Batman: Awesome or A Joke

[Mister Benoit]

He's a DC character, so he's pretty terrible.

Awww man.. that's just lame. DC owns Vertigo which is currently feeding me "Sandman" By Neil Gaiman and "Y: The Last Man" By Brian K. Vaughan. They're absolutely fantastic and the characters are fairly deep.

Not to mention they also own "Preacher" and "Fables".

 

[bdcjacko]

He's a DC character, so he's pretty terrible.

Awww man.. that's just lame. DC owns Vertigo which is currently feeding me "Sandman" By Neil Gaiman and "Y: The Last Man" By Brian K. Vaughan. They're absolutely fantastic and the characters are fairly deep.

Not to mention they also own "Preacher" and "Fables".

Y: The Last Man is one of my favorite comics of all times. But then again that is what everyone says.

 

[Shirokurou]

See this for Batman as a joke
http://at4w.blip.tv/file/4973102/

 

[Eldarion]

I like Batman WAAAAYYY better than that douche superman. Invincible, super strong, can shoot lasers out his eyes. There is no conflict when your superhero is that overpowered.

I mean come on!!! The guy is indestructible. That isn't badass.

 

[4173]

I LOVE BATMAN, but my friend and I recently got into an argument about how awesome he really is. I believe that he is amazing because he beats the crap out of villains, and he doesn't have any super powers. My friend states that he is a crappy hero because he doesn't have super powers, and his main villains are just lunatics with guns (Penguin, Two-Face, Joker, Thorne etc.). My question to you escapist is what do you think of Batman? Do you think he is an awesome crime fighter, or a little girl that who would never be able to take down a villain of Superman or the X-Men?

Batman is the only one who can kill Superman if he goes rogue.

Or any number of high-power magic types.

 

[Kevin Bartelen]

Batman has two powers to be exact

He has the commonly over looked power of Deus Ex Machina in where he always repeat ALWAYS has exactly what he needs when he needs it and never even has to go home to get it, he has it on him, no matter how ridiculous the idea of him having that particular item is.

His second power is that he's just as insane as his villains, only somehow his insanity makes him out to be some weird ass super hero.

That being said I could appreciate him as a hero if it weren't for that first power, Deus Ex Machina. Unfortunately for him it just comes off as being completely ridiculous most of the time.

So I guess, No I don't like Batman, but i could if he was written better.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

It's Batman. He's Deus Ex Machina personified. It's kind of irritating, but you can never beat him. Ever.

Unless you're Kratos, of course. When fate itself(s) decides to fuck with him, he kills fate(s). He's like a Deus Exit Machina! And that's cool.

 

[Flight]

I think he's on the "awesome" side, myself.

 

[Krantos]

It's a rather cynical youth who insists hero's need superpowers to be worth anything.

 

[kibbitz2000]

I LOVE BATMAN, but my friend and I recently got into an argument about how awesome he really is. I believe that he is amazing because he beats the crap out of villains, and he doesn't have any super powers. My friend states that he is a crappy hero because he doesn't have super powers, and his main villains are just lunatics with guns (Penguin, Two-Face, Joker, Thorne etc.). My question to you escapist is what do you think of Batman? Do you think he is an awesome crime fighter, or a little girl that who would never be able to take down a villain of Superman or the X-Men?

The short answer: Batman is awesome with an awesome writer and horrible with a horrible writer.

The longer answer: he is an awesome crime fighter who some other writers and fans give GOD MODE to because they love him so much, which IMO spoils the character. I can't comment on him in his own series since I'm not very familiar with them. However, I started hating him in later tie-ins and the Justice League over the years, since he became pretty much capable of doing anything the writers wanted him to do. Considering he's supposed to be the 'realistic' superhero, or perhaps because he is, he has the greatest superpower of all, which is to be so crazy-prepared/equipped to have countermeasures for this or that problem. I like Batman as a fit, well-equipped and well-trained expert who thinks quickly on his feet, not the living incarnation of Deus Ex Machina.

 

[Vausch]

He's good with the right writer. That's not you, Mr. Frank Miller.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Batman is fucking Batman. What more could you possibly want out of a superhero?

I mean...he's fucking Batman.

 

[Lyri]

Wrong. Green Lantern. Actually any of them if they were to use kryptonite like Batman would.

Supes tells Bats he's the only one who can out think him and kill him.

Much as I love GL.

 

[beeejay]

He should be a joke but hes awesome. Not too sure why. I thinks it cos he's Batman!

 

[Kroxile]

Uh.. Batman is probably the ONLY hero who could beat anybody.

Batman could beat god

(I'd attach the comic strip if I knew how, lol)

 

[Unesh52]

I think you're forgetting that, even better than superman's villains, he has actually beaten superman before [http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/superjoker/news/?a=8190]. And he's not just badass because he kicks ass, he's badass because he's a billionaire ninja detective with a dark past that kicks so much ass he had to invent special shoes that resist shit smell and he could BECAUSE HE'S THE GODDAMN BATMAN.

...*****.

 

[Direwolf750]

batman has the most powerfull superpower there is. HIS BRAIN

No, that is Lex Luthor. Batman has money, gadgets, and martial arts. Maybe not super, but those are his powers. He is still the most badass. Only one that hasn't died! WIN!

 

[PureChaos]

he's OK i suppose, the fact he is just a regular bloke is cool but if it was Batman VS Magneto, Batman would be screwed. sure if the fought in the middle of the desert Batman would may win due to better hand to hand combat skills but in the middle of a terrorised town...bye bye Batman!