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Chewy Walrus said:
My favorite Bat-villains are Scarecrow and the Mad Hatter. I don't think they get enough press... especially Hatter.
Hatter had a good cameo in a recent Gotham Central story arc.
I’m very fond of Mr Branch from 100 Bullets. Most readers of that title, if asked to nominate their favourite character, would probably choose one of the Minutemen.
Branch is the polar opposite of the Minutemen: an overweight ex journalist, very much a victim of his own impulses. He gambles to the point where he owes money to people who are prepared to do him serious harm if he doesn’t pay them back. He’s a glutton. He lives in complete squalor. He’s sleazy and slightly devious.
The thing that I like most about him is that, like many characters in that title, he was given a gun with untraceable bullets and the identity of the person who ruined his life, but he didn’t use it. His drive to discover how someone could have the power to allow him to get away with murder was greater than his instinct for revenge. It doesn’t matter how many times he gets warned off. He can’t stop himself from asking questions.
While the minutemen are sharp-suited killers, Branch is basically a good guy even if his occasional attempts at being noble are as dishevelled and pathetic as the rest of his life
Last edited by backwards7; 2004-12-01 3:25 AM.
