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Anarky

Let’s start with a villain I love – a lot.

Anarky is great, because he appears in some wonderful comic books. Seriously, if you consider yourself a Batman fan, but you haven’t read any Alan Grant/Norm Breyfogle Batman comics, go do that now. They’re worth it.

Anarky was introduced in that run as a cloaked, V for Vendetta-lookin’ dude preaching…well, anarchy. He stirred up trouble and yelled about anti-authoritarianism and the death of the establishment. And in the end of his introductory arc, he was revealed to be about 13 years old. You know, like most wannabe anarchists.

Lonnie Machin eventually reformed partially into an anti-hero, once Batman told him to grow up and knock off his criminal behavior. The actual behind the scenes reason for this was that Alan Grant intended for Anarky to become the third Robin, but DC editorial nixed that idea, preferring instead to go with Tim Drake for the role.

And although I mock Lonnie’s anarchist leanings, his two creators both actually know their stuff, making him a legitimately sympathetic character.