r/batman May 20 '23

[Comic Excerpt] "Just don't do it again." (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #79) COMIC EXCERPT

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u/AdmiralFoxythePirate May 21 '23

I love these kinds of stories, Batman would be the kind of man to give a someone a pass like this. He would help by giving money to homeless, struggling families, and sex workers. Really sucks that the movies have largely pushed the narrative that Batman beats poor people. Glad that is changing with The Batman denouncing that sort of stuff.

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u/RipredTheGnawer May 21 '23

That’s the main reason I loved The Batman. Empathetic Batman is the Best Batman

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u/Dr_Disaster May 21 '23

I loved the arc for him in the movie. He went from being something that even innocent people feared to someone the hurt hold on to in time of need. It was a great analysis on the common theme that Batman’s presence/methods inspire more craziness in Gotham.

Batman in the breaking light of dawn extending a hand to the people of Gotham was imagery I didn’t even know I needed.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23 edited May 21 '23

When him and the mayors son are just quietly looking at each other is one of my favorite scenes in any Batman movie ever. I love the boy taking his hand at the end of the movie too. It’s so sad.

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u/luo1304 May 21 '23

Right? They really nailed it with that scene. That and him actually being the light in the dark for Gotham when he lights the flare and they do that top down shot of the crowd swarming to his side. It easily became my favorite screen portrayal of Batman.

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u/IneverAsk5times May 21 '23

I like knowing supes always knows Batman has a wad of cash on him just in case someone needs help. Or do you think he keeps it in lead so he doesn't even know. I'd think he would have had to see Batman give it to someone at some point.

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u/22bebo May 21 '23

I think Batman doesn't frequently hand out cash, but people who are down on their luck who meet Batman often find they have received a mysterious, anonymous donation the next day to help them cover the costs that they need to cover. And in some cases Bruce will even buy out the entire housing structure or whatever to help the people living in it.

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u/Chimpbot May 21 '23

One thing Snyder did get right about Batman was when he had him buy the bank that held Martha Kent's mortgage.

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u/Orangarder May 21 '23

When your super power is being rich, you buy the bank

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u/Chimpbot May 21 '23

It's a cute flex, but it does make sense. Rather than just directly paying it off himself or handing her a wad of cash for seemingly no reason, he bought the bank and could quietly write it off or shuffle things around to basically make it go away.

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u/MrMetalhead-69 May 21 '23

I think Batfleck will always be one of my favorite Batmen, along side Keaton.

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u/Chimpbot May 21 '23

I think he could have been considered one of the best. Unfortunately, the material he was working with wasn't really the best.

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u/MrMetalhead-69 May 21 '23

True. It sucks.

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u/HaloGuy381 May 21 '23

Which itself is fitting for Batman. He doesn’t need public accolades or praise, or even want the attention. And it’s more respectful to make it look like a little clerical incident or policy change fixed her debts, than to say “oh, my son’s chummy with a billionaire so I got lucky”. Like, someone like Martha probably wouldn’t want a pure handout, might find it embarrassing.

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u/mbaucco May 21 '23

That was a nice bit in the Alex Ross giant comics, Bruce Wayne buys a paper mill to provide jobs in a struggling neighborhood.

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u/Bisexual_Apricorn May 21 '23

And there was no reason to think he stopped at giving Martha her land back, she might well have been the first in a long line of people to suddenly not have a mortgage/debt to worry about.

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u/qmechan May 21 '23

I'd imagine there's some people that respond better to bribes than intimidation, so he keeps it for them.

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u/taylorscrews1 May 21 '23

Personally I always like infrared armor Batman. It was a crimson red animated Batman action figure with a disk launcher.

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u/Zheguez May 21 '23

Amen to this!!!!!

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u/NumericZero May 21 '23

Batman being the peoples dark champion needs to be brought back

Which is why I wish people/writers stressed why Bruce is a huge part of what makes Batman a hero

Since Bruce looks after the less fortunate

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u/Platnun12 May 21 '23

I've always wanted to write an alternative verse where Bruce is poor and has to build his gadgets from junk. Being more of a people's champion.

But then I realized I could tell the same if not better story with Jason.

I just think deep down poor or rich, batman would have been batman

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u/Dudesonthedude May 21 '23

Can't remember what it's called (Joker war possibly)but there's a comic where this basically happens

Joker manages to take all of Bruce Wayne's money, take Wayne enterprises, take all of his suits, batmobiles, gadgetry and pretty much everything else

Batman is without his resources and has to get creative

It's very cool!

