I'm curious how Bruce Wayne intends to bull this off.
I always liked Batman as a sort of urban myth that criminals were scared of. Now Bruce has basicly told the world "Batman's real and I sign his cheques".
How're international governments and law inforcement gonna look at it? It's one thing to operate in the shadows and a whole different thing to come out and tell everyone you're there.
Wont Batman Inc take a heck of a lot of Wayne Industries funding and not bring much revenue back for the business? How are stock holders gonna feel about that? I don't know about the US but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't go down well here un the UK if a CEO or whatever it is Bruce actually does stepped out and told the financial world he'd been spending company money on a secret project.
 
I gotta admit I lost interest in the Batbooks around the time of RIP and having Bruce doin' his best Sam Becket impression gettin' lost in time didn't do much to get me back. Batman inc and Finches new series aren't helping. 
 
Any thoughts?

I would think this would be highly illegal. Sponsored vigilantism is still vigilantism. Maybe they have found some way around it?

While the U.S. may turn a blind eye to most vigilantes, I'm not sure what other countries stance towards vigilantism are, I'm  positive Bruce is going to be in hot water for not only admitting that he's been funding "Batman's" war on crime, but saying he plans on taking it global. He may have to get some calls from the U.N. about this. On a side note, while yes, I do agree that Batman works best as urban myth, the entire "vigilante acting as an urban myth" angle only works for the first year of continuity. Tops.

" While the U.S. may turn a blind eye to most vigilantes, I'm not sure what other countries stance towards vigilantism are, I'm  positive Bruce is going to be in hot water for not only admitting that he's been funding "Batman's" war on crime, but saying he plans on taking it global. He may have to get some calls from the U.N. about this. On a side note, while yes, I do agree that Batman works best as urban myth, the entire "vigilante acting as an urban myth" angle only works for the first year of continuity. Tops. "

the urban myth would have been around for only the first few years of his career but since he joined the justice league he would be publicly known

" the urban myth would have been around for only the first few years of his career but since he joined the justice league he would be publicly known "

...he's constantly working with the JLA people MUST have gotten some pictures of him by now. I'm pretty sure he's no longer a myth.
 
lol @ "Batman is real and I sign his checks"