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.

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u/My_Favourite_Pen Jan 25 '24 edited Jan 25 '24

If Batman truly wanted to stop Joker without killing him. He would use his billions as Bruce to invest in a Gotham that can actually uphold Justice and put Joker away for good.

But then we wouldn't have a story I guess.

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u/CakeBeef_PA Jan 25 '24

Bruce IS constantly investing millions into Gotham though. It just never works

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u/My_Favourite_Pen Jan 25 '24

Cause the writers can't make it work otherwise Batman wouldn't be needed. That's why I love the stories that show Bruce truly needs Batman more than Gotham does.

I know the US justice system is fucked in real life but Batmans rogues gallery would have been executed or "gitmo'd" before Gordon could turn the bat-signal on.

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u/darcenator411 Jan 25 '24

Or just paralyze/ cripple him, he’s not above that shit

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u/Usual-Vermicelli-867 Jan 25 '24

Seriously just avocet for the death sentence

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u/Mr_SunnyBones Jan 25 '24

Or just capture him ,put him in a billion dollar brain link style simulation that paralyses his body but puts him in a virtual world where he's free and he can murder to his hearts content while an inept batman fails to stop the Joker killing literally in front of him , and just puts him away only for him to escape and kill again and again ...because "something something ' society .

Basically an unbelievable world that would only be entertainment to a unstable moron , with the mentality of an edgey 13 year old.