If there's one thing we've learned from our years on the Internet, it's that there's no aspect of comics that can't be broken down and quantified in a single definitive list, preferably in amounts of ten. And since there's no more definitive authority than ComicsAlliance, we're taking it upon ourselves to compile Top Ten Lists of everything you could ever want to know about comics.

This week, we're kicking it off with The Top Ten Underrated Batman Villains! The Dark Knight has an awful lot of notable foes, but there are plenty of also-rans, C-listers and one-shot villains who deserve better than being punched out and thrown into Blackgate, never to be seen again. So from the obscure to the unappreciated, here they are!

Show Notes:

  • A modern take on the Mad Monk can be found in Matt Wagner's amazing Batman: The Mad Monk. You might have expected this from the title.
  • The KGBeast's truly ridiculous body count happens in Ten Nights Of The Beast.
  • Just so you know, the villain of Johnny Karaoke's first appearance spelled his name "Grotesk," because of course he did.

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