The Best BATMAN Moments

"What is that?"

"Backup."

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Man, it's hard to narrow it down to just a few. I don't know, lemme see here.. off the top of my head- for the comics:

The Long Halloween- There's this one part where Bruce is sitting at the head of the stairs in his mansion, and he's just lookin' into the front hall. He's thinking about his father, and wondering how different his life would have turned out if he had still been alive, and Alfred just quietly walks up to him, places his hand on his shoulder, and says that he misses him too. I mean, it's a very small moment.. but it's just so heartfelt. No matter what he does, no matter how old he gets.. Alfred will always see Bruce as that heartbroken kid trying desperately to make up for his parents' murder.

The Killing Joke- The ending. It's one of the few times that these two guys have reached a sort of.. quiet understanding.

Son of the Demon- Probably the closest Bruce has ever come to something resembling happiness. Ra's accepts him, Talia loves him, and they're actually looking forward to a future. A child. It doesn't last, of course.. but it still shows you how differently his life could turn out if he wanted it to.

The Dark Knight Returns- The return. Badass. Not much more to say, really.

And now, for the movies:

@Nomis

Yeah, I remember that one. Basically, the laughing stops because Bats' snaps Joker's neck. It's a helluva theory. Chilling.

I mean, I don't think that's what happened, but it's a very interesting idea.

Definitely, man. Really gives you a whole new way of lookin' at it, even after all these years.

What pops to mind immediately for me is that time when Batman was running on no sleep and Jezebel Jet/Joker/Dr. Hurt had planted in his mind (...but not really) that he could be going insane, so he comes up with this like back-up Batman in his head (because he had a contingency plan for if he thought he was going insane) and when he tries to rescue Jezebel, some shit happens and he gets buried alive, six feet under, in a [frick]ing strait jacket. And even Joker's like, "This [frick]er is gonna escape. Just you watch." And Batman calmly describes how he makes his escape (slowing down his breathing and heart rate, picking the locks on the strait jacket, benchpressing 600 lbs of dirt as it's rushing into his mouth and suffocating him). Just incredible.

Another moment that pops to mind is in Justice League II #1 (the one from 1987), Batman walks in on everyone fighting with Guy Gardner and Gardner won't shut up, and Batman just calmly walks up to Guy and bellows straight into his face, "Sit DOWN!" Guy shuts up and Batman begins his business. Just really shows how long of a way Batman's mere presence goes.

As for non-comic moments, his trolling in the Injustice Gang episode and the episode where he doesn't sleep and says, "My superpower is that I just never give up."

Ugh didn't proofread.

*fall onto each other
*that blurs Moore's intentions