Batman Rogues Gallery

Stelfreeze Rogues Gallery — A gathering of the most traditional top tier villains by Brian Stelfreeze.

Batman: “So the question is, who wants to eliminate me?”

Alfred: “That line is forming around the block, sir.”

―Batman and Alfred discussing an attempt on his life.^[src]

The Rogues Gallery is the term for the various villains that Batman has faced over the years. These have ranged from costumed villains like the Joker, Poison Ivy and Two-Face, plainclothes crime bosses like Rupert Thorne, Carmine Falcone and Joe Chill to lesser known foes such as Magpie, Killer Moth and Humpty Dumpty. As enemies of the Batman are often sympathetic or otherwise morally complex, he is also known to be enemies with anti-heroic allies such as Catwoman, Azrael or the Red Hood.

Central Rogues Gallery

Primary Antagonists

Characters consistently appearing as major-antagonists and predominate members of the Rogues Gallery.

Bane Unknown	Catwoman Selina Kyle	Clayface Basil Karlo	Harley Quinn Harleen Quinzel
Joker Unknown	Killer Croc Waylon Jones	Mad Hatter Dr. Jervis Tetch	The Penguin Oswald Cobblepot
Poison Ivy Dr. Pamela Isley	Ra's al Ghul Unknown	The Riddler Edward Nigma	Scarecrow Dr. Jonathan Crane
Man-Bat Dr. Kirk Langstrom	Mr. Freeze Dr. Victor Fries	Two-Face Harvey Dent

Secondary Rogues

Secondary antagonists who are inconsistently featured in the main lineup and/or make frequent appearances but are of comparatively lesser status to the "core" members.

Black Mask Roman Sionis	Calendar Man Julian Day	Clayface (II) Matt Haggen	Cluemaster Arthur Brown
Deadshot Floyd Lawton	Firefly Garfield Lynns	Great White Shark Warren White	Hush Dr. Thomas "Tommy" Elliot
Lady Shiva Sandra Woosan	Lincoln March "Thomas Wayne, Jr"	Mister Zsasz Victor Zsasz	The Phantasm Andrea Beaumont
Professor Hugo Strange 1st Arch-Nemesis	Professor Pyg Lazlo Valentin	Prometheus Unknown	Talia al Ghul Talia
Talon William Cobb	The Ventriloquist & Scarface Arnold Wesker

Recurring Rogues

Antagonists noteworthy for recurring appearances or notable of some influential/cult-status but who are not consistently featured prominent members of the rogues gallery

Amygdala Aaron Helzinger	Anarky Lonnie Machin	Arkham Knight Astrid Arkham	Black Spider Eric Needham
Bronze Tiger Benjamin Turner	The Carpenter Jenna Duffy	Catman Thomas Blake	Clayface (III) Preston Payne
Copperhead Unknown	Deacon Blackfire Joseph Blackfire	Dr. Death Dr. Karl Hellfern 1st Super-Villain	Doctor Hurt Simon Hurt
Doctor Phosphorus Dr. Alexander Sartorius	El Flamingo Eduardo Flamingo	Jeremiah Arkham Dr. Jeremiah Arkham	Joker's Daughter Duela Dent
J.J. Gordon James Gordon, Jr.	KGBeast Anatoli Knyazev	Killer Moth Drury Walker	Lock-Up Lyle Bolton
Maxie Zeus Maximillian Zeus	Mister Bloom Unknown	Nyssa Head Nyssa Raatko	Professor Milo Dr. Achilles Milo
Nocturna Natalia Mitternacht	Ratcatcher Otis Flannegan	Roxy Rocket Roxanne Sutton	She-Bat Dr. Francine Langstrom
Tweedledee Deever Tweed	Tweedledum Dumfree Tweed	The Ventriloquist (II) Peyton Riley

Cross-Gallery Rogues

Villains from other superheroes' rogues galleries who have fought or become associated with Batman. Though some have served as "guest" enemies, some of these villains have become more heavily associated with Batman's rogues gallery through either major appearances in comics or Batman-related media.

