Source: cinemablend.com

6. KGBeast

I know this one is out of left field, but that’s precisely why I think it’d work.

Anatoli Knyazev was a Russian super soldier who was amped up with cyber technology. His cohorts called him The Beast, a nickname that led to his CIA-coined code name. When KGBeast came to Gotham, his opening move was to commit a string of collateral damage-filled assassinations that resulted in over one hundred deaths. KGBeast is so hardcore that when Batman used his grappling hook rope to restrain him, The Beast cut off his own hand to escape without a second thought.

As far as serious physical threats to Batman go, KGBeast is a great one. He’s a force to be reckoned with, a weapon of muscle and machine, of meat and steel. A brute, but one who can slaughter with the best of them.

Plus, given our current political climate, a KGB-based villain wouldn’t be the LEAST timely idea.