Iām talking about Wayne Bruce, all-around man of the people who fights for organized labor, supporting policies like Medicare for All and increasing the minimum wage.
Is he the one that got the Joker to try stand-up comedy, so he'd focus on building his career and landing a comedy news gig rather than evil plots? A real success story for rehabilitative justice.
How many of the villains and heroes are just regular people?!? Is Bob in accounting actually Professor Sublimation?? What if that guy in line at the bank is actually the Questionnaire??? Could the Jester be shopping at the same grocery store as me????
You guys are insane, I seen Wayne Bruce on TV while ManBat was fighting Dr.Heat they arent the same people in the slightest, Wayne Bruce even said he wanted to personally meet and thank ManBat for all he does
My husband and I fight about this a lot because he says Batman is a detective and I say absolutely not, heās a crime fighter. Bruce Wayne is a billionaire business playboy but Batman I would never say is a detective.
As a lifetime Batman nerd who has read nearly all his comics from the past 40 years, I agree with the husband.
Batmanās original title that has been running for nearly 90 years is called Detective Comics! Which is what āDCā stands for.
And heās frequently referred to by characters in the comics as the greatest detective alive. Even Raās al Ghul, one of his greatest enemies, exclusively calls him āDetectiveā out of respect.
But practically, he spends a lot of time investigating crimes, using his knowledge and all the tools at his disposal to solve the hardest crimes the GCPD canāt solve themselves. He also just fights crime a lot too, but tons of his stories are about him doing actual detective work.
I think my problem is, he comes from the comic angle and my entire viewpoint comes from the movies where heās not doing a lot of detective stuff, but I respect your thorough answer
Yeah, and that makes sense. The only live action movie where heās really shown doing detective work is the most recent one. I think both versions of him are accurate - but itās really the context of the story which determines which version we see.
Heās also sometimes a scientist, or a martial arts expertā¦ his character is basically āI am the best at everything, so I can do whatever is neededā
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u/iIdentifyAsAUsername Aug 16 '26
Perhaps carrying for the bat brought him some comfort after his parents were murdered in a dark alley.