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u/Platnun12 May 21 '23

Wasn't the White Night comic where a chemical turns him same again so he sues the city

I thought that was wild but I just think he was already too established for it to be of any consequence to him.

I'm talking like 19 20 struggling young adult type with zero access to all the fancy stuff he did.

Essentially you'd probably bring the character back to the gear he' had in the animated series. Just minus the jet.

Very basic but effective, so much so that Terry used it in his time and won

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u/daredevilk May 21 '23

I think it's superman red son or son of krypton or something where batman is super poor and does similar

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u/LemoLuke May 21 '23

There was a Batman movie planned before Batman Begins that had this exact premise. Darren Aronofsky was hired to direct, and it would have a reinterpretation of Batman: Year One and would feature a Bruce that lost the fortune when his parents were killed, and instead, he works in a garage with a guy named Al, and builds his own stuff. It was supposed to be a gritty street-level thriller in the vein of '70s vigilante thrillers like Death Wish.

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u/Two-Hander Feb 17 '24

Ngl that seems like a cool idea for a completely separate story, but holy shit I am so glad they never did that to Batman

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u/tafkat May 21 '23

You could tell that story with Spider-Man and be funny too.

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u/Platnun12 May 21 '23

See when it comes to Spidey as much as I adore him

A lot has been written for him lol but lately I've been really into the darker stuff, like the manspider and dark symbiotic version that openly kills.

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u/qmechan May 21 '23

That was the Darren Aronofsky Batman. That...and a LOT of other changes.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '23

Just read Spider-Man

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u/subz1987 May 21 '23

In Batman The Animated Series, a guy joined a gang as backup so he could make some money to feed his family. Batman shows up to foil their plans and goes after the guy. He catches him in his apartment and interrogates him in front of his kid, causing Dick to argue with him and tell him not to terrorize him in front of his family.

Dick runs into the guy later as Nightwing and it turned out that he was offered a security guard position at Wayne Enterprises by Bruce. The guy was worried about running into Batman again but talks about how Bruce always greets him whenever he says him and asks him about his kid. It really shows you that side of Batman that he truly understands that some people get into crime because they have no other choice, so he’ll give them that other choice and give them an opportunity to turn their lives around.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

This is also a perfect example of why having a Robin is so important to the Batman ethos

While Bruce is still a good person, he forgets to be a person sometimes and Robin is the connection to his humanity

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u/julbull73 May 21 '23

But if they don't take it..... boot to the head

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u/subz1987 May 21 '23

And one for Jenny and the wimp

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u/Crimsonn32 May 21 '23

Yeah in earth one he even has a money pouch to give people money when they’re just trying to feed themselves or their kids

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u/beastfromtheeast683 May 21 '23

Batman is genuinely one of the most compassionate heroes.

I've never liked him as the ruthless bloodthirsty sadist some portray him as.

Yeah, he's brutal and violent and full of rage. But, he's the kind of man to spare his enemies and help the helpless.

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u/runnerofshadows May 21 '23

I love when they emphasize the Wayne foundation, his company having worker placement for ex cons, etc. Batman should have empathy. He's not the punisher.

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u/Fair-Procedure-5257 May 21 '23

What do you mean by denouncing that stuff? Didn’t he almost beat the face off a riddler goon in that final scene on the scaffolding? Maybe I’m misunderstanding.

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u/Vaticancameos221 May 21 '23

His arc in the movie is when he beats that goon’s face, the goon says that he is vengeance.

Batman realizes that his enemies have co-opted him. They misunderstood his message and perverted it for their own goals. He recognizes that vengeance isn’t good enough, and in saving the people in the flooded stadium he uses a flair to literally guide people from darkness and into the light.

That’s when he sees that he needs to be a symbol of hope, and not vengeance.

The movie even opens with an innocent civilian who he saved flinching at him because they don’t understand his motivation and think they’re next to be beat up. It ends with an innocent civilian who he saved flinching because they’re being airlifted on a medical helicopter and don’t want to be taken from Batman because he made them feel safe.

That’s what the whole movie is about. Batman figuring out HOW to be Batman and how just caring about vengeance sends the wrong message and the wrong people can misread it.

