VILLAINS of the BATMAN

JOKER

real name: unknown
powers: none
gadgets: poison laughing gas, knives
about: Batman's arch-nemesis. most famous comic villain ever. He finds the funny side of everything, which makes it easy for him to murder and steal. The history of how the joker became the joker is mostly unknown, and varries from telling to telling.

 

TWO-FACE

real name: Harvey Dent
powers: none
gadgets: guns, double-headed coin
about: ex-Gotham City district attourney. He was on the verge of eradicating crime from the city when either fire or acid (this varries depending on the version of the story) scarred the left side of his face. He became the villain "Two-Face" and developed a split personality. He decides whether or not to commit a crime depending on which side his coin lands on after he flips it. If the shiny side is up, he does the noble deed, but if the scratched/burned side is up, he commits the crime.

CATWOMAN

real name: Selina Kyle
powers: none
gadgets: whip
about: popular enemy of Batman. She's a professional thief and is thought to dress as a cat as response to having an abusive father as a child. Catwoman is a love interest of Batman, and Selina Kyle is a love interest of Bruce Wayne. Though it is never spelled out, it is widely assumed that they know each other's identities.

THE PENGUIN

real name: Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot
powers: none
gadgets: umbrella gun
about: one of Batman's oldest enemies. He is always depicted as rotund, and sometimes deformed. Being a mobster, he runs a nightclub as a facade for a small crime ring. He symbolizes high-society crime in Gotham.

MR. FREEZE

real name: Dr. Victor Fries (pronounced "freeze")
powers: none
gadgets: sub-zero suit, freeze ray
about: He suffered an accident (incidents differ depending on version) that caused him to be unable to survive outside of a temperature above 0ยบ C. He uses his freeze ray to encase people or objects in ice while he steals whatever he wants.

POISON IVY

real name: Pamela Lillian Isley
powers: secretes poisonous blood and saliva, as well as pharamones to make anyone she wants become infatuated with her
gadgets: none
about: She was involved in a botanical accident that resulted in her having the power to seduce anyone at her whim, and to kill them with a kiss. Batman is often seen infatuated with her, but they are never in an actual relationship.