DC Unlocked This Gotham Villain's Ultimate Form by Making Them an Official Black Lantern

Summary The Ventriloquist became a terrifying threat after being resurrected as a Black Lantern, creating multiple indestructible construct version of his dummy Scarface, wreaking havoc in a way he was never able to during his lifetime.

In DC's Blackest Night storyline, readers witnessed how a seemingly harmless villain like Arnold Wesker could turn into Batman's scariest enemy with a signal power upgrade.

The Black Lantern Ventriloquist's transformation from a joke to a nightmare shows the potential of even the least respected villains in Batman's rogues gallery.

Not many people were scared of this Batman villain – until he got his hands on a Black Lantern Ring, turning him into a formidable threat in the process, while also making him legitimately spooky for the first time. Arnold Wesker, known as the Ventriloquist, and his dummy Scarface, truly took their place among the Caped Crusader's rogues' gallery when Wesker became a Black Lantern.

Blackest Night: Batman #1 – by Peter J. Tomasi and Aroian Syaf – Arnold's terrifying new form. During DC's big Blackest Night crossover, many dead villains and heroes were resurrected as terrifying Black Lanterns. Granted Lantern Rings and made practically unkillable, these zombie Lanterns proved to be one of the most horrifying threats in DC history.

The resurrected villains included long unused characters such as the Trigger Twins, Blockbuster, and surprisingly, the most terrifying, Albert Wesker. While Wesker was someone that no one took seriously in life, in death he became one of Batman's most horrifying villains, at least for a little bit.

Black Lanterns can make constructs just like every Lantern can, and Wesker put this to great effect by creating construct versions of Scarface...Wesker was able to have multiple Scarfaces, as demonstrated during an attack on the Gotham Police Department.

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Black Lantern Ventriloquist Was A Nightmare Image Readers Can't Unsee

Blackest Night: Batman #2 – By Peter J. Tomasi, Aroian Syaf, Vicente Cifuentes, Nei Ruffino, & John J. Hill.

Arnold Wesker was a man with a dual personality. One part of him was the harmless Arnold, who couldn't hurt a fly, while the other was the brutal mobster Scarface. Wesker often claimed that it was Scarface who forces him to commit the crimes that he did, even going so far as claiming to just be a hostage of Scarface. While this clearly wasn't true, it made Wesker easy to deal with if he was simply separated from Scarface. But when he was returned as a Black Lantern, this became completely impossible, and utterly terrifying.

Black Lanterns can make constructs just like every Lantern can, and Wesker put this to great effect by creating construct versions of Scarface. While Scarface was always dangerous, due to his very real gun, he was just a ventriloquist's doll, and could easily be mitigated by taking him away from Wesker. The same can't be said for the Black Lantern variant. Scarface nearly indestructible in this form, and Wesker was able to have multiple Scarfaces, as demonstrated during an attack on the Gotham Police Department where Wesker created four separate Scarfaces to massacre the police.

The least intimidating villain can truly become a major problem with just one vital power upgrade. That's how the Ventriloquist went from being Batman's worst villain to his outright scariest during Blackest Night.

Blackest Night Made Batman's Least Respected Villain A Real Threat

Scarface Became Too Real

Despite having a pretty good gimmick as a Batman rogue, Wesker has never gotten any respect. The Joker named Ventriloquist the worst villain in Gotham. It's no surprise that people thought little of him, when Wesker's power was focused entirely in his doll. However, after being revived as a Black Lantern, Wesker was easily capable of taking on the entire Gotham City Police Department. It goes to show that the least intimidating villain can truly become a major problem with just one vital power upgrade. That's how the Ventriloquist went from being Batman's worst villain to his outright scariest during Blackest Night.

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