10 Best Batman Characters That Didn't Come From The Comics

10. Arkham Knight

Technically he isn’t an entirely new character, but that’s what he was pitched as before the game released, so he warrants discussion.

The Arkham Knight is a young man in red with a deep connection to Batman, consumed by a sense of injustice and betrayal. If after all that, you couldn’t piece together who he was... I hope you enjoyed your first Batman story, I guess. The reveal of Jason Todd recalls one of the twists of Jeph Loeb’s brilliant Hush storyline, too. So as well as being false advertising, it’s not even all that original.

Having said that, if you can put your disappointment aside, the Arkham Knight is a pretty decent character. Seeing an Arkham game built around someone besides the Joker was refreshing, and he cut a more physically imposing figure. The unpredictability was lost slightly, but that was replaced with a more immediate brutality.

If you’re a purist who insists Arkham Knight isn’t a real character and this list is bogus (firstly, who hurt you?), you can take Red Claw as the tenth entry. She misses out because she was basically Talia Al Ghul but red.