Favorite Batman Villain

[babyblob]

So I love Batman and his rogues. Most of them are pretty interesting and I have a great time reading their stories. So out of his long list of rogues who is your favorite and why?

I love The Scarecrow. A very underrated villain I think. I love the idea of turning someones fears back on them and I love villains who mess with people's minds and get in their head. He is not at all the best fighter or the strongest but he could do a lot of damage.

So who is your favorite?

[K7P5V]

Definitely Two-Face...



...because he's such a complex character.

[Mr. White]

Mr. Freeze.
Least his original incarnation.
Because the motivations for his actions always brought about the question of "what makes a villain?"
Nowadays the villain's all seem to be almost one-trick ponies; being driven mainly by their want for causing chaos.
Guess Riddler is still true to an extent of wanting to be the smartest guy in the room.

[Restingvoice]

Joker
Two-Face
Mr. Freeze
Clayface
Man-Bat
Poison Ivy
Scarecrow
Ra's
are the names that came up first

Eliminate Mr. Freeze coz you can only use him once
Eliminate Ra's because I want the villain to stay in Gotham
Eliminate Joker because he's overdone
Eliminate Ivy because she has a point
Eliminate Man-Bat because you can only play the accidental beast angle so often

So it comes down to
Two-Face
Clayface
Scarecrow
Eliminate Clayface because I like his friendship with Cassandra Cain

The Semi-Finalist
Two-Face is more personal and complex but I feel like he can be an ally as much as a hero, which is a very good thing, but we're talking villains.
Meanwhile, Scarecrow can be an eternal villain because there's no end to fear. Even if he can't affect Batman effectively because of the antidotes, he can still be very dangerous to other people. His design is puny but can be made cool, and even with the puny design, the fear gas can do the work. There's also a potential of some surreal artwork with fear gas.

Scarecrow it is

Oh, wait I forget Riddler, Bane and Penguin.
Making Riddler's story is hard because you need to make him super smart and a lot of writers aren't that smart, also he's annoyingly narcissistic which is also his weakness, so I don't really like that trait.
Bane, they always fall for the gimmick of Breaking Things
Penguin, he's better as a boss, but that means they have to make a story with subtlety. Same with The Court, and I don't trust most DC writers with subtlety.

Yeah, it's still Scarecrow.

But Two-Face though... I honestly I'm more likely to enjoy a Two-Face story than a Scarecrow story because of the complexity

[Gaius]

Ra's or Bane.

[jb681131]

Joker
Two-Face
Mr. Freeze
Clayface
Man-Bat
Poison Ivy
Scarecrow
Ra's
are the names that came up first

Eliminate Mr. Freeze coz you can only use him once
Eliminate Ra's because I want the villain to stay in Gotham
Eliminate Joker because he's overdone
Eliminate Ivy because she has a point
Eliminate Man-Bat because you can only play the accidental beast angle so often

So it comes down to
Two-Face
Clayface
Scarecrow
Eliminate Clayface because I like his friendship with Cassandra Cain

The Semi-Finalist
Two-Face is more personal and complex but I feel like he can be an ally as much as a hero, which is a very good thing, but we're talking villains.
Meanwhile, Scarecrow can be an eternal villain because there's no end to fear. Even if he can't affect Batman effectively because of the antidotes, he can still be very dangerous to other people. His design is puny but can be made cool, and even with the puny design, the fear gas can do the work. There's also a potential of some surreal artwork with fear gas.

Scarecrow it is

Oh, wait I forget Riddler, Bane and Penguin.
Making Riddler's story is hard because you need to make him super smart and a lot of writers aren't that smart, also he's annoyingly narcissistic which is also his weakness, so I don't really like that trait.
Bane, they always fall for the gimmick of Breaking Things
Penguin, he's better as a boss, but that means they have to make a story with subtlety. Same with The Court, and I don't trust most DC writers with subtlety.

Yeah, it's still Scarecrow.

But Two-Face though... I honestly I'm more likely to enjoy a Two-Face story than a Scarecrow story because of the complexity

Ok ok Scarecrow is very good.
But you missed some of the best, that spawn the greatest detective stories, The Riddler, Mad Hatter, Anarky, Black Mask and Professor Pyg !

I'll go for Professor Pyg. I loved that he was the main villain in Beware the Batman.

[Vakanai]

Mr. Freeze or Two-Face probably. I also love the Riddler but haven't read a truly great story with him.

[jb681131]

Mr. Freeze or Two-Face probably. I also love the Riddler but haven't read a truly great story with him.

Try this: Batman: Dark Knight, Dark City

[Flash Gordon]

Ra's Al Ghul
Bane
The Penguin
Riddler

Maxie Zeus, more for what he could be

[Jackalope89]

Everyone else is too mainstream;

[adrikito]

BANE:

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We even have something in common.. We both born in 1993.

[batnbreakfast]

Riddler
Black Mask

I don't think Scarecrow is underrated

[Gotham citizen]

The one that I think he could become the most insidious menace for Batman:

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[Gurz]

Joker

But most writters can't use him well....

[Chubistian]

Bane, followed by dr Hugo Strange