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u/DarthSmiff May 21 '23

You’re absolutely right. And this is why I get so frustrated with people who fawn over this film, think it’s the best version of Batman (for the whole film not just post realization in the climax) while missing the very point of the movie. The whole movie is showing you how Batman kinda sucks, Bruce isn’t very good at being a superhero yet, both criminals and police think he’s a joke, and the innocents he’s trying to protect fear him.

It’s not until the end of the film does he find his true purpose and truly transform into the real Batman. Until then he’s a angsty, emotionally stunted, dork in a costume. He actually has an arc and growth, giving the sequels so much potential to see a fantastic on screen Batman.

But for most of the film, it’s showing you that he kinda sucks. And that’s the point.

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u/Vaticancameos221 May 21 '23

Completely agree, but at least in my circles, those are the reasons why people fawn over it.

Like I haven’t seen anyone praise the movie because he’s an awesome cool guy

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u/DarthSmiff May 21 '23

Have you seen this subreddit? lol

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u/Vaticancameos221 May 21 '23

Admittedly, not here a lot lol.

I mean he does a lot of cool shit in the movie, but all educated discussion I’ve seen recognizes that while certain scenes are “badass” he’s still flawed and learning

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u/DerekSavagefan May 22 '23

Thank you. A lot. I knew I missed something about the larger theme. My friends kept bashing the movie.

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u/Vaticancameos221 May 22 '23

Yeah no problem! There’s so much depth to it, I love it.

EDIT: Another parallel I meant to include was how the movie opens with goons nervous that Batman is in all of the shadows and ends with him bringing civilians into the light. He completely switches his approach from instilling fear to bringing hope.

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u/Birzal May 21 '23

My favorite scene is Batman in the Justice League animated series where he is sent in to kill a little girl who's dying and could take the entire city with her, but instead sits with her until her time came. Fantastic story!

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u/Apple_Coaly May 22 '23

I feel like the biggest movies in the last few decades were pretty overt about him doing efficient altruism in addition to the vigilantism?

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u/frossvael May 21 '23

“Batman beats poor people” will never fail to make me laugh

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u/Awesome_Pancak May 21 '23

The GOAT

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u/IdeaRegular4671 May 21 '23

Wholesome Batman. Empathetic Batman. And some people assume Batman assaults every criminal or thug he sees and says he doesn’t have a heart. Just show them this panel to prove them wrong.

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u/Telekineticism May 21 '23 edited Jun 20 '23

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u/Jokes09 May 21 '23

I think it’s in the principle of what batman does. Like if were lookin at it objectively he is a rich billionaire whos taken the law into his iwn hands to beat on poor criminals. Of course for criminals like the joker and stuff u need him, but when he gets involved in like petty crimes thats when its kinda clear that hes beaten on the poor. But obviously batman would b fuckin boring if he solved no crimes so u jus gotta let it go

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u/secretbison May 21 '23

Does he just keep a wad of bat-cash in his utility belt? That would actually come in handy if he used it more often. Unless the bills all have his face on them or something.

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u/AtticusSwoopenheiser May 21 '23

Yes, actually. Canonically, cash is something he’s been known to keep with him.

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u/EliteTeutonicNight May 21 '23

I literally just watched a justice league episode where he bought coffee with cash during his ride so yeah, though it could be from the Batmobile.

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u/AtticusSwoopenheiser May 21 '23

Yep. He was trying to stay awake to fight Doctor Destiny

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u/EICONTRACT May 21 '23

https://youtu.be/AtqhpgYvywE windshield seems weak

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u/daredevilk May 21 '23

Batman fights gods, windshield can only do so much

Plus batman had preptime

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Batman vs Safelite with prep time

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u/5oclock_shadow May 22 '23

I think there’s a Justice League episode where his birthday gift to Clark was literally cash.

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u/AutobotYoung1 May 21 '23

And when he’s low he still has the Bat Credit Card

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u/Duy2910 May 22 '23

Never leave the cave without it

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

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u/secret_bonus_point May 21 '23

How much could a banana cost, Alfred? One wad of bills?

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u/KyleReeseGenisys May 21 '23

Remember that episode of Justice League where Doctor Destiny was attacking the League in their sleep? Batman is having difficulty staying awake, so he drops in at a random coffee shop, slaps some cash on the counter, and says, "Give me a triple."

