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First Appearance Comics of Batman Villains
Batman Villains List with First Appearance Comic Books
Everybody loves a bad guy, and fans of Batman comic books are no exception.
Joker is the classic Batman villainSome of the best bad guys in the history of comic books appeared in the pages of Batman and Detective Comics.
If you're facing a large stack of old Batman comics, then looking for the ones on this page will help you to drill down to what's worth real money.
Here we round up the rogues and present their first appearances, along with record sales, minimum and average values.
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Batman Villains List
- Anarky
- Black Mask
- Cat-Man
- Catwoman
- Clayface
- Deadshot
- Joker
- Harley Quinn
- Killer Croc
- Mad Hatter
- Man-Bat
- Mr. Freeze
- Penguin
- Poison Ivy
- Ra's al Ghul
- Riddler
- Scarecrow
- Talia al Ghul
- Two-Face
Detective Comics #608
1st Anarky
Lowest price $1
Average price $50
Record price $230
One of the modern era new villains appears for the first time in this Detective Comics key issue.
Batman #386
First Black Mask
Lowest price $10
Average price $100
Record price $300
A common issue that was briefly popular during the speculator / pandemic bubble.
Detective Comics #311
1st Cat-Man
Lowest price $25
Average price $400
Record price $7,500
Cat-Man would later team up with Catwoman in a not-at-all predictable twist.
Batman #1
1st Catwoman
1st Joker
Lowest price $30,000
Average price $200,000
Record price $2.22M
This spin-off issue from Detective is a double key, featuring the first appearance of both Catwoman and the Joker. A gilt-edged Golden Age key!
Reprints exist, the most common being the over-size Treasury edition. If your Batman #1 measures 13.5 inches along the spine, then unfortunately it's a reprint.
Batman #59
First Dead Shot
Lowest price $600
Average price $2,000
Record price $66,000
This is the debut of the Golden Age version of Deadshot, who has had a role in a DCU movie in the past.
Batman Adventures #12
First Harley Quinn
Lowest price $80
Average price $500
Record price $2,800
Villains don't get much more popular than Harley Quinn. This is her first appearance, and it's in a fairly low print run spin-off series.
Detective Comics #40
First Clayface; first Joker cover (Joker is not in story)
Lowest price $5,000
Average price $15,000
Record price $45,000
This early Robin appearance is doubly important, featuring Joker on the cover and the introduction of Clayface.
Batman #357
First Killer Croc
Lowest price $10
Average price $180
Record price $900
Killer Croc is a popular villain in the DCU, featuring in video games and other media as well as comics.
Batman #49
First Mad Hatter and Vicki Vale
Lowest price $500
Average price $2,500
Record price $132,000
Another double key, with the Mad Hatter making his debut, along with longtime Bat-girlfriend Vicki Vale, and a classic Joker as genie cover to boot!
Detective Comics #400
First Man-Bat
Lowest price $80
Average price $450
Recent 9.8 Sale $31,000
Record price $43,000
Man-Bat is a classic Batman villain from the beginning of the Bronze Age of comics. A scientist who experiments upon himself and results in a man-bat hybrid.
Batman #121
First Mr Zero/Mr Freeze
Lowest price $600
Average price $3,500
Record price $80,000
Mr Zero later was renamed Mr Freeze. This all-white cover is very tough to find unblemished.
Detective Comics #58
First Penguin
Lowest price $3,500
Average price $15,000
Record price $40,000
Penguin is one of the great Batman villains. This first appearance is a classic Golden Age comic book and always highly sought-after by collectors.
Batman #181
First Poison Ivy
Lowest price $100
Average price $1,100
Record price $96,000
Poison Ivy is one of the sexiest and most popular Batman villains. This first appearance has the double jeopardy of having a bright red cover, and a poster in the center which is often missing.
If your copy is without the poster, then it's worth about a third to a half of a complete copy.
Batman #232
First Ra's al Ghul
Lowest price $75
Average price $400
Recent 9.8 Sale $7,000
Record price $22,000
Ra's al Ghul is a popular villain, father of Talia and mastermind behind the classic DCU movie series The Dark Knight.
Detective Comics #140
First Riddler
Lowest price $4,000
Average price $15,000
Record price $456,000
E. Nigma is the alter ego of the Riddler, a classic Batman villain who ties the dynamic duo in knots, both literally and figuratively.
Detective Comics #411
1st Talia al Ghul
Lowest price $60
Average price $500
Recent 9.8 Sale $24,000
Record price $40,000
This Detective Comics key issue is tough to find in high grade, due to the mostly black cover.
World's Finest #3
First Scarecrow
Lowest price $1,200
Average price $3,500
Record price $7,800
While he doesn't appear on the cover, Scarecrow appears for the first time in this hokey-looking 1940s issue with its baseball cover.
Detective Comics #66
First Two-Face
Lowest price $4,000
Average price $15,000
Record price $72,000
Two-Face is a classic Batman villain, flipping a coin to make life or death decisions.
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