The moment: Our first play session with Joker as portrayed by Heath Ledger. And it’s his specific visage – washed-out, haggard and half-heartedly makeup-caked – that’s been etched on to the collective Bat-fan consciousness ever since.

As seen in: The Dark Knight (2008 film)

Why so serious: It’s a grittier, bloodier, more brutal Clown Prince Of Crime than we’d learned to expect pre-Nolan – but it’s still every bit the Joker.

And a bank heist that involves slaughtering every one of your henchmen en route could only have been orchestrated by one supervillain. Welcome back, you creepy bugger...