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Batman Villains #3 - Suited Crooks

Another group of villains, this time of the "Weird Guys Wearing Expensive Suits" variety.

From left:

 

Sterling T. Silversmith - Terrence Sterling was first investigated by the Bat Family on account of his silver smuggling (for which he used his Gotham antiques business as a front). This was merely to fund his true intentions - a scheme to crash the digital economy and destroy the value of fiat currency.

 

The Eraser - Aspiring forensic scientist Lenny Fiasco flunked out of the Academy and instead wound up working for the GCPD in a different capacity, as a crime scene cleaner. He began offering his services and insider knowledge to the underworld, mopping up after some of Gotham's messier criminals and culminating in his own bumbling foray into assassination.

 

Gentleman Ghost - In 1979, a GCPD raid killed pimp and money launderer Jim "The Gentleman" Craddock. For reasons known perhaps only to those with a connection to the arcane, Craddock's spirit never left the earthly realm and returned sporadically to seek vengeance on the GCPD. His continued existence remained an urban legend and his crimes themselves unsolved, until Batman (with the assistance of Hawkman and Hawkgirl) found a means to banish him.

 

Mad Hatter - Jervis Tetch was a prominent neuroscientist prior to his mental breakdown, which some Arkham doctors have partially blamed on his experiments with mind control and remote viewing. Insane, deluded, and obsessed with the works of Lewis Carroll, Tetch would use his technology to hypnotize citizens and make them take part in his psychedelic tea parties.

 

Great White Shark - Warren White was a financial analyst at a Gotham investment firm. Caught embezzling millions from the company's pension fund, White incredulously pled insanity to avoid a long stint in Blackgate. Hated by the public more than any costumed criminal, the judge humored his plea with a twist: an indefinite incarceration at the Arkham Institute. The other patients did not take kindly to the presence of their "new fish", disfiguring his face and slowly driving him truly insane. As the Great White Shark, Warren eventually escaped from Arkham and began to work his way up the ladder of organised crime.

 

Mr. Combustible - A humanoid entity seemingly composed of gas, Mr. Combustible (real name unknown) was a prospective member of The Penguin's gang during his war with Black Mask's False Face Syndicate. There was only room for one top-hatted criminal in Cobblepot's crew, and his time in the Iceberg Lounge proved to be short-lived - with Mr. Combustible himself proving combustible indeed.

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Uploaded on August 15, 2025