Captain Boomerang George "Digger" Harkness	Cheetah Dr. Barbara Ann Minerva	Cheshire Jade Nguyen	Clock King William Tockman AKA Temple Fugate
Count Vertigo Count Werner Vertigo AKA Werter Zytle	Deathstroke Slade Wilson	Doctor Destiny Dr. John Dee	Gentleman Ghost James "Jim" Craddock
King Shark Nanaue AKA Trixie	Lex Luthor Alexander Joseph Luthor	Nam-Ek Nam-Ek	Onomatopoeia Unknown
Solomon Grundy Cyrus Gold	Starro

Alternate Reality/Inter-dimensional Rogues

Enemies of Batman hailing from alternate-realities or higher states of dimensional existence. Often this category includes versions of Batman from parallel timelines, and higher-beings with power over reality comparable to that of a god.

Batman (Flashpoint) Dr. Thomas Wayne	The Batman Who Laughs Bruce Wayne (Earth -22)	Bat-Mite	Hyper-Adapter (Barbathos)
Dark Knights (Dark Multiverse)	Emperor Joker	Grim Knight Bruce Wayne (Unknown Dark Multiverse reality)	Outsider Alfred Pennyworth
Owlman Thomas Wayne, Jr.	Red Mask Darwin Halliday	Talon Richard "Dick" Grayson

The Dark Knights

Baby Batman Bruce Wayne (Dark Multiverse)	Batman the Dawnbreaker Bruce Wayne (Earth -32)	Batman the Devastator Bruce Wayne (Earth -1)	Batwoman the Drowned Bryce Wayne (Earth -11)
Batman the Merciless Bruce Wayne (Earth -12)	Batman the Murder Machine Bruce Wayne (Earth -44)	The Batman Who Laughs Bruce Wayne (Earth -22)	Batmage Bruce Wayne (Dark Multiverse)
Batmobeast Bruce Wayne (Road Warrior)	Batom Unknown	Batrocitus Unknown	Beyonder Terry McGinnis (Dark Multiverse)
B-Rex Bruce Wayne (Batmanasaurus Rex)	Castle Bat Bruce Wayne (This Man. This City.)	Collector Unknown	Doctor Arkham Unknown
Mindhunter Bruce Wayne	Night Glider Unknown	Red Death Bruce Wayne (Earth -52)	Robin King Bruce Wayne (King of Pain)

Allies/Rivals

Characters who predominately operate as heroic vigilantes but who are known to serve as enemies to Batman due to shared-history and/or ideological differences.

Azrael (I) Jean-Paul Valley	Azrael (II) Michael Lane	Bat-Mite	Creeper Jack Ryder
Etrigan the Demon Jason Blood	Ghost-Maker Minhkhoa "Khoa" Khan	Gotham Girl Claire Clover	Huntress Helena Bertinelli AKA Helena Wayne
Jonah Hex Jonah Woodson Hex	Katana Tatsu Yamashiro	Nimrod Dean Hunter	Pagan Marian Mercer
The Red Hood Jason Todd	Scarlet Sasha	Superman Clark Kent AKA Kal-El	Tarantula Catalina Flores
Vigilante II Dorian Chase	Wingman Benedict Rundstrom

Animal adversaries

Beast Bomb AKA Professor Gorilla Karmak	Bud and Lou	Catwoman's Cats	Hecate
Isis	Jackanapes	Nightmare	Notchka and Shaka
Penguin Commandos	Ogre and Ape

Possible Future Rogues

Villains appearing in stories set within future timelines such as Batman Beyond or The Dark Knight Returns.

Plainclothes enemies

Villains of Batman who are more realistically portrayed gangsters, professional-criminals, crime-families, hit-men and crooked businesspeople rather than the more theatrical core Batman villains

Gangsters

In addition to super-villains, Batman has fought a variety of plainclothes mafiosos. These criminals were most prominent relatively early in Batman's career.

