Teams
In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance)
| Villains | First appearance | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Batman Revenge Squad | World's Finest Comics #175 (May 1968) | Cash Carew, Barney the Blast, and the Flamethrower don similar costumes to Batman with purple in place of gray and their symbol a skull with bat wings in a bid to destroy their nemesis. |
| Circus of the Strange | Batman and Robin #1 (August 2009) | Circus-themed group of criminals led by Professor Pyg. |
| Club of Villains | Batman #676 (June 2008) | Villains led by Dr. Hurt as an antithesis to the Club of Heroes. Membership includes Joker, Le Bossu, Pierrot Lunaire, King Kraken, Charlie Caligula, El Sombrero, Jezebel Jet, Scorpiana, and Swagman. |
| Court of Owls | Batman #2 (December 2011) | The subjects of a popular Gotham City nursery rhyme, this shadowy group is supposedly composed of some of the most powerful men and women of Gotham. They use assassins known as Talons to eliminate threats. |
| League of Assassins | Strange Adventures #215 (November–December 1968) | Team of killers that was founded by Ra's al Ghul and has often swayed from working under his organization to working independent of it. The group has been led at times by Dr. Ebeneezer Darrk, the Sensei, Lady Shiva, and Cassandra Cain (under Deathstroke's influence). Notable members of its vast membership included Hook, Merlyn, Professor Ojo, Dr. Moon, Bronze Tiger, David Cain, Onyx, Shrike, Alpha, and Mad Dog. |
| Masters of Disaster | Batman and the Outsiders #9 (April 1984) | A group of mercenaries with an elemental theme. |
| Misfits | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #7 (December 1992) | A group of Batman's enemies led by Killer Moth that includes Catman, Calendar Man, and Chancer. |
| The Network | Batman: Family #1 (December 2002) | A crime family led by Athena that includes Bugg, Dr. Excess, Freeway, Mr. Fun, Suicide King, Technician, and the Tracker as its members. |
| New Olympians | Batman and the Outsiders #14 (October 1984) | Maxie Zeus' group of mercenaries selected to represent Greek and Roman gods in order to disrupt the 1984 Olympics. Formed by the Monitor, the group includes Antaeus, Argus, Diana, Nox, and Vulcanus. |
| Strike Force Kobra | Outsiders #21 (July 1987) | A group of super-powered operatives created by Kobra based upon some of Batman's most powerful rogues in an operation against Stagg Enterprises. Kobra operative Eve would form another incarnation that would menace the Outsiders led by Eradicator. The original group included Lady Clayface, Planet Master, Elemental Woman, Zebra-Man, and Spectrumonster. Eve's group included Windfall, Syonide, Fauna Faust, Dervish, and Spectra. |
| Underworld Olympics | Batman #272 (February 1976) | An organization that hosts an international contest of the best criminals in the world separated by South American, North American, European, and Afro-Asian branches to see what region has the most accomplished villains on Earth. |
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Famous quotes containing the word teams:
“A sturdy lad from New Hampshire or Vermont who in turn tries all the professions, who teams it, farms it, peddles, keeps a school, preaches, edits a newspaper, goes to Congress, buys a township, and so forth, in successive years, and always like a cat falls on his feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days and feels no shame in not “studying a profession,” for he does not postpone his life, but lives already.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)