The Club of Villains is a team of super-villains from around the world assembled by Dr. Simon Hurt to defeat Batman, the Outsiders andBatman Incorporated while acting as a task-force for the Black Glove. Their ranks are made up of villains who act as foils to the Batmen of All-Nation's with their name being a play on The Club of Heroes which was the group of Batmen's name. They first appeared in Batman #676 in the June of 2008.
History[]
Members[]
- Doctor Hurt:
- The Joker: The club attempted to break Joker out of Arkham Asylum and recruit him only for him to turn on them all.
- Le Bossu: Dr. Guy Dax AKA Le Bossu (French for: The Hunchbacked Man) is a French neurosurgeon who themes himself after Quasimodo from Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) (English: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). Due to his being French, he is presumably an enemy of Musketeer.
- King Kraken: King Kraken is an aquatic-based super-criminal who is a recurring enemy of the Swedish vigilante, Wingman. He wears a 19th/early-20th century-style scuba-suit with a Kraken/Giant Squid motif.
- Charlie Caligula: Carlo Calzone AKA Charlie Caligula is a recurring enemy of the Italian vigilante, Legionary. He has a Roman Emperor gimmick while taking his name from Rome's infamously psychotic and ruthless Emperor Caligula whose name has become pseudonymous with sexual deviance.
- Pierrot Lunaire: Pierrot Lunaire is a French criminal martial-artist who themes himself after the clownish Commedia dell'arte character Pierrot. He is presumably another foe of the Musketeer.
- Scorpiana: Tristessa Delicias AKA Scorpiana is an Argentinian assassin who has an on-and-off relationship with the Mexican vigilante, El Gaucho. She has cybernetic armour and a scorpion motif.
- El Sombrero: El Sombrero AKA The Shadow Hat is a Mexican criminal and master trap-maker along with being an enemy of El Gaucho.
- Swagman: Swagman is an Australian super-criminal who was a recurring enemy of the Ranger. He was inspired by real-world Australian bushwhacker Ned Kelly and as-such, created crude metal armour to imitate the armour the Kelly gang would wear in shoot-outs.
Appearances in Other Media[]
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold: The members of the team are seen in the episode The Knights of Tomorrow where they are fought by possible future versions of Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne who have assumed the roles of Batman and Robin. It is however all simply in the imagination of Alfred Pennyworth.