Major Crime-Lords

The most prominent gangster enemies of Batman.

Carmine "The Roman" Falcone	Joe Chill Joseph Chilton	Rupert Thorne	Sal "The Boss" Maroni Salvatore Maroni
Tony "Fats" Zucco Anthony Zucco

Assorted

The Broker Sherman Fine	Carla Vitti	Holiday Alberto Falcone	Jefferson Skeevers
Johnny Vitti	Lew Moxon	Little Italy Anthony Marchetti	Luigi "Big Lou" Maroni
Mario Falcone	Mister ZZZ Unknown	Pino Maroni	Hangman Sofia Gigante
Tough Tony Anthony Bressi	Umberto Maroni	Henri Ducard	Sylvia Sinclair

Minor

Able Crown	Eddie Skeevers Edward Skeevers	Ernie Chubb	Johnny Witts Unknown
Junior Galante Pasquale Galante, Jr.	Rex "The Lion" Calabrese	The Squid Lawrence Loman

Evil businesspeople

Alfred Stryker	Ferris Boyle	Gregorian Falstaff	John Mayhew
Sterling Silversmith	Max Shreck	Roland Daggett	Sonia Zucco

Police and government officials

Due to the corruption and frequent amorality of Gotham's government and the United States Government, Batman has various enemies in government; notably in the GCPD which has a reputation for corruption and brutality.

Amanda Waller	Arnold Flass	Arthur Reeves	Branden
Gillian B. Loeb	Hamilton Hill	Janice Porter	Rick Flag Richard Rogers Flag, Jr.

Groups

Black and Whites	Black Glove	Blockbuster Gang	Circus of Strange
Club of Villains	Court of Owls	Dollmaker's Family	Falcone Crime Family
False Face Society	Gorilla Gang	Gotham City Sirens	Grasshopper Gang
Kobra Cult	League of Assassins	League of Smiles	Leviathan
Misfits	Mud Pack	New Rogues	Order of St. Dumas
Powers Tech	Red Hood Gang	Royal Flush Gang	Street Demonz
Talons	Ten-Eyed Men	Terrible Trio	Three Devils
Tobacconists' Club	Whisper Gang	Wonderland Gang

The Black Glove

Le Bossu Dr. Guy Dax	Charlie Caligula Carlo Calzone	Doctor Hurt Dr. Simon Hurt AKA Thomas Wayne	Jezebel Jet
John Mayhew	King Kraken Unknown	Pierrot Lunaire Unknown	Scorpiana Tristessa Delicias
El Sombrero Unknown	Swagman Unknown

Blockbuster Gang

Members of Blüdhaven's, "Blockbuster Gang" which followed the second Blockbsuter, Roland Desmond. The gang was disbanded after Blockbuster's death and primarily fought Nightwing.

Blockbuster (II) Roland Desmond	Brutale Guillermo Barrera	Electrocutioner Lester Buchinsky	Giz Unknown
Gorilla Grimm Grimm	Mateo Flores	Lady Vic Elaine Marsh-Morton	Mouse Pamela Sweigald
Shrike Boone	Thrilldevil Juan-Andrés Santos Suarez	Torque Dudley Sloames	Trigger Twins Tom & Tad Trigger

Circus of Strange

Big Top Unknown	El Flamingo Eduardo Flamingo	Mister Toad Unknown	Phosphorus Rex
Professor Pyg Dr. Lazlo Valentin	Siam Unknown

The Court of Owls

Members of Gotham's aristocratic colonial secret-society, "The Court of Owls", including their meta-human assassins, "The Talons".

