Penguin is such a great villain yet, kinda overlooked. True, he is a bit more popular than most of the Batman villains however, i feel DC still views him as just a goofy villain, sadly.
The Penguin is without question a top-tier Batman villain and I pity any fan who cant see that. Its unfortunate that DC doesnt really seem to know what to do with the character these days and really just keep him around as a novelty. Gotham may have been far from a perfect show but it at least gave ol Pengy his due. The next list sounds amazing, I cant wait.
I'm glad he's going to appear in the Matt Reeve's The Batman movie. To me, he and the Riddler are in the top 3 of the most iconic Batman villains. So it's exciting that they are both going to be in the movie, because they haven't been in a major Batman movie since the 90s and I think they have great potential.
I don't need your pity. It's called "opinion." To me, The Penguins is just mostly boring. He's just another mobster...but with a gimmick. He's one of the few comic characters where I actually prefer adaptations over the source. Gimme Burton's take and Gotham's take over most of the comics any day.
Oswald is such a tragic character. A monster for sure, but only because of his harsh upbringing. I always wanted an elseworlds or flipside universe where mild mannered but posh Oswald Cobblepot of Cobblepot's Umbrellas, avian conservationist, galavants at night fighting crime as the swashbuckling Penguin!
Ah good to hear from you again! And good to hear about old Pengy, for the largest mobster in Gotham you'd think people would show him some damn respect
Penguin has a lot of potential because I always felt that Batman and Penguin should be like a parallel to Eliot Ness and Al Capone from the Untouchables but thanks for the more obscured penguin stories 👍🏻
Honestly this is my favorite Penguin video without a doubt. Thank you Mr Rogues. Did you know that with The Batman movie coming out in 2022, it will be exactly 30 years since Ozzie appeared in Batman Returns and have you seen what Colin Farrell looks like.... magnificent.
I appreciate the acknowledgment that Pain & Prejudice is the greatest Penguin story ever told. (Should have been #1, but I won’t hold that against you). Great Top 10.
My personal favorite is "Snow and Ice" from Detective Comics 610-611. It gives me one of my favorite lines: "Where's the thrill in committing the perfect crime if nobody knows it was you?"
17:23 If people think Penguin's goofy they haven't seen Kite Man, Killer Moth, Polka Dot Man and of course Gotham's true ultimate evil the Condiment King.
I love the Penguin, thank you Rogues! It might sound crazy but I think that the Penguin is truly an underrated rogue, people believe that his gimmick is just money, when he is the gentleman, stylish and genius criminal of Gotham and also uses animals to fight Batman
What a great retrospective on my favorite bat-foe, The Penguin. Your choice of stories, thoughtful insights & well edited visuals go a long way in validating this classic villain. Penguin has real history & can be a genuinely effective character when written well. Thanks for yet another terrific review!
Ah the penguin... Are you a mind reader Mr. Rouges because you just made two top ten stories of my favorite and second favorite Batman Villains. 1. Riddler 2. Penguin Great video
@@samuelwilliams1619 - I would be very surprised if Mr Rogues could find 22 Dent stories that he likes better than this one, that's for sure ^^ but lists are subjective, you never know... I'm a bit sad that the animated movie adaptation (which will be a 2-parter) is pushed back to Summer 2021 (for part 1) due to Corona-chan, but at least it's still on for sure this time \o/ Also, I sure hope our dear dashing Mr Rogues has ended up reading the latest Two-Face storyline from the pages of *Detective Comics* #1020-21-22-23-1024 This excellent 5-parter, composed of a first 3-parter named _Ugly Heart_ followed by the 2-parter _Fearful Symmetry_ directly made its way pretty high in my personal top 22... I'd have to think about it some more, but it might just have crashed even my sacred top 10. And for a hardcore Harvey fanboy such as myself, 'tis no simple task to dare make a dent in my top ten. But this 5-issues story (which is the last *Detective Comics* arc before "Joker War" starts for good) managed to accomplish just that. Lots of important plot points regarding Two-Face that started in New52 find their resolution in that one, I really enjoyed buying it issue by issue twice a month, and it reads well as a, well, re-read in one sitting. Peter J Tomasi writes the story, and the trio Brad Walker/Andrew Henessy/Brad Anderson work their magic on the beautiful pages, and the amazing covers. Two-Face enthusiasts, don't miss this one!
I enjoy your work, man. I like Batman a lot, but my only exposure to him and his villains are the films and Arkham games. These videos are teaching me about stories I’d never know about otherwise. Keep it up dude!
