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    Character » Batman appears in 23635 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.

    Why I Hate Batman?

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    @bezza said:

    ..I like the Batman character a lot but understand why others might hate him.

    I ,in fact,don't.......

    Batman is what he is.
    He doesn't hide it,he is Batman,and people love him because of that.

    He has a strong sense of justice,and he's often a prick about it.

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    People hate Batman because it's cool to hate on popular things and due to character-envy.

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    This should be locked for stupidity.

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    @farkam said:

    People hate Batman because it's cool to hate on popular things and due to character-envy.

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    ..well we can't all like the same things.....Batman haters are outnumbered by his many fans...not like Hulk who seems to have more haters on the Vine than fans....

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    This Batman guy is starting to sound really overrated.

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    I honestly can't fathom anyone not liking Batman. There's so may different interpretations out there. There's a bunch I don't like, like Frank Miller's Dark Knight Strikes Again Batman or Scott Snyder's Batman, but he's still my favorite character. If I hated every interpretation in the comics then I'd have the movies and TV shows. If the only interpretation I liked was Batman TAS, he'd still be my favorite. Luckily I love a lot!

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    #310  Edited By primebonnick

    This is all Morrison's fault i don't blame you bro i do hate his fans boys though lord have mercy.

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    #311  Edited By Bezza

    ...I am just reading through TDKR by Miller for the first time, wow what a comic, I'm getting why Batman is loved so much!

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    @farkam said:

    People hate Batman because it's cool to hate on popular things and due to character-envy.

    This dog man speaks the truth!

    @bezza said:

    ...I am just reading through TDKR by Miller for the first time, wow what a comic, I'm getting why Batman is loved so much!

    If i didnt know your story,you would have gotten some rant by me,right now..... ;)

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    @punyparker:

    Hey, hey, I wouldn't want to be on the end of one of your rants!

    Yep, its taken me a while to catch up but I am finally getting through all the Comic Book classics. I bought Year One last autumn, but some reason took a bit of time to get TDKR. I have a copy of Miller's Daredevil classic the man without fear arriving any day too, along with Kraven the Hunter....! Both books I am sure you approve of....

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    @bezza said:

    @punyparker:

    Hey, hey, I wouldn't want to be on the end of one of your rants!

    Yep, its taken me a while to catch up but I am finally getting through all the Comic Book classics. I bought Year One last autumn, but some reason took a bit of time to get TDKR. I have a copy of Miller's Daredevil classic the man without fear arriving any day too, along with Kraven the Hunter....! Both books I am sure you approve of....

    Of cource!
    Daredevil is a character i love,and i have to reccoment a lot,if you will be interested in him,further.
    Kraven The Hunter?...what's this book?

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    @punyparker:

    Kravens last Hunt was what I meant actually!

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    #316  Edited By PunyParker

    @bezza said:

    @punyparker:

    Kravens last Hunt was what I meant actually!

    That's more like it! :)

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    @punyparker:

    Ha, Ha, thought you were just testing me...I am a relative Spiderman book novice remember, even though I've liked the character nearly for ever!

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    #318  Edited By PunyParker

    @bezza said:

    @punyparker:

    Ha, Ha, thought you were just testing me...I am a relative Spiderman book novice remember, even though I've liked the character nearly for ever!

    It's never bad to get into comics!!
    And it is certainly never bad to not know something,and then learn about it.

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    @duke_nasty: I also dont like him as character specially when he is treated as Batgod. And i also dont tolorate his blind followers and believers fanboys.

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    #320  Edited By Bezza

    ..not all his followers are blind, my eye test score was quite decent when I went to specsavers last year!

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    Batman = Bruce Lee+Chuck Norris(real life)* ((Tony Stark + Holmes)divided by 2)

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    #322  Edited By MasterKungFu
    @drragonx said:

    Batman = Bruce Lee+Chuck Norris(real life)* ((Tony Stark + Holmes)divided by 2)

    agreed

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    #323  Edited By Bezza

    @drragonx said:

    Batman = Bruce Lee+Chuck Norris(real life)* ((Tony Stark + Holmes)divided by 2)

    A good formula, good sir!

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    #324  Edited By entropy_aegis

    @bezza said:

    ..I like the Batman character a lot but understand why others might hate him. I think DC and writers set him up to p*** off people. You have this so called peak human being able to bench press 1,000 lbs, bend steel bars, survive huge falls which would kill a normal man and punch out the likes of Wonder Woman, when in reality she would barely get a tickle...on the cap America forum, some dude has spent like hours getting together scans which prove that Batman is as strong and powerful as Cap, which is ridiculous because Cap received a special serum to boost him from 95 lbs to 240LBS and provide almost superhuman strength and speed, but of course Batman has feats from his comics that a human who hasn't had some sort of "boost" shouldn't be able to achieve.

    ..then there is the way Batman behaves in the JL comics, his disrespect for the likes of Hal Jordan..the fact that the others often kow-tow to him.