C.C. Haly	Cressida Clarke	Councilwoman Noctua Noctua	Gotham Butcher Felix Harmon
John Wycliffe	Joseph Powers	Judge of Owls Unknown	Lincoln March
Maria Powers	Orator Unknown	Raptor Richard (surname unknown)	Saiko Raymond McCreary
Sebastian Clark	Strix Mary Turner	Talon (Alexander Staunton) Alexander Staunton	Talon (Alton Carver) Alton Carver
Talon (Calvin Rose) Calvin Rose	Talon (Ephraim Newhouse) Ephraim Newhouse	Talon (Henry Ballard) Henry Ballard	Talon (Mei Ling) Mei Ling
Talon of 1780 Unknown	Talon (Uriah Boone) Uriah Boone	Talon (William Cobb) William Cobb	Talon (Xiao Loong) Xiao Loong

League of Assassins

Members of the international eco-terrorist syndicate, the League of Assassins (sometimes referred to as the League of Shadows). Members of Batman's rogues gallery are mentioned above.

Ebeneezer Darrk	Sensei	Doctor Moon	Lady Shiva
David Cain	The Heretic	Alpha	Bronze Tiger
Dragon Fly	Kyle Abbot	The Mad Dog	Merlyn Arthur King/Malcolm Merlyn
Onyx	Whisper A'Daire	Silken Spider	Targa
Tiger Moth	Ubu	Dusan

The Wonderland Gang

The Carpenter Jenna Duffy	Mad Hatter Dr. Jervis Tetch	The Lion Lewis Yarnell	March Harriet Harriet Pratt
Tweedledee Deever Tweed	Tweedledum Dumfree Tweed	The Unicorn Skitch Benson	The Walrus Moe Blum

Foes of Lesser Renown

Recurring minor rogues

Enemies of lesser renown and threat who will make substantially more appearances, typically as cameos, references or accomplices to greater criminals.

Blockbuster (I) Mark Desmond	Calculator Noah Kuttler	Cavalier Mortimer Drake	Condiment King Mitchell Mayo
Cornelius Stirk	Crazy Quilt (Dr.) Paul Dekker	Crime Doctor Dr. Bradford Thorne	Dollmaker Barton Mathis
Echo Nina Damfino	Egghead Edgar Heed	Film Freak Burt Weston	Electrocutioner Lester Buchinsky
Fox Warren Lawford	Gaggy Gagsworth A. Gagsworthy	Gearhead Nathan Finch	Humpty Dumpty Humphrey Dumpler
Jane Doe Unknown	King Tut Professor Victor Goodman	Kite Man Charles Brown, Sr.	Lord Death Man Unknown
Magpie Margaret Pye	Mime Camilla Ortin	Orca Dr. Grace Balin	Penny Plunderer Joe Coyne
Polka-Dot Man AKA Mr. Polka-Dot Abner Krill	Punchline Alexis Kaye	Query Diedre Vance	The Reaper (I) Benjamin Gruener
The Reaper (II) Judson Caspian	Red Claw Natalia Schmidt	Shark Gunther Hardwicke	The Spook Val Kaliban
Tally Man	Ten-Eyed Man Philip Reardon	Tiger Shark Doctor Gaige	The Trigger Twins Tom and Tad Trigger
Vulture Armand Lydecker	Wrath (I) Unknown	Wrath (II) Elliot Caldwell

Minor enemies

Assorted enemies, typically of minimal mainstream appearances, henchman occupations, and/or an obscure joke-status

