Ok I like gloomy post modern Batman as much as the next cretinous geek.
But c'mon surely I can't be the only person to miss the camp, mad and hilarious villians of the 1950s comics and 1960s TV series.
So here's Sootyj's new ones, can anyone beat this lot?
Sub Fay, a sexual submissive with a range of lethal made to order sandwiches.
Jest a Minute, The Joker's cousin with his own Radio 4 show - he never repeats himself.
Quentin Carratino, iconic film maker (if not all that original), with an army of intelligent carrots.