A villain is an evil character in any fictional writing or motion picture. He is an evil incarnate that is always satisfying his wishes and fancies. The story revolves around a conflict between a hero and the villain. He is there to harm the hero and those people who are related to him. He is a genius gone astray or a mad scientist who is using his knowledge to bring devastation and chaos in the world. The major drawback in their personality is their overconfidence and pride. His end symbolizes that “pride comes before a fall” (Francis, n.p, n.d).
The batman a comic strip which appeared in D.C comics was in 1960 televised into a series (Jourdian, n.p, 2001). Then Tim Burton successful conversion of this comic strip into a full-scale movie in 1989 made Batman a household name. He is a very realistic hero who has all the qualities that human beings can possess like detective skills, physical strength, money and a scientific mind. This superhero that has no superhuman qualities about him fights all kinds of evil people from ordinary ones to superhuman foes who possess extraordinary powers. Batman’s various villains are Penguin, Riddler, Scarecrow, Joker, Mister Freeze, Poison ivy, Ras Al Gul and Bane.
“Bill Finger and I created the Joker. Bill was the writer. Jerry Robinson came to me with a playing card of the Joker. That’s the way I sum it up. [The Joker] looks like Conrad Veidt — you know, the actor in The Man Who Laughs, [the 1928 movie el] by Victor Hugo based on the Novo. Bill Finger had a book with a photograph of Conrad Veidt and showed it to me and said, ‘Here’s the Joker’. Jerry Robinson had absolutely nothing to do with it, but he’ll always say he created it till he dies. He brought in a playing card, which we used for a couple of issues for him [the Joker] to use as his playing card” (Lovece, n.p, 2005).
Behind the non-serious clown lurks a very scheming nasty creature who is hell-bent on destroying Batman. In his own words
