Who is your favorite Batman villain?

[SirThomasSharpe]

Batman has one of if not the greatest and most memorable rogues gallery. Which one of his iconic villains is your favorite?

 

[psylockolussus]

Poison Ivy because she's fierce.

 

[FunkMiller]

My favourite Batman villain is also one of the top three villains in history. I don't think I even need to say who it is, do I?

 

[Boom]

Joker and Ra's al Ghul.

 

[SirThomasSharpe]

Mine is Scarecrow. Two-Face, Joker, and Harley come close though.

 

[JOE]

Joker by a landslide. Second would definitely be Ra's.

 

[AnneFan]

Mister J.

 

[Slade W]

Joker and Ra's al Ghul.

Same. It is hard for me to pick between the two.

 

[Maximum_Maximus]

Red Hood because more than any other villain (including Joker), he forced Batman to confront his no-kill code and decide if it's more important than avenging Robin.

 

[GR8GODZILLAGOD]

Besides The Joker, Mr. Freeze.

 

[Golgo-13]

Clayface.

That was one of the few elements i hated about the Nolan-verse; villains like Clayface couldn't exist. Now that we have Batman living in a universe with Supes, and co we might finally get to see villains like Clayface, Man-Bat, etc. Joker has been done to death. Please no more, other than a scene or two of him in Arkham.

I love Clayface's tragic origins (as done in Batman:TAS) along with his shape-shifting capabilities, and his ability to form weapons out of his limbs.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Can't pick one.

 

[The Joker]

I feel it's too obvious even stating mine, but what the hell; Joker.

Close second is The Penguin. A brilliant underrated classic Bat foe.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Lex Luthor as played by Zuckerberg. Truly sublime villainy.

 

[DCW]

The Joker's the best but man I love Harvey Dent's character arc.

 

[DigificWriter]

Ra's al Ghul without question.

I'm also fond of The Penguin, although I tend to find him slightly more menacing when he's been portrayed Burton-style than when he's portrayed as just a "normal" criminal.

 

[The Joker]

Burton style as in sewer dwelling child killer? That is the only time he's been done like that.

 

[shauner111]

I only found Burton's Penguin menacing as a child. I find it laughable now. He's much more menacing as he's depicted in the comics.

 

[AnneFan]

The Joker will always be the public's favourite villain - I think because of the antithesis he presents to Batman. Sometimes people want order and control in their lives (Batman), and other times they want to give in to the madness - to lose control (Joker).

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Dr. Hugo Strange
Ra's AlGhul
Dr. Preston Payne (Clayface III)
Bane
Penguin (as a black market dealer)

 

[Herofan]

Much as I love the Joker and Poison Ivy my favorite is the Scarecrow.

 

[Knightfall]

My favorites in the order as follows

1. The Joker
2. Basil Karlo
3. Kirk Langstrom
4. Scarecrow
5. Killer croc
6. Hush
7. Tiger shark

Obviously I love the others but these are my favorites.

 

[The Joker]

^ I have to ask, what do you like so much about Tiger Shark?

 

[Knightfall]

^ I have to ask, what do you like so much about Tiger Shark?

I know he was kind of a campy villain but he has a cool origin and I'm a sucker for underwater lairs lol. And when done right he makes for a pretty cool villain.

 

[Penguin]

As much as I love the Joker, I have to say my favorite is the Penguin. Surprise, surprise.

There are other great villains like Two-Face, Catwoman, and the Riddler as well, but Penguin has a certain complexity to him. I feel he’s one of the most tragic, his inferiority complex and childhood make him seem so hopeless. I think he could eventually get better if he was treated like a person and not like a joke by his contemporaries.