List of Batman Family enemies
Mobsters and plainclothes criminals
Besides his infamous rogues gallery of supervillains, Batman has also faced more "ordinary" enemies, such as assassins, mobsters and terrorists. In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance) Two of Batman's mobster foes have donned costumes and crossed over to become supervillains: Hangman: A serial killer (during the Dark Victory storyline) who murders police officers on every holiday of the year, leaving behind a version of the children's word game "Hangman" (with key letters missing) with each new victim.

List of Batman Family enemies

Section Title: Mobsters and plainclothes criminals
Table Section Text: Besides his infamous rogues gallery of supervillains, Batman has also faced more "ordinary" enemies, such as assassins, mobsters and terrorists. In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance) Two of Batman's mobster foes have donned costumes and crossed over to become supervillains: Hangman: A serial killer (during the Dark Victory storyline) who murders police officers on every holiday of the year, leaving behind a version of the children's word game "Hangman" (with key letters missing) with each new victim.

Villain	First appearance	Description

Able Crown	Detective Comics #743 (April 2000)	Able Crown is a local thug that has had a few run ins with Batman. Crown is also the same gangster who accidentally starts a huge gang war in Gotham City.

Alfred Stryker	Detective Comics #27 (May 1939)	Alfred Stryker is the mastermind behind a chemical syndicate. He was killed in a confrontation with Batman when he fell into a vat of acid early in Batman's vigilante career.

Athena	Detective Comics #775 (December 2002)	Celia Kazantkakis is a former CEO of Wayne Enterprises and current leader of a criminal organization called the Network.

Bad Cop	Batman Confidential #22 (December 2008)	Geoff Shancoe is a former police officer that was tortured into insanity by the Joker.

Brainy Walker	Detective Comics #242 (April 1957)	Brainy Walker was paroled after three years for counterfeiting and immediately set out to commit fresh crimes. This time though, he used counterfeit thousand-dollars in bills as a distraction.

Bruno Groft and Lekkey	Batman #128 (December 1959)	Bruno Groft was a foreign agent and assassin-for-hire whose gang kidnapped the Prince, Princess, and Ambassador of Morania. Batman and Robin defeated the gang and prevented Lekkey from assassinating the royal couple.

Carmine "The Roman" Falcone	Batman #404 (February 1987)	Carmine Falcone is a powerful crime boss in the early years of Batman's career and the leader of the Falcone Crime Family.

Catfoot Regan and Beetles Branagan	Batman #134 (September 1960)	Batman and Robin apprehend Catfoot Regan trying to rob jewels from the movement of a huge clock at a clock fair.

Ernie Chubb	Batman and Wildcat #1 (April 1997)	Ernie Chubb is a criminal currently incarcerated at Blackgate Penitentiary.

Erin McKillen	Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #24 (December 2013)	Erin McKillen and her twin sister Shannon were born into the McKillen crime family. When they were little, they attended school with Bruce Wayne, who was still in mourning for his parents.

Faceless	Batman #542	Joseph Zedno is a killer who removes the faces of his victims.

Frenchy Blake	Detective Comics #28 (June 1939)	Frenchy Blake is a dapper criminal who ran a successful group of jewel thieves.

Gentleman Jim Jansen	Batman #134 (September 1960)	Gentleman Jim Jansen was an orchid fancier and smuggler whom Batman and Robin discover trying to smuggle hot diamonds inside orchids.

Graham	Batman #130 (March 1960)	Graham was an expert builder of replicas of ancient weapons for movies. He begins leading a gang that uses ancient weapons such as ballistas and caltrops to loot banks.

Gregorian Falstaff	Batman #317 (November 1979)	Gregorian Falstaff is a reclusive billionaire and business rival of Bruce Wayne who time and again tries to put Wayne Enterprises out of business.

Henri Ducard	Detective Comics #599 (April 1989)	Henri Ducard was once one of Batman's teachers in the art of crime fighting. Years later, Batman learns that his former mentor is a master criminal.

