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Owlman's an Alternate Earth version of the caped crusader himself; he's a member of the Crime Syndicate of America, which is an evil version of the Justice League containing all manners of negative counterparts; Ultraman, Superwoman, and Owlman himself. The numerous versions of Owlman from the comics aren't really that spectacular, but there's his version in Crisis on Two Earths, who's certainly one of my favorite villains.

Essentially, the DCAU version of Owlman serves the same role as his comics counterpart in summary, a member of the Crime Syndicate on a version of Earth where the Justice League is evil and their rogues gallery is good (The Joker's got a good version known as the Jester; so does Lex Luthor). What seperates Owlman from the rest of the Syndicate, however, is his motive; upon discovering the existence of numerous Earths (every decision makes two new universes; one Earth where the decision was made, and the other where it wasn't) Owlman develops a deep nihilistic agenda which eventually drives him to one of the greatest omnicidal plots this side of Davros; he plans to travel to the original Earth, which he calls Earth Prime, and detonate a super-bomb called the QED to wipe out the source and destroy all of reality. What sells Owlman for me is his awesome design, his motive and character in compared to Batman (while both are deeply cynical, Batman uses that to make the world a better place, where as Owlman just opts to kill everything; all of this is reflected in the final fight which I won't spoil in case you're interested in seeing the movie) and James Woods' chilling delivery. He's a well-made character with a unique motive when it comes to DC villians, he's well-written, animated, and acted, and he's probably the best evil counterpart of Batman outside of the Joker himself.