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    Character » Batman appears in 23537 issues.

    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 anyone shot Batman?

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    #1  Edited By Esquire

    Batman is excellent at dodging bullets, but who has been a good enough marksman to shoot him?

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    #2  Edited By Matchstick

    Pretty sure Deadshot got him at one point. 

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    #3  Edited By gotwillpower

    Police officers in Year One shot him. First, Bruce Wayne (in a thug disguise) gets shot by a trigger-happy cop. Later, (as Batman) he gets shot while running away from the police through an alley.

    Maybe these don't count because it was his first year.

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    #4  Edited By fury714

    Deadshot got him but it was only at the arm or shoulder I think in the New 52 Suicide Squad#1

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    #5  Edited By Phaedrusgr

    He's been shot many times in different animated stories. I can vividly remember three times.

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    #6  Edited By Lvenger

    Apparently Deadshot is good enough to kill him but doesn't out of some sort of respect for Batman. Bats has even remarked on it before saying that if Deadshot wanted to kill him he'd have done it already.

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    #7  Edited By Skewer

    He's been shot a few times but has always survived.

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    #8  Edited By FadeToBlackBolt

    Michael Lane shoots him in Batman #672 
     
    @Lvenger said:

    Apparently Deadshot is good enough to kill him but doesn't out of some sort of respect for Batman. Bats has even remarked on it before saying that if Deadshot wanted to kill him he'd have done it already.

    This sounds like writer-dodginess/stupidity/bias. It makes no sense that Deadshot, a guy who prides himself on his rep, would just not kill Bats out of respect.
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    #9  Edited By FiguredOut95

    @Lvenger said:

    Apparently Deadshot is good enough to kill him but doesn't out of some sort of respect for Batman. Bats has even remarked on it before saying that if Deadshot wanted to kill him he'd have done it already.

    What this guy said ^^^

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    #10  Edited By Lvenger

    @FadeToBlackBolt said:

    Michael Lane shoots him in Batman #672

    @Lvenger said:

    Apparently Deadshot is good enough to kill him but doesn't out of some sort of respect for Batman. Bats has even remarked on it before saying that if Deadshot wanted to kill him he'd have done it already.

    This sounds like writer-dodginess/stupidity/bias. It makes no sense that Deadshot, a guy who prides himself on his rep, would just not kill Bats out of respect.

    True but it's happened several times. Batman and Deadshot have both said this. It does conflict with some other instances though. Like when Batman dodges a shot from Deadshot at point blank range and Deadshot sounded like he seriously wanted to shoot Batman but failed to do so.

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    #11  Edited By entropy_aegis

    @FadeToBlackBolt said:

    Michael Lane shoots him in Batman #672

    @Lvenger said:

    Apparently Deadshot is good enough to kill him but doesn't out of some sort of respect for Batman. Bats has even remarked on it before saying that if Deadshot wanted to kill him he'd have done it already.

    This sounds like writer-dodginess/stupidity/bias. It makes no sense that Deadshot, a guy who prides himself on his rep, would just not kill Bats out of respect.

    Deadshot has tagged Batman on multiple occasions,he doesn't go for the kill because subconsciously Batman reminds him of his "perfect and good" older brother whom he killed accidentally.John Ostrander introduced this and Christos Gage fleshed it out.Gail Simone has a contribution as well.I know it sounds corny,I was skeptical myself but these instances were well written and dont necessarily apply to just Batman alone.

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    #12  Edited By Lvenger

    @entropy_aegis said:

    @FadeToBlackBolt said:

    Michael Lane shoots him in Batman #672

    @Lvenger said:

    Apparently Deadshot is good enough to kill him but doesn't out of some sort of respect for Batman. Bats has even remarked on it before saying that if Deadshot wanted to kill him he'd have done it already.

    This sounds like writer-dodginess/stupidity/bias. It makes no sense that Deadshot, a guy who prides himself on his rep, would just not kill Bats out of respect.

    Deadshot has tagged Batman on multiple occasions,he doesn't go for the kill because subconsciously Batman reminds him of his "perfect and good" older brother whom he killed accidentally.John Ostrander introduced this and Christos Gage fleshed it out.Gail Simone has a contribution as well.I know it sounds corny,I was skeptical myself but these instances were well written and dont necessarily apply to just Batman alone.

    Oh is that why? Never seen any scans of that. Just the ones of Batman and Deadshot saying that Deadshot could kill Batman if he wanted to.

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    #13  Edited By entropy_aegis

    @Lvenger said:

    @entropy_aegis said:

    @FadeToBlackBolt said:

    Michael Lane shoots him in Batman #672

    @Lvenger said:

    Apparently Deadshot is good enough to kill him but doesn't out of some sort of respect for Batman. Bats has even remarked on it before saying that if Deadshot wanted to kill him he'd have done it already.

    This sounds like writer-dodginess/stupidity/bias. It makes no sense that Deadshot, a guy who prides himself on his rep, would just not kill Bats out of respect.

    Deadshot has tagged Batman on multiple occasions,he doesn't go for the kill because subconsciously Batman reminds him of his "perfect and good" older brother whom he killed accidentally.John Ostrander introduced this and Christos Gage fleshed it out.Gail Simone has a contribution as well.I know it sounds corny,I was skeptical myself but these instances were well written and dont necessarily apply to just Batman alone.

    Oh is that why? Never seen any scans of that. Just the ones of Batman and Deadshot saying that Deadshot could kill Batman if he wanted to.

    Yup,Legends of the Dark Knight #215 and Secret Six #15.

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    #14  Edited By Esquire

    @fury714 said:

    Deadshot got him but it was only at the arm or shoulder I think in the New 52 Suicide Squad#1

    Found the scan:

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    #15  Edited By Urban_Ronin

    I dont think its canon but....

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    #16  Edited By Urban_Ronin

    And I wanna say he was shot by one of the "Future Batman" either right before, or during, RIP.

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    #17  Edited By joshmightbe

    He's been shot many times, he just wears top of the line body armor probably the best you can get short of going full Iron Man.

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    #19  Edited By redhoodnet

    Do you mean has he been shot today? Or this month?

    A lot of guys have got one on him over the years.

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    #20  Edited By Esquire

    @redhoodnet: I'm just curious what caliber of marksman it takes to actually tag Batman with a bullet. He's only got a couple of borderline bullet-timing feats, so theoretically anyone with enough skill could shoot him. I'm wondering which notables have displayed such skill.

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    #21  Edited By JoeEddie

    I believe there is a flashback in Hush of Dent shooting him. Plus, getting shot by Gordon and the police in Year One.

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    #22  Edited By V_Scarlotte_Rose
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    @Esquire said:

    Batman is excellent at dodging bullets, but who has been a good enough marksman to shoot him?

    A guy called Branden shot him in Dark Victory.

    Sorry for the low-quality picture. Couldn't find a scan online.

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