Warning: The reveal for Batman: Urban Legends #23 lies ahead! When he first appeared, Batman was quickly nicknamed Gotham’s Dark Knight, but that was a long time ago, even admitting that the concept no longer applies to him. Batman’s identity may have started with avenging his murdered parents and then bringing justice to Gotham City, but in the years since Batman, he’s matured a lot. much. Through the family he raised and the lives he touched, Batman is now more of a father figure to the next generation of heroes than a cherished symbol of vengeance.
How Batman’s “Batman Family” has evolved since he first adopted Robin is an ongoing joke. With four bandits, three Batgirls, Signal, Batman Inc., Bat-Hound Ace, and even Bat-Cow (yes, really), the Batman Family, it turns out, life in Bruce Zhong is an existence at healthy. Despite being an imperfect father, known for being overly demanding and ridiculously tall, he also cared deeply for each of his adopted sons and daughters, and in turn, they were help ease the darkness in him.
exist Batman: Urban Legend #23 “The Murder Club, Part 4” by Joey Esposito, Vasco Georgiev, Alex Guimarães and Carlos M. Mangual tells the aftermath of a Court of Owl judge plot to prevent his parents’ deaths through time travel. Though Bruce costs him everything he ever wanted, he knows Batman’s presence in the world will ultimately be a force for good, but he helps Thomas and Martha Wayne go back in time and confront him. face their killer. As Nightwing and Damian comforted him, Bruce recalled his father’s words: “Being Batman will never bring my parents back to me.so Have represents more. it has to be about building a legacy valuable Their names…and it must be about us all as one family.“
Batman is no longer about revenge, it’s about family
In a word, Bruce completely redefines Batman’s mission statement. This is completely different from the famous saying “criminals are a bunch of superstitious and cowards”, wearing capes and hoods to frighten off lawbreakers. Batman is no longer the lone Dark Knight: he is clearly a father figure to a group of young crime fighters eager to make the world a better place.
Batman’s family instills faith and optimism in the character, and while that doesn’t affect his origins and approach to noir, it does make him a better hero. . As the Dark Knight, Batman’s methods are notoriously antisocial and self-destructive. Now, with a family to live with, Batman may no longer fit the Dark Knight moniker, but is lighting up Gotham City.
Batman: Urban Legend #23 Now available from DC Comics.