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Prophet 451

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20. Batman has been very anti-gun since the early Forties
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:07 PM
Jul 2012

He used a gun in the first few stories but it was pretty quickly decided that he wouldn't and those stories were retconned out of existence. Since then, Batman has been portrayed as very anti-gun (to the extent where it's been a plot point several times) and absolutely does not kill. He has carried and used a gun exactly once in modern continuity (against the god of evil, Darkseid in the very confusing Final Crisis event). Now, most superheroes avoid killing when they can but Bats is pathological about it. He refused to even kill the Alien-infected captives in Batman Vs. Alien. Even Superman tried to kill Doomsday but with Batman, it's never even a question.

Yes, I am a complete geek.

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Win. WilliamPitt Jul 2012 #1
K&R for kitten and squirrel picture. closeupready Jul 2012 #2
K&R from me too RockaFowler Jul 2012 #24
Batman has never liked guns Drale Jul 2012 #3
Nor did Superman... Scootaloo Jul 2012 #5
Superman was afraid of guns. Recovered Repug Jul 2012 #9
Nah, he loves 'em cthulu2016 Jul 2012 #10
Something to do with having watched his parents shot dead as a boy? n/t backscatter712 Jul 2012 #13
Except for when he actually used them. jp11 Jul 2012 #17
No bout adoubt it... -..__... Jul 2012 #25
I remember that part. Alduin Jul 2012 #4
I saw the film on Monday ChazII Jul 2012 #6
Batman doesn't believe in killing...anyone. Odious justice Jul 2012 #7
Except the Joker cthulu2016 Jul 2012 #11
He doesn't kill the Joker. boxman15 Jul 2012 #16
My bad. I thought he dropped him. cthulu2016 Jul 2012 #18
I have the 1986 Frank Miller hardback edition reflection Jul 2012 #8
And Superman is the government tool in that one Odious justice Jul 2012 #12
From what I've heard of the movie reflection Jul 2012 #14
Unfortunately, Miller went cuckoo sometime around 2000 Prophet 451 Jul 2012 #19
Really? reflection Jul 2012 #22
Miller is a right-wing nutjob now. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #23
Wow. What a drooling slack-jawed meat slapper. reflection Jul 2012 #26
It's tragic, in a way Prophet 451 Jul 2012 #29
Thank you for the recommendations at the end of your post. reflection Jul 2012 #30
Pick up Killing Joke and the Arkam series as well Odious justice Jul 2012 #31
Will do. Thanks. n/t reflection Jul 2012 #32
Precious Aerows Jul 2012 #15
Batman has been very anti-gun since the early Forties Prophet 451 Jul 2012 #20
Oh that goes back to the begining when the property first was created nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #21
Bruce Wayne watched as a man with a gun murdered his mother and father. sarge43 Jul 2012 #27
But the Joker used guns and explosives Larkspur Jul 2012 #28
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