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| “ | Not one word. I've taken enough grief about calling my goddamn car the goddamn Batmobile. I'm the goddamn Batman and I can call my goddamn car whatever the hell I want to call it. | „ |
| “ | It's a SHAME to expose one of my SAFE HOUSES. Now it'll be USELESS. But I've got DOZENS around town, and this one's RENT wouldn't amount to a VALET TIP. Hell. It'll be worth TEN TIMES the rent just to get a chance to knock the SNOT out of GREEN LANTERN. |
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| “ | My parents taught me a different lesson. Lying on this street, shaking in deep shock, dying for no reason at all. They showed me that the world only makes sense when you force it to. | „ |
| “ | Sure we're criminals, we've always been criminals. We have to be criminals. | „ |
| “ | You can never escape me. Bullets don't harm me, nothing harms me. But I know pain. I KNOW pain. Sometimes I share it. With someone like you. | „ |
Summary
The Dark Knight Returns features Batman in a dystopian version of Gotham City in 1986. Bruce Wayne, at 55, has given up the mantle of Batman after the death of Jason Todd 10 years prior. As a result, crime is running rampant through the city and a gang calling themselves "The Mutants" has risen to terrorize the people of Gotham. Upon seeing this, and feeling the boredom of retired life, Wayne returns to his role as a vigilante. On his first night as Batman he puts a stop to multiple assaults – including one on two young girls, Carrie Kelley and her friend Michelle. While attempting to foil an armed robbery on the same night, Batman learns that the men involved are working for Harvey Dent. Dent, previously known for his criminal acts as Two-Face, underwent extensive therapy and plastic surgery financed by Wayne to reemerge into society. Batman informs Commissioner James Gordon that Dent may be planning a larger scheme. Soon after, Dent hijacks the television sets of the city and announces his intention to hold the city to ransom with a bomb. When Batman defeats Dent and his goons, he realizes that Dent's mind has completely warped into his Two-Face persona.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-B, higher via Exoskeleton. Varies from 9-B to 8-C via weaponry.
Name: Bruce Wayne, Batman, The "Goddamn" Batman
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Male
Age: 55 (As said in the comic)
Classification: Human, Founding Member of the Justice League
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Preparation (Has shown building various devices, and even managed to synthesize kryptonite.[1] Painted his entire body, including his teeth and gums, and a safe house yellow before engaging Green Lantern[2]), Vehicular Mastery (Skilled at skiing.[3] Knows how to drive a motorcycle[3]), Surface Scaling (Shown here[4]), Martial Arts (Knew seven ways to take down a gunman from his current position[5]), Pressure Points (Can knock people out by pinching their neck[3]), Weapon Mastery (Extremely accurate with his[5] batarangs[6]), Acrobatics (Parkoured across a street in order to push a woman from a car's way.[7] Can perform flips after being shot in the leg[7]), Stealth Mastery (Successfully ambushed a squad of trained cops[3])
Status Effect Inducement (His suit can fire a compound that caused Superman temporarily blindness[1]), Enhanced Senses (Can track heart beats[1]), Electricity Manipulation (Can plug his Exoskeleton to a city's power supply to channel it into enemies[1])
Smoke Manipulation (Via smoke bomb[7]), Animal Manipulation (Has a device that summons a cloud of bats[3]), Flight (Has a glider[4] and can glide with his own cape.[6] The Batmobile can fly[8]), Explosion Manipulation (Shown here[6] and here), Sound Manipulation (Has a sound gun[1]), Bodily Weaponry (Has a cape that can cut people[9]), Poison Manipulation (Carries batarangs laced with snake poison[10]), Status Effect Inducement (His utility belt has nerve gas and pain killers[5]), Enhanced Senses (Has a stethoscope in his utility belt), Fear Manipulation (Shown here[5]), Temperature Manipulation (Has a freezing device[5])
Attack Potency: Wall level (Can with a kick split tree[11] and a stone pillar.[3] Stopped a moving car by landing on it directly[12] and can throw Robin with enough force to crack a wall[2]), higher via Exoskeleton (Should be superior to his regular self). Varies from Wall level (Uses his car to run people over[8]) to at least Building level via weaponry (Has access to air missiles,[1] with them being in that range in the comic's time)
Speed: Superhuman (Can dodge police fire, getting hit only when trying to save a cat[3])
Lifting Strength: Superhuman (Snapped a gun in half[1])
Striking Strength: Wall level, higher via Exoskeleton
Durability: Wall level, higher via Exoskeleton. Wall level (His car is fine after violently smashing into other cars[8])
Stamina: Superhuman (Even after getting multiple ribs broken he can beat up the person who did it to him.[13] Did not get tired after not sleeping for days[14])
Range: Standard Melee range, Several Meters via projectiles. Kilometers via missiles
Standard Equipment: Body armor, batarangs, smoke bombs, grappling hook[5], utility belt which contains various gadgets, weapons, devices, and materials
Optional Equipment: Exoskeleton suit, Batmobile, a voice-controlled helicopter,[6] bullet proof motorcycles.[13] and various melee and ranged weapons[14]
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Set up a plan to defeat Superman and the US army years in advance before hiding himself and a large group from the government, faking his death.[1] Managed to build missiles, synthesized Kryptonite, and various other devices such as a bat summoner. Is an expert fighter, being able to take down multiple enemies at once, be it through his stealth or martial prowess)
Weaknesses: None notable
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Issue 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder Issue 9
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Batman: Year One Issue 3
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Batman: Year One Issue 4
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Issue 1
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Issue 3
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Batman: Year One Issue 2
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder Issue 2
- ↑ Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Back Issue 2
- ↑ All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder Issue 1
- ↑ Batman: Year One Issue 1
- ↑ All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder Issue 6
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 The Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder Issue 5
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