DC has always put Batman in the forefront of their comics and when DC started making the multiverse a big part of their line, Batman was there, too. Batman proved to be a character who could blend into a variety of stories and his origin lent well to multiple genres.

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Batman is a dark character, one who has always played on his foes' fears. His decision to turn fear into a tool has always been a part of who Batman is, but there are some versions of Batman who are much scarier than others. They'll go to any lengths to win and destroy the obstacles in their path, whether that be crime or anything else.

10 The Current Day Batman Is Scary Even Though He Doesn't Kill

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Batman doesn't have to be a killer or a villain to be scary. The current Batman is a perfect example of that. DC continuity can be rather twisted, but the current Batman mirrors the pre-Flashpoint version, while keeping aspects from the New 52 Batman. This Batman knows how to defeat nearly every hero and villain on Earth, has faced down dark gods, and has frightened the toughest villains on the block.

Batman has a strict no killing policy, but that doesn't make him any less scary. He's a cold fighting machine, able to keep going when anyone else would go down. He's a master tactician, well-trained in the martial arts, and has resources that are unbeatable. Anyone who isn't scared of him needs to think again..

9 Damian Wayne's Batman Went To Any Lengths To Win

Damian Wayne becomes Batman of the future

Batman #666, by writer Grant Morrison and artist Andy Kubert, depicted a future where Damian Wayne became Batman. Damian turned out to be exactly the Batman anyone would imagine him to be: a hard edged man whose only focus was fighting crime. He had no problem killing, unlike his father, and the GCPD hunted him like he hunted his villains.

Damian Wayne was scary enough as a kid. An adult Damian, trained by his father, mother Talia al Ghul, and Dick Grayson, became even more frightening. He was smart, strong, and willing to kill anyone who did evil.

8 Golden Age Batman Killed His Enemies All The Time

The Golden Age Batman breaks a henchman's neck

The Golden Age Batman differs from the modern one or even the Silver Age version. He isn't the amazing martial arts genius who can solo Superman. He's strong, and completely willing to kill. This Batman has no problem kicking someone and breaking their neck or gunning down his enemies.

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Golden Age Batman might not have been the Batman who stared down Darkseid, but he would've shot Darkseid in the head instead of the shoulder. He played up the aura of fear more than any other Batman and backed it up with some blood thirst.

7 The Dark Knight Returns Batman Was Ruthless

A silhouette of Batman in the night sky

The Dark Knight Returns, by writer/artist Frank Miller, numbers among the greatest comics of all time. The Batman of this story is in his fifties, retired from his costumed life, and trying to find a good death. He puts the cape and cowl back on to stop the crime that's eating Gotham alive, but he's not the man he was. He's too old to mess around and is completely ruthless.

While he's not a rabid killer, the fact that he's Batman at a hundred percent, unwilling to compromise or allow weakness to slow him down, makes him a frightening opponent. TDKR Batman isn't just going to knock out a criminal, he's going to paralyze them.

6 Flashpoint Batman Went Further Than His Son Ever Would

Flashpoint Batman solemnly walks away from a burning mansion.

Flashpoint, by writer Geoff Johns and artist Andy Kubert, is a very dark story. For proof of that, readers need look no further than that world's Batman. Instead of Thomas and Martha Wayne dying that night in Crime Alley, Bruce does. Each Wayne goes a different way. Thomas becomes Batman and Martha becomes the Joker.

Thomas as Batman was a cold-blooded killer, hunting down Gotham's worst and permanently putting them down. DC brought him to the main universe, where he did his best to get Bruce to stop being Batman, even working with Bane to kick his son out of Gotham. Flashpoint Batman might've been an older vigilante, but he was strong enough to defeat anyone who challenged him, and their chances of survival were slim.

5 Batman Of All-Star Batman And Robin Is An Unpredictable Killer

All-Star Batman drafts Dick Grayson into his war on crime in DC Comics

All-Star Batman And Robin, by writer Frank Miller and artist Jim Lee, is the ultimate guilty pleasure comic. This version of Bruce Wayne is almost a parody of the hero everyone knows. He's a super genius with all the best toys, but he's also unpredictable, violent, and callous.

All-Star's Batman will scream at a boy who just watched his parents die in order to toughen him up and burn thugs to death. One of the biggest critiques ASBAR receives is that it presents a Batman who's hardly distinguishable from his enemies. He's a killer in a mask and completely unpleasant.

4 Red Death Is An Evil Batman With The Speed Force

Red electricity crackles around Red Death as he speeds past a pile of skulls.

The DC Universe boasts several heroes who are fast without the Speed Force, but those who have it prove the fastest and most dangerous. Batman with the Speed Force is frightening, but a broken Batman willing to kill with the Speed Force is terrifying.

Introduced in Dark Knights: Metal, by writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, Red Death was the Flash of the Dark Knights, evil Batmen from the Dark Multiverse. Red Death killed every hero on his Earth, like the other Dark Knights. He had all the knowledge and resources Batman usually possessed. Paired with the power of Speed Force, this combination cost many heroes and villains their lives.

3 The Devastator Beat Superman To Death

Batman the devastator roars into the sky as lightening cracks in the background.

Doomsday is the monster who killed Superman. On one Earth in the Dark Multiverse, Batman figured out a way to become Doomsday. When Superman turns evil, Batman transforms himself into the Devastator to stop the Man of Steel. Unfortunately, the virus that makes him Devastator spreads throughout the Earth, creating a planet of mindless monsters.

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Joining the Dark Knights at the behest of the Batman Who Laughs, Devastator Batman helped Barbatos during Dark Knights: Metal. He might not have been a mass murderer like some Dark Knights, but few versions proved more terrifying than an evil Batman who wielded Doomsday's power.

2 Batman Became A Vampire In Batman: Red Rain

DC Comics' Batman as a vampire from Red Rain

Batman and vampires go very well together, as writer Doug Moench and artist Kelley Jones' Batman: Red Rain reveals. Forced to become a vampire to battle Dracula, Batman struggles to fight his vampiric thirst and bar himself from killing. He fails and brutally pursues the Gotham's criminals, becoming a true creature of the night.

Batman as a vampire may seem tame compared to an evil Batman with the Speed Force or a Doomsday powered Batman. However, the Batman of Red Rain loses all control, and a Batman without control is as scary as it gets.

1 The Batman Who Laughs Almost Remade The Multiverse In His Twisted Image

DC Comics' Batman Who Laughs cackles while snaring his enemies in chains.

The Batman Who Laughs threatened the Justice League like few others. Another refugee from the Dark Multiverse, this Batman became infected with a Joker virus after killing the Clown Prince of Crime. He couldn't cure himself and became a twisted mix of the Batman and the Joker. He killed the Bat-Family with a gas attack, then went about slaughtering everyone else on the planet.

Chief lieutenant of Barbatos in Dark Knights: Metal, he'd be captured by the Justice League and escape, infecting heroes and making them his Secret Six. He'd battle Lex Luthor and become Perpetua's right-hand man in her quest to remake the Multiverse. Gaining omnipotence, he killed Perpetua and almost remade the Multiverse in his twisted way before Wonder Woman stopped him.

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