    ..but against all that I love the fact that Batman does his home work, he prepares and doesn't just plunge in. He uses his brain and his gadgets to go against more powerful foes.

    ..and I don't think Bat fans are the worst, Superman fans are arguable worse, their arrogance on the battle forums when Marvel super-powered characters crop up is breath-taking at times..

    Nah Batman hasn't done anything to piss off fan bases of other characters in years,and it's really no different from the crap Captain America or any other street level character pulls on a regular basis when they are thrown in to similar situations.

    The current Batman hate is two fold,first of all a good chunk of the internet comic community holds him responsible for the other characters not getting their own movies,TV shows and games.

    Secondly Geoff Johns has made it cool to hate Batman,the hate has risen astronomically in the last 2 years. Basically Johns makes Batman look like a loser every time he writes him,this way he riles up the Batman fans and he makes another character look cooler at Batman's expense which leads to a war between the Batman and Johns fanboys and the end result is Batman looking bad cause he's more popular.

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    Does Batman really have that much haters?

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    I don't hate him but still that Dernman > the goddamn Batman.

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    @daredevil21134:

    No I don't think he is hated that badly, he has far more followers than haters

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    @bezza said:

    @daredevil21134:

    No I don't think he is hated that badly, he has far more followers than haters

    That's what I thought

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    At least Batman haters like myself are brutally honest. Bat wankers on the other hand, oh boy.

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    At least Batman haters like myself are brutally honest. Bat wankers on the other hand, oh boy.

    Please. The fantasies Batman haters tell themselves to cover up their envy and bitterness are the exact opposite of brutal honesty.

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    Y'know, sometimes, I think Batman fans are too arrogant.

    But coincidentally, I just came across the Dark Knight on TV and it's reminded me that none of that confidence is misplaced.

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    Batman's great!

    His hyper-fans though...I could do without

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    Y'know, sometimes, I think Batman fans are too arrogant.

    But coincidentally, I just came across the Dark Knight on TV and it's reminded me that none of that confidence is misplaced.

    I'm not cocky, I'm confident!

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    @comicstooge said:

    Y'know, sometimes, I think Batman fans are too arrogant.

    But coincidentally, I just came across the Dark Knight on TV and it's reminded me that none of that confidence is misplaced.

    I'm not cocky, I'm confident!

    Head back to the Wolverine forums, boy. Men are talking.

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    @wolverine08 said:

    @comicstooge said:

    Y'know, sometimes, I think Batman fans are too arrogant.

    But coincidentally, I just came across the Dark Knight on TV and it's reminded me that none of that confidence is misplaced.

    I'm not cocky, I'm confident!

    Head back to the Wolverine forums, boy. Men are talking.

    I'M AN ALPHA MALE! I'LL STAY WHEREVER I WANT!

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    #336  Edited By frozen  Moderator

    @entropy_aegis: Johns hasn't made it cool to hate Batman. Batman's popularity has risen with the Nolan trilogy + the Arkham games, and the natural result; jealous fanbases of other characters get louder.

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    Batman Fanboys make nintendo fan boys look cool.

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    Talk about suspension of disbelief. I wonder what seeing a movie with you is like.

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    @frozen said:

    @entropy_aegis: Johns hasn't made it cool to hate Batman. Batman's popularity has risen with the Nolan trilogy + the Arkham games, and the natural result; jealous fanbases of other characters get louder.

    But Johns supplies them with ammunition,if fanboy thinks Batman is overrated and has no chance against any super folk he points you towards Johns JL

    At least Batman haters like myself are brutally honest. Bat wankers on the other hand, oh boy.

    So you are implying Batwankers pretend to love the character but really dont? your post make any sense whatsoever and it doesn't exactly take much guts to admit to disliking a fictional character on an internet forum.

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    @thorson said:

    Batman Fanboys make nintendo fan boys look cool.

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    #342  Edited By lxlGiftedlxl

    I love Batman, he's one of the greatest.

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    You know you like Batman. Here... have a cute picture of a kitten dressed up like him.

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    @oni_bane: hell yeah batman sucks, hes overrated as hell especially in h2h

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    You know you like Batman. Here... have a cute picture of a kitten dressed up like him.

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    That is photoshop.

    You lieeeeee!!!!

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    #348  Edited By lxlGiftedlxl

    Woah that was a typo, I love Batman. Fixing that right now.

    Edit: It is fixed as of now. Thanks for bringing that to my attention ;)

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    #349  Edited By lxlGiftedlxl

    @rpgesus said:

    @oni_bane: hell yeah batman sucks, hes overrated as hell especially in h2h

    Lolz. He can be overrated at times, but Batman doesn't suck.

    And in h2h, he literally is a really good fighter (that's not an exaggeration).

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    #350  Edited By Gracetrack

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    @omnicrono said:

    You know you like Batman. Here... have a cute picture of a kitten dressed up like him.

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    That is photoshop.

    You lieeeeee!!!!

    Haha! Dressed up using real clothes or dressed up using Photoshop, it's adorable all the same. ;)

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