tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post113444707642939356..comments2023-06-20T08:20:25.787-07:00Comments on Lady, That's My Skull: Batman knows how to delegateSleestakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-14651095157298527672008-10-03T01:54:00.000-07:002008-10-03T01:54:00.000-07:00I grew up reading tales in which "The" Batman wasn...I grew up reading tales in which "The" Batman wasn't too upset about killing...but he sure as hell wouldn't use a gun, even in non-lethal defense. Because, you know, the bang!-bang!-mommy!-daddy! thing. So years later when I saw that early cover with him firing a full-on machine gun during WWII, I was pretty floored.<BR/><BR/>I figure, if everyone else is killing, Batman shouldn't. If nobody else is, Batman should. He's SUPPOSED to be the oddball, the guy you can't think you can predict. It's his M.O.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-1134620070834473042005-12-14T20:14:00.000-08:002005-12-14T20:14:00.000-08:00Whenever Mike W. Barr wrote Batman in the 80s he p...Whenever Mike W. Barr wrote Batman in the 80s he pretty consistently portrayed Batman as never directly killing anyone, but sort of letting Karma take its course in his wake. Two gunsels would fire at Batman at the same time, Batman would duck, and the guys wound up shooting each other to death. Batman seemingly had no problem with this...<BR/><BR/>Also, in Batman and the Outsiders, he always "just happened" to be looking the other way whenever Katana went to town with her, uh, Katana...<BR/><BR/>--Chris KeelsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com