"Hugo Strange: How does it feel Wayne? To stand on the very stone that ran with your parents' blood? Do you feel sad? Full of rage? Or does that outfit help bury your feelings? Hiding your true self.
Batman: Bruce Wayne is the mask I wear. I've been wearing it since I was a child..."
Batman, at a very young age, lost the only thing he truly loved (his parents). A tragedy that has given him the gift of rational and emotionless clarity of thought throughout the rest of his life. This is by far a very superhuman trait, and because of it, he is literally able to dismantle gods. This is also why Superman refers to him as the most dangerous man on the planet.
Everything about Batman stories points to this ability. His justified paranoia of anything powerful, his meticulous planning, the contingency plans, the reclusive introverted nature of his personality, and so on.
Because of this ability/trait that has arisen from the childhood tragedy, Batman has become truly incorruptible. Writers often have an easy time writing stories about the other heroes become evil. Why? Because these heroes are controlled by their emotions (ironically, a very human trait). They have love interests, they have families, they make emotional decisions. There has been an instance in the DC superhero realm where every superhero has had an evil version of him or herself (mostly in multi-dimensional stories).However, Batman is always the one that remains incorruptible in every single one of those stories, in every dimension that those writers dream up, nobody can write a convincing story of an evil Batman.
Look at Injustice: Gods Among Us. There are two dimensions, one dimension hosts the world where Superman becomes the dictator and most JLA members support him, while the other dimension's JLA members are trying to stop them. In BOTH dimensions, Batman is the beacon of what is right with the world.
Look at the Justice League episodes "A Better World" pt 1, and 2. Again, we have the theme of a dimension where JLA members go too far and the "good" JLA members need to put a stop to it. Well, in this one, there is a moment where one Batman contemplates the state of affairs, stating "this is a world where no 8 year old child has to worry about some punk with a gun murdering his parents". For a moment, this Batman is acting emotionally. This moment passes, and both batman's help defeat the 'evil' JLA members.
So for me, Batman is the greatest superhero because he has a story of someone so alone in this world because of unimaginable tragedy yet he is so morally incorruptible.
The events of Bruce Wayne's childhood could have been the origin story of any super villain. Yet, they led to arguably, the most incorruptible and principled character in our history.
Enjoy reading and be open to the things that world has to offer.
Such a good post and also amazing images, I’m like Batman. He's really cool and I grew up with his comics, cartoons so he'll always be one of my favorite. Website
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