

Bane's raw power, coupled with his genius level intellect, makes him a considerable threat to Batman, having once succeeded in breaking Batman's back. The international masked criminal known as Bane has immense strength that comes from a super-steroid called Venom. Listed below are the Batman family's most enduring and iconic adversaries. In those cases, the name of the character most associated with said supervillain identity will have their name in bold in their biography. Sometimes more than one fictional character will share a supervillain persona. Each character's first appearance and brief biographies of each fictional character are also listed, pertaining to their fictional histories and characteristics in the DC Universe. The following fictional characters are listed in alphabetical order by the name of their supervillain persona. 5 Antiheroes and reformed, semi-reformed, or occasionally reformed supervillains.4 Corrupt cops and government officials.The Batman family's rogues gallery has been well received, and is often considered to be one of the greatest superhero rogues galleries of all comic books. Many characters from Batman's rogues gallery who are criminally insane become patients at Arkham Asylum after they are apprehended. As with most superheroes, a cast of recurring enemies to the Batman family have been introduced throughout the years, collectively referred to as Batman's " rogues gallery". Since Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939), his supporting cast has expanded to include other superheroes, and has become what is now called the " Batman family". These characters are depicted as adversaries of the superhero Batman and his allies. The Batman family enemies are a collection of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

From left to right: Two-Face, Man-Bat, Catwoman, Scarecrow, Joker, Ra's al Ghul, Riddler and Poison Ivy. A gathering of Batman's primary enemies on a variant cover of The Joker: 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 (April 2020).
