Should DC just go ahead and give Batman super-powers?

[DGraysonWorldsGreatestSpy]

I like his skill level to be more closer to his first where he is a Martial Artist, Master Scientist, with peak/perfect physical condition to perform amazing feats you would consider Superhuman but not Kryptonian/Meta-Human level.

[Trey Strain]

Another alternative is to keep him away from super-powered allies and enemies as much as possible. Then you don't have to strain credulity with his feats.

[JBatmanFan05]

Another alternative is to keep him away from super-powered allies and enemies as much as possible. Then you don't have to strain credulity with his feats.

And that's not gonna happen. He's in the JLA. And will likely remain a regular for a long time.

Giving him powers & keeping him away from super-powered heroes are both not alternatives really, because both just aren't happening.

Don't worry about the creduility of his feats, he's a very fictional colorful costumed comic book hero, get over it. That's the only true alternative.

[AlexanderLuthor]

Can we talk about unicorns instead, because I have a better chance of seeing one than Batman permanently getting powers

[JBatmanFan05]

Can we talk about unicorns instead, because I have a better chance of seeing one than Batman permanently getting powers

And I have a better chance of seeing a unicorn and winning the lottery on the same day than Batman staying away from other super-powered heroes.


But I know the OP is never short of ...ideas on how to fix perceived flaws in the DCU.

[JasonTodd428]

I don't see the point in giving Batman superpowers any more then I see a point in keeping him away from superpowered individuals. Neither one of those things is likely to ever happen. He's a founding member of the Justice League and he has enemies that have powers of a sort so there's no way of getting around it short of cutting Gotham and everyone in it completely off from the rest of the DCU permanently. I don't see that happening either.

[Robotman]

Batman already has a superpower. Money and unlimited resources. no matter how many billion dollar Batplanes he crashes there's always more. he's kind of like Bugs Bunny in the sense that whenever he needs something he just reaches behind his back and magically has it.

i loved Grant's take on that in Final Crisis with the Super Young Team Member, Most Excellent Superbat. "I have the greatest power of them all. I am so rich I can do anything!"

[brainticket]

And I have a better chance of seeing a unicorn and winning the lottery on the same day than Batman staying away from other super-powered heroes.

Maybe if you view in big scale (canon) and summarize the character. There's like kazillion stories where batman doesn't work with super-powered heroes.

[DGraysonWorldsGreatestSpy]

Batman does not need superpowers because the physics of his Universe allows Superman to exist while ours does not to our current understanding. The strongest I could see any writer making Batman is an equal of Golden Age Superpowers with only his original set of powers because he was just from a race of Human like being millions of years ahead of Earth. Superman now is and Alien with powers Batman should never have on a permanent basis.

[JBatmanFan05]

Maybe if you view in big scale (canon) and summarize the character. There's like kazillion stories where batman doesn't work with super-powered heroes.

That's exactly how I'm viewing it, in totality. Batman will be JLAing and eventing it up with the rest of the superpowered heroes.

[TheDarkKnightReturns]

Being Batman is a superpower itself if you ask me.

[MidTierHero]

And that's not gonna happen. He's in the JLA. And will likely remain a regular for a long time.

Giving him powers & keeping him away from super-powered heroes are both not alternatives really, because both just aren't happening.

Don't worry about the creduility of his feats, he's a very fictional colorful costumed comic book hero, get over it. That's the only true alternative.

Exactly. People are getting too caught up in "realism."