Why is the Ratcatcher always included on those lists of "worst" Batman villains...

Why is the Ratcatcher always included on those lists of "worst" Batman villains? I think he's pretty cool and his debut comic was pretty dark too.

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I think a nice twist would be that the rats are actually calling the shots.

Design doesn't stand out and a fairly weak powerset. He's an urban horror villain, not a supervillain.

idk, personally i really like the design as someone who's seeing for the first time rn

Controling a horde of rats is overpowered if anything.

That's incredibly stupid.

He needs more stories like his debut. The problem with him, like with a ton of villains, is that people can't think of good follow up stories after their debut that he would headline, so they easily just dismiss him entirely. In Ratcatcher's case he basically became a Blackgate background character who more or less never did anything beyond be a lackey or an occasional cameo.

They should have tried to do something about Croc being the King of the sewers and Ratcatcher serving like a guide or whatever in the sewers.

Situationally overpowered, but also situationally worthless.

those are the best kind of powers, though

He hasn't appeared in much media outside comics.

Because there's already a cool rat-themed supervillain who was introduced in 1988

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