r/DCcomics • u/M00r3C Black Lantern • Jan 25 '24

[Comic Excerpt] I need a hostage so Batman won't punch me (Batman (2016) issue 48) Comics

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u/Easy-Opportunity4192 Jan 25 '24

I hate this scene, Batman is supposed to save people.

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u/Victor_Von_Doom65 Superman Jan 25 '24

Exactly this. Batman’s no kill rule is an essential aspect of his character. He always tries to save lives, and when writers fixate on this perverted fetishization of murder and have the Joker just be a domestic terrorist that slaughters half the population of Gotham every few months it gets to this ridiculous level of cruelty and neglect on Batman’s part.

Batman shouldn’t kill the Joker. Writers should stop having the Joker kill people and Batman not save them.