10 Badass Batman Rogues You've Probably Never Heard About

9. Jackanapes

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What is it with the DC universe being positively rife with hyper-intelligent, criminally-minded gorillas? You've got Titano, you have Gorilla Grodd, there's Monsieur Mallah, and we could go on. There are several more, but we're only here to about one of those gorillas, Jackanapes.

In his most recent incarnation, Jackanapes is the adopted son of the Joker. Apparently, Joker and his gang are having a lovely day at the zoo.

While his gang enjoys watching a man being devoured by a snake, Joker takes a stroll down to the gorilla enclosure. There he steals a baby gorilla and decides to raise it as his own. Seems like a very Joker thing to do doesn't it?

As Jackanapes grows, he becomes a proficient criminal under the Clown Prince of Crime's expert tutelage. Jackanapes also becomes a specialist with weapons, martial arts, and according to one source, even molecular biology.

Oh, and he's a gorilla, so he's orders of magnitude stronger than most humans. Would you like to square off against a genius-level gorilla who's also an expert fighter and marksmen? No. The answer is obviously no.

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