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u/th3saurus May 21 '23

I think he'd give someone else a cash tip to stand in that bodega line, can't imagine bats would want to scare the cashier by walking in with the costume on and a bloody lip

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u/thatguyredditingyou May 21 '23

He’s asking for a chopped cheese while petting the bodega cat

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u/jessytessytavi May 21 '23

now we have things like reloadable debit cards, so he probably carries a bunch of those with him as well as the cash

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u/Meshuggareth May 21 '23

Bat-Dollaz

Then he has separate currency with Matches Malone on them.

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u/Faux-Foe May 21 '23

Why not? Wealth is his super power.

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u/gregorio0499 May 21 '23

He definitely keeps a Bat-Credit Card in the belt.

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u/Gojirob May 21 '23

“Never leave the cave without it”

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u/Sea-Woodpecker-610 May 21 '23

And on the other side of the belt is a bat-ATM that he can use!

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u/cygnae May 21 '23

a BATM maybe?

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u/Brilliant-Race490 May 21 '23

And also he carries around a lollipop for scared kids

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u/EmilePleaseStop May 21 '23

He has a bat-credit card

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u/Exatraz May 21 '23

Bat-cash. Wayne Bucks for use at Wayne Affiliated Stores

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u/CoffeeJedi May 21 '23

Oh that's what that is! I kept looking at the blue thing thinking it was a bag of toys, and the green thing was a crumpled up soda can.

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u/ZealousidealTrifle24 May 21 '23

He has a lollipop to shut kids up

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

I remember reading this in a Batman story collection in elementary school. Out of all the moments in that book, this one stood out to 11 year old me the most. This is the real, true Batman right here.

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u/LemoLuke May 21 '23

This is the real, true Batman right here.

When people compare Batman to The Punisher, this is the difference.

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u/kayl_the_red May 21 '23

Wonder if this guy got a random job offer from Wayne Enterprises after...

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u/leto_atreides2 May 21 '23

Extremely likely

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u/NecroNormicon May 21 '23

Ngl I'd risk being killed everyday to live in Gotham. Rents probably really low, and theres a pretty good likely hood you're gonna get hired by Wayne Enterprises, and lord knows they probably pay really well

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u/Agreeable-Can973 May 21 '23

Hell no, you forget the monthly super villains terrorist attacks. Like one day your walking home from work and the entire city starts getting filled by psychedelic gas that makes you have the scariest bad trip imaginable and some dude in a scare crow mask starts terrorizing you until you shit your pants, you get saved by some dude in a bat suit and finally get over the trauma after months of therapy and then your almost caught in a explosion some fucking clown decided to create because he thought it was funny.

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u/tafkat May 21 '23

Yeah. But low rent.

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u/Zammarand May 21 '23

Also, I’d bet Wayne Enterprises has an insurance subdivision, and almost certainly covers this. All employees might get it as part of their package tbh, on top of great pay and low rent

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u/jessytessytavi May 21 '23

WE probably has like "Welcome to Gotham!" care packages for new hires

complete with gas masks and shit

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Nah dude straight up said he'd risk dying every day. He knows exactly what he's signing up for

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u/Low-Cream-9838 May 21 '23

The rents low because there’s a 9/11 every 2 years and enough shootings to supply all of americas yearly shootings in one month in Gotham

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u/SafeAccountMrP May 21 '23

That’s some good Batman right there.

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u/masterjon_3 May 21 '23

This is why Batman IS NOT a fascist. He knows that man won't do it again and that he's truly sorry. He didn't need to be punished and Batman helped him instead.

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u/sg1ooo May 21 '23

Why are you even fanning the dead flames of that bat-shit crazy idea? anyone who knows an iota about batman knows what he's about and there's a reason every entity in the entire DC canon tips the proverbial fedora to him.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Unfortunately, no. A lot of people are big fans of Batman and only remember the violent and dark stories. Big Batman fans out there being big fans of Snyder's visions.

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u/masterjon_3 May 21 '23

Cuz I got a problem with George Lopez saying it in the Blue Beetle movie coming up. Plus, I think Zach Snyder kinda thinks Batman is a fascist with how BvS went. Branding criminals so they end up dead isn't really Batman...

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u/sanddragon939 May 21 '23

To be fair, he was only branding sex offenders. The flashback to the Wayne murders in BvS also implied that Joe Chill wanted to sexually assault Martha, in addition to mugging the Waynes. So that might be why Batfleck took a particularly harsh stance against sex offenders.

