From Pop-Cult Guides
Among the characters that have only appeared once in the comic book Batman stories, there are certain villains that have left some impression. Some, like Metalhead, due to the damage and level of threat they represent, but most, due to their excentricity.
| Image
| Name
| Real name
| Writer
| Artist
| First appearance
| Date
| Appearances (aprox.)
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| Alfred Stryker
| Alfred Stryker
| Bill Finger
| Bob Kane
| Detective Comics #27
| May 1939
| 1
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| The first criminal ever to be stopped by Batman in the comics. He is a partner of the Chemical Syndicate.
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| Wilkins the butler
| Wilins
| Bill Finger
| Bob Kane
| Detective Comics #
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| 1
|
| Harvey's butler, Wilkins impersonated Two-face to commit crimes and frame Harvey Kent, but he is developed and arrested.
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| Gorilla Boss
| George Dyke
| David Vern Reed
| Lew Schwartz
| Batman #75
| February 1953
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| Jolly Roger
| Thomas Wexley
| Jack Schiff
| J. Winslow Mortimer
| Detective Comics #202
| December 1953
| 2
|
| An hotel manager turned into a pirate themed rogue.
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| Doctor Double X
| Dr. Simon Ecks
| Dave Wood
| Sheldon Moldoff
| Detective Comics #261
| November 1958
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| A scientist discovered that human auras could be enhanced to function outside of the body. When Ecks created an energy-duplicate of himself, the introverted scientist's unstable mind became dominated by the doppelganger he named Double X.
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| Mister Polka-Dot
|
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| Sheldon Moldoff
| Detective Comics #300
| February 1962
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| a minor Batman comic book villain from the Silver Age who turns the polka dots covering his costume into a variety of weapons.
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| Doctor No-Face
| Bart Magan
| Dave Wood
| Sheldon Moldoff
| Detective Comics #319
| September 1963
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| The Human Eraser
| Lenny Fiasco
| John Broome
| Sheldon Moldoff
| Detective Comics # Batman #188
| December 1966
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| A professional at covering the tracks of other crimes, for a 20% cut (before taxes) the Eraser will 'erase' the evidence of another crime.
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| Doctor Darrk
| Doctor Ebenezer Darrk
| Denny O'Neil
| Bob Brown
| Detective Comics #411
| May 1971
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| After being assigned to lead the League of Assassins by Ra's Al Ghul, he decides to betray him for absolute power.
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| Snowman (comics)
| Klaus Kristin
| Gerry Conway
Roy Thomas
| Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
| Batman #337
| July 1981
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| The son of a male yeti and a female woman.
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| Mime
| Camilla Ortin
| Max Allan Collins
| Dave Cockrum
| Batman #412
| October 1987
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| A girl that commits crimes dressed as a mime. She seldom speaks, which leads people to think she is mute.
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| Deacon Blackfire
| Deacon Joseph Blackfire
| Jim Starlin
| Bernie Wrightson
| Batman: The Cult #1
| 1988
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| A fanatical religious leader who formed an army in the sewers beneath Gotham, largely composed of the homeless. Blackfire began a violent war on crime, which escalated into him taking over the entire city, resulting in it being isolated from the rest of the country. Blackfire was something of a one shot villain. He appeared in the four issue story arc/miniseries The Cult, at the end of which, he was killed by his followers.
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| Metalhead
|
| Doug Moench
| Jim Aparo
| Batman #486
| November 1992
| 4
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| A man looking to join the False Face Society, he almost defeats the man, who as a consequence, has to be almost literally carried back to the Batcave. His suit has a spiked whip coming out of his head. Robin suspects the black costume of Azrael is inspired in the one of this man.
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| The Human Flea
| Martin Kemp
| Alan Grant
| Vince Giarrano
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #11
| April 1993
| 2
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| A man that committs robberies in order to fund his grandfather's unsuccessful flea circus.
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| The Hood Brothers
|
| Alan Grant
| Bret Blevins
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16
| September 1993
| 1
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| Image:Mabuse-01.jpg
| Mabuse
|
| Devin Grayson
| Paul Ryan
| Batman: Gotham Knights #3
| May 2000
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| Mabuse was a common street criminal, a "geek" in a suit of armor made froma trashcan, who faced a young Batman early in the Dark Knight's career. He was responsible for breaking Batman's nose in a fight. The story was told in "Broken Nose", written and illustrated by Paul Pope, as part of the Batman: Black & White series; it's canonicity is uncertain.
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