30. Carmine Falcone
29. Firefly
28. Scarface
27. Ventriloquist
26. Poison Ivy
25. Catman
24. Riddler
23. Mr.Zsasz
22. Black Mask
21. Deadshot


Number 20 begins on Sunday! ... As my Countdown nearing to the top as this Countdown





Continues On ...

Black Mask and Deadshot I pretty much know from various animated features or shows. I can't recall any specifics as far as comics for either to judge them on those.

If anything this thread has made me realize is how many Batman villains I am either not familiar with at all or just very little. Deadshot I best know from Legends and Suicide Squad. I didn't realize he was condsidered a Batman villain. At least that last thought came to me before I hit "create post". :-)

BTW, about four months ago I look at that link that Ish provided for us to see to formulate my list of Villains and that list was very helpful in creating this thread as you all know about. That list was very valuable list and it's took me almost a month to create my list of 50 Villains and place them in order that I see fit.

Thanks Ish for providing that link.

More on the Black Spider


Black Spider


All Cut and Paste Operation





We’re almost done; here we are at day 24 with just 4 days left. Tonight I’m going to do another villain. Let me introduce you to DC Comics Black Spider. Now there have been few characters in the DC universes, but I’m going to be talk about the very first one. The Black Spider real name Eric Needham first appeared in Detective Comics Issue 463 (September 1976).




At a young age Eric Needham would become addicted to heroin. Desperate to find the money his next fix he would turn to a life crime. Eric started off small, with petty muggings. Eric would find himself in trouble with the law after nearly killing an

elderly woman. Because he was a minor he would only service three years. Upon leaving jail he would soon marry his childhood friend

Linda Morrel. Eric and Linda would soon be blessed with a son Michael. But life as a father and husband were no match to his addiction. Realizing that there wasn’t enough cold hard cash in muggings; he would soon graduate to armed robbery. On his first attempt, Eric would rob a liquor store. During the robbery a customer would attempt to tackle him. Eric crashing from withdrawal shot and killed the man in cold blood. By the time Eric realized what he had done it was too late. He was shocked to see the life he just ended belong to his father.

Eric would find himself locked up again. While on the inside Eric would use this time to kick his habit out of remorse for what he had done. As soon as he was released he would find a new purpose in life. In memory of his father he would don a costume and would become a one man war on drugs. Calling himself the Black Spider, he would set out on the streets killing anyone suspected of dealing drugs in Gotham city. While on his mission to clean the streets he would meet Hanniball Hardwicke, a man who wanted to help him on his way, he would become the Spider’s financial backer supplying him with equipment and missions. Little did the Spider know that Hanniball was really a drug lord, who was just using him to clear out the competition.




Once The Black Spider had dealt with all of

Hanniball’s competition, Hanniball attempted to kill the Spider but he would escape. This act puts Hanniball on top of The Spider’s to do list. He tracks down Hanniball and has him in his cross hair when he crosses

paths with the Gotham’s Dark Knight, who intervenes. He tried to explain to Batman that he was trying to be like him

bring scum to justice, by any means necessary. Of course Batman having a no kill policy, his would have him at odds with the caped crusader. The two would battle, in the end Batman would win and save

Hannibal sending him to jail and the Spider would escape. Throughout his career the Black Spider would switch from vigilante to costumed criminal.



He would soon see batman as his enemy.



His productive career had him taking on some of the cities’ badass drug cartels. He was having quite the winning streak cleaning up the streets, until tragedy would strike. He would come home one day to find his wife and son dead, murder by a drug lord by the name of Bret Yale who had discovered his true identity. Linda was given a fatal dose of heroin from Yale’s men. His son Michael was in wrong place at the wrong time. He wakes up hungry and goes into kitchen where he would tragically

sprinkle cereal with what he thought was sugar but was really his mom’s secret stash of heroin. With nothing left to lose, he would go on one last hunt to take down the scum who killed his family.





He tracked down Yale to his headquarters, where he went in with guns blazing. Even though the Spider was able to take down most of his man, he would be gunned down in hail of bullets. Critically wounded, the remaining henchman drags him in front of Yale, who was about to kill with the one thing he fought so hard to destroy, heroin. Batman would swing in just in time to stop Yale from delivering a lethal shot of heroin. After taking down all of Yale’s men, Batman would turn his sights on Yale, but before Batman could apprehend Yale, Batman would be pushed out a window by the Black Spider. Batman would survive the fall by grappling to a nearby flag pole. Yale shocked by the Black Spider’s actions would turn to fear when The Spider lifts up the shirt of his costume exposing the plastic explosives that he had strapped to himself. Batman could do nothing but watch in silence as the headquarters explodes, killing everyone inside.

Even though The Black Spider was now dead and sent to hell for all his wrong doing, this would not be the last time we see him. In the Sandman comic’s book series, it seems that the Spider was one of the souls that escaped hell when Lucifer abdicated his throne.

#19 Two Face, Harvey Dent


First Appearance: Detective Comics #66





Tomorrow, I will share my thoughts on the complicated, but real meaning of this character that's plays it simple by the use of a two headed coin.





In my next post, I will share my personal thoughts on the two actors that played him.

Billy Dee Williams
Batman 1989





Batman 1989 Finale




He certaintly made it very dramatic at the end of this movie that starred Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson who had top billing in this iconic movie. I thought he did a good job and his role was pretty limited in it and that's pretty much sums up in that movie and I felt it was okay by many moviegoers that attended it.

I loved this oversized poster in this movie! ... So Memorable!

By that time, I wasn't a Billy Dee Williams Fan despite having him in Star Wars and all that; and I only saw him in a limited capacity and can't effectively grade him properly in this movie. Batman 1989 is basically is all about the The Joker and he made it very memorable and I consider him one of the best actors to play him and still do.

I have no beef against Billy Dee Williams and knowing all that - that this movie had a lots of great secondary actors and actresses that did their part in making it one of the better superhero films at the time it was made. I still watch this film on an occasional basis and loved the melodramatic scenes and music score. It was a ground-breaking effort and I have seen it on the big screen three times before it was taken away because I felt that Keaton did a good job in this film.

Billy Dee Williams did too and knowing that his role as District Attorney Harvey Dent was spot on and I have to say this that he really put the role down pat. By time, I was finished with this movie - I was pleasantly surprised by his performance and I gave him a Solid B for his role as Harvey Dent.