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[Superheroes] What's the distinction between just a criminal and a supercriminal?

I'll take batman because I feel it's got the best examples at all levels, but you can do the same thing with virtually any super's rogues gallery.

* So on the one extreme, you have, say, Poison Ivy. She's a criminal, she has superpowers. She's unquestionably a supercriminal.
* Then you have Scarecrow. He's a normal human with advanced tech. Theoretically, anyone could have a vial of fear gas. But he's still able to do things normal technology can't. That's pretty super.
* Then you have The Riddler. He's very flamboyant and dramatic, but he's got normal tech and no powers. He's got a lot of showmanship and his crimes are clearly above and beyond normal criminal activities, but he's just a dude.
* Then you have The Penguin. He's just a crime lord. No powers, no tech, no gimmicks unless you count "liking birds and umbrellas" as a gimmick. He's just a mundane crime lord with a nickname.

Now, we know that supervilliany is a concept in universe (the phrase super-crime is thrown around in comic, and they talk about batman fighting supercriminals), and it seems all of batman's rogue gallery (and the less powerful flash rogues and Kingpin and the Toymaster and other such relatively mundane criminals) are considered supercriminals in universe.  


So at what point do I stop being a standard criminal and become a supercriminal? Do I need a costume? A name? A gimmick? An archenemy? Where does my plan to rob gotham bank go from "call the police" to "call Batman"?
gpt
In the words of Megamind, "PRESENTATION!" You gotta have a gimmick. Powers are optional. If you do not pick your own name, the press will pick one for you. An archenemy will turn up eventually if you hang around long enough. But first, you really need a gimmick.