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6. Wrath

EVIL BATMAN.

So simple as a concept, yet so underutilized. Debuting in “The Player on the Other Side” otherwise known as that Batman story with the amazing title, Wrath was basically reverse Batman.

The son of two criminals who were killed by a young police officer, Wrath grew up into a master assassin designed to mirror the Dark Knight in most ways.

Although the role of evil reverse Batman has been taken up as of late by Prometheus, Wrath is one of the best.

Plus, the second Wrath wears an all purple suit, which is goshdarn awesome. And using the iconography of the “W” to mimic bat ears? Freakin’ brilliant. That is one heck of a great character design. Wrath got an adaptation in the cartoon series The Batman, of all places, but he’s still a vastly underused character.

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5. Man-Bat

Skreeeee-aaarrrrrrkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!

I really like Man-Bat, you guys. His first episode of Batman: the Animated Series (which is also THE first episode if you’re watching the DVDs) gave me legit nightmares as a kid, which only made me love it more.

Kirk Langstrom was a scientist until he took his own formula while attempting to cure his impending deafness. Because this is comic books, the formula had the worst possible side effects ever and turned him into Man-Bat.

I feel like if I saw “may turn you into a giant bat monster” written as a side effect of a medication that was prescribed for me, I would just consider switching physicians.

Langstrom fought back against the Man-Bat persona and tried to cure himself a few times, but to no avail. He’s essentially Spider-Man villain The Lizard, but a bat instead. Because comics. And again, that transformation sequence from “On Leather Wings” will screw you up if you aren’t ready for it.

Skreee-aaarrrk.