Movie » The Batman released on March 04, 2022.
To murder, usually a prominent character, by a sudden or secret attack, often for political reasons.
The Dark Knight's rogues gallery is the baddies that make Batman's crime-fighting life the burden that it is. A group as colorful as it is diabolical.
An agreement to perform together in secret an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act, doesn't matter how fair or utopian the goals of the conspiracy might seem to be.
A deathtrap is a literary and dramatic plot device. An elaborate and usually sadistic method of murdering.
All Hallow's Evening.
Henchmen are faithful followers or political supporters, especially ones prepared to engage in crime or dishonest practices by way of service to their evil bosses.
To be held in captivity in, for example, a prison.
The crime of deliberately killing a person.
A group of criminals working together to commit illegal acts.
Comics are not exempt from politics. Explicity or implicity politics permeates the ninth art, whether fictious or with great reality content.
The business or practice of engaging in sexual relations in exchange for payment or some other benefit. Prostitution tends to be referred to as "the world's oldest profession".
The act of getting even with someone.
A secret headquarters is a base of operations for both heroes and villains where they can work in secrecy from the public eye.
Secret Identities have been used by heroes and villains alike to protect themselves and/or others.
A serial killer is someone who kills individuals over a period of time (usually in a particular pattern). From Hell and Nailbiter are known comic book titles on the subject.
As an industry which has traditionally been focused on a younger audience, certain social statements have occasionally been issued by the comic book companies through stories involving comic book characters. As such drug use is almost universally regarded as a dangerous activity that affects not only the individual but also facilitates a criminal industry.
The superhero costume is one of the oldest and most vital things any hero can have, it masks the secret identity and shows the world the real hero.
Terrorism is the act of causing violence to scare a populace. A real world example would be what happened to the United States on September 11, 2001. It is also a topic constantly covered in comics with several Mutant groups that use terrorism as a way of acting against a Government that doesn't wish to make them equals.
Torture is defined as inflicting physical or psychological pain on a person, normally to gather information. As in any other medium, it is often used in comics.
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