Attractive lady uses a cigarette holder: classy, sexy. Cobblebot uses a cigarette holder: nasty, offputting. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Such a biased society we live in. :P
I love the penguin because of how grounded of a villain he is, there is literally nothing supernatural or out of this world about him, there is literally cobblepots out there in real life, and yet he has so much power in Gotham
Amazing collection, Rogues. Good taste. I like when Penguin stories feature classic literature quotes. He should be a gentleman of culture as well as crime. That's why the thug Penguin from the Arkham games never sat TOO well with me, as cool as he was as an alternate Pengy.
Nice video Mr Rouge, if you don’t mind I have some ideas top 5 best Calendar Man stories, he’s not the best villain but has some good stories; also if the under rated rouges series returns, Sportsmaster, he’s a really cool idea villain, but is treated like a joke (especially new 52) but has been shown some respect in some comics and a lot in tv
Theres a penguin backup in one of the recent Detective comics (1037 i think) and its honestly such a good little gem. I hope Penguin shows up in some great moments soon like its building him up to be
Penguin is really a very underrated Batman villain. In one of my Batman movie pitch (one of the versions), the Penguin would be introduce as supporting character, a crime boss who Batman usually visits to obtain information about some crime, but as the mystery is developt, Penguin would be reveal as the main villain, responsible for the events in the story (he would even break the fourth wall, saying that nobody suspected him because everyone keeps underestimating him, thinking that he is just a joke compare to the other villains like riddler or two face).
I like your concept for Penguin, but here’s a good one for a future series: the Penguin would be one of two secondary antagonists (along with TwoFace) and would be responsible for some events of season 1 (like the Falcone-Maroni gang war), along with Joker and TwoFace.
@@mikephelps5454 That would be awesome, taking some inspirations from stories like Long Hallowen and exploring the mobsters of gotham, although the one responsible for falcone-maroni gang war should be Two Face instead, with Harvey manipulating both sides, wanting for the mobsters to kill each other so he can create a "better Gotham", a gotham free from the corruption and the evil of criminals like Maroni and Falcone. The penguin could be play a role in this plot, wanting to take advantage of the war so he can take Falcone and Maroni's place as the boss of Gotham's underworld.
@@alexandrefrauches132 yeah, and in the end Penguin succeeds in taking Falcone and Maroni’s place as the boss of Gotham’s underworld (along with Black Mask), with Black Mask taking control of the Falcone crime family (the new name would be the Sionis crime family) and have many of Falcone’s dealings, while Penguin takes control of the Maroni crime family (renamed the Cobblepot crime family), taking over the arms dealings, the black markets, and weapons shops.
I think some writers forget that one of the main parts of Penguin's character is that he uses the fact that he's fat and the fact that he looks sort of like the bird he names himself after to make people underestimate him.
Great video. And it looks like Ozzie is dressed up for Halloween. How many of these have I read? Um... none, sadly. I’ve read very few Penguin stories. But I definitely intend to read them all. I’m just REALLY limited on time right now. F&$%ing responsibilities! I’ve wanted to read No Man’s Land for like three years now, basically since I discovered your channel in early 2017, but it’s really damn long and it has a lot of comics and build-up I have to track down. But it will happen, damn it! Great list. And I can tell that the Top 22 Best Two-Face is going to be something worth celebrating. In fact, here’s what each top 10 list will look like: Two-Face: You praising him for hours (which I will gladly listen to). Scarecrow: You praising the character but complaining about how writers waste him. Joker: You will not make that list. You will instead hunt down and shoot everyone who requests the video. Poison Ivy: You’ll praise her, but somehow I won’t remember it. Seriously, I somehow forget almost anything with her in it. Mad Hatter: Never going to happen. Killer Croc: You praising the character. Harley Quinn: Probably won’t happen, but if it does, you’ll do what you did in you top 20 Batman villains video, and both praise and complain about her and her overexposure. Mr. Freeze: Never going to happen. Clayface: You praising Preston Payne. Oh, and occasionally you’ll probably mention another Clayface. Okay, I could go on, but I’ll stop here.
Penguin is a great villain but sadly overlooked and underappreciated by most modern fans. Personally I miss the classic version. I know it won't appeal to mainstream audiences, but I prefer that version over the boring mob boss version we see these days. I mean, what is wrong with a master criminal who pulls off Audacious crimes with trick umbrellas? If anyone likes mob Penguin that is fine, but I still miss the master theif version. Grat video Rogues, looking forward to Dent's video
In my Batman Movie ideas, Penguin is actually fairly prominent. He is one of the only villains that I gave a solo movie, along with Two-Face, Poison Ivy, and Clayface.
@@RadinV1 The primary villain, at first would be Killer Croc, who in this version would be the killer of Dick Grayson's parents. My pitch for a Batman movie would also be a Robin origin story, with the plot centering around the mystery of who was responsible for the Flying Grayson's death. At first it would seems that the villain is Killer Croc (who worked for the circus), however in the end it would be revealed that he was hired by Penguin to do this.
“Gotham” may not have had a comic book accurate looking Penguin, at least until the ten year time jump, but they made him a threat; they managed to make the character threatening, emotionally vulnerable, horrifying on some occasions (he ate his step siblings and step mother), a master manipulator, and a schemer who’s always planning his next move. “Gotham” definitely put the Penguin up on my ranking for Batman villains. Hopefully “The Batman” does him justice.
Not Hatter. Have you seen Rogues’ top 5 Hatter stories video? The original Hatter has ONE great story. At the time, it was the hardest video to be had to make. There are a few good Hatter comics, but I seriously doubt it. Scarecrow, is almost guaranteed to get a top 10 video, since Crane is in his top 3 Batman villains, and he’s talked about at least 10 good or great Scarecrow comics in the past, which are potential contenders for the list. Crane might be after Harvey, but we’ll see.
The only two here not on my own list are his No Man's Land appearances and "Penguin on Parole." In the case of the former, I couldn't decide on just one story from that arc to include, and I didn't like the thought of including the entire thing. As for the latter...this is my first time hearing about it, so maybe my own list is going to have to change. XD
@@samuelwilliams1619 My 3rd favourite villain next to Joker and Two Face. Harvey and Oswald should be used more than Joker though because as much of a fan of him as I am the overuse is a bit above a joke pardon the pun.
Has penguin ever acted as safe cracker in a heist comic, he could certainly do that with his technical knowledge he has to make his trick umbrellas, is he ever in the suicide squad?
I wouldn't mind the "Kingpin" angle if they actually made him as such instead of giving that role to Black Mask while making the Penguin a boring casino owner.
Waaak A fine list. Of course I know of the silver age comics, but don't own them. As for the modern stories I haven't heard of some of them But I do own the issue with hos return to villiany. As I recall in those issues he was also annoyed with Black Mask . Or I'm confusing two storylines
Now here's a request you thought you'd never see, you might think I might need to be put Arkham Asylum, but I am 100% sane. Mr. Rogues, I would like you to do a video on villains from the show "Miraculous Ladybug".
Will you ever review Batman Beyond episodes? I especially want to hear your opinion of the Mr. Freeze episode. It provides even deeper characterization of the TAS Freeze, and it was one of my favorite Batman Beyond episodes and my current favorite Mr. Freeze story.
Almost all of the best Penguin's comics are in the modern era. I think that Penguin is a character they didn't really know how to make edgy/threatening in the old times
Two Shows to Watch for Great Penguin Action: “Gotham” (2014-2019): Entertaining and Violent Take “Batman the Television Series” (1966-68): Entertaining, Campy Silver Age Take
Top Ten Batman Villains: 1. The Joker 2. The Riddler 3. The Scarecrow 4. The Mad Hatter 5. The Penguin 6. Two-Face 7. Ra’s Al Ghul 8. Mr. Freeze 9. Clayface 10. Poison Ivy Didn’t include Harley Quinn or Catwoman because they’re more antiheroes/heroes than villains these days. Didn’t include Kite Man because he’s too nice to be a villain, at the end of “City of Bane” arc he and Batman were hanging out together in a bar.
03:55 Is this the start of The Iceberg Longue and Cobblepot going into organized crime? 10:59 Is this also part of his transition since, for him, running the Iceberg Lounge and being a mob boss was "more fun" than just gaming the stock market? 14:25 And this is where the transition completes itself?
Pengy is my Personal Bat Rogue. He (for me) is the most relatable of them. I also think that Pengy is more relateable Today then He ever was. Do miss Thrill Seeker/Super Villain Pengy tho. Crime Boss is kinda dull.
I was In a comic shop today and I was looking at the shelves and I saw the three jokers storyline with its four books and I though when’s the last time penguin got one of those big storylines? I mean riddler, two face, and scarecrow get that once in a couple years but where’s penguin’s big 3 book arc?
He doesn’t get four books he doesn’t get three he doesn’t get anything. I mean why is joker always the one to get these big storylines. I mean other villains get them but joker gets the most. I love the joker but it feels like he’s the go to Batman villain while throwing the rest either of to the side waiting for their turn or just hurling them into the trash.
Hi Mr. Rogues you said if your going to read just one Penguin story read (Penguin Pain & Prejudice) ✅ If Your going to read just one Riddler story read (Detective Comics Annual #8 Questions Multiply The Mystery) ✅ Now here's my question to YOU and your followers/subscribers If I'm going to read just one BATMAN story what should I make it ? If I'm going to read just one JOKER story what should I make it ? If I'm going to read just one Catwoman story what should I make it ?
The Penguin is my least favorite of Batman's big rogues. I've always found him to be boring as shit. I guess that's why I love Burton's take so much. It still keeps Penguin as a crime boss, retaining that aspect of the source material - but the added circus freak aspect of the character and tragedy underlying him makes for a far more compelling figure than what I usually see in the comics or cartoons. I also love Gotham's take on the character.
The problem with Burtons take is that he's essentially pure evil which just isn't interesting. The Penguin is also supposed to be the most brilliant criminal mind in Gotham city and in that movie most of his being the villain is just him being duped by Christopher Walken.
Spread and share this video wherever you can! Tell your friends, tell your cat! People gotta know Penguin is cool and actually has great stories!
I've edited my comment so your heart is gone, sorry about that "Mr. Rogues".😔
I don’t have a cat can I tell my dog?
Hey "Mr. Rogues" have you read my comment already? I said, "I've edited my comment so the heart you gave me is gone, and I'm sorry".😔
Absolutely
Didn't you already do a 2 face list?
Penguin is such a great villain yet, kinda overlooked. True, he is a bit more popular than most of the Batman villains however, i feel DC still views him as just a goofy villain, sadly.
Every bat villain who isn't Joker is overlooked. DC and most fanboys think the other rogues are insignificant and put Joker on a bloody pedestal!
Yes overshadowed by Joker, Ra’s al ghoul, Two Face and Bane
@@srstriker6420 Honestly, I think Two face is just as overshadowed than Penguin
@@zemox2534 well you get my point anyway
I disagree. Over the last several years he has gotten much more of the respect he deserves.
New Mr. Rouges and it's Penguin related, my favorite Bat-Rouges.
Ah...that sweet-sweet classical piano music...I'd have known it was gonna be a video of Oz without even reading the title🌂
The Penguin is without question a top-tier Batman villain and I pity any fan who cant see that. Its unfortunate that DC doesnt really seem to know what to do with the character these days and really just keep him around as a novelty. Gotham may have been far from a perfect show but it at least gave ol Pengy his due.
The next list sounds amazing, I cant wait.
Yeah I always felt that Batman and Penguin should have be like Eliot Ness and Al Capone from the Untouchables
I'm glad he's going to appear in the Matt Reeve's The Batman movie. To me, he and the Riddler are in the top 3 of the most iconic Batman villains. So it's exciting that they are both going to be in the movie, because they haven't been in a major Batman movie since the 90s and I think they have great potential.
I don't need your pity. It's called "opinion." To me, The Penguins is just mostly boring. He's just another mobster...but with a gimmick.
He's one of the few comic characters where I actually prefer adaptations over the source. Gimme Burton's take and Gotham's take over most of the comics any day.
@@nope5657 What Batman villains arent boring yo you?
@@nope5657 There is no need to be a condescending prick. It is your opinion but no need to lash out
Oswald is such a tragic character. A monster for sure, but only because of his harsh upbringing. I always wanted an elseworlds or flipside universe where mild mannered but posh Oswald Cobblepot of Cobblepot's Umbrellas, avian conservationist, galavants at night fighting crime as the swashbuckling Penguin!
*2:08** Mary Jane?! Damn Penguin stole Spider-Man’s girl! Savage.*
😂
And he looks like if Bruce Campbell played Penguin. lol
Ah good to hear from you again! And good to hear about old Pengy, for the largest mobster in Gotham you'd think people would show him some damn respect
Penguin has a lot of potential because I always felt that Batman and Penguin should be like a parallel to Eliot Ness and Al Capone from the Untouchables but thanks for the more obscured penguin stories 👍🏻
Penguin Triumphant is my favorite Penguin comic. I love it. Its also one of my favorite Batman comics ever.
Honestly this is my favorite Penguin video without a doubt. Thank you Mr Rogues. Did you know that with The Batman movie coming out in 2022, it will be exactly 30 years since Ozzie appeared in Batman Returns and have you seen what Colin Farrell looks like.... magnificent.
I appreciate the acknowledgment that Pain & Prejudice is the greatest Penguin story ever told. (Should have been #1, but I won’t hold that against you). Great Top 10.
*He’s back! Showin some love for the classics (2 face, penguin, riddler)*
My personal favorite is "Snow and Ice" from Detective Comics 610-611. It gives me one of my favorite lines: "Where's the thrill in committing the perfect crime if nobody knows it was you?"
17:23 If people think Penguin's goofy they haven't seen Kite Man, Killer Moth, Polka Dot Man and of course Gotham's true ultimate evil the Condiment King.
What about the number one kingpin of Gotham and the most feared Batman villain of all time...
THE TEN EYED MAN!!!!!!
@@readysetgameover9977 your forgetting the most sinister villain of them all...
THE PENNY PLUNDERER!!!!!!!!!
@@flintlockwood25 but you also forgot the most evil one of them all... THE ERASER
Even the most quiet whisper of such a ghastly name is enough to strike fear in the heart of Gotham…..Crazy Quilt
@@outis439-AAnd then there's Lord Death Man.
I love the Penguin, thank you Rogues! It might sound crazy but I think that the Penguin is truly an underrated rogue, people believe that his gimmick is just money, when he is the gentleman, stylish and genius criminal of Gotham and also uses animals to fight Batman
Absolutely because he has a lot of potential
glad to see the content, Rogues!
What a great retrospective on my favorite bat-foe, The Penguin. Your choice of stories, thoughtful insights & well edited visuals go a long way in validating this classic villain. Penguin has real history & can be a genuinely effective character when written well. Thanks for yet another terrific review!
Ah the penguin...
Are you a mind reader Mr. Rouges because you just made two top ten stories of my favorite and second favorite Batman Villains.
1. Riddler
2. Penguin
Great video
I'm so excited to see the top 22 Two Face stories, he is the best rogue of them all.
@@samuelwilliams1619 - I would be very surprised if Mr Rogues could find 22 Dent stories that he likes better than this one, that's for sure ^^ but lists are subjective, you never know...
I'm a bit sad that the animated movie adaptation (which will be a 2-parter) is pushed back to Summer 2021 (for part 1) due to Corona-chan, but at least it's still on for sure this time \o/
Also, I sure hope our dear dashing Mr Rogues has ended up reading the latest Two-Face storyline from the pages of *Detective Comics* #1020-21-22-23-1024
This excellent 5-parter, composed of a first 3-parter named _Ugly Heart_ followed by the 2-parter _Fearful Symmetry_
directly made its way pretty high in my personal top 22... I'd have to think about it some more, but it might just have crashed even my sacred top 10.
And for a hardcore Harvey fanboy such as myself, 'tis no simple task to dare make a dent in my top ten.
But this 5-issues story (which is the last *Detective Comics* arc before "Joker War" starts for good) managed to accomplish just that.
Lots of important plot points regarding Two-Face that started in New52 find their resolution in that one, I really enjoyed buying it issue by issue twice a month, and it reads well as a, well, re-read in one sitting.
Peter J Tomasi writes the story, and the trio Brad Walker/Andrew Henessy/Brad Anderson work their magic on the beautiful pages, and the amazing covers.
Two-Face enthusiasts, don't miss this one!
*ALRIGHT*... MORE AWESOMENESS, A "TOP 10 STORIES VIDEO" FOR PENGUIN, GOOD JOB MR. ROGUES!😉
I enjoy your work, man. I like Batman a lot, but my only exposure to him and his villains are the films and Arkham games. These videos are teaching me about stories I’d never know about otherwise. Keep it up dude!
Attractive lady uses a cigarette holder: classy, sexy. Cobblebot uses a cigarette holder: nasty, offputting. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Such a biased society we live in. :P
I love the penguin because of how grounded of a villain he is, there is literally nothing supernatural or out of this world about him, there is literally cobblepots out there in real life, and yet he has so much power in Gotham
After falling in love with the Gotham portrayal I found it difficult to find a list of (good) Penguin focused stories. Your video is a true blessing!
I've been looking forward to this!
Thanks for the great list! Peen wanting some good penguin tales to read! Looking forward to two-face's list!
Love the new intro. Glad to have you back Mr. Rogues
I found Batman annual 11 in a $1 bin this year! Mr. Rogues you're my teacher in Batman comics! Keep up the great work!
Penguin is my third favorite bat- rogue and this is a great list. I also quite liked his role in the „Emperor Penguin“ storyline.
Amazing collection, Rogues. Good taste. I like when Penguin stories feature classic literature quotes. He should be a gentleman of culture as well as crime. That's why the thug Penguin from the Arkham games never sat TOO well with me, as cool as he was as an alternate Pengy.
These are really good. I watched the Riddler one right before this. Liked and subbed!
Great video as usual!
Nice video Mr Rouge, if you don’t mind I have some ideas top 5 best Calendar Man stories, he’s not the best villain but has some good stories; also if the under rated rouges series returns, Sportsmaster, he’s a really cool idea villain, but is treated like a joke (especially new 52) but has been shown some respect in some comics and a lot in tv
I've been looking forward to a new video!! Keep up the great content!🤘🤘
Happy Halloween, Mr. Rogues.
Theres a penguin backup in one of the recent Detective comics (1037 i think) and its honestly such a good little gem. I hope Penguin shows up in some great moments soon like its building him up to be
Penguin is really a very underrated Batman villain. In one of my Batman movie pitch (one of the versions), the Penguin would be introduce as supporting character, a crime boss who Batman usually visits to obtain information about some crime, but as the mystery is developt, Penguin would be reveal as the main villain, responsible for the events in the story (he would even break the fourth wall, saying that nobody suspected him because everyone keeps underestimating him, thinking that he is just a joke compare to the other villains like riddler or two face).
Well I always felt that Batman and Penguin should be like Eliot Ness and Al Capone from the Untouchables
I like your concept for Penguin, but here’s a good one for a future series: the Penguin would be one of two secondary antagonists (along with TwoFace) and would be responsible for some events of season 1 (like the Falcone-Maroni gang war), along with Joker and TwoFace.
@@mikephelps5454 That would be awesome, taking some inspirations from stories like Long Hallowen and exploring the mobsters of gotham, although the one responsible for falcone-maroni gang war should be Two Face instead, with Harvey manipulating both sides, wanting for the mobsters to kill each other so he can create a "better Gotham", a gotham free from the corruption and the evil of criminals like Maroni and Falcone. The penguin could be play a role in this plot, wanting to take advantage of the war so he can take Falcone and Maroni's place as the boss of Gotham's underworld.
@@alexandrefrauches132 yeah, and in the end Penguin succeeds in taking Falcone and Maroni’s place as the boss of Gotham’s underworld (along with Black Mask), with Black Mask taking control of the Falcone crime family (the new name would be the Sionis crime family) and have many of Falcone’s dealings, while Penguin takes control of the Maroni crime family (renamed the Cobblepot crime family), taking over the arms dealings, the black markets, and weapons shops.
I think some writers forget that one of the main parts of Penguin's character is that he uses the fact that he's fat and the fact that he looks sort of like the bird he names himself after to make people underestimate him.
I always felt that Batman and Penguin should be more like Eliot Ness and Al Capone from the Untouchables
Such a beautiful panel opening one.
you should do a King Shark video, he's a cool obscure character that's getting popular now.
Great video. And it looks like Ozzie is dressed up for Halloween.
How many of these have I read? Um... none, sadly. I’ve read very few Penguin stories. But I definitely intend to read them all. I’m just REALLY limited on time right now. F&$%ing responsibilities! I’ve wanted to read No Man’s Land for like three years now, basically since I discovered your channel in early 2017, but it’s really damn long and it has a lot of comics and build-up I have to track down. But it will happen, damn it!
Great list. And I can tell that the Top 22 Best Two-Face is going to be something worth celebrating. In fact, here’s what each top 10 list will look like:
Two-Face: You praising him for hours (which I will gladly listen to).
Scarecrow: You praising the character but complaining about how writers waste him.
Joker: You will not make that list. You will instead hunt down and shoot everyone who requests the video.
Poison Ivy: You’ll praise her, but somehow I won’t remember it. Seriously, I somehow forget almost anything with her in it.
Mad Hatter: Never going to happen.
Killer Croc: You praising the character.
Harley Quinn: Probably won’t happen, but if it does, you’ll do what you did in you top 20 Batman villains video, and both praise and complain about her and her overexposure.
Mr. Freeze: Never going to happen.
Clayface: You praising Preston Payne. Oh, and occasionally you’ll probably mention another Clayface.
Okay, I could go on, but I’ll stop here.
Penguin is a great villain but sadly overlooked and underappreciated by most modern fans. Personally I miss the classic version. I know it won't appeal to mainstream audiences, but I prefer that version over the boring mob boss version we see these days. I mean, what is wrong with a master criminal who pulls off Audacious crimes with trick umbrellas? If anyone likes mob Penguin that is fine, but I still miss the master theif version.
Grat video Rogues, looking forward to Dent's video
Yes because he has a lot of potential
My favorite Batman Villain
Love your Gotham rogue's story videos you have a good modering voice explaining these classic characters keep flying high sir Wah Wah Wah !!!🎩🐧🐧🐧🌂
In my Batman Movie ideas, Penguin is actually fairly prominent. He is one of the only villains that I gave a solo movie, along with Two-Face, Poison Ivy, and Clayface.
Same. In my Batman movie pitch, the penguin works as secondary antagonist, with Batman always visinting him to obtain information about some crime.
Oh he does and I hope Todd Philips will have Jonah Hill as the penguin
@@alexandrefrauches132 Who would be the primary villain?
@@RadinV1 The primary villain, at first would be Killer Croc, who in this version would be the killer of Dick Grayson's parents. My pitch for a Batman movie would also be a Robin origin story, with the plot centering around the mystery of who was responsible for the Flying Grayson's death. At first it would seems that the villain is Killer Croc (who worked for the circus), however in the end it would be revealed that he was hired by Penguin to do this.
@@alexandrefrauches132 I really like the idea, especially since Croc could be a part of Haly circus.
I was finishing online classes when I saw the notification, so I went "fuck math"
I guess you could say: "be careful who you called ugly in High School..
He's still ugly but he's rich"
i feel like on earth 3, oswald cobblepot would be the one making contingency plans
I like the Penguin but I never read any of his stories, or watched his BTAS, but I saw him in Gotham and he was the best.
@@samuelwilliams1619 it was a interesting version, I like the design a lot.
@@Luna-dh1xd well I like TAS design
“And he came back”🎶
“Gotham” may not have had a comic book accurate looking Penguin, at least until the ten year time jump, but they made him a threat; they managed to make the character threatening, emotionally vulnerable, horrifying on some occasions (he ate his step siblings and step mother), a master manipulator, and a schemer who’s always planning his next move. “Gotham” definitely put the Penguin up on my ranking for Batman villains. Hopefully “The Batman” does him justice.
I’m guessing we aren’t gonna see Jonathan or Jervis real soon.
Not Hatter. Have you seen Rogues’ top 5 Hatter stories video? The original Hatter has ONE great story. At the time, it was the hardest video to be had to make. There are a few good Hatter comics, but I seriously doubt it. Scarecrow, is almost guaranteed to get a top 10 video, since Crane is in his top 3 Batman villains, and he’s talked about at least 10 good or great Scarecrow comics in the past, which are potential contenders for the list. Crane might be after Harvey, but we’ll see.
Robin Lord Taylor and Burgess Meredith are my top two favorite Penguins.
1:00 - N°10 - No man's land
2:40 - N°9 - Pieces of penguin/C-C-Cold
4:25 - N°8 - Bullies
6:05 - N°7 - Partners in plunder
7:45 - N°6 - The penguin on parole
9:55 - N°5 - Penguin triumphant
11:55 - N°4 - He who laugh last
13:45 - N°3 - The penguin returns
15:30 - N°2 - Pain & prejudice
17:35 - N°1 - Love bird
Yes.
i cant see penguin the same way after watching your videos.
The only two here not on my own list are his No Man's Land appearances and "Penguin on Parole." In the case of the former, I couldn't decide on just one story from that arc to include, and I didn't like the thought of including the entire thing. As for the latter...this is my first time hearing about it, so maybe my own list is going to have to change. XD
awesome vid
Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot deserves more respect!
@@samuelwilliams1619 My 3rd favourite villain next to Joker and Two Face. Harvey and Oswald should be used more than Joker though because as much of a fan of him as I am the overuse is a bit above a joke pardon the pun.
Absolutely
Has penguin ever acted as safe cracker in a heist comic, he could certainly do that with his technical knowledge he has to make his trick umbrellas, is he ever in the suicide squad?
Would you consider doing a top 10 stories video for Ra's Al Ghul and Hugo Strange?
I d k why but i Just want to See pengi Happy
Gonna be honest, I like old school master thief Penguin more than the knockoff Kingpin version we've had since the 90's.
I think we should get a combination of both
I wouldn't mind the "Kingpin" angle if they actually made him as such instead of giving that role to Black Mask while making the Penguin a boring casino owner.
What a Bird brain he is
Perfect timing
Please do a top 10 comic movie villains
Waaak A fine list. Of course I know of the silver age comics, but don't own them. As for the modern stories I haven't heard of some of them But I do own the issue with hos return to villiany. As I recall in those issues he was also annoyed with Black Mask . Or I'm confusing two storylines
Now here's a request you thought you'd never see, you might think I might need to be put Arkham Asylum, but I am 100% sane.
Mr. Rogues, I would like you to do a video on villains from the show "Miraculous Ladybug".
Idea for a new video series from you: rogues galleries ranked on either morality or power level
Will you ever review Batman Beyond episodes? I especially want to hear your opinion of the Mr. Freeze episode. It provides even deeper characterization of the TAS Freeze, and it was one of my favorite Batman Beyond episodes and my current favorite Mr. Freeze story.
What do you think of the Penguin affair? I really liked the story.
Almost all of the best Penguin's comics are in the modern era. I think that Penguin is a character they didn't really know how to make edgy/threatening in the old times
Two Shows to Watch for Great Penguin Action:
“Gotham” (2014-2019): Entertaining and Violent Take
“Batman the Television Series” (1966-68): Entertaining, Campy Silver Age Take
Doug moench is one of the best scarecrow writers in batman comics too
The penguin is a classic batman villain. 😀👍
Any plan to return back to Hillbrook Asylum anytime soon Rogues?
Legit wanting Harvey's video to be 2 hours long...
@@samuelwilliams1619 Two hours, Twenty-two minutes and Twenty-two seconds would be just PERFECT.
It wouldn`t be a Mr.Rogues video without a No Mans Land recap.
Top Ten Batman Villains:
1. The Joker
2. The Riddler
3. The Scarecrow
4. The Mad Hatter
5. The Penguin
6. Two-Face
7. Ra’s Al Ghul
8. Mr. Freeze
9. Clayface
10. Poison Ivy
Didn’t include Harley Quinn or Catwoman because they’re more antiheroes/heroes than villains these days.
Didn’t include Kite Man because he’s too nice to be a villain, at the end of “City of Bane” arc he and Batman were hanging out together in a bar.
I don't care if the next video is 2 hours long. You go all out for your favorite character.
Penguin is gonna be in the upcoming Batman movie
03:55 Is this the start of The Iceberg Longue and Cobblepot going into organized crime?
10:59 Is this also part of his transition since, for him, running the Iceberg Lounge and being a mob boss was "more fun" than just gaming the stock market?
14:25 And this is where the transition completes itself?
Hey Mr.Rouges can you do a video on forgotten movie villain Eric Binford From fade to black?
The Number One story gives me the implication that Batman is a jerk who refuses to let his villains reform just so he can kick their asses
i don't care i am a penguin fan
Pengy is my Personal Bat Rogue. He (for me) is the most relatable of them. I also think that Pengy is more relateable Today then He ever was. Do miss Thrill Seeker/Super Villain Pengy tho. Crime Boss is kinda dull.
11:51 #4 kinda looks like "HA"
Edit: 11:52....huh. fitting
I was In a comic shop today and I was looking at the shelves and I saw the three jokers storyline with its four books and I though when’s the last time penguin got one of those big storylines? I mean riddler, two face, and scarecrow get that once in a couple years but where’s penguin’s big 3 book arc?
He doesn’t get four books he doesn’t get three he doesn’t get anything. I mean why is joker always the one to get these big storylines. I mean other villains get them but joker gets the most. I love the joker but it feels like he’s the go to Batman villain while throwing the rest either of to the side waiting for their turn or just hurling them into the trash.
Hi Mr. Rogues you said if your going to read just one Penguin story read (Penguin Pain & Prejudice) ✅
If Your going to read just one Riddler story read (Detective Comics Annual #8 Questions Multiply The Mystery) ✅
Now here's my question to YOU and your followers/subscribers
If I'm going to read just one BATMAN story what should I make it ?
If I'm going to read just one JOKER story what should I make it ?
If I'm going to read just one Catwoman story what should I make it ?
Has anyone figured out what version of Bachs' "allemande BWV 13 in c minor" is used in this video?
FINALLY FOUND AFTER 4 YEARS- "Allemande" by Ahneta Maxwell
Yay content also it’s in Jersey
The Penguin is one of DC's best villains, so sad that DC looks at him as a loser and joke character and puts him in the same ranks with Kite-Man
@Ayham4002 Exactly.
Gotham is in New Jersey, apparently.
13:16 doesn’t he reminded you of Gru from Despicable me?
do a catwoman one please!
No honorable mentions?
The Penguin is my least favorite of Batman's big rogues. I've always found him to be boring as shit. I guess that's why I love Burton's take so much. It still keeps Penguin as a crime boss, retaining that aspect of the source material - but the added circus freak aspect of the character and tragedy underlying him makes for a far more compelling figure than what I usually see in the comics or cartoons.
I also love Gotham's take on the character.
The problem with Burtons take is that he's essentially pure evil which just isn't interesting. The Penguin is also supposed to be the most brilliant criminal mind in Gotham city and in that movie most of his being the villain is just him being duped by Christopher Walken.
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New Jersey.