Greatest Comic Book Villain Ever Series- Batman part 2

So here is the second part of the Batman series. The winner of this post will join Carnage, Magneto  and the Joker as well as more villains in the upcoming days and weeks.  

The link for the Greatest Comic Book Villain Ever Series- Batman Part 1 is below.
http://azraelnightwingblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/greatest-comic-book-villains-ever.html

 To check out the other posts in the series you can find the links at the bottom.

Okay so the list of villains for this post is: The Riddler, Raz al Guhl, Bane and the Penguin. These guys were left out of the first part to create a more dynamic and diverse selection at the end. Okay so here we go

The Riddler

Edward Nigma is a genius whose obsession with riddles makes him one of the most theatrical Batman villains of all time. Giving a riddle to his victims, in which getting it wrong means instant death (the fate which happens to most of the unfortunate people the Riddle comes into contact with).Riddler isn’t really the type of person to use guns or go in a fist fight but he does have his custom made ‘?’ cane which he can use to beat his victims if he so chooses. The cane can also be used for setting off his traps if Batman gets to close.

Raz al Guhl

Leader of the league of shadows and master of several martial art techniques means that Raz al Guhl is probably the most deadly fighter that Batman has ever come across. Raz al Guhl was also Batman’s mentor, training him, improving his fighting technique and increasing Bruce Wayne’s potential to fight crime. This proves a real problem for the dark knight because R.A.G knows Batman’s moveset and will possibly be able to predict his offensive attack. Raz al Guhl also has a serious hatred for crime which is shown in both the comics and the first and last films in the Dark Knight series. This hatred will prove very useful in the fights against the other competitors in this series.

                                                          Penguin

Penguin is a mob boss through and through, just with added psychosis to help him achieve his extreme goals with an ‘any means necessary’ attitude. He is extremely ruthless and an unforgiving person as if you fail him you are likely to get killed. Wielding nothing more than a gun and his ‘special’ umbrella, Penguin is the type of person who doesn’t and will just kill you now just to get you out of the way rather than interrogating his victims first.

Bane

A venom fuelled behemoth with amazing strength that even Killer Croc was overpowered by. The venom turns Bane into a monster with destruction on his mind, be it people or places. All though juiced up with venom, Bane is also intelligent which helps him in fight situations. Bane wields nothing more than his fists as he needs no other weapon, showing you how strong he is. Finally Bane will always be known as the man(/monster) who ‘broke the bat

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FIGHT 1 The Riddler VS Raz al Guhl

In a random encounter with no previous preparation the Raz al Guhl would be able to slice The Riddler into two almost instantly. However if it were a planned scenario with The Riddler setting traps then he would have a much needed advantage of the leader of the League of Shadows. All though these riddles and traps would prove to be a much harder task for Raz al Guhl, he would still be able to pass them all, running his blade through the chest of The Riddler. WINNER: Raz al Guhl.

FIGHT 2: Bane VS The Penguin

This fight would just be the pure strength of Bane against the sheer aggressiveness of The Penguin. Although Penguin would fire shot after shot into the rampaging Bane, Penguin wouldn’t be able to stop the leviathan from charging at him. Bane would easily lift and throw The Penguin through a wall, severely crippling him. WINNER: BANE

FINAL FIGHT: Raz al Guhl VS Bane

It would be a student vs teacher fight to the death between these two, Raz al Guhl would have speed on his side where as Bane would obviously have the strength advantage over his enemy. Hitting Bane with multiple kicks, punches and sword strikes, Raz al Guhl would be able to slow the venom induced beast down but not be able to stop him. Bane would be able to grab his former master and break him into two just like he did with Batman. Raz al Guhl wouldn’t die but a little trip to a Lazarus pit may be in order.

WINNER: BANE

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If you want to read more in this series click these links below

Spiderman Villains-http://azraelnightwingblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/greatest-comic-book-villain-ever-series.html

X-Men Villains-http://azraelnightwingblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/greatest-comic-book-villain-ever-series_12.html

Batman Villain Part 2

Eventually Franco became the chief of medicine at the Arkham Asylum due to a close relationship with Hugo Strange. From his new position, Franco was able to gain access to all of the criminals files allowing him to learn the true identity of the Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane).