Abattoir Arnold Etchinson	Absence Una Nemo	Abuse Colin Wilkes	Actuary
Adam Bomb Unknown	Amba Kadiri	Anchoress Unknown	Andrew Warner Governor Andrew Warner
Anti-Batman Jim Gordon	Anti-Superman Perry White	Ant-Man "Jumbo" Carson	The Architect Zachary Gate
Atomic-Man Paul Strobe	Baby Doll Mary Louise Dahl	Bag O'Bones Ned Creegan	Bat-Bane Branca
Bat-Cop Josef Muller	Bat-Hombre Luis Peralda	Batzarro Wayne Bruce	Bedbug Unknown
Billy Numerous	Black and White Bandit Roscoe Chiara	Black Rogue Felix Dunn	Blackbeard "Thatch"
Black Spider II Johnny LaMonica	Black Spider III Derrick Coe	Bone Louis Ferryman	Boneblaster Unknown
Bonecrusher Dr. Kenneth Harbinger	The Bookworm Alexander Wyvern AKA A.S. Scarlet	Boomerang Killer Thomas Willowood AKA Thomas Wayne, Jr.	The Brand Unknown
The Bouncer Unknown	Bruce Wayne (Clone)	Cannoneer Unknown	Captain Stingaree Karl Courtney
Carnivora Unknown	Chancer Unknown	Charlatan Paul Sloane	Clayface (IV) Clayface (IV) Sondra Fuller
Clayface (V) Cassius Payne	Clock "Slugsy" Kyle	Clubfoot Ward	Colonel Blimp Unknown Possibly Prof. Carl Kruger
Colonel Sulphur	Composite Superman Joseph Meach	Corrosive Man Derek Mitchell	Crazy Quilt II
The Creature from Planet X Unknown	Crimesmith Randolph Garrow	Crimson Knight Richard "Dick" Lyons	Curtis Base
Cyber Cat Christina Chiles	Cypher Avery Twombey	Dagger David Rennington	Dala Dala DuBois
Dark Knight Alfred Pennyworth Clone	Darkwolf Unknown	The Dealer Etienne Guiborg	Death Rattle Erasmus Rayne
The Designer Unknown	Director Unknown	Doctor Aesop Unknown	Doctor Double X Doctor Double X Dr. Simon Ecks
Doctor Dedalus Otto Netz	Doctor Fang Unknown	Doctor Moon	Doctor No-Face Bartholomew "Bart" Magan
Doctor Tzin-Tzin	Doctor Zodiac Theodore "Cash" Carrigan	Dodge Michael Lasky	Dollhouse Matilda Mathis
Doodlebug Daedalus Boch	Duc D'Orterre	Duplicate Man Unknown	The Dummy Daniel Matthews
Elemental Man John Dolan	Emperor Blackgate Ignatius Ogilvy	Enforcer Danial Kingdom	The Eraser Leonard Fiasco
Executioner Willy Hooker	Facade Erik Hanson	False Face Unknown	Farmer Brown Enoch Brown
Firebug Joe Rigger	Floranic Man Dr. Jason Woodrue	Fright Linda Friitawa	Gardener Bella Garten
The General Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong	The Getaway Genius Roy Reynolds	Glass Man Judson	The Globe Hammond Carter
Gorilla Boss George Dyke	Gork Unknown	Gunhawk Liam Hawkleigh	HARDAC The Holographic Analytical Reciprocating Digital Android Computer
Hatman Unknown	Harpy Iris Phelios	Headhunter Joseph Wendell	Hellhound Kai
Hooded Hangman Telman Davies	Human-Flea Martin Kemp	Human-Magnet David Wist	Hypnotic Unknown
Imperceptible Man Unknown	Iron-Hat Ferris Ferris	Jackal-Head Doctor Gibson	Jackanapes
