Well, while the family does develop to an extent - they keep getting reset to default too, as far as I know (I only really follow Batwoman).
Babs became Oracle for a time, also got to be in her 30s. Then reset back to Batgirl and early 20s.
Jason was the rebellious one, battled Batman, then calmed down. Last I saw of that character (I haven't kept up to date) he got beat-up by Batman and chased out of the city. I'm guessing he's back in Gotham on good terms with Batman again, or will be soon.
Batwoman solo run 1 - was separate from the family, had a fight with Batman, then they were on good terms. In the 'Tec run, she joined the family, had a scuffle with Batman, then they were on good terms again - reset to being on her own. Solo run 2, has another fight with Batman - reset to being on good terms again. Cousins fight, cousins forgive, cousins fight again, and repeat.
This is a joke right? Tim is the Robin that had his history messed up and erased. I think you must be confused.
Batman does have Character development. Some writers do regress him and have him learn the same lessons all over but that's expected in a character that's been around for 80 years.
Um is this a joke or do you just not get what I say? I meant through 1989-2011 Dick has his origin retconned 4 times , Jason 2 and Babs 1 while he kept his and his entire development. His personality gone off the rail 2005 onwards because they were too busy chopping of the history of those before him , is another matter.
Though I did forget Damian who got his through 2006-2011. I don’t talk about new52 or Rebirth because everyone’s messed up there.
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Nhien, in your original post you didn't mention that you don't count New 52 and beyond, so we thought you count it, especially since you mentioned Agent 37 which is from New 52.
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This board really over exaggerates how interesting the supporting cast is in comparison to Bruce.
There's definitely stretches where some of them can be more interesting, but it's not a constant because the other characters fall into their own ruts. Or you can find very similar characters in other works of fiction.
Writing for superhero comics is not overly complex in general, especially as they are not finite narratives where arcs can conclude permanently. Characters in film or literature or a tv series can be way more complex than the action figures we read about because they are allowed to have stories that end and go places superheroes generally do not.