced a similar history, revealed a homosexual, and a member of the Run-Offs, making him an eventual ally of Nightwing.

Torque

Nightwing (vol. 2) #1 (October 1996)

Dudley "Deadly" Soames was a corrupt Blüdhaven police inspector and secret informant, and lieutenant for Blockbuster. When Soames became a liability, Desmond he attempted to kill himself by snapping his neck. Miraculously surviving albeit malformed by his head being backwards, he was rehabilitated from radical drug therapy and beginning a new criminal career as Torque, using special glasses to see forward and favors a tommy gun.

Giz and Mouse

Chuck Dixon, Jim Balent

Catwoman (vol. 2) #28(January 1996)

Experts in computer crime, Giz (Brandon Li) and Mouse (Pamela Sweigeld), Catwoman's former protege, are a romantic partners and thieves whom once worked with Blockbuster. Both character's histories are changed after DC Rebirth, also being supporting characters as part of Bludhaven's Run-Offs, a support group for former villains. Brandon is later killed while helping Nightwing investigate the Second Hand, a shell-crime group for Spyral.

Chuck Dixon, Mike Parobeck

Robin (vol. 2) #18 (July 1995)

Saiko

Kyle Higgins, Eddy Barrows

Nightwing (vol. 3) #1 (May 2012)

A former childhood best friend, Raymound McCreary served as Grayson's replacement for the Court of Owls's selection as an assassin. Not meeting their standards, he was discarded and blame Grayson for it and sought revenge.

Talon

Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo

Batman (vol. 2) #2 (December 2011)

Grayson's great-grandfather long-lived through electrum. William Cobb originated from poverty. Later employed as a knife-thrower in the circus, he was selected as a Talon with ambitions to rise above the aristocracy in Gotham. He creates the "Grayson" legacy with intents to begin an assassin legacy and frequently schemes to coerce his great-grandson into following his direction.

Parliament of Owls

Scott SnyderGreg Capullo

Batman (vol. 2) #3 (December 2011)

A global off-shoot of the Court of Owls working to expand their influence globally. Due to his relation to William Cobb, the Parliament is equally persistent in recruiting Dick Grayson as a Talon due to his skills and status, resorting to manipulation, coercion, and brainwashing.

Agent Zero II

Edmond Hamilton, Sheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #233 (July 1956)

The original Batwoman, Kathy Kane, her birthname is revealed to be Katrina Luka Netz, one of the two daughters of former Nazi scientent and original Agent Zero, Otto Netz (Doctor Dedalus). Taking a keen interest in Grayson, she manipulates events to keep him an agent of Spyral.

Alpha

Kelley PuckettDamion Scott

Batgirl (vol. 2) #35(November 2003)

Michael Sommers is a dangerous assassin and a terrorist-for-hire. Sommers joined the League of Assassins under Lady Shiva.

Anya Volkova

James Tynion IVScott SnyderGuillem March

Talon #3(February 2013)

Anya Volkova is a former member of the League of Assassins who has allied herself with Casey Washington in a fight against organizations like the League and the Court of Owls.

Bronze Tiger

Dennis O'NeilJim BerryLeo Duranona

Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #1(April–May 1975)

Ben Turner comes from an upper middle class black neighborhood in Central City. When he was only 10 years old, he saw a burglar attacking his parents, and he proceeded to kill the man with a kitchen knife. In an effort to control the rage inside him, Turner turns to the martial arts and, eventually, crime. He trained with the same martial arts masters as Batman and the Green Arrow.

Cheshire

Marv WolfmanGeorge Pérez

New Teen Titans Annual #2(August 1983)

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 FriedrichNeal AdamsDick Dillin

Justice League of America #94(November 1971)

Malcolm Merlyn the Dark Archer (Arthur King) is a highly skilled archer and mercenary. Although primarily an enemy of the Green Arrow, Merlyn has had several encounters with the Batman family as a member of the League of Assassins.

David Cain

Kelley PuckettDamion Scott

Batman #567(July 1999)

David Cain is the father of Cassandra Cain and an enemy to both her and Batman. David Cain helped train Bruce Wayne in the field of the martial arts.

December Graystone

James Tynion IVJulius Gopez

Red Hood and the Outlaws #21(August 2013)

December Graystone is a League of Assassins operative who can perform blood magic. He cuts himself to access various powers through spilled blood, such as telekinesis and teleportation.

Detonator

Peter MilliganFreddie E. Williams II

Batman #670(December 2007)

The Detonator is a member of the Seven Men of Death, aside from the League of Assassins.

Doctor Ebenezer Darrk

Dennis O'NeilNeal Adams

Detective Comics #405(November 1970)

Ebenezar Darrk is the first known individual assigned to head the League of Assassins by Ra's al Ghul. Although many of the League's leaders over the years have been accomplished martial artists, Darrk himself did not depend on physical prowess and, as an assassin, he instead relied upon careful planning and manipulation, ambushes and death traps, as well as a variety of cleverly concealed weapons and poisons. After earning Ra's' enmity (for unknown reasons), Darrk died during a plot to kidnap his daughter Talia al Ghul (then using the name Talia Head).

Doctor Moon

Dennis O'NeilIrv Novick

Batman #240(March 1972)

Dr. Moon is a highly immoral scientist and neurosurgeon. His areas of expertise are body modifications, psychological conditioning, and torture. He is known for hiring his services out to many different supervillains.

Doctor Tzin-Tzin

John BroomeSheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #354(August 1966)

Dr. Tzin-Tzin is a Fu Manchu-inspired Asian-looking (but actually American) crime lord who battles Batman several times and once encounters Jonny Double and Supergirl. Tzin-Tzin is seemingly killed on an airship during a battle with the Peacemaker.

Dragonfly

Robert KanigherSheldon Moldoff

Batman #181(June 1966)

The Dragonfly, alongside the Silken Spider and the Tiger Moth, attacked Wayne Manor.

White Ghost

Peter MilliganDavid Lopez

Batman Annual #26(October 2007)

Dusan al Ghul is the son of Ra's al Ghul, the grandson of the Sensei, the maternal uncle of Damian Wayne, and the brother of Talia al Ghul, who was rejected by his father because Dusan was born an albino. He tried everything to earn his father's respect, but eventually gave up and left. Dusan returns later as the White Ghost to use his nephew's Damian Wayne body for his father to use as a vessel.

Expediter

Christopher YostFrazer Irving

Azrael: Death's Dark Knight #3(July 2009)

Fadir Nasser (also going under the alias the "White Ghost") is the top secret agent of the League of Assassins and a loyal servant of Ra's al Ghul. He frequently clashed with Azrael II (Michael Washington Lane), Batman and Robin and, on one occasion, the Gotham City Sirens.

Grind

Mike W. BarrTrevor von Eeden

Batman Annual #8(January 1982)

Grind used to be Ra's al Ghul's bodyguard, until he was replaced by Ubu. He possessed the same temperament as his predecessor. Grind was seemingly killed in the subsequent explosion of Ra's' mountain fortress.

