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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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.

Possible Nightwing/Robin villians

So continuing on from my previous post about a potential Nightwing or Robin movie in the works, I was thinking who would be the main villain in this film or film series? In this post i have come up with a list of potential suspects who could fill the role and pull of another great movie.

The Scarecrow
A villain that had appeared in all of the Dark Knight trilogy. He has cemented himself as being a pain in the ass for Gotham city over the years. In theory he could have another massive attack on Gotham City or Bludhaven turning everyone insane from fear and ,lets just say Nightwing, swoops in, beats the crap out of him and saves the day by coming up with an antidote from using the old Batcave. Jonathan Crane is also a master of psychology as well as fear so that could play a major part in his fight against Nightwing, psychologically bullying him, forcing Night wing to make a mistake.

Black Mask
Roman Sinosis is a big time player in the comics as his alter ego Black Mask. This would be a more suitable choice if the writers and directors wanted to bring in a new villain for the new superhero to face. Black Mask doesn't have any special powers other than the fact that he is smart so by choosing him to be the main protagonist in the film would keep the realistic feel that the Dark Knight film had. The way that this could play out is that Black Mask could be running a major gang throughout Gotham or Bludhaven, controlling the crime underworld. As Nightwing steps in as he attempts to rid the city of crime, Black Mask could go on a personal vendetta against him in an attempt to regain his control of the underworld. Black Mask could kill a number of cops to try and draw out Nightwing ( Blake would feel personally involved since he was a police officer as well)

The Riddler
Edward Nigma would be a perfect villain for any Batman related film so he would provide a great role in any Nightwing film. His genius as well as his obsession of riddles would play the perfect mind game against Nightwing. Figuring out who Nightwing truely wasand he could target people close to him, taking the hostage. Whilst trying to fight the crime underworld Nightwing would have to be faced with attempting to save the people of who he cared about. There is a chance that The Riddler wouldn't be the villain simply because he is a well known enemy of Batman, not Nightwing. Introducing someone like The Riddler to a kind of new franchise may confuse people who are not much of a follower of the comic series or those who do not know much about Batman outside of the films. It is a lot more likely that the other two mentioned before hand would be the main villain in the film but a cameo from Edward wouldn't go a miss right?

Deathstroke
A brand new villain could enter the mix who hasn't got much to do with Batman as he does with Nightwing. A master assassin, Deathstroke is the most deadly man in the DC universe, even though he is blind in one eye. His costume could be rendered to have a more realistic feel to it as opposed to the morph-suit type thing that he wears in the comics. Deathstroke is also a known villain to Nightwing as well as the rest of the Teen Titans To enter his story into the film there could be a number of assassinations which Nightwing is investigating. Beating up people as he goes it is revealed to be Deathstroke (who you get glimpses of throughout the film)

Honourable Mentions

The Ventriloquist- Schizophrenic enemy controlled by his puppet Scarface. Probably not well known enough to play the main villain in the film. Maybe a cameo like Victor Zsasz had in Batman Begins might do though

Two Face- Obviously Harvey Dent died in Dark Knight but how cool would it be if Two face controlled the remains of Gotham after the events of The Dark Knight Rises. Maybe he would get a mention as well in the film like what Bane does in the latest Batman Movie.

Firefly-Not the most well known of villains compared to some of the ones that I have mentioned but still could be a very dangerous person for Nightwing to face. http://www.rapsheet.co.uk also report that Firefly is actually an employee of Black Mask so he may be involved as like a secondary support villain.


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What happened to the Riddler?

Before the final Christopher Nolan film of the trilogy was announced there were many speculations that The Riddler was going to play the main protagonist in the Dark Knight Rises. Mock up posters were made and posted all over the internet and rumours that Johnny Depp was going to be cast as the genius villain.  Don’t get me wrong Bane was an awesome villain to choose and his story interweaved brilliantly with the Batman begins but I can’t help but wonder that The Riddler would have been a more popular choice and someone that more people would know of. Think about it, in Batman and Robin Bane was just used as muscle for Poison Ivy and was introduced to the audience as an idiot. Don’t get me wrong, Tom Hardy and Christopher Nolan did an amazing job in bringing the Bane character to the big screen and portraying him as a smart, dangerous serial killer who also has a soft side with his love for Talia al Guhl.

Like I mentioned earlier Bane’s story, as well as the whole of the Dark Knight Rises film, is extremely well linked to Batman Begins with Bane being trained in the League of Shadows (the same place Bruce Wayne got his training) as well as Raz Al Guhl’s daughter Talia being bought in as well as a small bit from Liam Neeson himself reviving his role from the first film.  I just believe that the Riddler would provide more of an intellectual problem to Batman rather than a physical one. It would not have to be linked to any of the films beforehand such as The Dark Knight didn’t really have much of a link to Batman Begins (other than the joker card handed to Batman at the very end of the first film).

Obviously this will never happen now since Nolan as ended on an incredible high with the Dark Knight trilogy but perhaps it could happen in another potential film that all of us fans want. Maybe The Riddler could be bought into a potential Robin/Nightwing film  (As mentioned in an earlier post)

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