As with most superheroes, a cast of recurring enemies to the Batman Family have been introduced throughout the years, collectively referred to as the rogues gallery. Many characters from Batmans rogues gallery who are criminally insane become patients at Arkham Asylum after they are apprehended. The Batman Familys rogues gallery has widely been well received, often cited as one of the greatest superhero rogues galleries in all of comics. Super villains and themed criminalseditThe following fictional characters are listed alphabetical order by the name of their supervillain persona. Each characters first appearance and brief biographies of each fictional character are also listed, pertaining to their fictional histories and characteristics in the DC Universe. Sometimes more than one fictional character will share a supervillain persona. In those cases, the name of the character most associated with said supervillain identity will have their name in bold in their biography. Classic rogues galleryeditListed below are the Batman Familys most enduring and iconic adversaries. Villain. CreatorsFirst appearance. Fictional biography. Bane567Chuck Dixon89Doug Moench9Graham Nolan89Batman Vengeance of Bane 1January 1. The international masked criminal known as Bane has immense strength that comes from a super steroid called Venom. Banes raw power coupled with his genius level intellect makes him a considerable threat to Batman, having once succeeded in breaking Batmans back. Black Mask1. 31. Doug Moench1. Tom Mandrake1. Batman 3. August 1. Roman Sionis1. Sionis wears a black mask resembling a human skull that gives him limited mind control abilities over the weak minded. Alan Grant. Norm Breyfogle. Shadow of the Bat 1 Note 1June 1. Jeremiah Arkham1. Black Mask following the death of Roman Sionis. Arkham, the director of Arkham Asylum, began to develop split personality disorder leading to him taking on the Black Mask identity. Calendar Man1. 9Bill Finger2. Romantic Horror Movies Lego DC Comics Superheroes: Justice League - Gotham City Breakout ' title='Romantic Horror Movies Lego DC Comics Superheroes: Justice League - Gotham City Breakout ' />Detective Comics 2. September 1. 95. 82. Julian Gregory Day is known for committing crimes that correspond with holidays and significant dates. He often wears costumes to correlate with the date of the designated crime. His best known latter day incarnation is in the miniseries Batman The Long Halloween, where he is portrayed as a Hannibal Lecter like figure,2. Batmans search for Holiday, a vigilante who uses holidays as his modus operandi. Catwoman2. 42. Bob Kane2. Bill Finger2. Batman 1 Note 2 April 1. Selina Kyle is an accomplished jewel thief. Although traditionally considered a villain, she is often portrayed as an antihero. She also has an on again, off again romantic relationship with Batman. Clayface2. 93. Bob Kane3. Detective Comics 4. June 1. 94. 0Actor Basil Karlo3. Adopting the alias of the films villain, Clayface, his role, he attacked several of the remakes cast and crew at the points in filming when they were supposed to die before being stopped by Batman and Robin. Later he gained shape shifting powers and became the Ultimate Clayface. Bill Finger3. 73. Sheldon Moldoff3. Detective Comics 2. December 1. 96. 1Treasure hunter Matt Hagen3. Clayface II by a pool of radioactive protoplasm. He now possesses super strength and can change his claylike body into any form. Len Wein3. 9Marshall Rogers3. Detective Comics 4. July 1. 97. 8Preston Payne3. S. T. A. R. Labs to search for a cure. He obtained a sample of Matt Hagens blood, isolating an enzyme which he introduced into his own bloodstream. However, his flesh began to melt, so he built an anti melting exoskeleton to not only preserve himself, but to also prevent him from touching anyone, as he also gained the ability to melt people with a touch. This was until he learned that he needed to spread his melting contagion onto others to survive. He later met and fell in love with Lady Clay, and the two had a son named Cassius Clay Payne. Len Wein3. 9Marshall Rogers3. Outsiders 2. 1July 1. Lady Clay Sondra Fuller3. Clayface, Matt Hagen. She meets and falls in love with the third Clayface, Preston Payne, and gives birth to Cassius Clay Payne. Doug Moench. Kelley Jones. Batman 5. 50January 1. Cassius Clay Payne,3. Claything, is the son of Preston Payne and Lady Clay who inherited the abilities of his parents. Payne was separated from his parents and was experimented on by the government. Unlike his parents, Payne can only keep his metahuman abilities while awake and, if a piece of his clay body is separated from him, it can grow a mind of its own. Doug Moench. Kelley Jones. Batman 5. 50January 1. Dr. Peter Malley,3. Claything, was a DEO scientist who was transformed when he merged with a sample of Cassius Payne. Dr. Malley has the ability to melt objects simply by looking at them. Ed Brubaker. Darwyn Cooke. Catwoman vol. 3 1January 2. Todd Russell3. 2 is a serial killer with the ability to transform into virtually any shape and size who targets prostitutes. A. J. Lieberman. Batman Gotham Knights 6. February 2. 00. 5Johnny Williams4. He was manipulated by Hush and the Riddler to transform his appearance into that of Jason Todd in order to deceive Batman, which ultimately failed. Grant Morrison. Chris Burnham. Batman Incorporated 6June 2. The Clayface of Japan4. Clayfaces. 4. 3Deadshot4. Bob Kane4. 7David Vern Reed4. Lew Schwartz4. 7Batman 5. JuneJuly 1. 95. 0Floyd Lawton is an excellent sniper assassin who, when wielding a gun or projectile, never misses a shot. He is often considered to be the second greatest assassin in the DC Universe, the first being Deathstroke. Firefly4. France Herron5. Dick Sprang5. Detective Comics 1. June 1. 95. 2Garfield Lynns is an orphan who became a pyromaniac, having developed a fireproof suit with a flamethrower to further pursue his hobby. He invents numerous weapons that involve light to commit crimes with. Bill Finger. Sheldon Moldoff. Batman 1. 26 September 1. Ted Carson5. 25. Desperate, Carson turned to crime, becoming the second Firefly. Harley Quinn5. 45. Bruce Timm5. 85. Paul Dini5. The Batman Adventures 1. Note 3 September 1. The Wild Video Download. Dr. Harleen Quinzel was the Jokers psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum until she fell in love with him and subsequently reinvented herself as his madcap sidekick, Harley Quinn. She is often mistreated by the Joker, but that rarely changes how she feels about him. Hugo Strange6. 06. Bob Kane6. 3Bill Finger6. Detective Comics 3. February 1. 94. 0Professor Hugo Strange is an insane psychologist who uses his mastery of chemistry to create a serum that turns his victims into mindless brutes who obey his every command. He has succeeded in deducing that Batman is Bruce Wayne. Hush6. 56. 66. Jeph Loeb6. Jim Lee6. Batman 6. November 2. Dr. Thomas Elliot is a brilliant surgeon who targets both Bruce Wayne, his childhood friend, and Batman. Joker. Arch7. 07. Bob Kane7. 6Bill Finger7. Jerry Robinson7. Batman 1 April 1. The Joker is a homicidal maniac with a clown like appearance, bent on creating havoc in Gotham City and fighting a never ending battle against Batman. His arsenal of weapons includes razor cards, acid spewing flowers, and fatal laughing gas. He is Batmans archenemy as well as the most famous and recurring villain. Killer Croc7. 77.