Hook

Jack MillerNeal Adams

Strange Adventures #210(March 1968)

The Hook is a retired gangster mostly known for having shot and killed Boston Brand, turning Brand into Deadman.

Kirigi

James OwsleyJim Aparo

Batman #431(March 1989)

Kirigi is a top martial artist and a League of Assassins trainer. Kirigi taught Bruce Wayne and various members of the League of Assassins the art of ninjitsu.

Kitty Kumbata

Chuck DixonScott McDaniel

Richard Dragon #1(July 2004)

Kitty Kumbata is a talented but mentally unstable martial artist. She has been a member of the League of Assassins and Lady Shiva's Circle of Six.

Kyle Abbot

Greg RuckaShawn Martinbrough

Detective Comics #743(April 2000)

Formerly an agent of Ra's al Ghul and Intergang, Kyle Abbot is the bodyguard of Whisper A'Daire, empowered by his mistress with the same serum that gave her immortality and shapeshifting abilities. In Kyle's case, the serum gave him the ability to turn into a wolf or a werewolf-like creature, making him the second-in-command of a small army of similarly empowered henchmen.

Lady Shiva

Dennis O'NeilRic Estrada

Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #5(December 1975)

Lady Shiva is a deadly martial artist and the mother of Cassandra Cain.

Maduvu

Grant MorrisonTony S. Daniel

Batman #671(January 2008)

Maduvu is a member of the Seven Men of Death.

Mad Dog III

Andersen GabrychAle Garza

Batgirl (vol. 2) #67(October 2005)

The Mad Dog III is the son of David Cain, who had begun thinking about what he would leave behind when he died. He wished for a "perfect child" — specifically a "perfect artisan of his craft". This led to the birth of the Mad Dog III.

Malaq

Greg RuckaShawn Martinbrough

Detective Comics #750(November 2000)

Malaq is a member and henchman of the League of Assassins.

Nyssa Raatko

Greg RuckaKlaus Janson

Detective Comics #783(August 2003)

Nyssa Raatko is a daughter of Ra's Al Ghul.

Onyx

Joey CavalieriJerome Moore

Detective Comics #546(January 1985)

Highly trained in the martial arts, Onyx first aligned herself with the League of Assassins before reforming and becoming a vigilante. She resides in Gotham City and is considered an ally of the Batman. She is a member of the Outsiders and the leader of the Fist Clan.

Owens

Christopher YostRamon Bachs

Red Robin #1(August 2009)

Owens is a sniper 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'NeilRic Estrada

Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #16 (August 1977)

Professor Ojo is a brilliant criminal scientist with a vendetta against atomic energy.

Prudence Wood

Christopher YostRamon Bachs

Red Robin #1(August 2009)

Pru is an assassin who worked for the Demon's Head, but later defected to work with Tim Drake.

Razorburn

Grant MorrisonTony S. Daniel

Batman #671(January 2008)

Razorburn was a member of the Seven Men of Death. As part of this team, he was summoned to Gotham City by Talia al Ghul to retrieve the Suit of Sorrows from the Order of Purity.

Rictus

James Tynion IVJulius Gopez

Red Hood and the Outlaws #21(August 2013)

Rictus is a criminal who replaced his body parts with cybernetics.

Sensei

Neal Adams

Strange Adventures #215(November–December 1968)

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 DixonSteve Lieber

Detective Comics #685(May 1995)

Silver Monkey is a martial artist who was trained by the Cult of the Monkey Fist. As an assassin and mercenary, he has become an enemy of Batman and the Green Arrow. He was eventually gunned down and killed by the Ventriloquist.

Silken Spider

Robert KanigherSheldon Moldoff

Batman #181(June 1966)

The Silken Spider is a member of the League of Assassins.

Shellcase

Grant MorrisonTony S. Daniel

Batman #670(December 2007)

Shellcase was a member of the Seven Men of Death. As part of this team, Shellcase was summoned to Gotham City to retrieve the Suit of Sorrows from the Order of Purity.

Targa

Judd Winick

Green Arrow and Black Canary #9(August 2008)

Targa is a telekinetic who is the leader of the League of Assassins' metahuman faction. He thinks that he is leading a subgroup of the League of Assassins. They took orders from whom they thought was Ra's al Ghul to kidnap Connor Hawke.

Tiger Moth

Robert KanigherSheldon Moldoff

Batman #181(June 1966)

The Tiger Moth's costume disorients opponents, making them incapable of hitting her.

Tigris

Andersen GabrychAlé Garza

Batgirl (vol. 2) #68(November 2005)

Tigris (not to be confused with Tigress) is a member of the League of Assassins under Nyssa Raatko's leadership and a devout disciple of Cassandra Cain. She is recognized by her niqab.

Ubu

Dennis O'NeilNeal Adams

Batman #232(June 1971)

Ubu is the name of several people in a long line in serving as Ra's al Ghul's bodyguard.

Vial

Christopher YostRamon Bachs

Red Robin #3(October 2009)

Vial is a member of the League of Assassins killed by Funnel, a member of their rival organization the Council of Spiders.

Whisper A'Daire

Greg RuckaShawn Martinbrough

Detective Comics #743(April 2000)

Whisper A'Daire is a former agent of Ra's al Ghul/partner of Kyle Abbot. While in his service, Ra's gifted her a serum that granted her immortality and the ability to shapeshift.

Clayface of Japan

Grant MorrisonChris Burnham

Batman Incorporated #6(June 2011)

The Clayface of Japan is a samurai with abilities similar to the previous Clayfaces.

Flamingo

Grant MorrisonFrank Quitely

Batman #666(July 2007)

Nicknamed "the eater of faces" for his cannibalistic tendencies, Eduardo Flamingo is a psychotic hitman who works for the Mob.

Jackanapes

Grant MorrisonAndy Kubert

The Jackanapes is a gorilla in a clown costume who wields a machete and a sub-machine gun.

Max Roboto

Max Roberto is a cyborg with a partially cybernetic face who operates in a futuristic timeline in which Damian Wayne is Batman.

Phosphorus Rex

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

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

The Weasel is a man with all-canine teeth. He appears as an enemy of Damian Wayne in the future.

Absence

Paul CornellScott McDaniel

Batman and Robin #18(January 2011)

A former girlfriend of Bruce Wayne, Una Nemo received a bullet in her head and survived. Now, she is stalking and killing Bruce Wayne's former mistresses.

Big Top

Grant MorrisonFrank Quitely

Batman and Robin #2(September 2009)

Big Top is a morbidly obese bearded man in a tutu. He is part of the Circus of Strange.

Doctor Dedalus

Grant MorrisonYanick Paquette

Batman Incorporated #3(March 2011)

Otto Netz is a mad scientist and the father of Kathy Kane, the original Batwoman. Years ago, Netz was defeated by the spy syndicate Spyral and imprisoned; suffering from Alzheimer's disease, he was locked away, but secretly escaped and brainwashed his jailer to take his place. Netz was recruited by Leviathan to build a doomsday device, but died at the hands of Damian Wayne to save Batman and Nightwing.

