ITT: /co/ discusses how to rework and revamp villains that get treated as jokes, similarly to what happened to Mr. Freeze after BTAS or the Ten-Eyed Man after Infinite Frontier.
For instance, how do you properly fix Calendar Man and make him fun without turning him into a Hannibal Lecter rip-off as the Long Halloween and Arkham City did?

>>149658303 (OP)
Why did no one ever turn Eraser into a Batman version of those guys from John Wick 1

>>149658303 (OP)
>without turning him into a Hannibal Lecter rip-off
You can't.

>>149658428
eraser should be the saul goodman of batman villains actually

I would make Amygdala more of a direct challenge to Batman's ethos by making him not only a victim of brain damage but also ramp up his strength further with the backstory of him being Gotham's premier power lifter who was mixed up in the underworld betting rings. Have him gain brain damage not through surgery but a powerlift gone wrong which has left him with a learning disability and emotional instability that is controlled for a time before the underworld starts to groom him for crime as he has no where else to go. Batman has to face a mountain of muscle stuck within the predatory grasp of crime families while also being forced to be considerate of how much of victim of circumstance Amygdala is. Have Batman try to find ways to minimize harming Amygdala while preventing him from harming other people to show his more rehabilitative side of his character. Then whenever he is safely subdued it is shown Arkham does not have the staff or resources to properly take care of Amydala and instead release him into "asissted living" which is compromised by the same criminals who used him to begin with. Maybe have an arc where Batman slowly creates a case against Arkham for this short sightedness but then realizes if he did hold them to account it will set a precedent for legal claims from other patients that could cause further loss in resources. Will he open this door to Arkhams destruction for the well being of one victim of exploitation or accept that a damaged system is better than no system at all?

>>149658303 (OP)
>how do you properly fix Calendar Man and make him fun
Just give him a costume again and play up the crimes that he commits each year, he's not a bad character concept.

>>149658655
Have a (You) for effort anon, good shit, I just re-read that one Knightfall issue and this would be a great direction to take Amygdala on.

>>149658303 (OP)
have him prank people on specific days :D

>>149658655
Cool.

>>149658655
Amygdala has always been a side character and victim of his condition, not a batvillain. Way to miss the point entirely.

>>149658655
You just literally summarized every Amygdala appearance, anon.

>>149658655
Fuck that. Amygdala should go back to being a Nightwing supporting character. Dick should hire him as security for the Pennyworth Foundation.

>>149658303 (OP)
Does killer moth count as d-list? or is he too prominent with the joke status being intentional?

>>149658303 (OP)
>dude works at a decoration distro, always a huge workload around the holidays
>no friends and not much for family so never has any plans during crunch time, basically the perfect candidate for someone to work the day of and catch last minute shoppers
>the downside of this is that he hasn't actually celebrated a holiday in years, he's always working on those days
>eventually has a stress-related breakdown and decides holidays and dates in general are fake and he can celebrate whenever he wants
>starts as just a public disturbance but a diy parade float/fireworks show incident necessitates bat-themed intervention
>pleads insanity, gets sent to Arkham, recovers, and lives a normal life with a job that gives him sufficient vacation time

>>149662760
killer moth doesn't need a rework, "supervillain for hire" is a perfectly workable character concept if DC would only treat him as a serious threat for once.

the most underrated batman villain revamp was turning Tiger Shark from a clown on water skiis into a mute poacher pirate guy with a yacht that runs on vibes