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BATMAN VILLAINS
This is a list of fictional DC Comics characters who are enemies of Batman or of his associates, such as the Joker, Catwoman, and Ra's al Ghul. thumb|300px|A gathering of Batman's villains. Art by [[Jim Lee.]]

Major Non-Costumed Villains
Besides his infamous rogues gallery, Batman has also faced more "ordinary" enemies, such as assassins, mobsters, and terrorists.

Two of Batman's mobster foes have donned costumes and crossed over to become serial killers/supervillains:
 * Joe Chill: The man who murdered Bruce Wayne's parents. He first appeared in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939), but was not named until Batman #47).
 * Lew Moxon: A mafia boss who hired Joe Chill to kill Thomas Wayne which sparked Bruce Wayne into becoming Batman, as well as bringing the villain Zeiss to Gotham.
 * Falcone family: Led by Carmine Falcone, (AKA "The Roman") and prominent in the storylines of Batman's early years, including Year One, The Long Halloween and Dark Victory. In the comics, as well as the feature film Batman Begins, the Falcone family and Carmine Falcone in particular are portrayed as having a massive amount of power and influence on Gotham City. Falcone was killed in the Long Halloween by Two-Face.
 * Rupert Thorne: Prominent in the animated series, but also featured in the comics, head of one of Gotham City's top smuggling gangs, Rupert Thorne is envied for his power in the underworld and loves prospering from other people's misery. In the animated series of the 1990s, Thorne is responsible, in part, for the creation of that version of Two-Face. He was also the boss of "Matches" Malone, the criminals whose identity was taken over by Batman.
 * Maroni family: Led by Sal "The Boss" Maroni, the Maroni family were a prominent crime family in Gotham, and in the early years of Batman's career, the Maroni's often vied for power and control of the Gotham underworld with the Falcone family. In the majority of Batman's incarnations, Sal Maroni is widely known as the mob boss who threw acid onto the face of D.A. Harvey Dent during a trial. The resulting injuries and scarring transformed Dent into the villain Two-Face. Maroni was shot in the head and killed by Alberto Falcone (the presumed Holiday killer) possibly on Carmine Falcone's orders.
 * Tony Zucco: Tony Zucco was a mob boss, or simple low level thug (his position of power varies a bit in the continuity) who was responsible for the death of Dick Grayson's parents. Despite some variation, the basic recurring themes were that Zucco tried to extort the circus the Graysons were members of. When the ringleader refused to pay him, he sabotaged the act causing the ropes of the Graysons act to break and sending the parents of Dick falling to their deaths.
 * Holiday: Mysterious serial killer who murdered mobsters and others over a year (during The Long Halloween storyline). The killer's weapon is a .22 pistol (using a baby bottle nipple as a silencer) with the handle taped and the serial number filed off. Also, every crime takes place on a holiday and a small trinket representing each holiday is left behind at the scene. Alberto Falcone, youngest son of Carmine Falcone, is revealed to be the Holiday killer. However, Holiday was actually 3 people. Harvey Dent was the first, and when his wife, Gilda Dent, realized, she continued the killing spree. When Alberto faked his own death on New Year's Eve, she simply let him take over and had nothing further to do with it. She disposed of the incriminating costume (a trenchcoat and fedora), as well as the last .22 pistol, throwing them into the furnace. Reading like an old-fashioned murder mystery, clues to Holiday's identity are found throughout, however even after reading the entire story, the identity of the killer is still unclear and the killer may still be at large. The Holiday murders are also responsible for the creation of Two-Face.
 * The Hangman: A serial killer (during the Dark Victory storyline), who murders police officers on every holiday of the year, leaving behind a version of the children's word game "Hangman" (with key letters missing) with each new victim. All of the victims are police officers who, in one way or another, helped Harvey Dent rise to his position of District Attorney. In the end, the Hangman is revealed to be Sofia Falcone Gigante, daughter of the late crime boss, Carmine Falcone.

Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins

 * Ra's al Ghul: First appearing in Batman #232 (June 1971), Ra's al Ghul ("Demon's Head" in Arabic), a centuries-old world-wide eco-terrorist. He knows Batman's secret identity. He utilized special pits known as Lazarus Pits which enabled him to evade death, and live for centuries. He founded The League of Assassins, though exactly when is unknown.
 * Talia al Ghul: First appearing in Detective Comics #411 (May 1971), She's the daughter of Ra's al Ghul. Her father encouraged a relationship between Talia and Batman, desiring for Batman to marry his daughter in hopes of recruiting him as his successor. Talia admires Batman in his drive, determination, and nobility, but was always torn between him and the love for her terrorist father. Unlike Catwoman, Talia is more than willing to play second-fiddle to Bruce's mission. She claims to be the mother of his son Damien.
 * Nyssa Raatko: First appearing in Detective Comics #783 (August 2003), she's the daughter of Ra's al Ghul, born in St. Petersburg in 1775, and a Holocaust survivor. She eventually broke off from her father and his crusade, which resulted in a rift between them.  She had in her possession a Lazarus Pit that could be reused over and over again.  She was responsible for brainwashing her half-sister Talia into despising not only Batman, but their father as well, whom she ended up killing with a sword.  It appears, however, that Nyssa was killed in a car bombing in Northern Africa, presumably by the League of Assassins.


 * Ebeneezer Darrk (Also known as Doctor or Professor Darrk): He is the first known individual assigned to head the League of Assassins by Ra's al Ghul. Although many of the League's leaders over the years have been accomplished martial artists, Daark himself did not depend on physical prowess, and as an assassin he instead relied upon careful planning and manipulation, ambushes and death traps, as well as a variety of cleverly concealed weapons and poisons. After earning Ra's enmity (for reasons unknown) Daark died during a plot to kidnap Talia al Ghul which was foiled by The Batman.
 * The Sensei: First appearing in Strange Adventures #215 (October 1968) as an aged martial arts master from Hong Kong, he was Darrk's second in command. He was put in charge of the League after Darrk's death. However, he would prove just as disloyal as his predecessor, and the Sensei would eventually struggle with Ra's al Ghul for the control of the organization. One of his personal goals is to raise assassination to an artform.  He is revealed to be Ra's al Ghul's father in Batman #671 (January 2008).
 * Doctor Moon: First appearing in Batman #240 (March 1972), he is a brain surgeon with skills that make him the person to contact to recover dead brains, erase or modify minds, or mental torture.
 * Lady Shiva (Sandra Wu-San): First appearing in Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #5 (December 1975), She's a mercenary assassin who once trained Batman, and is possibly the greatest martial artist alive in the DC Universe; one of Batman's true physical rivals.  She is also the biological mother of Cassandra Cain.
 * David Cain: First appearing in Batman #567 (July 1999), he is the biological father of Cassandra Cain.
 * Cassandra Cain: First appearing in Batman #567 (1999), she is the daughter of David Cain and Lady Shiva, and is the most recent Batgirl.

Other members have included:
 * Alpha
 * Bronze Tiger: (Brainwashed at the time)
 * Merlyn
 * Onyx
 * Professor Ojo
 * The Mad Dog

Foes of lesser renown
In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance):

Enemies created for other media
Batman villains created in other media, with no appearances in previous or subsequent comics. Those sharing the names of comic villains but bearing no other similarities are noted:

Villains from comics in live-action media
A number of villains from DC Comics have made an appearance, or appearances, in Batman live-action media. These include villains not traditionally associated with Batman, but with the whole DC Universe.

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