Heretic

Grant MorrisonDavid Finch

Batman and Robin #12 (April 2010)

The mysterious Heretic is a clone of Damian Wayne, artificially aged and genetically enhanced by Talia al Ghul. He is Leviathan's most fearsome soldier, having killed both Knight and his "brother" Damian.

Id

David HineAgustin Padilla

Batman Annual #28(February 2011)

The Id is a French supervillain who could awaken hidden desires in any human being with a mere touch. Sister Crystal turned his head into glass, with his brain always visible.

Jezebel Jet

Grant MorrisonAndy Kubert

Batman #656(October 2006)

The President of a small African nation, Jezebel Jet was a successful model and philanthropist who became romantically involved with Bruce Wayne. However, she was also a high-ranking member of the Black Glove and agreed to seduce Wayne in exchange for the Black Glove murdering her adopted father and installing her as president. Her attempt to drive Batman insane failed due to Batman realizing she was a spy; she was murdered by the Man-Bat Commandos sent by Talia al Ghul.

King Kraken

Grant MorrisonTony S. Daniel

Batman #676(June 2008)

King Kraken is an aquatic criminal from Sweden and a deep sea diver known to go up against Batman and Wingman.

Mister Toad

Grant MorrisonFrank Quitely

Batman and Robin #1(August 2009)

Mister Toad is a mutant toad-man who is part of the Circus of Strange.

Ray Man

David HineGreg TocchiniAndrei Bressan

Batman and Robin #26(August 2011)

A French supervillain who can create visual illusions out of a hole in his head. While creating a mass illusion, the Ray Man pretends to be a reality-warping god-like superbeing named Paradox.

Siam

Siam is a name used by conjoined triplets with a specialized fighting style. They are members of the Circus of Strange.

Sister Crystal

A French supervillainess using the name Sister Crystal who has the ability to turn everything she touches into glass.

Skin Talker

The Skin Talker has a unique skin disease that make words appear on his body. He is fully in control of this ability, and the words on his skin have hidden hypnotic effects.

Son of Man

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 MorrisonCameron Stewart

Batman Incorporated #4(March 2011)

Janosz Valentin / Johnny Valentine is the son of the infamous Professor Pyg. Janosz wears a similar pig mask to his father, but it is heavily damaged and has red eyes. He is a masochist who claims that he can teach others to feel no pain.

Swagman

Grant MorrisonTony Daniel

Batman #676(June 2008)

The Swagman is an armored supervillain who targets members of the Batman family.

White Knight

Peter TomasiPatrick Gleason

Batman and Robin #21(April 2011)

A mysterious being of light who seeks to battle the darkness of Gotham City, the White Knight targeted the relatives of Arkham Asylum's inmates to save their souls by dressing them as angels and forcing them to commit suicide. As a very resourceful and inventive serial killer, the White Knight's ultimate goal is to kill all of Arkham's inmates.

Bentley

Tony Daniel

Detective Comics (vol. 2) #2(October 2011)

A member of the Dollmaker Family, Bentley is a being of brute strength.

Matilda Mathis / Dollhouse

Dollmaker III's daughter who initially dressed as a nurse with a ceramic mask stitched into her face as the Dollmaker III's right-hand henchwoman. 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

Jack-in-the-Box is a member of the Dollmaker Family who has a mutilated, surgically enhanced body with arms seemingly made of rubber.

Mister Toxic

Mister Toxic began as a low-level criminal known as "the Gas Man", one of several amateur supervillains that the Penguin called upon to offer them "protection" for their money. The Gas Man eventually became Mr. Toxic and found himself more than a match for Batman. After Mr. Toxic robbed several nuclear plants, Batman discovered that he was the dying clone of one of Bruce Wayne's fellow businessmen. Batman was able to defeat Mr. Toxic, who has not been seen since.

Olivia Carr

Olivia Carr is a girl who was kidnapped and brainwashed into becoming a member of the Dollmaker Family.

Orifice

The Orifice is a member of the Dollmaker Family who has various foreign limbs and tissue stitched to his body.

Sampson

A member of the Dollmaker Family, Sampson is a small man made to look like a toy monkey.

Wesley Mathis

Wesley Mathis is a serial killer and former enemy of Commissioner Gordon who would take his son Barton Mathis (who would grow up to become the Dollmaker III), on "hunting trips" in which he kidnapped and cannibalized human beings. He was eventually killed in a struggle with Gordon, leading to his son's personal vendetta against Gordon.

Brute

James Tynion IVMikel Janín

Detective Comics (vol. 2) #19(June 2013)

The Brute is a prisoner of Santa Prisca who has gone through extensive new experimentations with Venom.

Malicia

Malicia is an ally of Bane who has gone through experiments with Venom at Santa Prisca.

Professor

The Professor is a scientist who works at Santa Prisca and specializes in experiments with Venom for Bane.

Wolf-Spider

The Wolf-Spider is a recruit of Bane who has been enhanced with Venom.

Doctor Falsario

Tim SeeleyScott SnyderJames Tynion IVRay FawkesJohn LaymanAndy Clarke

Batman Eternal #18(October 2014)

Doctor Falsario is a supervillain who has hypnotic powers.

Barton Mathis / The Dollmaker III

Tony Daniel

Detective Comics (vol. 2) #1(September 2011)

The leader of his "Family", Barton Mathis is a mad doctor who specializes in organ transplantation. He is responsible for the creation of twisted surgical abominations made of several different limbs and organs stitched into one being. He runs an organ trade business and is responsible for cutting the Joker's face off. 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

Detective Comics (vol. 2) #5(March 2012)

Eli Strange is the criminal son of Hugo Strange. Eli Strange collaborated with Catwoman during some of his criminal activities. His real name is later revealed to be Elliot Montrose.

Emperor Penguin /Emperor Blackgate

John LaymanJason Fabok

Detective Comics (vol. 2) #13 (December 2012)

Ignatius Ogilvy was the right-hand man of the Penguin, who had aspirations of taking over the Penguin's criminal empire as his operative "the Emperor Penguin". 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 NocentiRafa Sandoval

Catwoman (vol. 4) #17(April 2013)

Otto Baxter Kruft', a.k.a. Fishnet, is a henchman for the Penguin, recognizable for wearing a fishnet stocking over his face.

Volt

Volt is the Penguin's resident technological genius and creator of many of his weapons. An accident gave Volt electrical powers.

Hypnotic

Tony Daniel

Detective Comics (vol. 2) #6 (April 2012)

Hypnotic is an upstart criminal who works under the Penguin's guidance. He uses radio waves to control his victims' minds.

Imperceptible Man

The Imperceptible Man is a seemingly invisible criminal who came to Gotham in an alliance with the Penguin.

Jill Hampton

Jill Hampton works for the Penguin and is Charlotte Rivers' sister.

Mister Combustible

Mr. Combustible is an upstart criminal who works under the Penguin's guidance.

Snakeskin

Snakeskin is a shapeshifter and Jill Hampton's boyfriend.

Grotesque

Gail SimoneArdian SyafAlitha Martinez

Batgirl (vol. 4) #7(May 2012)

Grotesque is a masked man identified as "snobbish" because of his very eccentric tastes.