Jay	Johnny Karaoke Unknown	Johnny Stitches John Denetto	Johnny Warlock Jonathan "Johnny" Warren
The Judge Judge Clay	Junkyard Dog Tucker Long	The Kabuki Twins	The Key
King Coal Unknown	King Cobra Unknown	King of Cats Karl Kyle	King Shark Nanaue AKA Trixie
King Snake Sir Edmund Dorrance	Klag	Kraak Kommander Kraak	Lady Lunar Stacy Macklin
Lark	Lazara AKA Mrs. Freeze Nora Fries	Librarian Stanislaus Johns	Lunkhead Unknown
Lynx Unknown	Madame X Unknown	Madame Zodiac Marissa	The "Made Of Wood" Killer Francis Sullivan
Mad Bomber Theodore "Ted" Dymer	Manikin "Miranda"	Marsha, Queen of Diamonds Marsha	Masquerader Samuel Tweed
Master Wayne Matthew Warner	Max Roboto Max	Metalhead	Merrymaker Dr. Byron Meredith
Mirage Kerry Astin	Mirror Man Floyd Ventris	Mister Baffle Unknown	Mister Camera
Mister Cipher Unknown	Mister Combustible Unknown	Mister Esper AKA Captain Calamity Unknown	Mister Hydro Timothy Flagg
Mister Marvel Unknown	Mister Mosaic Unknown	Mister Roulette Rigger Sims	Mister Toxic Hugh Marder
Mister Wing Unknown	Mister X Mousey	Mole Harrah	Moloch Rufus Macob
Monarch of Menace	The Monk Louis DuBois AKA Nicolai Tepes	Moonman Brice Rogers	Mortician Porter Vito
Mortimer Kadaver	Moth Unknown	Mother Unknown	Music Meister Unknown
NKVDemon Gregor Dosynski	Nicodemus Thomas Hart	Nightslayer Anton Knight	The Ninja Kyodai Ken
Nite-Wing Thaddeus "Tad" Ryerstad	The Octopus Unknown	Ogre and Ape Michael Adams	Outsider Alfred Pennyworth
Painter of Death Wylie	Panara Leona Dorsey	El Papayago Unknown	Pi-Meson Man Pincus Bridger
Pix	Planet Master (I) Irving Norbert	Planet Master (II) Planet Master (II) Edward Burke	Prince Daka Prince Tito Daka	Beast Bomb AKA Professor Gorilla Karmak
Professor Hugo Arnold Hugo	Professor Radium Prof. Henry Ross	Quakemaster Robert Coleman	The Rainbow Creature
Raven	The Reaper (III) Joe Chill, Jr.	Roadrunner Bixby Rhodes	Santa Klaus Unknown
Savage Skull Jack Crane	Sea-Fox Unknown	Sebastian Blackspell Sebastian Rothschild	Sewer King Unknown
The Shiner David Smythe	Signalman Phillip Cobb	Silver Monkey Unknown	Simon the Pieman Unknown
Sin Tzu Unknown	Snowman Klaus Kristin	Spellbinder Delbert Billings	Spellbinder II
Spinner Swami Ymar	Sumo Unknown	Steeljacket Gunther Nash	Straightman Carl Finley
Sweet Tooth Unknown	Synaptic Kid	Tally Man II	Ted Krosby Theodore M. "Ted" Krosby
Thanatos Sophia Santos	Thor Henry Meke	Tobias Whale	The Toymaker Cosmo Krank
Tusk Unknown	The Underbroker Harlan Graves	The Ventriloquist (III) Shauna Belzer	The Werewolf Anthony Lupus
White Knight Lewis Bayard	White Rabbit Jaina Hudson	Xavier Simon	Zarbor
Zebra-Man Jake Baker	Zeiss Philo Zeiss	Zodiac Master