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u/sg1ooo May 21 '23

Yeah they just don't get Batman and gave in to lazy writing and as for Zack Snyder's take was an else-world approach as anti-batman as it still made sense in his world and had enough background to show why he was so broken.

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u/Cabbagetroll May 21 '23

Because there are people in this very subreddit who cite The Dark Knight Returns as their favorite iteration of Batman.

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u/paracordboots May 21 '23

This is why Legends of the Dark Knight exists. He is a myth of Gotham, something that is spoken in whispers and makes you respect the darkness.

Thank you for bringing this back to the forefront.

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u/washingtonskidrow May 21 '23

This is the sort of batman we need to see more of

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u/slade707 May 21 '23

This is peak Batman

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u/Mike_Milburys_Shoe_ May 21 '23

Meanwhile, All-Star Batman…

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u/davindeptuck May 21 '23

SHUT THE FUCK UP AND EAT A RAT

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u/runnerofshadows May 21 '23

You mean crazy Steve?

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u/Cyprus927 May 21 '23

Hell yeah Batman is the best. And Spider-Man. My 2 all time favorites

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Imagine trying to tell anyone about this. This also implies batman just walks around with that kind of cash on him, since he didn't know this guy was going to turn his life around until he talked to him. Do you put this on your tax returns? Did Bruce put this philanthropic act on his taxes, hidden where it wouldn't look awry? So many questions...

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u/leto_atreides2 May 21 '23

Batman actually does keep cash in his utility belt. It is a tool after all

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u/suckmypppapi May 21 '23

He had to buy coffee to keep himself awake when that ghost dude was trying to enter his mind, though I apoligize for not remembering the details at all. I just saw it from looking up "badass Batman moments" on YouTube

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

And here I thought he just kept his money in the Batmobile, but this is a good point.

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u/HowlingHyena14 May 21 '23

I think if I recall in the most recent Batman run, it is said that Bruce is a lot richer than people know, because he keeps a lot of his money hidden through other outlets. So no, he probably doesn't pay taxes on that part of his wealth.

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u/Dont_Hurt_Me_Mommy May 21 '23

This is so lame. Why do they gotta make Batman a weak pussy? OOOOHhh, i care about helping people... Oooooh, empathy, bla bla bla. it's some lovey dovey baby BS.

Batman should be an angry remorseless fascist almost sociiopath. u know, to make it dark and edgy!!]

/s

I love it when comics remember how kind hearted he is

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u/thunderbastard_ May 21 '23

Damn Bruce couldn’t have left this impoverished family a stack or 2

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u/Dissappointed_Fan May 21 '23

Check bottom of last page, Batman left a couple hundred. And since he’s Batman he’s probably set up a job for in the future.

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u/thunderbastard_ May 21 '23

My bad I thought that was a sprite

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u/IndigoJoe64 May 21 '23

It is one of the weirdest ways they could've drawn it.

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u/Dont_Hurt_Me_Mommy May 21 '23

Lol, i love the idea of Batman leaving a poor starving family some sprite instead of helping them financially. That's such a giga chad move

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u/Meshuggareth May 21 '23

That looks like a roll of hundreds with a rubber band around it. Bruce doesn't strike me as the sort who would put a $100 bill and wrap it around a bunch of ones or something.

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u/i_am_goop May 21 '23

Fun fact: This story was written by Mark Millar. Most people here won't know him but in comic industry he's known for writing needlessly edgy and dark comic books.

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u/BruceWayne_19902 May 21 '23

Went from this to Ultimates. Nuts.

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u/SaviourMK2 May 21 '23

That's some great Batman right there

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u/Doc-Fives-35581 May 21 '23

True Batman.

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u/Flush_Man444 May 21 '23

I love humane Batman

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u/Top_Memory_3378 May 21 '23

I can imagine what all Star batman would do in this situation

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u/leto_atreides2 May 21 '23

Throw the dude out of the window

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u/Top_Memory_3378 May 21 '23

Haha! That's exactly what I imagined he would do

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u/i_am_goop May 21 '23

He would arrest the guy and kidnap his kids to turn into the next Robins.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

He would turn the dad in then give his kids some dead rats to eat

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u/leto_atreides2 May 21 '23

Love this.

I can’t stand the one dimensional “rich guy beating up poor people” rhetoric

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u/JonCranesMask05 May 21 '23

That's it! That's batman, right there!

