In my opinion, I think it's Deathstroke. I know they're only faced each other a handful of times, but each time they fight, Batman can barely hold his own against him. Not to mention that Deathstroke has beaten Batman more than vice versa.
Batman
Character » Batman appears in 23651 issues.
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.
Which villain do you think gives Batman the toughest time?
Batman's greatest challenge in his crime fighting career is resisting the urge to end his enemies. No villain tests his limits in that department more than The Joker.
I'm going to go with the one that has the most momentum at the moment, and that is hands-down Talia al Ghul.
Didn't Bane break his back? Sounds like a hard time to me.
Exactley what I was gunna say! Bane is triple hard and BROKE the Batman.
It's gotta be ra's hands down.
The reason being, almost every other villain has been quickly defeated at some time or another. Even Joker was once defeated within four pages of a comic. With Ra's, it's always a long drawn out story and all his followers willingly kill themselves for him.
I'll agree with the majority that Ras al Ghul gives Batman the toughest time. My reason being, as Red_Jack said above, that Batman can never seem to defeat him with ease. Whenever Bruce goes up against Ras it is a intricate and drawn out battle for Bruce which is fought in a variety of ways often due to Ras' great many sources.
That being said, while I think that Ras gives Batman the hardest time, I think that Batman would rather go up against him 100 times than he would go up against the Joker once. Though more easily taken down, I feel like the Joker is the villain that makes Batman think to himself, "Why did it have to be him? Why couldn't it be anybody else?"
@tobiasPUNK The question was who gives batman the toughest time...that incident was pre batman though :O
Ima Go with Bane!!! Bane manhandles Batman. He has broken his back and buried him alive next to his parents coffin. But Joker messes him up Mentally. Id still go with bane though.
What about the Court of Owls? Sure they might be fairly new but from what we've seen they've plagued Bruce since he was a child. It took him years just to even prove they existed and once they captured him put him under intense psychologicl torture. During the night of owls he had to fiht an army of Talons in his own home and it took the entire bat family to help stop them all. Then there's also the fact that they were run by his 'brother' which is definetely had a huge impact on Bruce. And finally in the end he only ended up stopping a small group of the Court so they'll be plaguing him again in the future
Please Log In to post.
This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for:
Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.Comment and Save
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Comic Vine users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Log in to comment