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Has Batman ever said he hates the Joker?
Batman Vol.2 #17
"I HATE nothing more on this Earth than you, Joker. Nothing"
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Do the villains know Batman has no superpowers?
The answer would depend on which villain, and which universe you're speaking about.
We are told that Bruce Wayne chose the image of a bat to "strike fear into the heart of his enemies". In ...
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Why did Batman design Robin's suit with only the underwear without pants?
Robin isn't just wearing underwear, he is wearing a leotard. Dick was part of a circus and his mum and dad were the trapeze act which he was also training in. After his mum and dad are killed in their ...
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What is the max number of passengers Batman could carry in a single Bat-vehicle?
The Bat-train appears in Batman Vol.1 #95
It's a standard locomotive of its era and had five passenger cars as well as two flat-cars for storing the batplane and batmobile. There would be comfortable ...
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In the Batman TV series, was there an "up" mode for the Bat Pole?
Yes.
There was an original series episode where the Joker is in Wayne Manor and Batman and Robin need to go from the cave back up the Batpoles. They used a compressed steam lift under the pads to ...
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Does Batman have a spacesuit?
He has at least nine (and an unclear one, and a bonus one).
Ordered by media and publication date.
Seven in the comics
One shown in tilley31's answer (1969).
The unclear one would be the spacesuit ...
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Has Batman ever ridden a bicycle?
I give you Batman #29 (June 1945), with Batman and Robin on penny-farthings:
Note that like the cover of World's Finest Comics #54 (props to RoamingShroob), the depicted scene seems to be a gag cover ...
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In which comic was it revealed that Alfred was the Joker?
You're most likely describing this scene from Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?. Alfred isn't really The Joker, he's merely pretending to be him.
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What is the meaning of this conversation between Lucius Fox and Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight"?
To put that scene in its proper context, you need to take into account two other scenes in the film.
The first scene is this one from about 33 minutes into the runtime, where Fox explains to Wayne ...
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Is Batman's utility belt ever missing something he needs?
As per ScreenRant, in Batman/Superman Vol. 2 #18 (2021) it's revealed he did not have a cauterizing iron.
Using his laser vision to cauterize Batman’s heavily wounded shoulder, Batman proceeds to ...
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How does Batman fit into the timeline of Watchmen?
Batman is never mentioned by name in the novel, but it is extremely likely that he and all other "famous" comic book characters are comic book characters in-universe, if they exist at all.
From the ...
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Do the villains know Batman has no superpowers?
To the common street criminal, Batman must appear to be supernatural. This is all based on his premise:
Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot. So my disguise must be able to strike terror into ...
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When did Batman’s leather thong get teeth marks in it?
The second theory seems to be the case. In the complete page (provided in this reddit post), you can see that he used it to swing down on a clown when his hands were tied, also referenced in this ...
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Who or what was controlling Batman when he painted this room yellow?
What happened to Batman in this case?
Frank Miller happened.
Batman isn't being possessed or controlled or anything of the sort. This, to the best of my knowledge, is simply how Batman was written ...
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In which comic was it revealed that Alfred was the Joker?
A quick search brought up Batman #686 ("Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? (Part 1 of 2): The Beginning of the End") from February 2009, set in an alternate version of Gotham City. It is ...
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Did Batman ever tell Superman "the last time when you really inspired anyone was when you were dead"?
Infinite Crisis #1 (2005)
Googling just the first two lines of the quote took me to Wikiquote, which quotes the exact same line with a slightly different amount of punctuation.
Everyone looks up to ...
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Has there ever been a "Robin Signal" in the style of the Bat Signal?
Yes, the first time this happens is in the classic serial "The Vanished Batman" from 1956. Robin takes over after Batman disappears. Commissioner Gordon makes a change to the Bat-Signal.
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How did Catwoman manage to pierce Batman's armor using a sewing claw?
Her claws went between the sheets of armour plating, where his torso plating meets his armoured trousers
Her hand stopped at that point just above the waist where the two main
pieces of his armor ...
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Was Batman based on The Count of Monte Cristo?
No. This is Likely a Conflation of Batman’s Three Musketeers Origin With Other Notable Works by Alexandre Dumas
1. Bob Kane’s inspiration: like many old comic book characters, there are legal and ...
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Has the Batman as an inmate of Arkham fan theory ever been produced in any media?
There was a two-part story Mask in Legends Of The Dark Knight issues 39-40 (Nov/ Dec 1992). One of my all time favourite Batman stories.
Alcoholic vagrant Bruce Wayne wakes up in Gotham hospital. He'...
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What is the origin of "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells?"
Weirdly enough, Cracked.com seems to have the most rigorously researched history of the song. There have been a number of people who remembered it coming up in the mid-60s in California, possibly ...
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Why doesn't Gotham City execute their villains?
It is quite probable that Gotham is located in a state that doesn't have the death penalty.
Then there is the small matter that most states that do have such a penalty are loathe to execute the ...
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What is inside Batman's ears?
It depends on the continuity, but it's typically a set of directional microphones and high-gain antennas to give him better-than-human hearing abilities. Because he's a bat, see?
The prop from Dawn ...
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Was Batman ever issued a ticket for his infractions?
Batman has received parking tickets on multiple occasions.
In All Star Section 8, a What-If comic published by DC.
And in Batman and Robin Adventures #18:
Albeit the ticket turns out to be ...
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Has Batman ever gone mad and had to be stopped?
There's a possible example of this in Batman comics from the late 1980's, beginning in the much-publicized A Death in the Family story line, and coming to a head in the A Lonely Place of Dying story ...
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Has either Batman's or Superman's identity been accidentally revealed by someone in the comics?
Huntress calls Batman Bruce in Injustice: Gods Among Us Vol. 1 Issue 25 when surrounded by other members of the Insurgency without knowing that others around the table don't know this.
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Did Batman ever tell Superman "the last time when you really inspired anyone was when you were dead"?
This comes from Infinite Crisis Vol 1.
Everyone looks up to you. They listen to you.
If you tell them to fight, they'll fight.
But they need to be inspired. And let's face it, "Superman"...
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How does Batman fit into the timeline of Watchmen?
It's an easter egg and also confirming that Batman does not exist since the Waynes haven't been murdered (as you see a Watchman prevents the first shot).
The movie's whole intro sequence is used to ...
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Why does the Batman "crack his knuckles" in "Batman: Arkham Origins"?
Batman usually cracks his knuckles to show that he's deadly serious. He does it in other media as well.
Batman The Animated Series Episode 32 - Robin's Reckoning, Part I
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JLA #3 ...
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Batman villain- child or teenage crime boss
Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong, also known as the General and later the second Anarky, fits your description. He's a young military genius who first appeared in 1992, uniting Gotham's gangs as his own ...
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