Notes and trivia

Chronologically, the first Batman Villain was Doctor Death in Detective Comics #29 (July, 1939) and the oldest villain with major recurring appearances is Professor Hugo Strange who first appeared in Detective Comics #36 (February, 1940).
- Often, the first super-criminal who Batman fights in the lore is the Red Hood, who goes on to become the Joker after a fight with Batman in the ACE Chemicals.
The first large gathering of Batman Villains occurred in the four part 1977 storyline Batman: Where Were You on the Night Batman Was Killed? which lasted from Batman #291 to Batman #294. In this storyline, Batman was found dead with Joker, Catwoman, the Riddler and Lex Luthor all claiming credit for the murder. What ensued was a criminal-court assembled with Two-Face as prosecutor and Ra's al Ghul as judge to determine the true killer in-front of a court of Spook, Poison Ivy, Signalman, Mister Freeze, Scarecrow, and the second Mad Hatter. Also in attendance of the trial were Captain Stingaree, Killer Moth, Cluemaster, the Getaway Genius, Cavalier, Tweedle Dee, and Tweedle Dum. Ultimately it was determined that Joker was the true killer, however he only killed a Batman imposter and that Two-Face was actually Batman in disguise, seeking a confession.
In Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman's super-criminal enemies are referred to as, "The Freaks", predominately by Carmine Falcone and his mafia associates. In this story, the super-criminals who overthrow Carmine Falcone are the Two-Face, the Joker, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, the Penguin, Mad Hatter, Scarecrow, and Solomon Grundy. In Batman: Dark Victory, Mister Freeze, Calendar Man and the Riddler are also included.
Many enemies of Batman are known for having been (and often being) queer coded, meaning the attribution of features and characterization affiliated as short-hand for the LGBTQ+ community. This was partly done in response to the formation of the Comics Code Authority censorship group, itself triggered by the homophobic & anti-comic book Seduction of the Innocent (1954), which accused The Batman franchise of being pro-gay propaganda directed at children. The standard identifiers for queer-coded villains include: effeminate men in stereotypically prissy or colourful clothing with extravagant hand gestures (Joker, Penguin, Riddler, etc.), female characters drawn with heavy eye-shadow and sharp features made to make them resemble transgender women or crossdressers (Poison Ivy and some depictions of Harley Quinn), or in some cases the, "Prison Lesbian" archetype from Hay's Code era cinema where certain forms of criminal women were given domineering, sassy, misandristic and powerful attributes in regards to other women made to imply them as being lesbian (interpreted most noticeably in Poison Ivy).
- Since, many members of the rogues gallery have been made canonically queer such as Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, Nocturna, and Catman. Television shows and film have also featured queer interpretations of characters such as Clayface, Penguin, Harley Quinn and Riddler, while various continuities and assorted stories characterize the Joker as having a homosexual attraction to Batman.
The super-criminals of Gotham are often portrayed as having a form of code or community amongst them.
- Various members often meet at Penguin's establishment, The Iceberg Lounge, where he will also store money and gadgets for them when they are in prison or Arkham Asylum.
- In Batman: Endgame, it is explained that in the event of Batman's death, they are to shine the Batsignal upside-down like a sleeping back to assemble.
- Blackbeard mentions how many non-Gotham organizations will refuse to do business with Gotham criminals due to fear of them and the Batman.
Various enemies of Batman are taken from the rogues galleries of other heroes. Most notably: Solomon Grundy was originally an enemy to Green Lantern, Deathstroke and Duela Dent were enemies of the Teen Titans, Clock King was a villain to Green Arrow, and the Gentleman Ghost was an adversary to Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
Like Batman, Nightwing has his own rogues gallery, predominately centralized in Gotham's sister-city of Blüdhaven and which broadly intersects with Batman's villains.
A popular interpretation of the rogues gallery is that each major member serves as a dark reflection of Batman's own identity. This including broad parallels such as Joker being his exact opposite who reacts to Batman's world-view with anarcho-nihilistic sadism, Catwoman serving as his shadow-foil, Hush being a perversion of his Bruce Wayne background and Ra's al Ghul being a Batman-like avenger who lost view of his morals. More nuanced instances within this reading include Scarecrow reflecting his need to assume a horror-influenced alter-ego to scare others, Poison Ivy reflecting his diluted moral extremism, Mister Freeze paralleling his obsession with vengeance, Killer Croc embodying his need to separate himself from humanity in an animalistic alter-ego, Two-Face representing the dichotomy of Bruce Wayne and Batman, the Riddler reflecting his need to prove his intellect at the possible expense of others, Bane embodying his need to dominate enemies to validate himself, Harley Quinn representing his perverse relationship with the Joker and/or the corrupting effects of his alter-ego on his normal self, and the Penguin representing him being a disturbed animalistic mind masquerading as a civilized individual in his Bruce Wayne persona, to name a few.