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In the finish ofThe Batman , released on March 4th , 2022 ,   the Riddler was greatly overwrought after his system fail and he is switch into prison house . While it is unvoiced to sympathize with a criminal like the Riddler , there are consequence such as this that all DC baddie face in their life history .

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And be it on the big screen or pageboy , the fans finger connected because writers acknowledge how to make these characters relatable . After all , humanity has a lifelike penury for connexion , and that is a grounds why the authors put these scoundrel through such psyche - altering events .

Dex-Starr - Green Lantern Vol. 4 #55

Dexter is an adorable bozo that is sent on a rollercoaster of traumatic issue , starting with the death of his loving owner . Sensing his pent - up rage , a cerise anchor ring transmute him into a bitter Red Lantern .

Creators Geoff Johns and Shane Davis have a go at it how to strike animal lovers justly in the heart with this 2005 line story . A niggling cat , endure from a loving family to being thrown off a bridge in a bag is quite the heart - twist journey any creature lover would hate to see . This is , however , a bang-up direction for Dex - Starrr to feel craze for the first time and have a motivation for his deeds , and it coif him up to rule another caretaker : Atrocitus .

Joker-The Killing Joke

The Joker starts as a comic that is contend to provide for his wife ,   but after a stickup foiled by Batman , he ’s sent plummeting into a vat of Elvis , giving him the mangle look and personality fans know today .

The extremely praised 1988 Alan Moore graphic novel provides the universally accepted origin story of the Clown Prince of a criminal offense in such a heartbreaking way of life . The Killing Joke made buff pitythe greatest villain of Batman , Batgirl , and the rest of the Bat - Family for a abbreviated minute , as he went from a put - together gentleman’s gentleman with a kinsperson to a man that does n’t even know who he is anymore . However , the twisted criminal offense the Joker pulls in recent tales make the emotions short - populate .

Cheetah -Wonder Woman Vol. 5 #7

As the Cheetah , Dr. Barbara Ann Minerva is deprive of her humanity and replaces it with the need for hunting and feasting . Thankfully , in the 2016 Greg Rucka comedian , Wonder Woman free the doctor from her oath .

A curse like the one Dr. Minerva surely was a tough one to endure , as mentioned before , the young cleaning lady has lost her humanity and power to think beyond itch like the Cheetah . The sudden bang of emotions Barbara Ann felt when being cure of her scourge can be equal to how the fans matte up about her restoration : bittersweet tears . The many wholesome mirthful here and now Cheetah createsmake her a fan favorite ,   so documentation was overwhelming from the fans .

Pied Piper - The Flash Vol. 2 #53

In a memorable monologue , the Pied Piper explicate to the Flash that the LGBTQ+ community deserves his regard ( a sentiment that it is now shocking to consider need to be explained ) . Harley even came out to his crimson companion at that moment , which takes a groovy amount of courage to do , especially to an foe .

Writer William Messner - Loebs did an excellent business at progress to the Pied Piper , a villain not many took seriously at the prison term , a on-key 3 - D character . Instead of sweep over his sexuality or time value of Rathaway , Messner - Loebs allowed Rathaway to reason with West at a slow enough tempo for fan to apprise and intoxicate in the written monologue where Harley explicate his heat for helping the unhoused and come out as gay at the same time .

Deadshot - Suicide Squad #7 (2020)

In this issue of the Suicide Squad , Deadshot gets pardoned for his crimes and is free from the programme and prison he was once bound to , able to reunite with his pet daughter , his motivation , that waited so long for him .

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Giving Lawton the pay - off of experience his girl and motivating again after all he go through was a voguish move for the writers . What makes this here and now even sweeter , and relatable for some fan is that Lawton endeavor to become a regenerate man , one that shoots to wound and not pour down . One who targets the wicked , not the innocent . This new adaptation of Deadshot is a lot more apprehensible and realistic than a mercenary who lived by the contract .

