I know Batman doesn't like killing but he does have a dark side. I know about him using guns in non-canon comics but has he ever killed someone in the real continuity?

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Bruce Wayne, who witnessed the murder of his billionaire parents as a child, swore to avenge their deaths. He trained extensively to achieve mental and physical perfection, mastering martial arts, detective skills, and criminal psychology. Costumed as a bat to prey on the fears of criminals, and utilizing a high-tech arsenal, he became the legendary Batman.
Has Batman ever killed a person intentionally?
Yes. He once hung a mentally ill guy with a rope on his Batwing.. Flew around and even said 'He is better off dead."
@Daaerk
Here's a whole bunch of em:
http://www.cracked.com/article_20111_the-6-most-brutal-murders-committed-by-batman.html
@Daaerk said:
@BiteMe-Fanboy said:
Yes. He once hung a mentally ill guy with a rope on his Batwing.. Flew around and even said 'He is better off dead."
Wow.
That sounds sad and interesting. Do you have any scans of it? > . <
- Daaerk
It was a really early issue, before the Comics Code of Conduct and the "no kill rule."
@Daaerk said:
@BiteMe-Fanboy said:
Yes. He once hung a mentally ill guy with a rope on his Batwing.. Flew around and even said 'He is better off dead."
Wow.
That sounds sad and interesting. Do you have
any scans of it? > . <- Daaerk
Golden Age. He also broke a neck and didn't prevent a man from falling to his death, and in canon was willing to allow KGBeast to die
http://www.cracked.com/article_20111_the-6-most-brutal-murders-committed-by-batman.html
@Imagine_Man15 said:
He did shoot Darkseid in Final Crisis with the intention of killing him.
To save Earth.
I actually wish Batman would treat more villains like that instance with the KG Beast. It just makes too much sense!
@DarkKnightDetective said:
@Imagine_Man15 said:
He did shoot Darkseid in Final Crisis with the intention of killing him.
To save Earth.
True, I never said it was wrong of him. The motivation is irrelevant to this thread, the question was simply if Batman has ever intentionally killed anyone, and he did in fact intend to kill Darkseid.
I know Batman doesn't like killing but he does have a dark side. I know about him using guns in non-canon comics but has he ever killed someone in the real continuity?
Depends what you mean by "Canon Comics"
Batman has killed tons of people before the New 52, during his first year he was killing people fairly regularly.
He was still killing people off and on during the 80s, such as in 1988s "The Cult"
@biteme_fanboy: yeah I heard about that the crack some how compiled a buch of bat kills
I know Batman doesn't like killing but he does have a dark side. I know about him using guns in non-canon comics but has he ever killed someone in the real continuity?
Depends what you mean by "Canon Comics"
Batman has killed tons of people before the New 52, during his first year he was killing people fairly regularly.
He was still killing people off and on during the 80s, such as in 1988s "The Cult"
Do you have more on him killing in the 80s? Like scan or specific issues? Also, he didn't kill that often, even during the Golden Age.
Lord Death Man cant fully die as soon as he does he comes back to life, so Batman shot him into space in an oxygenless Ship so He'll be stuck in a permanent Loop of Life DEath
I know Batman doesn't like killing but he does have a dark side. I know about him using guns in non-canon comics but has he ever killed someone in the real continuity?
Depends what you mean by "Canon Comics"
Batman has killed tons of people before the New 52, during his first year he was killing people fairly regularly.
He was still killing people off and on during the 80s, such as in 1988s "The Cult"
Do you have more on him killing in the 80s? Like scan or specific issues? Also, he didn't kill that often, even during the Golden Age.
Early Batman punched people off roofs, and cliffs, or onto swords, into vats of acid with suspicious frequency.
He also tended to put people into situations where they had no hope of surviving (yep, Comic Batman did that too), such as when he hit an airplane pilot with knock-out gas, or when he beat up a guy whilst he was driving and then bailed as he went over a cliff.
and that's not counting the times when he just plain killed people, like the guy who's neck he broke, the experimented upon man that he hung, the guys in a van he machine gunned down from the Batplane, people he crushed with a huge statue, people he literally threw to their deaths (multiple occasions) etc.
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80s Batman -
- Killed Qayin at the end of Son of the Demon by kicking him into electric cables
- Locked the KGBeast underground to starve (later retconned)
- Blew people up in The Cult
- Sent a car careening into some suicide bombers in DC 590
- Blew up a bunch of crooks in Legends of the Dark Knight 31.
He also did some fairly questionable stuff, like tricking Solomon Grundy into walking into a furnace.
He did so very recently, though not canon to the comics.
In Arkham Origins, Joker put himself in an electric chair wired to Banes heartbeat. As his heartbeat rose the voltage rose as well. Batman was in a kill or be killed situation. He shocked Bane to death with Deathstroke's shock gloves. However, once Joker fled the scene, Batman restarted Banes heart with the same gloves. You find out it was part of the plan all along.
Back Swamp Thing's second volume from the 80's he told told Swamp Thing he will kill him if he ever came back to Gotham.
He killed off KGBeast
Yeah, and then the writers changed it. What's wrong with Bats killing as last resort? Batman had such a dramatic character development only for the other writers and dc to ignore it. Lame.
He killed off KGBeast
Yeah, and then the writers changed it. What's wrong with Bats killing as last resort? Batman had such a dramatic character development only for the other writers and dc to ignore it. Lame.
well i think its because some of his fanboys wouldn't stop bitching about it.
Yes, back in the starting days of Batman barely any villains made it out alive. I dont know as far as DC canon goes, he did kill Darkseid thou & that was intentionally no?
Depending on the writer, I can accept Batman taking someone out if he is in the earlier years of his career; the seasoned Batman killing someone intentionally is just too far.
I remember he killed Scarface, Ventriloquist's doll. It was in the issues about Matches Malone (the real Matches) and how Batman promised to kill his murderer.
I always thought the no-kill rule had more to do with inflicting suffering on criminals.
That is they would be living with debilitating psychological trauma, irreparable physical injuries or pure shame, loss of finance, etc..
In many ways Batman's punishment was far crueler than death; locking a minor criminal up in Blackgate or even Arkham, knowing that they would be subject to torture and humiliation.
Darkseid?
Pre-Flashpoint yes, New 52 no.
Darkseid?
Pre-Flashpoint yes, New 52 no.
Batman did not kill Darkseid. Morrison confirmed that in an interview.
Besides, Pre-Flashpoint Batman has killed 6-7 people.
@frozen: yeah i know, I just thought that that's kind of like killing him because Batman meant to kill him.
Darkseid?
Pre-Flashpoint yes, New 52 no.
Batman did not kill Darkseid. Morrison confirmed that in an interview.
Besides, Pre-Flashpoint Batman has killed 6-7 people.
Batman shot him, intended to kill him.
@biteme_fanboy: he was not mentally ill. The guy was actually a monster man, meaning he was nothing but a shell that Hugo strange was using. I don't like batman killing but this is not only in character for golden age bats but also modern bats would likely do this if he felt he had to. They had already established that it can't be reversed.
He did so very recently, though not canon to the comics.
In Arkham Origins, Joker put himself in an electric chair wired to Banes heartbeat. As his heartbeat rose the voltage rose as well. Batman was in a kill or be killed situation. He shocked Bane to death with Deathstroke's shock gloves. However, once Joker fled the scene, Batman restarted Banes heart with the same gloves. You find out it was part of the plan all along.
That was Electrocutioner's gloves, not Deathstroke...
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