Scarecrow - an A-list Villain?

[DetectiveStrange]

I was curious as to whether people consider Scarecrow an A-list Bat-villain. What are his great stories? Is he great as is, or does he need some work?

By the way, my own list of Bat villains (not necessarily who I like most, but who I think of as most prominent in Bat stories).

A List
Joker
Two Face
Catwoman
Riddler
Penguin
Poison Ivy
Harley
Ra's
Bane

A/B List
Talia
Mr Freeze
Scarecrow

B List
Mad Hatter
Man Bat
Killer Croc
Clayface
Hugo Strange
Ventriloquist

[mathew101281]

I was curious as to whether people consider Scarecrow an A-list Bat-villain. What are his great stories? Is he great as is, or does he need some work?

By the way, my own list of Bat villains (not necessarily who I like most, but who I think of as most prominent in Bat stories).

A List
Joker
Two Face
Catwoman
Riddler
Penguin
Poison Ivy
Harley
Ra's
Bane

A/B List
Talia
Mr Freeze
Scarecrow

B List
Mad Hatter
Man Bat
Killer Croc
Clayface
Hugo Strange
Ventriloquist

I feel Scarecrow has supplanted Penguin. mostly due to appearances outside of comics.

[LifeIsILL]

I was curious as to whether people consider Scarecrow an A-list Bat-villain. What are his great stories? Is he great as is, or does he need some work?

Nightwing (1996) #9-11
Catwoman (1993) #58-60

Two of his best stories probably.

[batnbreakfast]

Nightwing (1996) #9-11
Catwoman (1993) #58-60

Two of his best stories probably.

Did you like Scarecrow Year One and Heart of Hush? Those are the two I hold in high regard

[Batman Begins 2005]

Heart of Hush and Fear for Sale.

[Restingvoice]

The Brave and the Bold #197 but as a catalyst/framing device for Bruce's fears. He's physically only in it in the beginning but the toxin do the work throughout.

[jb681131]

I was curious as to whether people consider Scarecrow an A-list Bat-villain. What are his great stories? Is he great as is, or does he need some work?

By the way, my own list of Bat villains (not necessarily who I like most, but who I think of as most prominent in Bat stories).

A List
Joker
Two Face
Catwoman
Riddler
Penguin
Poison Ivy
Harley
Ra's
Bane

A/B List
Talia
Mr Freeze
Scarecrow

B List
Mad Hatter
Man Bat
Killer Croc
Clayface
Hugo Strange
Ventriloquist

I don't think Bane shows up that much, and probably less than Freeze or even Clayface and Mad Hatter.
Ra's doesn't show much at all either.
Since you're classifying by prominence.

Scarecrow is gread, did you read "Batman, the dark knight: Cycle of Violance ?"

[Bad Witch]

I'd put ivy, Harley on the b list and ras on the a/b list.

[prepmaster]

By the way, my own list of Bat villains (not necessarily who I like most, but who I think of as most prominent in Bat stories).

A List
Joker
Two Face
Catwoman
Riddler
Penguin
Poison Ivy
Harley
Ra's
Bane

If you think about their current prominance, i would re-rank your A list. Harley isn't a villain in comics anymore i'd say.

Joker
Harley
Catwoman
Bane
Riddler
Two-Face
Ivy
Penguin
Ra's

[bat39]

Absolutely!

I mean, such categorizations tend to be subjective, but if we're looking for an ''objective'' list of criteria (or something close to it), then I present:

1. Scarecrow has appeared in a number of high-profile adaptations, including BTAS, Batman Begins, the Arkham games, and several more.

2. He's got a long lineage, having appeared in the comics since the 40's with a fair degree of consistency.

3. He's one of the most recognizable Batman villains to casual fans/audiences. Ask a random person with a general idea of Batman and his world to name some of the villains, and its pretty likely that Scarecrow will be on that list, after Joker, Penguin, Catwoman (assuming we're calling her a villain these days) etc.

[Nero]

I was curious as to whether people consider Scarecrow an A-list Bat-villain. What are his great stories? Is he great as is, or does he need some work?

By the way, my own list of Bat villains (not necessarily who I like most, but who I think of as most prominent in Bat stories).

A List
Joker
Two Face
Catwoman
Riddler
Penguin
Poison Ivy
Harley
Ra's
Bane

A/B List
Talia
Mr Freeze
Scarecrow

B List
Mad Hatter
Man Bat
Killer Croc
Clayface
Hugo Strange
Ventriloquist

Yeah, I don't really agree with this.

A+ List

The Joker

A- List

Two-Face
Ra's Al Ghul
Bane

I don't count either Catwoman or Harley because they're not featured as villains anymore. The Scarecrow is in the B List along with the Penguin, the Riddler, Poison Ivy and Talia Al Ghul. Mad Hatter, Man-Bat, Killer Croc, Clayface, Mr. Freeze, Hugo Strange and the Ventriloquist are in the C List mainly due to not a lot being done with them by comparison.

[K7P5V]

I know the redesigns done to BTAS weren't too favorable, but "Over the Edge" was most enjoyable and established Crane as an A-list threat (IMHO):

[Batman Begins 2005]

I know the redesigns done to BTAS weren't too favorable, but "Over the Edge" was most enjoyable and established Crane as an A-list threat (IMHO):

That's one of the few TNBA redesigns I like, nearly all of them suck. When I seek out B:TAS merchandise, I always look for that and leave things like TNBA figures. The red card B:TAS, blue card TNBA and orange card B:TAC are hard to get now and are expensive more so in their original packaging.

[batnbreakfast]

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It seems Dini has a great grasp on Scarecrow since he wrote him very well in Over the Edge, Heart of Hush and the Arkham games.

[Restingvoice]

TNBA design is good. He looks creepy