
With that housekeeping out of the way, here is our ranking of “Batman” villains from worst to best. Additionally, all four villain performances from the 1966 “Batman” starring Adam West are in a league of their own, as the conceptions of those characters originated on television with the ’60s series. This list only considers villains from live-action movies that have titles alluding to or naming Batman - thus disqualifying not one, not two, but three Jokers in Jared Leto, Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Hamill, along with plenty of other performances.
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Honorable mention: Cory Michael Smith in the TV series. However, considering that the superhero genre has expanded to cinematic universes, spin-offs and complicated content architectures, it’s necessary to set a few parameters for such a ranking. Burgess Meredith as the Penguin, left, Frank Gorshin as the Riddler and Cesar Romero as the Joker in 1966’s Batman. The Riddler Bane (comics) Poison Ivy List of. Before these additions are unveiled to the public, Variety is taking a look back at the franchise’s history of supervillains, pitting memorable performances against each other. Edit Edit source History Talk (0) DC villains from the Batman franchise. He’s simply a gifted scientist driven to extreme measures to find a cure for his beloved Nora, who is frozen in. With The Batman adding a new Catwoman, Penguin, and Riddler to the mix, this seems like a good time to rank the Bat-villains’ various big-screen incarnations, measuring how they stack up as.

He has lawyers, judges, and cops all secretly working for him, and that makes him nearly untouchable in the eyes of the law. Having a grip on a large portion of Gotham City, the Penguin takes what he wants when he wants. Later he made a deal with the demon Neron, and became a monstrous, insect-like creature. One of Gotham's biggest crime lords is the Penguin. He is also famous for being the first villain defeated by Batgirl. With this Friday’s release of Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” the pantheon of villains that the Caped Crusader has fought on the big screen will see three new arrivals: Colin Farrell’s Penguin, Zoë Kravitz’s Catwoman and Paul Dano’s Riddler. Most of Batman’s villains are crazy maniacs, but Mr. Batman 63 (February 1951) Cameron Van Cleer was a minor criminal who adopted the alias of Killer Moth, a Batman-like villain-helper. That’s almost never been a problem for “Batman” though the franchise has arguably been defined more by its rogues gallery than by Batman himself, with most of the antagonist roles offering the opportunity for actors to capture oversized egos and laissez-faire shtick.

The two of them had very similar circumstances growing up, but while Wayne lost his parents in a tragedy, Elliot’s involvement in his parents’ deaths is still a mystery. The cultural landscape has reached a state where a new comic book adaptation is unleashed on the public practically every other week, yet the genre can still struggle to offer truly memorable villains for its marquee heroes to battle. Debut: Batman 609 (2003) Hush, Hush the villainous alter ego of one Thomas Tommy Elliot, a brilliant surgeon and friend of Bruce Wayne.
