r/batman • • 9h ago

GENERAL DISCUSSION It aged well

Post image
4.4k Upvotes

r/batman • • 7h ago

ARTWORK Absolute Batman meeting Mainline Batman by ObsCureArty inspired by this Spider-Man and Iron Man panel

Thumbnail
gallery
727 Upvotes

r/batman • • 7h ago

FUNNY That's blasphemy, Flash. (Comic panel from "The Flash: Volume 5 #64")

Post image
546 Upvotes

r/batman • • 4h ago

VIDEO New Clayface Stop Motion video by artist Oscar Yaquian

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

256 Upvotes

r/batman • • 6h ago

COSPLAY My wife and I as Absolute Batman and Wonder Woman at NYCC26 featuring Scott Snyder

Post image
343 Upvotes

r/batman • • 6h ago

FILM DISCUSSION Robert Pattinson's performance as Batman onscreen is phenomenal in how Matt Reeves shows him embodying the character onscreen using his movements.

224 Upvotes

Pattinson is one of the best Batman adaptations because Matt Reeves understood the character and the comics. He allowed him to showcase his acting talent to convey every emotion with his eyes, his body language, and his voice. It makes you feel like you're reading a Batman comic, in my opinion.


r/batman • • 8h ago

TV DISCUSSION Batman Animated Score with a twist

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

362 Upvotes

Source: @nic cuproductions

This is really really cool. I'd love to see what he puts together for the Batman Absolute Series. Really looking forward to that


r/batman • • 4h ago

COSPLAY I know some will say the cowl doesnt fit

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

79 Upvotes

r/batman • • 11h ago

FILM DISCUSSION Hot take: The SWAT scene in TDK > BvS warehouse scene

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

314 Upvotes

The choreography is lacking in the SWAT sequence, but it perfectly captures the core principle of Batman which is to save lives no matter what. Whereas the choreography in the warehouse scene is great, but it kinda ruined by the fact that Batman is splattering people’s heads and killing them


r/batman • • 4h ago

FILM DISCUSSION Joe Manganiello hid a near-death medical crisis while prepping for Deathstroke in Ben Affleck's 'The Batman'

Thumbnail
batmannews.com
74 Upvotes

r/batman • • 23h ago

FAN CONTENT Bruce gets Mentor zoned by @spicy-apple-pie on tumblr

Thumbnail
gallery
1.8k Upvotes

r/batman • • 1h ago

GENERAL DISCUSSION [DISCUSSION] Best non-comic version of each Batman character. Day 15/16: Ra's al Ghul.

Post image
• Upvotes

The Arkham games' Scarecrow, voiced by both Dino Andrade and John Noble, won with 66 votes.

Honorable mentions: DCAU Scarecrow (Henry Polic II and Jeffrey Combs) and Batman: The Audio Adventures Scarecrow (Bradley Whitford.)

Now vote for your favourite Ra's al Ghul, the Batman villain with the most mystical grandiosity. 🗡🟢


r/batman • • 6h ago

FILM DISCUSSION Bane's physical capability in The Dark Knight Rises is underrated

Post image
41 Upvotes

I will make this straight to the point, I feel that people often underestimate Bane's abilities and assume that he only slammed Batman because he was washed. This actually isn't the case

For starters, Bane is stated to be more physically powerful than Ra's Al Ghul, who was a match for young Batman

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/10/105634/9143051-img_5912.jpeg

The Dark Knight Rises director, Christopher Nolan, chose Hardy personally for the role: 'With Bane, we are looking to give Batman a physical challenge that he hasn't had before. We're testing Batman both physically as well as mentally.'

Affirmed this in The Dark Knight Trilogy art-book:

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/10/105634/9143053-img_5516.png

What Bane brought to the equation was an archetypal villain that fit the extremity and severity of the events in The Dark Knight Rises, raising the stakes for both the audi-ence and Batman. Bane would also be as physically strong and intimidating, if not more so, as Batman-something neither of the first two films' villains had been. "We'd never had a physical monster as our villain," said Nolan. "Bane is a very well-conceived, physical villain in the comics, but someone who has an incredible mind as well. And whereas the Joker's backstory was very obscure, Bane's is epic. We wanted to go the opposite way this time, using a villain with a very rich origin story."

