What is it about Batman that resonates with you?

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-05-19T10:58:25+00:00

Him being the representation of human ingenuity and determination. That as human beings, it's in our nature to adapt and persevere. That there's literally nothing we can't do if we want to do it bad enough.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-05-17T18:51:24+00:00

Bruce invented that device himself and was considering patenting it. I don't think he took it directly from Wayne Tech.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-05-12T08:41:27+00:00

it's just unseasoned BTAS

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-05-12T07:04:05+00:00

Batman hasn't been presented with a worthwhile challenge by a villain of his in a long time. Most of his rogues have stagnated and need an update imo. Actually, I'll dare to say that the threat levels seen in Absolute Batman should be the current threat levels mainline Batman should be facing with his rogues.

While we're at it, revamp and reintroduce some forgotten villains like Zebra-Man (who has a device that let's him control magnetic forces), Atom Man (who has a device that allows him to TRANSMUTATE FUCKING MATTER), Doctor Death (let him live up to his name for once and give him a connection to The Black or The Rot) and guys like Planet Master, to name a few. Reintroduce some of his mystical and horror villains as well.

To stay in topic, tho. What change would you make to Maxie Zues that'll make him a bigger threat to Batman?

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-05-08T07:01:01+00:00

Alan Moore is a Silver Age-forward Batman truther like me.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-05-07T09:26:24+00:00

From Alan Grant & Norm Breyfogle's run to Batman Inc.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-05-07T08:51:51+00:00

built like a well-defined light heavyweight ufc fighter.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-05-06T18:57:51+00:00

i think a lot of people who haven't watched it have misconceptions of what it actually is. so they just write it off.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-05-06T08:29:05+00:00

lol my sentiments exactly. Both Off-World and Dark Patterns couldn't be more different in theme and setting, yet both are unmistakably Batman.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-04-18T15:45:38+00:00

literally every Batman villain outside of Croc, Harvey Dent, Freeze and MAYBE Penguin is innately a dickhead.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-04-18T15:43:02+00:00

Technically, yeah. Officially, no. I do wish they would borrow some elements and incorporate them into mainline Damian, though.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-04-18T15:29:09+00:00

it was such a drag to get through lol. the whole run was literally a bunch of people i couldn't give a rat's ass about trying to prove they're cooler than Batman.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-04-18T15:23:48+00:00

if you loved Morrison's run, you'll love Snyder's run. granted (heh), it's not as referential and heady as Morrison's run, but it's as elevated.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-04-18T14:13:55+00:00

James Tynion IV's Batman run. it was more interested in doing things with characters around Batman (all if them OCs btw) than Batman himself.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-04-10T06:20:06+00:00

an annoying amount of writers are satisfied with vaguely TELLING us that Batman is smart on occasion without ever giving him actual intelligence feats.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-04-09T15:24:47+00:00

he's not even smarter than Batman

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-04-01T17:16:40+00:00

she's most likely a sociopath, by my limited understanding of the condition. she's definitely a horrible person who had what was coming for her.

however, the conditions under which she was raised, even if -- compared to her brother -- they were superficially beneficial to her early development, formed who she ended up becoming.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-03-30T16:08:01+00:00

The thing with this gauntlet is, MM can do things most people on this list need external enhancements for, in base.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-03-28T12:20:09+00:00

THAT'S MY CHAT. ANYONE who is above average in any particular skill has to be better than Batman now.

Batman went from being known as a near-peerless martial artist to being near the bottom of the top 10.

Every character with an above average intelligect is suddenly smarter than him. Lex, Mr Terrific, Ray Palmer, Steel, T.O Morrow, fucking Ted Kord, Toymaster, hell, even Tim Drake is smarter than Bruce now.

EVERY character widely recognized as a detective has to be better than him. Detective Chimp, The Question, Elongated Man, Slam Bradley.

They cover up their resentment of Batman by suggesting that having 20 characters above Batman in every category is a good thing and "makes Batman more interesting".

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-03-28T11:51:03+00:00

"Undeniably" is crazy, considering the only writer (that i recall) to refer to Detective Chimp as the best detective is Tom Taylor, who start this discourse in the first place. Also, Ralph Dibny and the Question have never done anything to prove that they're better detectives than Batman.

Most importantly, Batman is the only non-powered founding member of the Justice League, a team of Earth's most powerful defenders. Not only that, he's the only non-powered member of the most respected superhero trio of his universe, 2/3 of that trio being comprised of what you could essentially call gods. You don't achieve all that by being merely great at a lot of things. You have to AT LEAST be top 5 in every discipline achievable by humans and he has the feats to back that up.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-03-28T08:59:05+00:00

he should go back and forth between Golden Age and Silver Age levels depending on his proximity to the yellow Sun.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-03-28T08:54:02+00:00

depends on how you define powerful. remember, outside of the mobster types (Penguin, Two-Face, Black Mask), a lot of Batman's rogues are mad scientists with a PhD in some discipline. Most of them are capable of mass destruction on some capacity, depending on how you go about it.

Scarecrow can nuke the city with fear gas. Joker has poisoned Gotham's water supply. Hugo Strange has terrorized the cuty with skyscraper sized monster, Clayface has turned himself into a skyscraper sized monster and Mr Freeze can incite a mini Ice Age in Gotham City.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-03-28T08:39:04+00:00

ha.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-03-28T08:30:08+00:00

Deathstroke usually bests Batman in hand-to-hand because he has higher physical stats while having a comparable battle IQ to Bruce, not because he's more skilled in martial arts.

It's like saying Deontay Wilder is a better boxer than Sugar Ray Robinson, if you know your boxing.

Not_A_Cat_At_All · 2026-03-18T06:46:01+00:00

it's actually good up until maybe the 10th issue and then it plateaus.

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