Originally Posted by
K. Jones
Batman '66 and the "Bat-Get-Out-Of-Everything" capability. His Utility Belt was always a bit of a trick, but before Batman '66 obviously it was some combination of his manly brawn, wits and having some great gear in his belt getting him out of trouble.
Once Batman '66 hit it was a whole other story, as Batman's Utility Belt had an "Answer for Everything" and therefore, Batman himself must have had an answer for everything. Since then it's grown steadily and progressively for years, although it was probably Morrison's JLA Batman thesis (Victory in the preparation, AKA Bat-God) that firmly cemented this as his sort of master strategist position. But it was a natural extrapolation of all the 1970s master of very martial arts directions.