Batman’s 5 Most Dangerous Adversaries in Films

When Batman takes on Superman this Friday, we will be witnessing the Dark Knight’s most powerful adversary ever on screen. So that made us wonder — before Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, who have been the most difficult villains the Caped Crusader has taken on? We narrowed down our list to a deadly Top 5.

At number five, we’ve got Mr. Freeze. Played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1997’s Batman & Robin, he might have been a collection of terrible puns, but his mastery of science and powerful guns that could freeze people to death means he was no joke.

Coming in at number four, it’s Bane. No, not the one from The Dark Knight Rises. The first one, played by the late Jeep Swenson, in 1997’s Batman & Robin! The filmmakers cleverly decided to make him just a mindless bag of muscles and got rid of that whole “intellectual peer of Batman” thing. Good call.

Checking in at number three: That Guy. You know, that guy from the 1989 Batman. That guy who knocked Batman around on top of the church right before the final showdown between the Dark Knight and the Joker. Clive Curtis was the actor who played that guy and somehow proved as capable of tossing Bats around as any other villain, and then some.

Our runner up is the bomb. You remember the bomb! It was the one that Adam West’s Batman had to dispose of in 1966’s Batman: The Movie. Clearly dangerous because of how big it was, Batman had a heck of a time trying to dispose of it, deadpanning, “Some days, you just can’t get rid of a bomb.”

OK, we’ve been a little silly, so let’s be serious now. We’re not going to do anything from that ’60s Batman movie again. Just kidding, yes we are. At number one: the shark from 1966’s Batman: The Movie! If it weren’t for his trusty shark repellent spray, he might have been eaten. Eaten!

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