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Poison Ivy - Batman: Shadow of the Bat Vol. 1 #88

Poison Ivy train refuge in Robinson Park from a massive earthquake , where she has access to what the metropolis did n’t : sassy produce . Not only that , but the villainess also has accept in the orphan of Gotham , dependably protect them .

This was a big surprisal since manyfans doubted Ivy had mercy toward human race , seeing as she has a major mission to make plant biography prosper on Earth with minuscule to no human interference . Ivy also go on to partake in the fruit she has with the whole city later on in the issue . Even if this is a abbreviated showing of kindness for the keeper of the jet , it was one that fans loved to see for Mother Nature .

Scarecrow - Year One: Batman/Scarecrow

From childhood to adulthood , many nigh physical contact meeting with reverence in Jonathan Crane ’s upbringing , leave to the Dr. intoone of Batman ’s greatest foes , which fans love and reverence today .

Children deserve a probability to grow up unafraid and with the many freedom , life story has to offer . Seeing all of these freedoms repeal from Jonathan growing up , it becomes well-situated for the fans to see just why he wants to make everyone around him inhabit in fear : because that was all he knew raise up . As the old saying goes " we become what we behold " , and it is tough to see a young boy like Dr. Crane become living proof of that saying .

Harley Quinn - The Batman Adventures: Mad Love

Psychologist Harleen Quinzel landed a caper at the infamous Arkham Asylum to make on reform some of the most dastardly foes of the Caped Crusader , only to be corrupted into becoming Harley Quinn by the Joker .

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No matter how many times Harley ’s parentage story pops up , sports fan are always shatter to see her keep in line by the frightening intelligent Joker and robbed of a gravid vocation helping those who need it most . It is a comfort to know that Harley is undoubtedly one of the most well - loved and supported distaff characters in the mirthful industry . gratefully , DC has picked up on this and has issue Harley with many felicitous conclusion of reforming in multiple timelines .

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Captain Cold - The Flash Vol. 5 #14

Leonard Snart and his sis , Lisa , were both abuse by their male parent growing up after the death of their female parent . The only clock time little Leonard find consolation in his puerility were with his sister and his grandfather , and all things frozen .

Snart holds big love and hope in Lisa , yet in many timelines , the Golden Glider passes away in a potpourri of way , leaving Snart ’s already icy heart freeze unanimous . It is laborious for this foe of the Flash , who already has a laughable real name , to get a in truth well-chosen present moment in the comics . buff see this time and time again , get laid Lisa ’s mutual fate , they are always left with a gumption of sympathy for the moth-eaten baddie .

Mr. Freeze - Batman: Mr. Freeze (1997)

This 1997 one - shot in writing novel captures the heartbreaking ancestry story of Mr. Freeze , focusing heavily on the pain in the neck he find after forcing his terminally - inauspicious wife , Nora , to remain in a cryogenically frozen land until he find a therapeutic .

Like Mr. Freeze , anyone would be willing to go to cracking lengths to lay aside the one they love most . The most tragic part of the puzzle in Mr. Freeze ’s chilling chronicle ? He does not always save Nora . Readers have collectively earn great understanding for the frozen foe , and it is well - earned . Mr. Freeze might be the sad villain of all time , be it Batman ’s or all of DC , and it is hard to not root for him to get the therapeutic to save his beloved Nora .

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Comic book art: Dex Starr in space in DC Comics.

The Joker in the moment he loses his sanity in The Killing Joke

Wonder WOman and Cheetah talking to someone in the comics.

Pied Piper comes out to Flash in DC Comics.

Deadshot and a child on the cover of Suicide Squad #7.

Cover of Batman Shadow of the Bat Vol. 1 #88.

The Scarecrow raising his arms in the comics

Cover to The Batman Adventures: Mad Love.

Captain Cold shooting ice rays at Flash in a comic

Mr Freeze in a Batman comic.