Off THEIR Mind: Comic Creators On Who the Next Bat-Villain Should Be

Definitely Catwoman but not as the main villain of course.

I would love to see a live action adaptation of mask of the phantasm but then theres that tricky problem of replacing heath ledger. while i think it could be done it is big shoes to fill.

I also like Captain13's idea which could then segue into a new batman while Bale becomes sort of a mentor, like a batman beyond theme almost.

I still think Black Mask would be the best villain for the Nolan universe with Catwoman a very interesting new love interest. Bruce, reeling from the loss of......... that women he loved whose name i totally forget..... and in a place of true vigilantism is drawn to a sexy, teasing thief who walks just the other side of the line that he currently treads between good and bad who he becomes obsessed with. She returns his feelings and a tug of war between good and bad happens in both parties. All the while, in the void left at the end of the last film, a new gang starts taking control in the streets, a more violent, dangerous gang lead by the mysterious Black Mask.......

Palmiotti's had to be a joke, right?
 
I think for this film The Riddler and Black Mask and/or Penguin should be well suited.

I don't like this stupid rule about no superpowered villains.

" Very interesting. Knowing Nolan, it'll be someone we don't expect  *(hurray for my first Comic vine comment)* "

I see many people throwing around the idea of Bane working for someone like Black Mask.  It can't work, to me, because Bane is about controlling his own destiny, and not letting someone else achieve his goals for him.  His sole mission was to study, observe and finally bring down Batman, and it was done magnificently.  If not Bane, then I wonder if Nolan could pull off hinting at Azrael as a teaser to the audience.

riddler and catwoman would be awsome

Harley and Catwoman

I think the villains should be the Riddler, Penguin, and Catwoman.
The Riddler would be the main villain, a narcissist who wants everyone to know he is smarter than they are, which is why he leaves clues and riddles. This would give Batman a chance to show his detective skills more and more, show he isn't just a vigilante but a detective and scientist too.  Riddler would be closer to the Joker type than any of the other criminals in the film, closer than the Penguin and Catwoman.
The Penguin would be taking over the mobs in Gotham, his part would be as big as the Mob was in the Dark Knight.  (Showing the escalation in the criminal element.  Having a Joker type "freak" taking over the mobs.)  He isn't a mutant or anything, just a guy who dresses up in a tuxedo and top hat, and maybe like Penguins.  He is considered a freak, because of his quarks but he isn't a mutant or anything like that.  He doesn't have umbrella weapons.
Catwoman would be similar to her role in JLA: the Nail or in Batman: Hush, where she is introduced as this criminal burglar, not a real threat but not to be trusted.  Batman knows he should stay away, but he doesn't.  During the coarse of the film she becomes a major part of Bruce's life, an allie and maybe a serious love interest too.  She is more like Batman than the Riddler, Penguin, the Joker, Scarecrow, or even Ras.  She dresses in a suit that aids her crimes, but she doesn't want to hurt anyone or see anyone innocent get hurt.
 
My idea for the film is that after Bruce decided to become Batman he didn't really understand the ramifications,
then, with the events of Dark Knight (the Joker, Rachel, Dent) Bruce is falling into a darkness that he may never get out of.  He spends more time as Batman and less as Bruce, he barely talks to Alfred these days and avoids Fox, and he can't talk to Gordon anymore.  This is where Catwman could fit in, he feels a connection to her.
Batman is becoming more angry and resentful of being Batman, his actions are more aggressive against crime.  During the coarse of the movie Alfred, Fox, Gordon, and Selena, must help Bruce pick himself back up and the end result of the movie is that Bruce is finally at a good place with being Batman.  He is now adequately prepared for it.

I think Riddler,Mr. Freeze,Hush, or even that Phantom form the animated Batman movie would be pretty neat. Deathstroke would also be cool,but I gotta remember that he's Teen Titans...

Deadshot, KGBeast ((from 10 Nights of the Beast)), Deacon Blackfire ((from The Cult)), Onomatopoeia ((I feel he can be retooled as a Batman foe)), or Hush. 
 