Re-reading the files over and over again, his levels of obsession rose once again pushing him further into insanity. During the Arkham Asylum takeover by the inmates, due to Harley Quinn releasing the Joker, Franco fled until he transformed into the Messiah, returning to the island through a secret passage that was constructed for Victor Zsasz allowing him to escape multiple times. The Messiah hunted down the Scarecrow, who by this point had joined forces with the Joker and Mr Zsasz.  Franco tracked down the sewers as he witnessed Batman try to apprehend Crane. Franco watched from the shadows as Crane was pulled under the water by Killer Croc. Enraged that he wasn’t the one to kill Crane, Franco fled the island on a spare titan container, avoiding the police and any inmates that had escaped.

After realising that his aim in life had been stolen from him, Franco checked himself into the metropolis city asylum  ensuring that none of the inmates would recognise him. Abandoning the messiah persona , Franco decided to spend his riches on running his own private medical school. He had an excellent pupils such as Thomas Elliot, later to be known as Hush, Franco’s arch enemy. After discovering that Elliot was Hush , Franco plunged two needles full of hydrogen peroxide causing the red blood cells in Hush’s body to burst causing his internal organs to start shutting down. Although Hush survived, Franco kept his bandages, coat and gloves as a little memento, storing them in a glass cabinet proudly on display. With his psyche broken, Franco created a new identity, the Collector, donning his old leather coat and newly designed metallic gloves (now soaked in concentrate sulphuric acid to cause burns to the victims as well as soaking into their bloodstream). He now wore a newly designed black mask which he wore a top hat in top of it. Wearing  blood red trousers and spiked, knee high boots, the Collector was born.

Once Franco had revived his role as an extreme vigilante, he started hunting down the only remaining member of the group that ruined his life, the crime lord of the underworld, Black Mask. Franco tracked down Roman Sionis and beat him within an inch of his life, refusing to kill Sionis because the Franco side of the Collector was still strong enough to oppose against his bodies actions. Like with Hush, the Collector stripped Black Mask of his suit, his gun and of course his mask to add to his own collection.

With his medical school now failing since the departure of Thomas Elliot, who was still on life support, and his other students simply not making the cut, Franco dived into drink and depression. This boosted the darker sides of Franco’s brilliant, yet fractured mind. The Collector soon fully took over Franco’s mind, shutting down his medical school and turning it into a sort of museum in which the Collector could show off his trophies collected from his fallen adversaries. The Collectors next conquest was by breaking into Oracles house and stealing the original Batgirl suit. This led to Franco conducting a 100 page dissertation on who he believed was the man who was Batman. Heading back to Arkham Asylum and gathering evidence and medical files that were stored in ‘Arkham City’  and knowing that Barbara Gordon would/is close to batman led Franco to become completely obsessed once again.

Talking to the only man still alive that Franco believed he knew the true identity of Batman, Franco teamed up with the Riddler in committing couple of crimes here and there. For each successful crime committed, the Riddler presented Franco with a new riddle. Eventually the riddles spelt out the name Ashley Cohen, the name of one of the young interns that Franco accidently shot. In blind rage the Collector punched the Riddler square in the jaw, completely shattering it.  Whilst still screaming in pain, the Collector stripped Nigma of his suit, mask, hat and custom made cane. Claiming that this trophy wouldn’t be close to the main attraction of his display, the Riddler shot Franco in the leg causing a distinct limp that remained with Franco throughout his life. Removing the bullet himself, Franco vowed that he would kill The Riddler with the exact same bullet that pierced his leg.

The war of the crime underworld raged on between The Riddler and The Penguin, Franco created an artificial aid to help him walk and run properly. Now with The Messiah and The Collector fighting each other within Franco’s head, he adopted a whole new persona known as the Grim Reaper.