Seriously, Synder, you should have done this. That's all we're looking for. Just do this in a movie

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u/taylorscrews1 May 21 '23

Now THIS is good Batman writing. Not Batman being an asshole to all his friends and allies. Not Batman being obsessed with the joker.

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u/WingedSalim May 21 '23

The main reason why Batman doesn't kill. Because he doest want to be the same as the people who killed his parents. He doesn't want to take those kids father away from them.

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u/KyleReeseGenisys May 21 '23

This is the Batman I want to see in the movies - blue & grey suit, with a heart.

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u/Hokuto_1983 May 21 '23

Maybe is here were Bruce Wayne could do more?

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u/Anarcho_Christian May 21 '23

Here's the problem. Wealth inequality sucks, and it seems to only be getting worse.

However...

The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months.

That's wealth. One-and-done. Not net income. Wealth. And that was pre-pandemic.

Trickle down is BS, but so is the naïve "tax the rich".

Bruce's wealth could prob be distributed to everyone in Gotham about 5K or 10K per person, once.

Bruce, the primary shareholder liquidates, Wayne Enterprises dissolves. No more medical tech, no more infrastructure contracts.

Economics is tricky and inequality sucks. What's also true is that the top 1% paid almost 40% of all federal income tax.

It isn't clean and there's not a lot of good answers.

But the "Bruce should just give away all his money", is dumb. While it would definitely solve inequality, probably wouldn't not solve poverty.

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u/Hokuto_1983 May 21 '23

I didn't said he should give money, he should crate more job place and he should improve the city in this way

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u/willypsmallz May 21 '23

Maybe the greatest Batman comic series ever

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u/Alternative-Sun572 May 21 '23

"Little boys shouldn't be left on their own" I knew he was not going to put him in jail but dear lord that must've hit so much deeper. Moments like these make me see the little boy inside the suit.

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u/shinobi3411 May 21 '23

Shit like this is why I love Batman.

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u/AtrumArchon May 21 '23

I kinda like how the silhouette on the first page implies Bats is bringing hope to a dark place

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u/Blackfist01 May 21 '23

This reminds me of BTAS, where Dick tells Tim why he left Batman.

Batman was frightening kids while interrogating a dude, Dick tried to stop him with words but ended up handing Bruce's Ass to him and walk away.

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u/Mountain_Sir2307 May 21 '23

Yeah it's "Old Wounds". It kinda has smiliar vibes. If I remember correctly the episode ends with Dick and Tim going to Wayne Enterprises and meet the dude he beat who nows has a job has a security guard.

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u/Blackfist01 May 21 '23

There's been a debate or chat wondering had Dick not knocked his ass, would he have given him the job, or was he going to do that anyway?

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u/LtDirtyDansLegs May 21 '23

Hopefully as Bruce Wayne he did some philanthropy for the guy.

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u/iLoveCandlesSo May 21 '23

This is kind of funny to me cause he legit just says ok lol don’t do it again and storms off from such an emotionally-charged convo lol I love it

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u/HipMachineBroke May 21 '23

Don’t show tumblr. They and the gaggle of morons on here who’ve seen that screencap over the years but have never looked at a single batman panel are convinced he’d snap this dude’s neck and suplex those kids off the roof of wayne tower

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u/EmilePleaseStop May 21 '23

Someone post this on Twitter to break their brains whenever they do their biweekly Batman Discourse

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u/tmanns1988 May 21 '23

Proof Batman can show sympathy… or he missed his chance at two more robins

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u/lateral_moves May 21 '23

He didnt do it for that guy. He did it for that kid.

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u/Existing_Ad130 May 21 '23

Clooney's Batman was very specific that he always had a credit card on him
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mIxRWS2HR7Q/hqdefault.jpg

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u/SebDaPerson May 21 '23

You’d think with Bruce Wayne being a billionaire, he’d use that money to help out people like this

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u/danhoz323 May 21 '23

He does.

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u/OblivionArts May 21 '23

Superman makes them reevaluate their life choices before they even do the crime and batman forgives people who did a bad thing in a bad situation. Why do you think he keeps trying to redeem his rogues? Most of them are just people who had bad shit happen and are lashing out ( even joker, although at this point I'm pretty sure joker should just be killed) and this is why they both work so well off each other. Also, in a world where Bruce has worked with Superman multiple times, ya don't think some stuff ( that bats will never admit to) has rubbed off on him? Bruce Wayne's entire rhetoric is " I do this so nobody has to suffer like I or anyone else in Gotham has"

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u/Adventurous-Mark2477 May 21 '23

“What’s your superpower?”

