These 7 Criminals Are The Real-World Versions Of Batman Villains

Comic book villains tend to be outlandish and wild in how they commit crimes, so as to be a better match for the larger-than-life heroes that seek to foil them. Just look at examples like Clayface or Killer Croc, a man of shapeshifting clay and another who is partially a reptile. But sometimes life can be stranger than fiction. Such is the case with these real life criminals who seem to mimic some of Batman’s most famous villains.

1. Mr. Freeze  Now this is one you might be surp-ice-d (I’m so sorry) to see here, as he is a pretty extreme concept for a villain with his ice theme and cold lasers and various similarly-themed devices. But Victor Fries isn’t the only one keen on having his victims “cool off.”

The thought of me not fitting in another ice pun makes my blood run cold.

Richard “Iceman” Kuklinski was a contract killer for the Decavalcante Crime Family in the ’50s and ’60s who developed a habit of freezing his victims for lengthy periods of time before disposing of them in an attempt to prevent authorities from knowing the actual time of death.

I think I’m actually out of ice puns, luckily for you.

2. The Penguin, also known as Oswald Cobblepot, is a man who is fond of his umbrellas and birds. Oswald frequently makes use of umbrellas as guns, swords, shields, and pretty much whatever else he needs to further his criminal goals and fight Batman.

Mrak mrak mrak.

Well it turns out The Penguin wasn’t the only with that thought. There is an as yet unsolved murder that happened in London, England where a man, suspected to have been a KGB agent, killed a man with a poison dart fired from an umbrella gun.

When the Iron Curtain fell, more of the guns were discovered in a depot, leading to suspicions being confirmed.