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@lone_wolf_and_cub: The same Killer Croc who transformed into the Hydra and nearly leveled Gotham? The same Killer Croc who is now leading the Religion of Crime? I don't understand where you're even coming from with that post. Are you trying to say that because Batman's villains aren't all incredibly powerful extraterrestrials that he only qualifies for being a street level? Because, if so, I'd like to point you to Superman's most frequent and egregious antagonist, the one, the only, Lex Luthor.

Guess that means Supes is street level too, huh?

@billy_batson: Ohhhh come on. You're not really going to trot that out, are you? The Joker is "just a man" in the same way that Batman is "just a man."

That is to say that they're not just men. There's something more. This has been hinted at several times in the Bat books.

@billy_batson: Not really, no. He has the cars, bikes, planes, ships, cycles, rockets, power armor, gadgets and just about everything else you could think of. Should he have all that? Maybe not. But he does. Read up on the current Batman run (or even stuff beforehand) and really pay attention to some of the wild stuff he uses in almost every issue. It's nuts.

@allstarsuperman: But... Bruce Wayne does have millions of dollars invested in charities, orphanages and other good causes the world over. Batman has created and used suits of armor in the past (once recently, as well), but as I've said before, the Batman is crazy. He doesn't eschew the use of powered armor because he doesn't know how to make it or fight in it, but because he likes the physical punishment of fighting a fair fight.

EDIT: As for the last part, Batman has always been paranoid and keeps what he perceives to be dangerous information close to the chest (which is pretty much everything in his eyes). Changing that would fundamentally alter the character. Which is a bad thing.

Applying real world science to comic books is a fool's errand.

@cezar_thescribe: Telling people how they should and shouldn't do things is a bad policy. Especially when it comes to comic books.

@billy_batson: "Mild" doesn't even begin to describe what Batman has at his disposal. He has better tech and more gear than most small nations.

I laugh at all the people here thinking this would have been gore porn.

You have clearly never read The Walking Dead.

@billy_batson: Show your work.

This is a great thread.