Knightfall

Gail SimoneAlitha Martinez

Batgirl (vol. 4) #10(August 2012)

Charise Carnes was a prisoner at Arkham Asylum when a massive breakout took place in which she watched the other inmates torture and kill others. After getting out of the asylum, Carnes became a vigilante called Knightfall who torments and murders criminals, eventually becoming an enemy of Batgirl.

Merrymaker

John LaymanJason Fabok

Detective Comics (vol. 2) #17(February 2013)

The Merrymaker is a supervillain who leads a gang of criminals called the League of Smiles, who are obsessed with the Joker.

Mister Bloom

Scott SnyderGreg Capullo

Batman (vol. 2) #43(August 2015)

Real name unknown, Mr. Bloom stole high-tech seeds that allowed him to manipulate his own body, seeing himself as a gardener come to prune the garden of Gotham as a failed experiment.

Mister Bygone

Scott SnyderJames Tynion IVRay FawkesDustin NguyenTrevor McCarthy

Batman Eternal #6(July 2014)

Mr. Bygone is a mysterious man who is a product of the insanity that infests Arkham Asylum.

Mister Mosaic

Tony Daniel

Detective Comics (vol. 2) #5(March 2012)

Mr. Mosaic is a deformed rich underboss of the Penguin.

Mother

James Tynion IVScott SnyderTony Daniel

Batman and Robin Eternal #1(October 2015)

The sole survivor of a village that was destroyed in the crossfire of a brutal war, "Mother" sees herself as making children stronger by forcing them to endure tragedy, believing that Batman shares her views in his efforts to "mold" the Robins.

Nobody

Peter TomasiPatrick Gleason

Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #1(September 2011)

Morgan Ducard (a.k.a. "Nobody") has almost telekinetic powers seemingly based on sound waves. Ducard is the son of Henri Ducard, the detective who once trained Bruce Wayne. He seeks to destroy Batman Incorporated and believes that killing criminals could save more lives than simply putting them in prison and allowing them to live.

Punchline

James Tynion IV

Batman (vol. 3) #89(April 2020)

Alexis Kaye was a college student who developed an unhealthy obsession with the Joker, eventually becoming his new sidekick and girlfriend. She is adept at wielding knives and makes use of Joker venom.

Trickster III

Greg PakJae Lee

Batman/Superman #1(June 2013)

Kaiyo is a mischievous New God from Apokolips who can pass between worlds at will. She is responsible for the first meeting between Batman and Superman.

White Rabbit

David FinchPaul Jenkins

Batman: The Dark Knight (vol. 2) #1(September 2011)

Jaina Hudson is the mastermind behind a toxin known to obliterate all fear from one's mind. Due to her involvement with Bane and the Scarecrow, she once managed to defeat Batman.

Menace

Justin GrayJimmy PalmiottiEduardo Pansica

Batwing #25(January 2014)

Russell Tavaroff is a former friend of Luke Fox who became his enemy upon getting exposed to the Venom offshoot Snakebite, which gives him enhanced strength and durability at the cost of giving him a mental illness.

Wolf Spider

Mark AndreykoJeremy Haun

Batwoman (vol. 2) #26(February 2014)

Evan Blake is a playboy and an old friend of Kate Kane who operates as the art thief the Wolf Spider. He is not to be confused with a similarly named recruit of Bane who has a hyphen in his name.

Tusk

Peter TomasiDoug MahnkePatrick Gleason

Batman and Robin Annual Vol. 2 #2(January 2014)

Tusk is a metahuman crime lord with tusks and elephant-like skin.

Haunter

Scott Bryan WilsonBilquis Evely

Batman Annual (vol. 3) #1(January 2017)

Real name unknown; the Haunter is a malnourished woman with orange hair. She has the ability to kill anyone whose DNA she comes in contact with, causing them to dissipate into black smoke. She is hinted to be already known to Batman and to be on good terms with the rest of Batman's villains in Arkham. She escapes from Arkham and assists the Scarecrow in a plan to release fear gas in Gotham on Christmas Eve, but both are paralyzed by the gas and recaptured by Batman.

Stag

Steve OrlandoRiley Rossmo

Batman Annual (vol. 3) #1(January 2017)

The Stag is a mysterious woman adorned in black and yellow, a black horned headdress, and a white mask. Not much is known about her currently. She is first seen invading the apartment of Barry O'Neill and killing him with a stab to the forehead.

Blackbird

Julie BensonShawna BensonRoge Antonio

Batgirl/Birds of Prey #8(May 2017)

The Blackbird is a woman with the metahuman power to drain those of others. Feeling that metahumans were oppressed, she planned to take the powers of many for herself and use them to create a revolution. She managed to lure in several students under the guise of a training school, forming an association with Roulette. Her students included Gemini and an undercover Black Canary.

Abattoir

Marv WolfmanJim Aparo

Detective Comics #625(January 1991)

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 DixonGraham Nolan

Detective Comics #683(March 1995)

The Actuary is a mathematical genius who applies formulae to aid the Penguin in committing crimes.

Agent Orange[citation needed]

Mike W. BarrJim Aparo

Batman and the Outsiders #3(October 1983)

Claiming to be a Vietnam War veteran, Agent Orange is a supervillain who blames the United States government for his injuries. He attacks the citizens of Gotham City with the help of his followers.

Amba Kadiri

David Vern ReedErnie Chan

Batman #274(April 1976)

An Indian thief and leader of the Afro-Asian block of the Underworld Olympians, Amba Kadiri crossed paths with Batman, only to be captured so that her team may go on in the competition. She is an accomplished thief and martial artist who bears steel-clawed fingertips.

Amygdala

Alan GrantNorm Breyfogle

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #3(August 1992)

Aaron Helzinger is a powerful behemoth with a childlike temper. He is quick to anger and turns into a murdering monster after doctors experiment on his brain. He has been stopped by Batman in the past by applying a severe blow to the back of his neck.

Answer

Alan GrantMark Buckingham

Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins #1(October 1998)

Mike Patten is an engineer in Gotham City 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 SnyderKyle Higgins

Batman: Gates of Gotham #1(July 2011)

Zachary Gate is the descendant of Nicholas Anders, one of the architect brothers who constructed Gotham City's bridges. Upon his stepbrother's death, Nicholas attempted to avenge him by killing Gotham's founding fathers: the Waynes, the Cobblepots and the Elliots, on whom he blamed his death. He was then jailed for the murder of Robert Kane and declared that the forefathers' descendants would suffer for their sins. Zachary comes across this knowledge and the name of the Architect from his ancestor's journals and decided to avenge him, setting his goals on eliminating the forefathers' descendants.

Atom-Master

Bill FingerDick Sprang

World's Finest #101(May 1959)

A scientist whose helmet can cast illusions.

Atomic-Man

Sheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #280(June 1960)

Paul Strobe is a scientist who can shoot beams from his eyes that can transmute matter into another form and focuses them through the special lenses of his goggles.

