Batman villains - your best stories.

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What are everyone's personal favourite story arcs for each of Batman's main villains?

for example, here are some of mine -

Joker - The story from the end of no man's land, think it was called endgame? where sarah essen gets shot.
Two-Face - Long Halloween
Penguin - Joker's Asylum Penguin #1
Bane - Knightfall (of course, though I quite like Legacy too)
Scarecrow - Legends of The Dark Knight #9 'Dreaming He's A Butterfly'
Ra's Al Ghul - Death And The Maidens
Harley Quinn - Mad Love
Mr. Freeze - Robin: Year One (not the main villain really, but i liked him in this)
Mad Hatter - Madness (legends of the dark knight halloween special)
Hush - ...Hush
Firefly - hardly used, but i really like this character, fave appearance is probs Batgirl: Year One

Riddler, Croc, Clayface, Ventriloquist, Hugo Strange, Poison Ivy are all characters I like but i wouldn't say I had a stand out story of theirs...
(though I love Croc's appearance in Knight of Vengeance)

So what are yours?
Feel free to put ones for lesser villains I haven't included... Zsasz, Black Mask, Maxie Zeus, Man-Bat, Calendar Man, Killer Moth, Lady Shiva.

Haven't included Catwoman as she's not really a batman villain, but my fave of hers is probs When In Rome.

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Joker: 1: The Killing Joke and 2: The Man Who Laughs.

Two-Face: Long Halloween, of course!

Bane- Knightfall, a bit dated but still awesome.

Calendar Man- The Long Halloween.

Mad Hatter- The Long Halloween.

Time for a lot of Hush:

Hush- Hush, duh.

Riddler- Hush.

Ra's Al Ghul- Honestly haven't read much of him, so Hush.

Harley Quinn- Hush, because I haven't read Mad Love.

Scarecrow- Honestly haven't read much of him, so Hush or The Long Halloween. I really should read more of him.

Talia Al Ghul- Hush.

Lady Shiva- Hush.

Catwoman- Maybe Hush?

Poison Ivy- Hush.

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@rulerofthisuniverse: Hush is probably my favourite Riddler appearance , for such a well known character he really doesn't have many decent stories...

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@newkid: Same with Scarecrow. I love both characters so much, but finding stories that stand out with the two is really hard.

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The Joker - The Killing Joke, The Man Who Laughs, and Death of the Family.

Hush - Batman: Hush and Gotham Knights: Payback story arc.

Mad Hatter - New-52 Batman: The Dark Knight #16-21

Scarecrow - Legends of The Dark Knight #25-26 "Dreaming He Is A Butterfly" and New-52 Batman The Dark Knight #10-15

Doctor Hurt - BATMAN RIP and Batman and Robin Must Die!

James Gordon Jr. - Batman: The Black Mirror.

The Riddler - Legends Of The Dark Knight: Riddler in the Dark.

Clayface - New-52 Batman #19-20

Harley Quinn - Legends Of The Dark Knight: #49-50 "Dr. Quinn's Diagnosis".

Poison Ivy - Batman: Hush.

Court Of Owls - The Court Of Owls and The Night Of Owls story arcs.

Bane - Knightfall.

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#7  Edited By batmannflash

@rulerofthisuniverse: you haven't read Mad Love? You should at least watched the BTAS episode! They're almost the exact same

As for me,

Joker: The Killing Joke, hands down!!

Harley: Mad Love. I like her series with Ivy and Dr. Quinn's Diagnosis

Bane: Knightfall

Poison Ivy: I would say Hush, I guess. I wish she would be used more. But if we're included animated episodes, "House & Garden" was an amazing episode. Ivy's stories were always the best in BTAS

Catwoman: Hush

Riddler: Hush. haven't seen too much of him. Riddle Me That was a pretty good story. Hopefully he's amazing in Villains Month

Court of Owls: Court of Owls

Two-Face: Long Halloween

Talia al Ghul: Batman Inc Vol. 2

Hugo Strange: Prey

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Hush - Hush

Riddler - Either Long Halloweeen or Hush

Catwoman - Long Halloween or Year One

Two - Face - Long Halloween or The Dark Knight Returns

Joker - Killing Joke or Joker

Bane - Knightfall

KGBeast - Ten Nights of the Beast

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#9  Edited By entropy_aegis

Joker:Arkham Asylum,Killing Joke,RIP,the Dark Knight Returns.

Two-Face: Arkham Asylum,Dark Victory,The Dark Knight Returns.

Bane:Vengeance of Bane 1 and 2,Secret Six,Knightfall.

Ra's al Ghul: Birth of the Demon,Tales of the Demon.

Riddler: Dark Knight Dark City,Riddle me that.

Hugo Strange: Prey,Monster men.

Hush: Heart of Hush.

Clayface: Mud pack and there was an arc in No Mans Land

Poison Ivy: Poison Ivy one shot(1997),same Clayface arc from NML.

Mad Hatter: Brubaker/Rucka did 2 arcs with him on Detective and Gotham Central.