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One of the most significant factors in ensuring a superhero ’s brave out popularity is make iconic and recognizable villains . With this in thinker , there ’s simply no deny thatBatmanhas some of the best villains in comic book . Yet while many of his most iconic rascal were introduce to battle the Caped Crusader , a number of them originated as resister for other DC hero .
Part of this staunch from the nature of Batman ’s popularity – the character tends todominate DC storytelling , for skilful or worse . Often over the year , this has resulted in Batman absorbing elements from other DC title , something that is best illustrated with the number of notable villains from over the long time that have begin out as foes of other hero sandwich , only to turn their attention to Gotham City and its protector , Batman . Some of these villains may have faded from prominence in recent years , while others continue to be perennial thorns in the Dark Knight ’s side .
7Clock King Began His Time As A Villain Fighting Green Arrow
First Appearance: World’s Finest #111 by Ed Herron and Lee Elias.
Originally an enemy of the Green Arow , Clock King started out a man who direct care of his ominous sister . When he was diagnosed with a terminal disease himself , he worried about his sis ’s future . With no other options , he set about to rob a bank , trying to secure money for her hereafter , but was stopped by Green Arrow . This gave the Clock King an intense hatred of Green Arrow , one that only increase when his sister died while he was in prison house , while he find out he was misdiagnosed .
Despite this personal ground for hate Green Arrow , Clock King has become a recurring Batman villain . He was feature on both the Adam West live - action show and Batman : The Animated Seriesas a repetition enemy for the Caped Crusader . He has confronted Batman several times in the cartoon strip over the years , such as in Tom King’sBatman : Killing Time . He ’s never really been given a reason as to why he hate Batman , but he continually kill up , and has n’t been featured as an antagonist for Green Arrow much since seemingly moving to Gotham City .
6Despite Being A “Gentleman,” This Villain Ghosted Hawkman, In Favor Of Batman
First Appearance: Flash Comics #88 by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert.
Gentleman Ghost was in the beginning a villain for Hawkman and Hawkgirl , fighting the two several times over the twelvemonth . Gentleman Ghost was n’t exactly an malevolent material body ; he was instead a spirit who had a penchant for criminal offence . Several moments demonstrated Gentleman Ghost could be a utilitarian ally and was n’t outright malicious . Gentleman Ghost even helped put to rest spirits that had been haunting Hawkman at one point . Despite this interesting moral force , Gentleman Ghost would finally move on to Gotham City and Batman .
Gentleman Ghost first encountered Batman in the 1970s , after moving on from his feud with Hawkman . His first encounter with Batman was inBatman#310 , and he has proved to be a formidable villain in the geezerhood since . Gentleman Ghost had several standout moments , such as successfully snatch and mesmerise Alfred Pennyworth . At one point , he was eveninvited to a villain ’s assemblage by the Joker . This acknowledgment cementedGentleman Ghost as a Batman villainin the minds of most readers , and he still occasionally pop up to this day .
5Deathstroke Decided It Was Time To Pick On Someone His Own Size
First Appearance: New Teen Titans #2 by Marv Wolfman, George Perez, Rameo Tanghal, Adrienne Roy, and Ben Oda.
Deathstroke is one of the more democratic baddie in the DC Universe , and he ’s oppose all kinds of characters over the years . Originally , he wascreated as a Teen Titans scoundrel . This gives Deathstroke a much stronger connection to the original Titans phallus , especially Nightwing . Deathstroke has act as a personal baddie for Nightwing repeatedly over the years . Thisrivalry between Nightwing and Deathstrokeis extremely of import for their characters , and yet Batman keeps getting in between them .
Batman is DC ’s predominant hero , meaning it was inevitable that he would eventually fight Deathstroke . Over time , however , they have faced off against one another more than Deathstroke has play Nightwingat this point . Batman has gone up against Deathstroke legion times , including events such asBatman vs Deathstroke , and notably , Deathstroke was even used as basic goon cannon fodder at the beginning of theOur Dark Designsstoryline . Deathstroke ’s deeply personal connection to the Teen Titans made him the consummate terror for the team of young grinder , but the character ’s figure and personality made him a thrilling match for Batman .
4Another Titans Villain Who Graduated To The Major Leagues
First Appearance: Batman Family #6 by Bob Rozakis, Irv Novick, and Frank McLaughlin.