Bad Samaritan

Mike W. BarrAlan Davis

Outsiders #3(January 1986)

"The Bad Samaritan" is a highly trained agent of the USSR that became an independent contractor in espionage, terrorism, and assassination working for virtually all major governments.

Baffler

Chuck DixonTom Grummett

Robin (vol. 4) #1(November 1993)

Titus Samuel Czonka is an unintelligent brute who leaves riddles for Batman to solve, similar to the Riddler and the Cluemaster.

Bag O'Bones

Gardner FoxSheldon Moldoff

Batman #195(September 1967)

Radioactivity transforms Ned Creegan into a skeletal-looking "living X-ray photo" who calls himself Bag O'Bones and battles Batman and Robin. Creegan later returns as the Cyclotronic Man, fighting Black Lightning and Superman. Still later, he adopts the name the One Man Meltdown and battles the Outsiders. After getting the medical treatment he needs, Creegan goes back to prison, content to do his time in jail and then reform.

Batzarro

Jeph LoebEd McGuinness

Superman/Batman #20(June 2005)

Batzarro is a Bizarro version of Batman whose origins remain unknown.

Benedict Asp

Dennis O'Neil

Justice League Task Force #6(November 1993)

Benedict Asp is the brother of Shondra Kinsolving, the trained physiotherapist who meets Bruce Wayne when he is dealing with exhaustion and helps to look after him after he is injured by Bane. He kidnaps her and turns her abilities to evil uses. Asp reveals Shondra's healing powers and, along with his own psychic abilities, uses her to telekinetically kill an entire village. Bruce eventually defeats Benedict, but the events traumatize Shondra.

Billy Numerous

Catwoman (vol. 3) #78(April 2008)

Billy Numerous has the ability to make copies of himself, which he uses for criminal activity. He has taken on Slam Bradley and the Catwoman.

Birthday Boy

Geoff JohnsGary Frank

Batman: Earth One(July 2012)

In the Earth One re-imagining of Batman's origin, Ray Salinger is a serial killer who operated at the beginning of Batman's career. Nicknamed "the Birthday Boy", Salinger kidnaps and murders young women who resemble his first victim. His modus operandi is to give the person that he is about to kill a birthday cake with his first victim's name on it and tells them to "make a wish".

Bizarro-Batman

Edmond HamiltonCurt Swan

World's Finest Comics #156(March 1966)

Not to be confused with Batzarro, Bizarro-Batman is a Bizarro version of Batman who appeared as a member of a Bizarro version of the Justice League of America. Bizarro-Batman originates from Htrae, the Bizarro World.

Black and White Bandit

Dave Gibbons

Batman: Gotham Knights #12(February 2001)

Roscoe Chiara was an artist who was hired to create a portrait using experimental paint. After doing so, he completely lost the ability to see colors. Chiara then began robbing public locations of valuable materials.

Black Spider I

Gerry ConwayErnie Chan

Detective Comics #463(September 1976)

The first Black Spider is Eric Needham, a hunter of the drug dealers who ruined his life.

Black Spider II

Doug MoenchKelley Jones

Batman #518(May 1995)

The second Black Spider is Johnny LaMonica. He is killed by Crispus Allen during a gang shooting.[citation needed]

Black Spider III

Gail Simone

Birds of Prey #87(December 2005)

A third Black Spider appears named 'Derrick Coe, who battles the Birds of Prey.[citation needed]

Blockbuster I

Gardner FoxCarmine Infantino

Detective Comics #345(November 1965)

Mark Desmond is a former chemist who experiments on himself and subsequently becomes a mindless brute who possesses super-strength.

Blue Bat

Bill FingerDick Sprang

Batman #127(October 1959)

In an alternate universe, the Blue Bat was a criminal who wore the Batman costume.

Bouncer

Gardner FoxCarmine Infantino

Detective Comics #347(January 1966)

The Bouncer is a metallurgist who discovers "an alloy of rubber, steel, and chrome" called "elastalloy", which he uses to create a suit that allows him to bounce "tremendous distances or from great heights—yet not be harmed at all!" The Bouncer fights Batman twice, once alone and once as a minion of the Monarch of Menace.

"Brains" Beldon

Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #301(March 1962)

"Brains" Beldon is a criminal genius who pulls off a $20,000,000 heist in Gotham City before being defeated by Batman. He is the father of the Teen Titans' foe the Disruptor.

Brand

Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff

Batman #137(February 1961)

The Brand is a cowboy-themed supervillain who uses cattle brands as weapons and as clues for future crimes.

Bruno

Frank MillerKlaus JansonLynn Varley

The Dark Knight Returns(February–June 1986)

In the Dark Knight Universe, Bruno is a neo-Nazi who is a chief henchwoman of the Joker and has ties to the Mutant Gang.

"Buzz" Galvan

Chuck DixonTom Lyle

Detective Comics #644(May 1992)

Elmo "Buzz" Galvan has the ability to control electricity. He requires an electrical generator to provide him with power. He can then use the electricity to fire powerful blasts, generate force fields and electro-statically crawl up walls. Galvan was a robber who, along with three others, stole 2 million pounds and in the process murdered four people. The gang were about to make their getaway to a Caribbean island when they were captured by Batman. Galvan's gang blamed him for the murders and he took the fall and was sentenced to die in the electric chair. On his execution date, Galvan was enraged to see the witnesses, who he perceived had come to laugh at his death. The execution was unsuccessful, damaging his nervous system and leaving him partially paralyzed. The laws of the state decreed that he could not be executed again. Unwilling to be confined to a charity ward for the rest of his life, Galvan crawled from his bed and bit into a power line in an attempt to kill himself. The electricity restored his ability to move and gave him control over electricity. Galvan set out to avenge himself against those he believed had mocked him.

Calamity

Brenden FletcherBecky CloonanKarl KerschlGerry DugganShawn Crystal

Gotham Academy #1(October 1, 2014)

The latest in the long line of Calamity aliases, Sybil Silverlock / Calamity slowly lost control of herself due to possession by the vengeful ghost of her ancestor, Amity Arkham. Sybil woke up after a blackout to discover she had murdered her own husband and her grip on her own mind kept worsening until she was defeated by Batman and Robin after setting an entire residential block alight in the Narrows. Following the collapse of Arkham Asylum, Sybil became a patient in a coma held in Arkham Manor. When Dr. Eric Border exposed his true identity as the Joker in the asylum and infected a portion of Clayface with Joker venom, unleashing the new monster Clownface, Silverlock was awakened from her coma and escaped from the asylum in the confusion.

Captain Stingaree

Bob RozakisMichael UslanErnie Chan

Detective Comics #460(June 1976)

Karl Courtney is a criminal who commits crimes using a pirate motif.

Cavalier I

Don CameronBob Kane

Detective Comics #81(November 1943)

Mortimer Drake is an expert swordsman who speaks in Shakespearean English and dresses in a French musketeer costume. Initially depicted as craving adventure and riches, the rogue was repeatedly bested by Batman and Robin. The Cavalier eventually lost his mind, and can sometimes be seen as an inmate or escapee from Arkham Asylum.

