10 Lame Batman Villains I Dare The Gotham Writers To Use

6. Doctor Double X

When it comes to a list like this one, the Silver Age is the gift that keeps on giving. Meet Simon Ecks, a scientist who makes a stunning breakthrough and finds that people can have “auras” that function outside their bodies. I know that sounds like some New Age spirituality or something, but trust me, it’s comic book science.

Sadly, it turns into a Jekyll and Hyde situation, because when Ecks absorbs enough electrical energy, his aura strikes out on its own as Double X, committing crimes and such. In truly awesome fashion, Double X has a costume with two Xs on it, while Ecks’ suit only has one. Helpful!

Double X could also control the mind of Ecks, making him do bad things that he wouldn’t even remember. Maybe dressing in that gaudy costume was one of them.

This guy just seems a little too far into the realm of sci-fi for Gotham. Double X could fly, shoot electrical blasts and was super-strong. Too fantastic for TV, probably, even if the costume folks found something else for him to wear. And they’d have to do that.

Doctor Double X did appear in one of my favorite Batman issues of all time, Batman #400, where he’s one of the many villains freed from Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Prison by Ra’s al Ghul. He just didn’t stick around to hear what Ra’s had in mind, which is pretty surprising for such a C-lister. Some of these guys just have delusions of grandeur, but I suppose that goes along with being a super villain.

Next: No. 5: Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum