The Judge

The Judge is a fictional supervillain created by DC Comics who usually appears as an adversary of Batman. The Judge is a more modern villain, first appearing on October 11, 2019.

History
Little is known of The Judge's past. What is known is that at some point he got involved in mob activity and became a high-ranking crime boss. During this time, he began wearing a mask in order to hide his identity.

The Judge operated for years without anyone even realizes he existed, slowly crawling his way to the top. Eventually, he became powerful enough to bribe police officers to work for him and/or to stay quiet about his activities.

During a particularly unfortunate event, The Judge murdered a reporter who had seen his face brutally in front of a few officers. One officer cut ties with The Judge after this and threatened to arrest him but was then threatened himself by the other officers in the room. Realizing he couldn't arrest The Judge and unable to handle the guilt of working for him, the officer shot himself.

At some point after this, The Judge got into bootlegging and sold bootleg tires that easily broke to random people. The car crashed and deaths caused by this got the attention of the Batman, who eventually tracked down the location of the bootleggers.

Batman burst into their hideout, expecting to find criminals but instead found a large number of starving and sick children making the tires. All of the children were orphans on the street who were kidnapped by The Judge to work at his operation. The most horrifying thing Batman found there was "The Hole", which was full of half-dead children that could no longer work.

On that day, The Judge visited his operation and showed off his verbally abusive nature towards the kids which caused Batman to fly into a rage and expose himself, beating The Judge. The Judge managed to escape thanks to his men shooting at Batman and distracting him. Luckily, Batman came out on top of this battle and rescued the kids before tracking down The Judge.

The Judge, terrified of Batman, shot him multiple times in the chest the moment he saw him before running up and knocking him out with a crowbar. Realizing his hideout's location was exposed, The Judge stole Batman's belt and handcuffed him to a radiator before burning down the building.

Batman managed to escape this, but The Judge's current hideout is unknown. In spite of this, he and Batman have had several meetings with each other since then, most of which ending in The Judge escaping. This fact is the most frustrating thing to Batman, as the Judge remains the only criminal he's failed to arrest.

Appearance
The Judge is always wearing a gas mask that covers his entire head and black gloves. He usually wears a buttoned-up trenchcoat but every so often he takes it off revealing a white button-up shirt underneath with rolled-up sleeves. He also wears trousers that are tucked into his black boots.

Abilities

 * High Intelligence
 * Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)
 * Firearms
 * Leadership
 * Business Management
 * Master Torturer
 * Master Manipulator

Weaknesses

 * Mental Illness

Equipment

 * Gas Mask

Weapons

 * Twin Pistols
 * Revolver
 * Flamethrower
 * Machine Gun

Trivia

 * The Judge's list of crimes include:
 * Theft
 * Murder
 * Terrorism
 * Torture
 * Assassination
 * Child Abuse
 * Weapon Trafficking
 * Human Trafficking