Cavalier II

James RobinsonTim Sale

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #32(June 1992)

The second Cavalier is Hudson Pyle, a sword-wielding vigilante.

Charlatan

Bill FingerLew Sayre Schwartz

Batman #68(1951)

Paul Sloan was a successful actor who was persuaded to impersonate Two-Face by a number of Gotham's villains when Two-Face refused to join their scheme after Two-Face's coin landed with the unscarred side up. Paul ends up encountering Batman briefly in the process. He is later tortured and disfigured by Two-Face and experimented upon by the Scarecrow. Paul returned years later, attacking the various villains who had recruited him, all in an attempt to get to Batman. He is currently incarcerated at Arkham Asylum.

Chancer

Alan GrantTim Sale

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #7(December 1992)

The Chancer is a bank robber, real name unknown, who is armed with simply a baton.

Clayface VI /The Claything II

Doug MoenchKelley Jones

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #27(January 1998)

Dr. Peter Malley, also known as the second Claything, was a DEO scientist who was transformed when he merged with a sample of Cassius Payne. Malley has the ability to melt objects simply by looking at them.

Clayface VII

Ed BrubakerDarwyn Cooke

Catwoman (vol. 3) #1(January 2002)

Todd Russell is a serial killer with the ability to transform into virtually any shape and size who targets prostitutes.

Clayface VIII

A. J. LiebermanJavier Pina

Batman: Gotham Knights #60(February 2005)

Johnny Williams 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(July 1947)

In Pre-Crisis continuity, the second person to use the identity of the Clock is a clock-themed criminal who is primarily an enemy of Robin. Not to be confused with the Clock King II.

Clownface

Gerry DugganShawn Crystal

Arkham Manor #2(November 26, 2014)

"Clownface" originally began as a stray piece of Clayface's body that became unattached and gained enough sentience to morph itself into a mute old man. This man was found and taken to Arkham Manor because of his unresponsiveness. Bruce Wayne, who was undercover as Jack Shaw in the manor, was able to recognize the man as a portion of Clayface, but avoided blowing his own cover to alert the guards. The Joker, undercover also, as the Arkham attendant Eric Border, shed his disguise and secretly infected this 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 KupperbergDon Newton

Batman #352 (October 1982)

Real name unknown, Colonel Blimp is a man in a purple and gold uniform similar to that of a German zeppelin pilot. He has twice stolen a submarine, using a blimp he flies armed with magnetic tentacles. He holds the submarine for ransom, announcing to the city that he will not return the submarine until a certain amount of money is paid. The second time, he is stopped by Gotham Girl.

Colonel Sulphur

Dennis O'NeilIrv Novick

Batman #241(May 1972)

Colonel Sulphur is a self-styled warrior with a vast knowledge of psychological terror who fights Batman four times in the 1970s and 1980s. Sulphur also encounters Superman and Supergirl and puts together an Army of Crime.

Composite Superman

Edmond HamiltonCurt Swan

World's Finest Comics #142(June 1964)

An out-of-work scuba diver, Joseph Meach gained the combined powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes after being struck by the energy discharge of their statues while he slept. He then desired to defeat Superman and Batman. Later the effect and his memory faded, but his powers were restored by an alien whose father had been imprisoned by Batman and Robin. Meach sacrificed himself to save the superheroes.

Condiment King

Chuck DixonScott Beatty

Batgirl: Year One #8(September 2003)

Mitchell Mayo is a villain who makes use of various condiments, sometimes capable of causing anaphylactic shock. He is a comedy relief villain that is easily defeated by Robin and Batgirl.

Cornelius Stirk

Alan GrantNorm Breyfogle

Detective Comics #592(November 1998)

Cornelius Stirk is an Arkham Asylum inmate who possesses latent psychic abilities; specifically, the ability to induce hallucinations and fear in others. A delusional psychotic, Stirk believes that he will die unless he regularly eats human hearts.

Corrosive Man

Alan GrantJohn WagnerNorm Breyfogle

Detective Comics #587(June 1988)

A convicted murderer, Derek Mitchell escapes from jail seeking vengeance on Mortimer Kadaver, but is involved in an unfortunate accident on the way that turns him into a literally corrosive man, his 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(May–June 1946)

Paul Dekker is an ex-painter who leads a double life as a master thief and is blinded by a gunshot wound during a botched robbery. While in prison, he volunteers for an experimental procedure that would restore his vision. There is a side effect, however: even though he can see, he can only see in blinding, disorienting colors. This drives him insane, and he adopts the identity of Crazy Quilt I.

Crazy Quilt II

Gail SimoneDale Eaglesham

Villains United #2(August 2005)

Apparently, the new Secret Society of Super Villains, led by Alexander Luthor Jr., has in its roster a new version of Crazy Quilt; a woman with the characteristic costume and vision-helmet of the previous villain. Only glimpsed in the background, she has yet to resurface.

Crime Doctor

Bill FingerBob Kane

Detective Comics #77(July 1943)

Matthew Thorne was a reputable surgeon for criminals, but he would stop his crimes to minister to the sick or injured. He later appears under the new name of Bradford Thorne. He is an expert in torture.

Crimesmith

Marv WolfmanJim Aparo

Batman #443(January 1990)

Doctor Ryan Smith is a brilliant scientist and media personality. He gives detailed plans for robberies to gangs of crooks with the understanding that they would give him a large percentage of the loot.

Crimson Knight

Dave WoodSheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #271(September 1959)

The Crimson Knight, whose real name is Dick Lyons, is a mysterious metal-clad crime fighter who appears in Gotham City as an apparent aide to Batman and Robin. The Caped Crusaders suspect the new arrival may have illegal motives.

Cryonic Man

Mike W. BarrJim Aparo

Batman and the Outsiders #6(January 1984)

Philip was a lab assistant for Professor Niles Raymond who developed a cryogenic chamber. Fearful of the threat of nuclear war, Raymond froze himself, Philip, and their wives in 1947 in hopes of surviving any oncoming conflict. Decades later, Philip was chosen to be awakened to determine if the world had become a safe place again. However, Philip's wife was inflicted with a debilitating disease and he subjected themselves to the freezing process in hopes of waking up in a time with the medical advances to save her life. Becoming the Cryonic Man, Philip sought organs to replace those of his wife which were failing, bringing him into conflict with Batman and the Outsiders.

Cyber-C.A.T.

Doug MoenchJim Balent

Catwoman (vol. 2) #42(February 1997)

Christina Chiles is a scientist who designed a state of the art robotic suit operated by her brainwaves, bristling with weapons like lasers and rockets. When the Catwoman broke into the lab to steal a microchip, Christina dons the suit herself to stop her as a trial run. After they clash several times, Chiles gets obsessed with hunting down and destroying the Catwoman to prove her superiority — a side effect of the suit's mind-link. Eventually, the Catwoman defeats her after building a robotic suit for herself.

