They could. And it would look kinda like this:
Up until the 1990s, there wasn't such a huge proliferation of Bat-villains with super-powers and freakish mutations. Killer Croc was just a gangster with a skin condition. Poison Ivy was a regular human being with chemically treated lipstick. While the Spook seemed almost like a ghost, he probably was simply a master of escapes and illusions. I miss them days.
a distinction without a difference. Also, we already have the various Robins, Batgirls, Huntress, Batwoman, etc.
What does that have to with anything? No one would ask for a Cadmus arc that involves only Batman to begin with.And you can’t tell a Cadmus arc without a Justice League. Just one example.
The distinction is clear. Sides of his personality are magnified by being with other superheroes, like his paranoia or his commitment to his code, which goes beyond not killing.
Who said anything about Batman being the focal character for a Cadmus arc? He’s just a really interesting supporting character in a story like that.
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Two separate points for two separate posts. If you want to link them, fighting metas shows a higher degree of ingenuity and bravery. It also allows him to express political views about other super characters. Batman adaptations have treading the same ground in circles since 2005.
While I do like Batman fighting super villain/super powered threats as much as human/normal threats or is in noir/crime dramas, when I hear Batman express political views about other super powered characters, it always leads to stuff like Tower of Babel/Batman v Superman which seems like an unnecessary reaction that can come off as overly paranoid. He's a versatile character.
I enjoy stories like Brave and the Bold, The Batman, New Frontier and his Justice League work, and he can be showed as a man who can keep up with super power, almost god like beings. But they don't need to have super powers to be interesting stories while still adhering to what makes Bruce interesting(BTAS, Broken City and The Batman film)
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Worldbuilding and shared universe are not the same thing. With the exception of the Amazo Android, which was completely irrelevant to the plot, Under the Red Hood had no connections to the wider DCU and was focused solely on Batman's world. Batman doesn't need a world with other heroes for Freeze, Poison Ivy, Killer Croc etc to exist. Especially when none of them have origins dependent on other heroes. You're argument is based on a complete fallacy.