verslibre wrote:Gideon wrote:YoungJRNY wrote:Gideon wrote:Not much of a comic reader, but Batman never struck me as being an effective hero at all.
His detective skills and flat out brilliant mind-set is what sets him apart from practically every peer that stands beside him, including the star powered Justice League. Not only that, but he is the best hand to hand combat fighter and holds his ground and is potentially more affective with his overall technical skills than the Karate Kid (he even taught Superman a thing or two.) Bats virtually became a man of incredible stealth and has turned into an illusion with shadow-like presence. He also is the most head-strong person and trained his body and mind to live through the most severe and deadly circumstances no normal human being can withstand at its most complex breaking point.
I didn't mean in skillset, I mean in effectiveness. Doesn't everyone break out of Arkham to terrorize and kill at will?
Arkham's full of nuts and flakes.
Clearly. A buddy of mine played the
Arkham City game and I was horrified to see that Batman ends the game by gingerly and compassionately carrying the Joker's corpse to the police.... meanwhile, Talia, his supposed one true love, is an afterthought and so is
her corpse. I don't read the comics so I admit I'm not openly in a position to judge accurately, but between this and the fact that Batman continues to put his enemies in the remarkably impotent Arkham stands testament to the idea that for all his brilliance, wealth, and martial prowess, this guy isn't really effective as a hero. But perhaps he suffers from Hero syndrome? The idea was spoofed somewhat in
Mystery Men: Captain Amazing was so effective as a hero that he, in a calculated act of publicity, arranged for one of his archenemies to be released from the asylum in order to stage an elaborate showdown between them... which backfired spectacularly.
Perhaps Batman's obsession lies not with justice but in merely playing the vigilante defender? The Joker and co. are simply toys with which he can release into the public and defeat at whim, earning Gotham's adoration and attention?
Discuss.

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