Best Batman Villains

The Joker is the greatest villain in Batman rogues gallery and arguably in all of comics, a force of chaos whose unpredictability and genius for cruelty make him the ultimate expression of everything Batman stands against.

Two-Face is the most tragic figure in Batman rogues gallery, a former ally whose disfigurement and obsession with chance make him a walking symbol of the randomness Batman most wants to defeat.

Bane is unique among Batman enemies for being an intellectual and physical match for the Dark Knight simultaneously, his destruction of Batman in Knightfall setting the template for every story about a villain who thinks strategically about defeating a hero.

Ra's al Ghul elevates Batman rogues gallery with genuine global stakes, an immortal idealist whose world-altering schemes require Batman to engage with genuine political and ecological arguments rather than just stopping a bank robbery.