Best Batman Villain

Interesting choice, I like it! (Side note, I don't think sources are required. I know Batman very well, as I assume you do as well. If there's a dispute, just say what Issue/Story-line/Episode/Movie it was in) Also, nice choosing the OTHER character who "created" the Red Hood, and while I did say that I was going to be using Under the Red Hood, I wasn't excluding others... so we'll get to that. So, your three reasons: (P1) He created the Red Hood and Batman (P2) He is the leader of the League of Shadows (P3) He is immortal (P1) Firstly, while in Under the Red Hood, Ra's is shown to have created Red Hood... we find out later in Infinite Crisis that this isn't the case. Superboy-Prime made a reality altering punch that caused, among other things like Hal Jordan never spending time in prison for drunk driving, Jason Todd to come back to life. While this isn't included in either Under the Red Hood or Battle for the Cowl, in the latter Jason does ask Dick, if the Lazarus Pit made Jason come back, why don't they use that on Bruce? Implying he wasn't resurrected by the Lazarus Pit as the movie implies (is was in a flashback that Ra's was explaining to Batman... hence unreliable). The comic, Under the Hood, does not imply Ra's brought Jason back, but only restored his ability through the Lazarus Pit (it was actually Talia that pushed him in). Even if we accept that Ra's brought Jason back, it had nothing to do with the mentality of Jason... that is all due to Batman and Joker... Ra's was merely an agent in that. Additionally, the fact that he created BATMAN, one of the greatest superHEROES ever. I'm not sure how that makes him a better villain . "without Ra's al Ghul there is no Batman as we know it today." Was Mr. Miyagi the villain in Karate Kid? (maybe in Karate Kid 3, but that's another argument) Creating the Hero is a Heroic thing, not a Villainous one. (P2) I concede that he is the Leader of the League of Shadows (even though it does get run by Talia a few times in absentia). You'll have to give more evidence for why, as the Leader of the League of Shadows, they are the worthy to be called the best Villain. While, yes, they have in historic times sacked Rome and burned London... these both don't apply to Batman. While Batman is alive, he manages to combat the League of Shadows quite well and they don't do any severe damage on the level of their previous conquests. This implies that they can't be that great of a threat to Batman. (P3) You are using Batman Begins. He dies in Batman Begins. He is not immortal. (Christopher Nolan as well as Liam Neeson collaborate this, as well as Talia confirming it in TDKR) Now on to mine! Jason Todd is the Batman's Best Villain because how personal he is to Batman. He is not, by any means, the Best Villain, but to Batman.... he is paramount. We know that to Bruce, Jason Todd's death and resurrection as Red Hood is Bruce's greatest Failure. Not anything the Joker ever did, not letting Ra's kill hundreds... Jason Todd's journey to murderous vigilantism is his greatest Failure. I'd say the person who causes the Hero's greatest Failure and torments him makes Jason Todd a pretty good villain for Batman. Additionally, Batman tried to have Jason thrown into Arkham, only to have him declared sane and moved to Black Gate. So, unlike most of Batman's villains... Jason is sane in his murderous ways. He's not an uncontrollable by-product of the Bat, but a contrived concerted motif that will do what the Bat has never done. In truth, the reason why Jason is Batman's greatest villain is because he is what Batman could be. His methods, however ineffective so far, could potentially one day destroy the Bat. If Red Hood's methods succeed in cleaning up Gotham, the Bat loses. And while the rest of Gotham wins... Batman loses... the Red Hood would have proven to him that his entire mission as the Batman was a failure. We see in Under the Red Hood how close he comes to cleaning up Gotham. He takes out all the leading crime syndicates at the time as well as stops the selling of drugs to kids (this gets expanded upon in the Comic). These sound like good things, but not to Batman. He does it while killing dozens. Batman takes issue with this. I know I'm being speculative... but I think even the possibility that Red Hood can succeed in destroying the Bat, not in a physical or mental way, but in a Ideological one. Something that Ra's can never do. Batman could never admit defeat to Ra's. What if Red Hood kills Joker? Kills Killer Croc? Zsaz? Freeze?... all of them.... what if Red Hood does to Gotham was Deadpool did to the Marvel Universe recently (Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe). Just the potential for that, based off his previous actions, makes him the Best Batman Villain.