Black Mask is the perfect gang-leader villain for Batman in two very important ways. One is that he is insane enough to meet the atmosphere of Gotham.

10 Most Unique Batman Villains, Ranked While Batman's foes have become well-known to fans, a few unique DC villains, such as Mr. Bloom and Onomatopoeia, have stood out over the years.

On the surface, a muscular villain wielding a machine gun should be a serious threat to Batman and the citizens of Gotham. However, it’s hard to take that sweet little face seriously.

But if any series is going to change that, it's Absolute Batman, which reinvents Black Mask as a being of not just hyper ruthlessness but anarchy. He's the perfect arch-villain for this new Batman ...

Absolute Batman #7 by writer Scott Snyder, artist Marcos Martín, colorist Muntsa Vicente, and letterer Clayton Cowles picks up in the aftermath of the so-called "Black Mask incident" that capped ...