Batman, one of the greatest heroes in the world of comic books. Not just a man, but a legend in the streets of Gotham and possibly the several universes in the DC Comics multiverse. His alter ego is Bruce Wayne. Bruce being the fake persona and Batman being the real man. A genius, polymath, martial artist, detective and above all else the Dark Knight. The vigilante protector of Gotham City. Helped in his crusade by several gadgets and the Bat-Family.

He could also be seen as a madman similar to his arch-enemy The Joker. He is haunted by the murder of his parents he was powerless to stop by Joe Chill. The Batman of Zurr-En-Arrh is him unleashing the complete crazyness housed inside his disturbed psyche and the three ghosts of Batman being experimented on.

He also never loses, just normal intelligence or some other method known only to Batman. His powers to inflict fear in enemies, his superhuman genius, him never having any scars or permanent injuries from his various encounters. Could Batman be something from out of this world.

Could Batman be immortal, a vampire, a bearer of superpowers or is he God?

You can see it in the comics, the Bat-Mite, the bat-radia, Zurr En Arrh, and several other unexplained things. He just isnt human

What do you think?

I tend to think, his body is human(taking that term loosly) but his mind is superhero level. I put him in my own classification known as E.S.H otherwise known as Enhanced Street Hero, where while he is a human he has the mind, the wealth and the technology from that wealth to put him on par with superheroes.

He's peak-human in a comic book world.

No one could ever possibly live up to the standard he sets.

What about the Bat-Mite the comic says that hes a figment of his imagination, but his powers directly affect the outcome of things in the real world

i mean he may lose the fight but he never loses the war like in no mans land and stuff and the newest Zurr En Arrh

@daboyfromsaturn said:

i mean he may lose the fight but he never loses the war like in no mans land and stuff and the newest Zurr En Arrh

Wasn't the fact that No Man's Land even happened his biggest failure?

dude no mans land happened because of an earthquake and besides he was trying to reconnect Gotham to the USA he wasnt there for 3 months because he was trying to save Gotham and his biggest failure was the death of the second Robin, Jason Todd.

@JediXMan said:

He's human.

/thread.

@daboyfromsaturn said:

dude no mans land happened because of an earthquake and besides he was trying to reconnect Gotham to the USA he wasnt there for 3 months because he was trying to save Gotham and his biggest failure was the death of the second Robin, Jason Todd.

Being gone for 3 months caused a power vacuum. Which is what turned No Man's Land from a national disaster to a historical event.

You complain about batman not being human when there are crazier people like Cassandra Cain and Karate Kid?

comics physics FTW

He's a powerful human but still has human weakness.

I understand how Batman can be viewed as something more than human but him being human is one of his amazing qualities. If he was/is something more than human then his character won't seem "as" impressive. He would still be a great character but I believe his greatness would lessen.

Batmans suit might be superhuman like, but their is always a human inside of that suit.

There's Real World Peak Human, Comic Book Peak Human, And Batman Peak Human.   
Batman consistently does things that other Peak Human Characters would be unable to do. In my opinion it's gotten to the point where it' cheapens what used to make the character great.

Batman is the host of Popularity Power, and as such can be classified as Supernal Entity.

If Batman was a god he'd be immortal.

Batman is the best superhero ever he can beat anyone with prep and 99.9% without prep. nuff said.

@daboyfromsaturn: he human and that what makes his enemy fear him. he bleeds like any man but he comes back time after time.

They already explained in Batman #422 that Batman is a high level reality warping alien who only disguises himself as a human so he can evaluate the planet Earth and it's future potential.

I'm not sure if this carried over to the New 52 though.

batman exerts a strong pheromone that makes his enemies' brains produce massive amounts of chemical fear, giving him an edge over superpowered beings

@nickzambuto what are you talkin bout issue 422 is "just deserts" there's nothing about no reality warping alien in there

He is not human, he is a comic-book character.

@The Stegman said:

Batman never loses?? he loses all the time, he just always wins the SECOND time around.

him always surviving the first encounter is odd

Bruce is a human in the comics, but in real life would be a superhuman in every respect. Logic, physics and rules of the comics are different than real life.

Normal for comics, because the mental and physical perfection can not achieve with the simple exercise. You can not even be one of the greatest masters of the martial arts world, but at the same time, also a scientist, a strategist and a detective. It's just impossible.