Duela Dent is one of the strangest characters in DC Comics , and has had an by design confusing backstory . Duela show up one daytime and claimed to be the daughter of the Joker . While this was technically true , she was the daughter of an substitute Earth larger-than-life version of the Joker . She would continually pop up as an ally / enemy to the Teen Titans , largely bet on her mood . This strange relationship continued for days until the arriver of theNew 52,which completely revamped her into a Batman scoundrel .
While Duela was originally a morally grey-headed fictitious character , someone who might facilitate one instance and hinder the next , theNew 52completely did away with this equivocalness . alternatively of the multiverse backstory , Duela was now just a mentally unwell daughter who foundJoker ’s faceafter he slue it off . From this level forward , Duela Dent was simply a brutal scoundrel , one who was entirely settle on on Batman , with perfectly no connection to the Teen Titans , in a major release from her early avatar .
3Onomatopoeia Zinged From Green Arrow To Batman & Back Again
First Appearance: Green Arrow #12 by Kevin Smith, Phil Hester, Ande Parks, James Sinclair, and Sean Konot.
Green Arrow has always struggled with the lack a right arch - villain . It was a trouble that plagued the quality for decades since origination . This finally seemed fixed with the creation of Onomatopoeia , a successive killer who specifically target non - powered vigilance man . This brought him into conflict with Green Arrow , and he very well-nigh killed Connor Hawke during this fight , makingOnomatopoeia a serious contender for Green Arrow ’s archnemesis . However , with a construct like a " serial killer who goes after non - powered heroes , " it did n’t take long for Batman to get involved .
Onomatopoeia was the elementary opposer of Kevin Smith’sBatman : The Widening Gyreseries , which has infamously never been discharge . It prove Onomatopoeia sitting as the vigilante Baphomet , as he easy make Batman ’s trustfulness . This finally escalated to Batman uncover his orphic identicalness and his current girlfriend to Baphomet , who revealed his personal identity as Onomatopoeia when he slit her throat in front of Bruce . This cliffhanger has shockingly never been followed up on , and late Onomatopoeia has reappeared in theGreen Arrowcomics , but for a moment , he was almost immortalized in the upper echelon of Batman ’s rascal verandah .
2Solomon Grundy Feuded With The Original Green Lantern First
All-American Comics #61 by Alfred Bester, Paul Reinman, and Sheldon Mayer.
One of the oldest baddie in DC Comics is Solomon Grundy , who first appeared in 1944 , only five year after Batman ’s foundation . When Solomon Grundy debuted , he was primarily a villain for the original Green Lantern , Alan Scott . Solomon Grundy examine a dangerous foeman , not just because of his absurd strength , but the fact his soundbox was primarily made up of wood , which Alan ’s power ring could n’t affect . This made him a major job , but as Alan fell out of favor and Batman gain more popularity , Solomon throw over to Gotham City .
Solomon Grundy was renovate as a zombie due to being floor in Slaughter Swamp . Since Slaughter Swamp is located outside of Gotham City , it did n’t take long before Solomon Grundy ended up being a repeat scoundrel for Batman , instead of Green Lantern , who moved out of Gotham after Batman ’s popularity burst forth . This pretty firmly placedSolomon Grundy as a Batman villain , while he has occasionally faced other torpedo , such Green Arrow , Solomon Grundy seldom fights anyone other than Batman these days .
1Professor Pyg Was Meant To Be A Dark Mirror To Dick Grayson
Batman and Robin #1 by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Alex Sinclair and Pat Brosseau.
When Dick Grayson was acting as Batman , at a time when Bruce Wayne was thought to be stagnant , one of the first novel scoundrel he encounter was Professor Pyg . Pyg was created as a dismal mirror to Dick , even melt his own circus known as the Circus of Strange . Pyg was a brutal villain , who enthrall in transubstantiate hoi polloi into " dolly - atomic number 8 - trons , " and even made an evil rendering of Nightwing out of one of them . Pyg was fundamentally Nightwing ’s own Jokerand worked absolutely as a foil to him .
After Bruce returned , and Dick later left the role of Nightwing , Professor Pyg remained in Gotham City and simply carried on as a Batman scoundrel . Despite his character theme deliver less to do with Bruce Wayne than Dick Grayson – as they were think of for the latter character – Pyg nevertheless has had some memorable altercations with the Caped Crusader . Since turning his direction on Batman , Pyg has mostly just dangle the carnival paper and continued without it , turn over him into just another maniacBatmanvillain who sometimes appears in Gotham City .