Cypher

Chuck DixonMichael Netzer

Detective Comics #657(March 1993)

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 (Tim Drake) 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 ConwayGene Colan

Batman #343(January 1982)

David Rennington is the owner of a blade manufacturing company called Rennington Steel. When facing hard times, Rennington becomes the Dagger, running an old-fashioned protection racket until being apprehended by Batman. He is later recruited by Ra's al Ghul.

Dark Knight

Scott SnyderRafael Albuquerque

All-Star Batman #11(August 2017)

A clone of Alfred Pennyworth who was created by Briar.

Anatoly Davidovich andVassily Davidovich /The Davidovich Brothers

Fabian NiciezaKevin Maguire

Batman Confidential #19(September 2008)

Anatoly and Vassily Davidovich are brothers who are members of an unidentified branch of the Russian Mafia.

Deacon Blackfire

Jim StarlinBernie Wrightson

Batman: The Cult #1(August 1988)

Deacon Joseph Blackfire is a religious fanatic who forms an army in the sewers beneath Gotham, largely composed of the homeless. Blackfire begins a violent war on crime, which escalates into him taking over the entire city, isolating it from the rest of the country.

Dealer

Scott SnyderJock

Batman #872(February 2011)

Primarily an enemy to Dick Grayson, the Dealer is an auctioneer who sells to the wealthy memorabilia and weapons used by, or that have formerly belonged to, reputable supervillains.

Death Rattle

Dan SlottRyan Sook

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1(July 2003)

Erasmus Rayne is a serial killer and a cult leader.

Doctor Aesop

Paul DiniDustin Nguyen

Detective Comics #846(September 2008)

Dr. Aesop is a criminal who commits crimes based on Aesop's Fables. He is an old man who carries a cane, which he wields as a deadly weapon. He keeps a menagerie of dangerous animals, which represent some of the fables he seems to cherish. Dr. Aesop was seemingly killed, but recovered from his wounds and later resurfaced in Gotham City Sirens #9.

Doctor Double X

Dave WoodSheldon MoldoffBob Kane

Detective Comics #261(November 1958)

Dr. Simon Ecks discovers that human auras could be enhanced to function outside of the body. When Ecks creates an energy-duplicate of himself, his mind becomes dominated by the doppelgänger, who calls himself Doctor Double X.

Doctor Fang

Doug MoenchGene Colan

Detective Comics #536(March 1984)

Dr. Fang is a criminal mastermind who was killed by Night-Slayer.

Doctor No-Face

Dave WoodSheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #319(September 1963)

Bart Magan tried to use a device that would erase a facial scar, but ended up erasing his entire face.

Doctor Phosphorus

Steve Englehart

Detective Comics #469(May 1977)

Alexander James Sartorius is a mad criminal with radioactive powers resulting from the meltdown of a Gotham nuclear power plant.

Doctor Zodiac

Leo DorfmanCurt Swan

World's Finest Comics #160(September 1966)

Theodore B. Carrigan is a carnival mystic who turns to crime, basing his robberies on horoscopes. In his first outing, he is apprehended by Batman, Robin, and Superman. Later, he steals 12 coins from Atlantis, each bearing a Zodiac symbol, which bestow him with various powers. Once again, Batman and Superman thwart his plans. 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(Dr. Zodiac should not be confused with the Zodiac Master).

Dodge

Adam BeechenFreddie Williams II

Robin (vol. 4) #160(March 2007)

Michael Lasky was just a kid who wanted to be a hero. He ran into Robin a few times and tried become Robin's partner, but Robin refused since he just got in the way and told him to go home. One night as Robin was trying to stop some kidnappers, Dodge interfered and his teleportation belt got damaged. Dodge was left in a coma after the battle and Robin took him to a hospital. Robin, feeling responsible for Dodge's condition, visited him regularly until one day, he disappeared. In the future, Dodge would return, but not as his former self; his skin had been turned to a shimmering red and he was furious with Robin. He had fallen into a life of crime, selling a dangerous drug that turned normal people into metahuman murderers. His criminal enterprise was built upon the hope that he would eventually meet Robin again and kill him. During a battle with Robin, Zatara, and Rose Wilson, his body inexplicably vanished and he is presumed dead.

Doodlebug

Dan SlottRyan Sook

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1(July 2003)

Daedalus Boch is an artist who believes he receives visions of inspiration and then compulsively recreates them on whatever canvas they indicate, including people.

Danny the Dummy

Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff

Batman #134(September 1960)

Danny the Dummy, a pint-sized ventriloquist in a top hat and suit, has a hit act in which he plays the dummy to a normal-sized "ventriloquist" named Matt (who is revealed as the real dummy at the end of each show). The fact that people invariably refer to Danny as "the Dummy" infuriates him and inspires him to use ventriloquist's dummies for crime to make dummies out of the law.

Egghead

William DozierStanley Ralph RossEdwin Self

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #3(August 1992)

Edgar Heed believes himself to be "the world's smartest criminal", and his crimes usually have an egg motif to them, as well as including egg puns in his speech whenever appropriate. The character is an inmate of Arkham Asylum and patient of Jeremiah Arkham.

Eivol Ekdal

John BroomeSheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #346(December 1965)

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 FingerSheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #294(August 1961)

John Dolan was exposed to a leak from an experiment the professor he assisted was working on, leaving him randomly turning into different elements. Designing a belt to control these transformations, he took to a life of crime as the Elemental Man before Batman was able to restore him. Strike Force Kobra had a member fashioned after Dolan named the Elemental Woman.

Eraser

Robert KanigherSheldon Moldoff

Batman #188(December 1966)

Leonard Fiasco is a professional at covering the tracks of other crimes. For a 20% cut, the Eraser will "erase" the evidence of another crime.

Executioner

Dick Sprang

Detective Comics #191(January 1953)

Willy Hooker is a vigilante who murders wanted criminals for the reward money.

Facade

Paul DiniJ. H. Williams III

Detective Comics #821(September 2006)

Erik Hanson is a former employee at a trendy Gotham City nightclub for the city's popular socialites. He organizes a gang to replace them as a ploy to enter Gotham's elite.

False-Face

Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff

Batman #113(February 1958)

False-Face is a criminal make-up artist and master of disguise who uses his skill to impersonate wealthy people.

Firebug I

Len WeinIrv Novick

Batman #318(December 1979)

An African American former soldier and demolitions expert, Joseph Rigger returned to find his family dead due to substandard housing in three separate buildings. As the Firebug I, Rigger seeks revenge on the buildings themselves, destroying them regardless of how many innocents die. He later turns to more straightforward crime. His weapon of choice is explosive bombs.

Firebug II

Ed BrubakerMichael Lark

Gotham Central #3(March 2003)

Harlan Combs is wanted in the murder of his daughter. Combs had purchased the Firebug costume and armor from Rigger. He is injured while fleeing from the police and quickly arrested.

Firebug III

Christos N. GageSteven Cummings

Deadshot: Urban Renewal #1(February 2005)

An unnamed man won the Firebug costume and armor in an Internet auction. After taking on the identity of the Firebug, he enters the supervillain business.

Firefly II

Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff

Batman #126(September 1959)

Ted Carson was a man of wealth before he gambled away his fortune. Desperate, Carson turned to crime, becoming the Firefly II.