I really am actually liking the sound of Jim Palmiotti's take. I feel given the circumstances Christopher Nolan could really have done all that him and his team could have done with Batman. I think this is on of those times where  one should just stop while they are ahead...not to say that there should never be another Batman movie ever, but perhaps it would be time to get another take on the Batman. While I love the Batman world Nolan has created, it is also very limiting in the terms of his rogues, and everyone wants to see their favorite villain, whether it be as fantastic as clayface or Killer Croc, or more traditional gangster styled Penguin and Black Mask.

Jimmy Palmiotti's idea sounds a little too crazy. The way they were starting to describe Catwoman, was making me agree. I think they should stick to the two villains in each movie that they've been doing and either have Riddler/Penguin or Riddler/Catwoman.

These were the responses they gave me when I asked them. Jimmy's quote isn't a joke in that it wasn't made up. It was how he actually responded. Was he being completely serious? You'll have to ask him that.

I like McCann's Harley Quinn idea...
also Caylo's answer...
I'm surprised no one said Poison Ivy!
 
I think that the next movie should be on the Gotham CIty Sirens...

Zsasz Was already introduced in batman begins as one of carmine falcone's Hench men. but i would love to see Talia Al ghul. 

Hahaha, of course Loeb would want Hush as the next villain.  
I completely agree with Mark Waid's assessment of Catwoman as the next "villain".  I always figured that, after the way the second film ended, the whole Catwoman affair would be perfect with Bruce's new "outside the law" nature. 
I also think Bane could be done well if he's the way he's portrayed in "The Batman" when he's not super-juiced on Venom.  Still, I don't know what good stories with Bane there have been besides Knightfall, and that's going to be difficult to do,

catwoman and the riddler should appear in batman 3.

Ventriloquist and Scarface 
or 
Clock King

Black Mask... it would be interesting is Batman's opposite

it would be pretty cool to see Black Mask or the Ventriloquist because they seem the most grounded in reality. Catwoman would be kind of cool as the love interest. after the first one Nolan couldn't do much worse.

HUGO STRANGE!

Have multiple villains, but seriously, bring back Scarecrow.  He gets released from prison, or he escapes, and he is a crime boss who is sending all sorts of psychos and assassins at Bruce.  And it really makes sense since he has been in the first two films.   

Bane in a Knightfall-like story. First movie, Batman is born (Begins), second movie Batman's morals triumph despite being hunted (Dark Knight). Third, he meets a man on his level, and he breaks him (Knightfall).

"HUGO STRANGE! "

Black Mask as the main protagonist for Batman to start off with. Seeing Batman trying to take down a Crimelord while being hunted by the law himself.
But with the law not fairing well with the war on Batman, they hire a consultant; Edward Nigma.
During the film we see Nigma become obsessed with Batman as he slowly hunts Batman and eventually we see him use his love for puzzles to entrap the Bat.
Only an idea :P

in the 1st we had ra's , scarecrow and   Zsaz 
 the 2nd joker , 2-face and scarecrow  
 for the 3rd the riddler , clayface and hush !!!!

Arkham Asylum/Knightfall storyline. looking at the  knightfall page here (http://www.comicvine.com/knightfall/39-40761/ )  it says that Bane let the inmates of Arkham loose in order to tire Batman (trying to get all the inmates back) and after Batman is tired Bane then attacks him. that would make for a good movie

BLACK MASK FTW!

I'm thinking someone like KGBeast, or have to deal with Rupert Thorne being buddies with Penguin, who in turn smuggles weapons for both Two-Face and Black Mask, who the latter wants to kill Bruce Wayne for buying out his company and usurp his position in the process.

I want to see Riddler because I think Nolan is great at writing mystery & because Riddler is my favorite villain who would bring much style & wit to the picture. Of the villains who has yet to appear on film I would like to see Clayface. I love the idea of a horror movie villain gone insane criminal keeping his horror villain identity. Of all the female villains (none have yet to appear in Nolan's series) I'd say Catwoman, because I like the idea of a clever cunning cat burglar who has her own morals too. 
 
Btw, It is amazing how much I strongly disagree with the opinions of the pros (writers, executives, artists, etc.).

" Poison Ivy,after a Gotham city oil spill. "

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