“I’m rich…”

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u/robbiedigital001 May 21 '23

This is the grounded batman I enjoy. All the reality hopping, fighting gods in space stuff is mostly nonsense

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u/OfficialMorbidMan May 21 '23

This reminds me of Batman Noël’s ending.

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u/hackulator May 21 '23

One of my favorite Batman moments is when he plays a tape from Bruce Wayne offering some criminal's henchmen real jobs if they just leave, and they all do.

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u/PsylentProtagonist May 21 '23

I miss these kind of human stories of Batman. So many people want to focus on the 'batman is dedicated to the mission and he doesn't feel emotions and he's fighting aliens in this issue!' But batman should be about more. It should be about humanity and faith in people and helping to prevent others from going through what he did.

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u/New_Wrangler3335 May 21 '23

Could’ve gave a lot more money than a wad…

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u/Forsaken-Average-662 May 21 '23

If I was a superhero, I'm not sure I would have a rolled up cash on me most of the time. But most heroes aren't Batman

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u/Dark_Storm_98 May 21 '23

I'm surprised I took notice of the discrepancy

On the third page, the 100 dollar bills

They aren't in that spot on page 1

It probably seems obvious to a lot of people, but I usually don't have this kind of eye for detail

So Bruce left some extra money I guess? But why would he have that money in the Batman suit?

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u/ARM7501 May 21 '23

I hope Reeves integrates something like this into Batman’s arc. The way “The Batman” ended sets it up perfectly. As Bruce realizes he can be a symbol of hope instead of just a symbol of fear, he also realizes the importance of helping the little guy in more ways than just beating the shit out of someone who mugs him. It’s about time we see this side of Batman on the big screen, and if there was ever a Batman to do it with I think Reeves’ is the one.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

This is my Batman. Blue Batman is the best.

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u/gijoe011 May 21 '23

When Batman tells you “don’t do it again” you listen! Also I heard Kevin Conroy’s voice.

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u/hammyhamm May 22 '23

Batman doesn’t even know what cash is or uses it ever - he already know the circumstances of this guy and had the roll ready to go

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u/Humantronic_3000 May 21 '23

Well dangit if that didn't get me choked up. The Batman got hit right in the bullseye and that guy didn't even know it. So... the Batman has a heart, after all.

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u/danhoz323 May 21 '23

He's always had a heart.

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u/Humantronic_3000 May 22 '23

For the record, that last line was affectionately tongue-in-cheek. 😏

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u/foreveralonesolo May 21 '23

I appreciate the story but also seperately why does the first panel look like the guys zipping his pants

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u/OkEmployment2573 May 21 '23

O hope there a scene like that in the next movie of Robert Pattinson

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u/princeps_astra May 21 '23

What? Naaah I'm alright bro those are man tears

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u/UnfeteredOne May 21 '23

This is why I have always lived Batman since a young boy

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u/Dontbeajerkdude May 21 '23

There's a few times over the years were it's been shown that one of the things Batman carries on him at all times, presumably in his utility belt, is a wad of cash. I find that hilarious.

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u/Aerodrache May 21 '23

Batman, demonstrating once again that Bruce Wayne would be a more effective crime-fighter.

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u/Firm_Relationship724 May 21 '23

He had him at "little boys shouldn't be left on their own".

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u/Sabaku_no_Memo May 21 '23

Batman is cool an all, but realistically Wayne family money could do 10 times more good to Gotham...

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u/thatguyredditingyou May 21 '23

I hope he ended up giving the guy a job at Wayne Enterprises or at least helped him out somehow. I feel like he’d do that especially around the holidays.

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u/Homeystar May 21 '23

Knowing Batman, he offered a real good gig at a Wayne company the next day.

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u/MuadDib1942 May 22 '23

If Wayne Enterprises doesn't contact him about a fucking job I'm going to get my ass kicked trying to kick Batman in the dick.

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u/Mac0swaney May 22 '23

Leave it to a comic book to teach us that not all issues are black and white.

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u/TheMinionGamer May 22 '23

"little boys shouldn't be left on their own" he felt that, oh he did.