Quote Originally Posted by Draegwolf View Post
realistically? pretty much anyone could be Batman. That doesn't mean everyone should though.

As for who would make for interesting candidates, both Riddler and Bane could be fun given their individual skill sets and the fact that they've both been allies to Bruce at one point or another. Calvin Rose would also be interesting looking at it from the standpoint of a former Talon adopting the mantle of the Court of Owl's greatest enemy.
I don't buy that "anyone" could be BATMAN at all. Not even close.

The amount of money, effort, time, motivation, and psychosis that would go into "being" Batman is too much for 97% of human characters. Even Terry McGuiness could not pull it off without Bruce's input and micromanaging. Bruce Wayne is the only guy for the job.

Dick Grayson could do it but strictly on his own terms. He's even better at it in a lot of ways, but he's not the same "Batman".