Famine

Geoff JohnsGrant MorrisonGreg RuckaMark Waid

52 #26(2006)

Famine is one of the Horsemen of Apokolips who once posed as Sobek, a friend to Black Adam.

Film Freak I

Doug MoenchTom Mandrake

Batman #395(May 1986)

Burt Weston is a wannabe actor who dreams of getting a big break by playing quirky villains. When each of his plans fails, he fakes his death similar to the movie The Sting. He is later killed by Bane.

Film Freak II

Will PfeiferDavid López

Catwoman (vol. 2) #54(June 2006)

The Film Freak II answers to the surname of "Edison". Following the Infinite Frontier relaunch, he acts as a member of the Suicide Squad alongside the Peacemaker, Bolt and the Shrike, but is inadvertently hit by a Joker laughing gas bomb and killed.

Fright

Judd WinickDustin Nguyen

Batman #627(July 2004)

Linda Friitawa is an albino geneticist who was stripped of her medical license for her unauthorized, gruesome experiments on human beings. She assisted the Scarecrow with his experiments. However, unbeknownst to the Scarecrow, she was secretly hired by the Penguin to corrupt the Scarecrow's toxins and infect the Scarecrow with them, causing him to transform into a creature dubbed "the Scarebeast". In contrast to her deeds and the Penguin, Friitawa always treated the Scarecrow with kindness.

Gearhead

Chuck DixonGraham Nolan

Detective Comics #712(August 1997)

Nathan Finch had lost his arms and legs when frostbite affected him after a fight with Batman. An unnamed underworld doctor replaces them with cybernetic limbs.

General

Chuck DixonMichael Netzer

Detective Comics #654(December 1992)

See also: Anarky. Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong was a brilliant military strategist who also happened to be a psychopathic, murderous eight-year-old child. Called the General, he was obsessed with war and victory and embarked on his plan of declaring war on Gotham City. Subsequent depictions toned down the character's violent streak somewhat, though he was still dangerous. He was later seen as an adolescent who briefly took on the persona of the new Anarky. During DC Rebirth, Ulysses is a seen as a young genius working for a military organization, where he is depicted as a cheerful yet sociopathic adolescent who goes by Th3 G3n3r4l online.

Gentleman Ghost

Robert KanigherJoe Kubert

Flash Comics #88(October 1947)

Primarily a Hawkman foe, the specter once named James Craddock often finds himself at odds with Batman.

Getaway Genius

Gardner FoxSheldon Moldoff

Batman #170(March 1965)

The Getaway Genius (Roy Reynolds) is a criminal and getaway mastermind who has encountered Batman several times.

Globe

Paul DiniDustin Nguyen

Detective Comics #840(March 2008)

Hammond Carter is obsessed with maps and "plots crimes by latitude, longitude, time zones, and the shape of landmasses."

Gorilla Boss

David Vern ReedLew Sayre Schwartz

Batman #75(February–March 1953)

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 DixonGraham Nolan

Detective Comics #674(May 1994)

Liam Hawkleigh is a highly-paid mercenary who has encountered Batman and Robin several times. He had a female companion named Gunbunny I, later known as Pistolera, who was a member of the Ravens. After the death of Pistolera (see below), Gunhawk gets himself a new female partner named Gunbunny II.

Gustav DeCobra

Elliot S. MagginMike Grell

Detective Comics #455(January 1976)

Gustav DeCobra is a vampire, very much in the classic Dracula mold, whom Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth stumble upon in a seemingly abandoned house after their car overheats in the countryside.

Harley Sinn

Jimmy PalmiottiFrank TieriMauricet

Harley Quinn and her Gang of Harleys – The Shady Bunch #1 (April 2016)

Constance Brand, a.k.a. Harley Sinn, is the daughter of a real estate billionaire who is obsessed with Harley Quinn. She has recently been released from Arkham Asylum.

Harpy

Doug MoenchJim Aparo

Batman #481(July 1992)

Iris was Maxie Zeus' girlfriend when he was in Arkham Asylum. She fought Batman after gaining super-strength and agility, but was defeated by him.

Hatman

Bill FingerSheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #230(April 1956)

A thief obsessed with stealing hats, he desires most to acquire Batman's cowl, even if it means killing Batman. Initially presented as "Jervis Tetch", and working under the alias the Mad Hatter II, the character was retroactively stated to be an impostor. When the original Mad Hatter returned, he claimed to have disposed of the impostor, though the impostor was eventually shown to still be alive. The character is currently working under the moniker of "the Hatman".

Headhunter

Jim AparoDoug Moench

Batman #487(December 1992)

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 (2017).

Humpty Dumpty

Dan SlottRyan Sook

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #2(August 2003)

Humphrey Dumpler, a large, portly, well-mannered man, is obsessed with putting broken things back together again, even if he has to take them apart. Thinking that his abusive grandmother is broken, Dumpler dismembers and reassembles her in an attempt to "fix" her.

Huntress

Mort Meskin

Sensation Comics #68(August 1947)

Paula Brooks has battled various members of the Batman family.

Jane Doe

Dan SlottRyan Sook

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1(July 2003)

Jane Doe is a cipher who obsessively learns her victims' personality and mannerisms, then kills them and assumes their identity by wearing their skin, eventually becoming that individual, at least in her own mind.

Johnny Stitches

Frank TieriJim Calafiore

Gotham Underground #3(February 2008)

Johnny Denetto was the right-hand man of Tobias Whale. After Tobias Whale moved his operations from Metropolis to Gotham, Denetto ran afoul of his boss and had his skin peeled off while being kept alive. Denetto was saved by Bruno Mannheim, his skin sewn together and reattached by DeSaad, becoming Mannheim's contractor in Intergang's bid to take over organized crime in Gotham.

Johnny Warlock

Bill WillinghamRick Mays

Robin (vol. 4) #121(February 2004)

A cruel enforcer working for mob boss Henry Aquista in Gotham City, Johnny Warren is fused with a demonic artifact, gaining tremendous power, but also losing a certain amount of free will. He encounters Robin and the Spoiler in his attempt to take over Aquista's operation, but burns his energy out. He then heads to Istanbul, determined in time to return to Gotham and get his revenge on the Boy Wonder.

Johnny Witts

Gardner FoxSheldon Moldoff

Detective Comics #344(October 1965)

Johnny Witts is the arrogant self-proclaimed "Crime-Boss Who's Always One Step Ahead of Batman!" Johnny Witts employs quick-thinking and quick reflexes to outwit Batman. He has countered Batman in disguise as "the Swami".

Junkyard Dog

Dan SlottRyan Sook

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1(July 2003)

Tucker Long is completely obsessed with scavenging prizes and treasures from garbage. He apparently has the ability to create all manner of functional items — especially weapons — from junk. He is killed by fellow Arkham inmate Doodlebug.

Key

John BroomeFrank Giacoia

All Star Comics #57(February 1951)

The original Key was the head of a major crime syndicate and used various agents around the world in his misdeeds. He presumably perished after he leaped out of a cable car moving over a gorge.