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    Bruce Wayne, who witnessed the murder of his billionaire parents as a child, swore to avenge their deaths. He trained extensively to achieve mental and physical perfection, mastering martial arts, detective skills, and criminal psychology. Costumed as a bat to prey on the fears of criminals, and utilizing a high-tech arsenal, he became the legendary Batman.

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    #1  Edited By binx85

    Hello,  
    I'm really interested in reading up on the rogues. I would like to solicit everyone to give their favorite stories of any villain they enjoy. I really want to hear the understated villains like Mad Hatter , Poison Ivy, and Killer Croc, etc. We get plenty of Joker and Two-Face on a regular basis, but it might be nice to compare their best stories too.
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    #2  Edited By johnny_spam
    @binx85:
    A mad hatter story I enjoyed allot was one collected in Haunted Knight he is portrayed very creepy and scary.
        
    another Hatter story is in Gotham Central.
        
     
    One of my favorite portrayals of Ivy was in this collection it was a story called Hothouse it's interesting Ivy doesn't seem to act like the way we always see her but she is still just as dangerous.
          
    I never read a really good Killer Croc story but that's probably just me.
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    #3  Edited By kore

    Batman: Poison Ivy 
    Batman #619-625
    Secret Six
    Detective Comics #604-607
    Secret Origins

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    #4  Edited By The WeatherMan

    Mad Love. Harley Quinn story really, brilliantly written.
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    #5  Edited By burr787

    Mad Love
    Joker
    Killing Joke

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    #6  Edited By MetalComic86

    I've only read a few stories but Killing Joke was really good
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    #7  Edited By FML

    Detective Comics Annual #8 tells the story of The Riddler. His story is my favorite, but he's my favorite character, so yeah. There's a few others random edtions telling he's story with minor changes, but the Annual will probably tell you everything you'd like to know.

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    #8 jb681131

    @binx85: From what I've read (only naming good stories)

    • Joker: killing joke
    • harley quinn: mad love + gotham girls + harly & ivy
    • two-face: long halloween + jekyll & hyde
    • hush: hush & heart of hush
    • humpty dumpty: Arkam asylum living hell
    • the riddler: dark knight dark city
    • scarecrow: the dark knight cycle of violance
    • mad hatter: the dark knight mad
    • pingouin: pride and prejudice + joker's asylum pingouin
    • bane: vengence of bane + knightfall
    • ra's al ghul: tales of the demon tpb + birth of the demon tpb + tower of babel
    • court of owls: court of the owls + night of the owls
    • etrigon: dark knight golden dawn
    • dr hurt: batman RIP
    • hugo strange: prey + terror
    • leviathan: batman incorporated
    • wrath: the wrath
    • false face society: batman advendures shadows and masks
    • roxy rocket: head game (batman black & white 1)
    • killer croc: arkal asylum living hell
    • Mister Freeze: Mr. Freeze
    • poison Ivy: poison ivy + gotham girls + harley & ivy
    • the architect: gates of gotham (somewhat steampunk)
    • firefly: knightfall
    • catwoman: when in rome
    • professor pig: batman and robin : reborn + batman eternal
    • carmine falcon: batman eternal
    • clayface: the dark knight clay
    • man-bat: batman and son

    other readings:

    • secret origins
    • secret six
    • joker's assylum

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    #9  Edited By silent_bomber
    • Hugo Strange - Strange Apparitions or Batman and the Monster Men
    • Ra's - Birth of the Demon
    • Poison Ivy - House and Garden (BTAS)
    • Mr Freeze - Heart of Ice (BTAS)
    • Two-Face - Batman Annual 14
    • Zsasz - The Last Arkham
    • Clayface (Karlo) - The Mud Pack
    • Clayface (Hagen) - Feat of Clay (BTAS) or Growing Pains (NBA)
    • Clayface (Preston Payne) - Mortal Clay
    • Mad Hatter - Mad as a Hatter (BTAS) or Perchance to Dream (BTAS)
    • Killer Croc - Sideshow (BTAS)
    • Riddler - Riddle me That
    • Harley Quinn - Mad Love
    • Hush - Heart of Hush
    • Catwoman - Brave and the Bold #197 or Relentless
    • Scarecrow - Nothing to Fear (BTAS)
    • Ventriloquist - Fever
    • Penguin - Birds of a Feather (BTAS) or Snow and Ice or Batman Returns
    • Joker - Killing Joke or Joker's Favour (BTAS) or Going Sane or The Man Who Laughs
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