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Ventriloquist and Scarface
Man, is Batman: the Animated Series great. And it’s mostly thanks to “Read My Lipsâ€, which is one of the best episodes of the series, that this duo is on this list.
Arnold Wesker is a meek, timid man while his puppet, Scarface, is a tough talking, vicious gangster. This makes it real easy to feel bad for Arnold, even though Scarface isn’t alive, and the Scarface persona is still a part of Wesker’s broken mind. It’s an incredible feat to make a villain both lovable and irredeemable.
This is the most complex Batman villain on this list and, by any rights, should be way more utilized as a character. Also, the later Ventriloquists after Wesker were all great.
My runner up favorite was the one featured in the New 52 reboot of Secret Six (can you tell I love Secret Six a whole lot?). She’s pretty great in her own right, even if she’s a lot more cuckoo for cocoa puffs than Wesker ever was.
