With Batman’s first appearance in the DCU featuring as a silhouette in Creature Commandos against Doctor Phosphorus, DC Studios has made it clear that this is a Batman who is set to finally usher in the fantastical elements of the Batman mythos that makes the character and his world so incredible, thus leading to an incredible collection and selection of Rogues Gallery members for The Brave and the Bold.
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James Gunn has already announced the DCU’s Batman project as The Brave and the Bold, and considering the sheer demand for fantastical elements to the DCU’s version of Batman, there are some great villains that deserve to see the light of day in Gotham that otherwise might seem a bit too much for the realistic approach of other directors like Christopher Nolan and Matt Reeves.
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Owlman
Bruce Wayne’s Potential Younger Brother – A Deadly Assassin
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- First Appearance: Batman #1 (November, 2011)
- Created by: Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo
Not to be confused with Owlman from Earth-3’s Crime Syndicate, the DCU’s Batman could easily come up against Lincoln March, also known as Thomas Wayne, Jr. The Brave and the Bold is set to establish a Bat Family, especially with Batman and his son, Damian Wayne, so why not throw in further confusion and ideals of the family with Bruce Wayne’s potential younger brother who wants to kill him and take over Gotham City?
Owlman is an important figure in the Court of Owls, a set of villains who have run Gotham for centuries in the city’s secret bowels. Owlman brings an interesting element to the Batman mythos as not only a physical equal to Batman but also a conflicted one that proves that Batman’s family isn’t just his butler and his dead parents.
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Heretic
A Violent and Hateful Clone of Damian Wayne
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- First Appearance: Batman and Robin #12 (July, 2010)
- Created by: Grant Morrison, David Finch
When Batman and Talia al Ghul had a son, she wouldn’t have expected her little assassin to betray her and become Gotham City’s newest Robin. As a result of this, she had Damian Wayne cloned so she could have the murderous assassin child of Batman she had always dreamed of. The Heretic had a terrifying upbringing, raised by assassins and forced to grow into adulthood through experimentation.
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Due to Heretic’s upbringing and full understanding that he is a clone of Damian Wayne, he detested the original whom he regarded as a brother, and went out of his way to kill this Robin. Having Heretic as the villain of The Brave and the Bold establishes the sinister nature of Talia al Ghul and the fantastical elements of clones and their homicidal desires that could make for an interesting night in Gotham City.
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Poison Ivy
An Eco-Terrorist Who Can Control Plant Life Itself
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- First Appearance: Batman #181 (June, 1966)
- Created by: Robert Kanigher, Sheldon Moldoff
While Poison Ivy has featured in a previous Batman movie with Batman & Robin (1997) as played by Uma Thurman, it’s safe to say that audiences would happily have a re-do of the character in a movie that’s more highly regarded. As such, that could bring forth some horror and sinister aspects of her character that a director like Andy Muschietti could benefit from exploring.
Poison Ivy’s status as a devoted and twisted eco-terrorist who uses plants to kill humans at the demand to give Gotham City back to Mother Nature could make for an interesting spin on the narrative of a villain who takes over the city. Seeing a young Damian Wayne Robin try to understand why his father, Batman, doesn’t just outright kill these villains despite the damage it causes, would show an interesting dynamic that Poison Ivy can be the catalyst for.
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Killer Croc
A Terrifying Monster That Lurks in the Sewers
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- First Appearance: Detective Comics #523 (February, 1983)
- Created by: Gerry Conway, Don Newton, Gene Colan
The Brave and the Bold’s current director, Andy Muschietti is no stranger to the creepiness of sewers thanks to his I.T. movies, and that’s one of the reasons that a monster like Killer Croc could add a great aspect of fantastical horror to the mix. Having Batman trapped in the sewers as he battles a cannibal human-crocodile hybrid shows that Gotham is more than just skyscrapers and streets.
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While Killer Croc might not have the ultimate presence to be a solo antagonist of a Batman movie, he could still cause some damage as he lurks in the sewers to seek flesh and the scent of Batman. Adding Damian Wayne to the mix could also add further dangers of a child becoming the prey of a cannibal that will both help him to prove his worth to Batman, and show Batman’s unwillingness to work with others due to the dangers it represents.
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Mr. Freeze
A Villain with a Cold, Cold Heart for All but His Wife
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- First Appearance: Batman #121 (February, 1959)
- Created by: Bob Kane, David Wood, Sheldon Moldoff
Another villain to feature in Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin (1997) was Mr. Freeze, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is yet another fantastical villain who could be due a re-do for the DCU, as Mr. Freeze lends himself to incredibly powerful imagery, a darkened tragedy, and understandable, albeit rather crazed, motives to plunge Gotham into an Ice Age so that he may be reunited with his incurable wife, Nora.
Aspects of the sinister and highly intelligent Mr. Freeze haven’t really been explored in live-action, so having Gotham City plunged into a snowy Winter in the middle of Summer due to Mr. Freeze’s meddling would serve as a great visual story that’s only aided further by providing further insight into this villain’s tragedy, with Batman and Robin’s fists at the ready for a poetic confrontation once more.
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Clayface
A Former Actor, Occasional Serial Killer, Now Shape-Shifting Clay Monster
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- First Appearance: Detective Comics #40 (June, 1940)
- Created by: Bill Finger, Bob Kane
The amalgam of clay and psychopathic tendencies, Clayface has already been introduced to the DCU in Creature Commandos and has his own movie in the DCU greenlit coming from horror writer/director Mike Flanagan. With Clayface set to be an established villain already in the DCU, it would make sense for him to appear in some capacity for The Brave and the Bold, especially when it seems like his horror/tragedy origins will be seen before the DCU’s Batman.
The concept of a shape-shifter that constantly has to keep shape from his clay form as he stalks Gotham City as an imposter among its people is already one that can be steeped in tragedy, and it would serve as an interesting evolution to have Batman battle against a monster that may eventually become an ally.
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Ra’s al Ghul
The Demon’s Head, Master of the League of Assassins, and Grandfather to Damian Wayne
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- First Appearance: Batman #232 (June, 1971)
- Created by: Dennis O’Neil, Neal Adams
Ra’s al Ghul is a brilliant mastermind who has led the League of Assasins for centuries thanks to the power of his Lazarus Pits, which allows him to reinvigorate his flesh at the cost of his sanity. Ra’s al Ghul can cheat death, and seeks a world under his control, freed from crime at the cost of purging it and beginning anew – so it’s no wonder he and Batman don’t exactly get along.
Ra’s al Ghul would make for the perfect antagonist of The Brave and the Bold due to his relationship with the fantastical. He’s the Head of the Demon, a centuries-old villain with his own army of loyal assassins by his side, and he just so happens to be the grandfather of Batman’s son, Damian Wayne – thus leading to potential conflicts of heroism and villainy.
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