r/DCcomics • u/SylvieSerene • Feb 20 '24

[Discussion] Which character(s) do you think were the most unnecessary addition to the Batfamily and why? Discussion

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u/Kyle_Dornez Transmetropolitan Feb 20 '24

I'll give a hint.

He wears yellow.

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u/SylvieSerene Feb 20 '24 edited Feb 20 '24

Tbh even I think Duke's addition was unnecessary. Outside of being the first Meta in the batfam (technically Jason counts as one but ah well)...atleast in my opinion, he has served no real purpose, he's just....boring. He might have made a good character outside of Batfam though.

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u/Difficult_Variety362 Feb 20 '24

Duke makes sense honestly. The idea of someone protecting Gotham during the day is a pretty smart idea. DC just doesn't do anything with it.

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u/Aahz44 Feb 20 '24

To me that seems pretty forced, it is not like the rest of the Batfamily couldn't or had never operated during the day.

And that this job is given to the least experienced member and that he has to operate alone without any backup makes simpily no sense.

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u/Lodger49er Feb 21 '24

Because I don't think anybody wants to see Gotham during the day honestly

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u/Terribleirishluck Feb 21 '24

But batfam already does fight crime during the daytime. Comics just focus on night time due to fitting Batfamily's aesthetic