10 Deadliest Comic Book Assassins (That You'd Totally Hire)

10. The Phantasm

Andrea Beaumont and her identity as The Phantasm is an overlooked but outstanding creation for the DCAU movie Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Andrea Beaumont was the child of wealthy parents whose father embezzled dirty money. To escape this debt, she and her father fled the country. The mob, understandably, was upset, and hired the goon who would become the Joker to travel to Europe, track down the Beaumonts, and kill her father.

Like a mirror image of Batman, this moulded young Andrea into training herself and becoming The Phantasm, a killer for hire who specialised in taking out mobsters. She returned to Gotham seeking vengeance against her father's killers, putting her directly in the middle of the long-standing war between Batman and The Joker.

The Phantasm used a costume similar to that of the Grim Reaper, all greys and blacks with a skull-like mask. Her primary weapon was a bladed gauntlet that looked similar to a scythe, worn on her right hand. She was a skilled combatant, using trickery and gadgets like smoke bombs and a voice changer to gain the upper hand.

Phantasm is also notable for making a fantastic cameo in the Justice League Unlimited episode 'Epilogue.'