James Gordon Jr.	Batman #407 (May 1987)	The son of Commissioner Gordon and his ex-wife Barabara Kean, Gordon is a psychopathic serial killer and is primarily an enemy of his sister, Batgirl, and sometimes Dick Grayson.

Joe Chill	Detective Comics #33 (November 1939)	Joe Chill is the mugger who murdered Bruce Wayne's parents, inspiring him to become Batman. Different continuities have portrayed him as a small-time criminal, a mob boss or a professional assassin.

Lew Moxon	Detective Comics #235 (November 1956)	Lew Moxon is a mob boss who hired Joe Chill to kill Thomas Wayne, which sparked Bruce Wayne into becoming Batman, as well as bringing the villain Zeiss to Gotham City.

Matt Thorne	Batman #62 (December 1950-January 1951)	Matt Thorne is an American criminal that brought several fellows felons with him to England to search of hidden Nazi treasure.

Mr. Lyon	Batman #19 (October–November 1943)	Lyon criminal who frames the Joker for placing people in animal enclosures that echo their names. He claims the Joker sent him a note threatening to place him in a lion cage, and uses this as an excuse to get bodyguards inside a secure area, which he uses to commit a robbery.

Peter Pan Killer	Detective Comics #875 (March 2011)	Roy M. Blount is a serial killer and pedophile that kidnaps children in Gotham City with a Peter Pan-motif.

Rex Calabrese	Batman Eternal #4 (June 2014)	Rex Calabrese is a gangster who used to run the Mob in Gotham City, his power was so immense he became known as the Lion.

Ruby Ryder	The Brave and the Bold #95 (April–May 1971)	The world’s richest woman and top female tycoon, based in Gotham City, Ruby Ryder is also a femme fatale and a full-fledged big time criminal.

Rupert Thorne	Detective Comics #469 (May 1977)	Rupert Thorne is a prominent head of one of Gotham City's top smuggling gangs. He is also the boss of Matches Malone, the criminal whose identity was taken over by Batman.

Salvatore "The Boss" Maroni	Detective Comics #66 (August 1942)	Boss Sal Maroni is the leader of the Maroni Crime Family and the gangster most notable for scarring Harvey Dent.

Sleeper Killer	Batman #516 (March 1995)	A killer who was under the control of her handler, Remmy, who was assassinated by a government agent.

Squid	Detective Comics #497 (December 1980)	The Squid (Lawrence Loman, also known as Clement Carp) is a Chinese crimeboss in Gotham City. He takes control of the underworld and almost succeeds in defeating Batman before apparently being killed by Killer Croc, a former member of the Squid's gang.

Sterling Silversmith	Detective Comics #446 (April 1975)	Sterling T. Silversmith (alias The Sterling Silversmith) has been obsessed with silver since childhood and now, as a silver-haired older man, has amassed a fortune in stolen goods.

Tobias Whale	Black Lightning #1 (April 1977)	Primarily the nemesis of Black Lightning, Tobias Whale moved his Metropolis-based operations to Gotham becoming a figurehead in organized crime after the demise of the Black Mask.

Tommy "Mangles" Manchester	Batman #519 (1995)	Tommy "Mangles" Manchester was a feared ruffian who haunted the east end of Gotham City. Due to his imposing size - being a tall man with bulging muscles - even most policemen did not dare to mess with him even though he was responsible for several murders.

Tony Zucco	Detective Comics #38 (April 1940)	Tony Zucco is a mob boss (or low-level thug, depending on the continuity) who is responsible for the death of Dick Grayson's parents.

Wylie	Detective Comics #42 (August 1940)

Sentence(s)

One of Gotham's crime bosses, Rupert Thorne, is apprehended by Batman.

final_sentence: One of Gotham's crime bosses, Rupert Thorne, is apprehended by Batman.