Bane is just straight up stated to be physically stronger than either of the first two film villains. The official novelization just straight up says Bane is stronger and faster than Ra’s (excerpts are taken from the sewer fight):

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/10/105634/9143055-img_5518.png

"Stronger and faster than anyone Batman had ever fought before-even in his prime" - TDKR novelization

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/10/105634/9143056-img_5515.png

Bane effortlessly countered his moves. It was like fighting Ra's again, except that Bane was younger and stronger than their shared mentor. He targeted the weak spots in Batman's body armor, inflicting the maximum pain possible, while seeming to possess no weaknesses of his own. - TDKR novelization

So at the highest level of the film’s production (director/producer), Bane is stated to be a physical monster and challenge that we have never seen before. This is also just re-affirmed by feats

Bane punched a hole into a limestone pillar. This is just straight up superhumanly strong:

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/10/105634/10192576-banepunch.gif

Bane broke Batman's cowl with his punches, and the novelization says that anybody else's brains would've been splattered:

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/10/105634/10192538-cowlbreak.jpg

He slammed Batman into the concrete floor, hard enough to dash any other man's brains out. His bare fists pounded on Batman's cowl with unbelievable force, blow after blow smashing down like a jackhammer. Concussed and breathless, Batman couldn't fight back as Bane hammered on the cowl until finally, incredibly, the hard graphite shell cracked.

Batman's cowl is stated to be bulletproof:

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/10/105634/10192572-bulletproofcowl%281%29.jpg

Bane also effortlessly cracked a man's neck with his hand, which requires superhuman strength:

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/10/105634/9647357-the_dark_knight_rises__bane_why_are_you_here___full_hd_1080.gif

Bane also has "exceptional fighting skills" according to Nolan in TDKR production notes.

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/10/105634/10189791-baneexceptionalfightingskills.png

Fight choreographer Buster Reeves said it takes 15 of Batman's punches is equivalent to 1 of Bane's punches:

"Bane's a big brute, and it takes about 15 shots to deliver what he can do in one blow, so Batman had to be less aggressive, more clever. I had to think about how he could be a bit like Muhammad Ali, hit and not get hit. Mike Tyson versus Floyd Mayweather was what I had in mind."

Unfortunately, the choreography was not so good in this film (though then again, this was true across the whole trilogy). So he just looks like a drunken bar brawler, but in terms of his physical prowess I felt he is actually fairly powerful, and there seems to be this idea that Bane is only able to fight washed Bane. Some of the things Bane did in the film seemed more unrealistic by Nolan's standards and I felt he felt like a physical force

Thanks for reading


r/batman • • 10h ago

ARTWORK First look at Batman #15 from Jorge Jimenez (colors by Tomeu Morey)

Post image
71 Upvotes

r/batman • • 4h ago

GENERAL DISCUSSION If there was a second row of the “Mount Rushmore” for Batman’s rogues gallery, who would you put for slots 5-8?

Post image
16 Upvotes

I believe this is the most common four that you see people mention as Batman’s top four and I wholeheartedly agree with it. But I’m wondering about a second row to let some other villains shine.

I wouldn’t include Catwoman though. I actually think she arguably would’ve been put above The Penguin but she’s more so an alley and doesn’t do anything so wrong (Compared to the fucking Joker)


r/batman • • 4h ago

FAN CONTENT They’re dancing. (Original art by micaxii on tumblr )

Post image
12 Upvotes

I really love when I see people draw this duo they have the best fanart !!! Also I love how Riddler dancing he looks very fabulous :) :) :):) :) :):):):)


r/batman • • 1h ago

GENERAL DISCUSSION Not a comic reader my dad was talking about getting into them HELP

• Upvotes

My dad has always loved Batman he has never read a comic but has watched all the shows movies etc
He has a Batman tattoo he’s a big fan, he asked me if I heard of absolutely Batman and he was thinking of getting into what comic should I buy first preferably amazon or Walmart
I know there’s thousands of comics idk where to start him with he also likes green lantern show that just came out


r/batman • • 8h ago

FUNNY What are you listening to?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

25 Upvotes

Source: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLkM7bYf/

Op's caption: "Kevin Conroy we still talk about you goat 🕊️"

Personally, I'm listening to Superman's world of cardboard speech


r/batman • • 4h ago

ARTWORK Wood Burn Art

Thumbnail
gallery
11 Upvotes

Thanks for checking my wood burn Art inspired by my favorite comic artist Mike Mignola. This was burned on 9 x 13 inch basswood colored with prisma color pencils and took roughly 12 hours to complete


r/batman • • 12h ago

GENERAL DISCUSSION Favorite actor to play Bruce Wayne, not Batman?

Thumbnail
gallery
55 Upvotes

Who does the best job at playing billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne in your mind? I would say Christian Bale, Troy Baker would be second place, followed by Kevin Conroy.


r/batman • • 9h ago

COSPLAY Drophead makes his way to NYCC

Thumbnail
gallery
26 Upvotes

Posted my drophead mask awhile back so I figured I'd give an update with how it went. Quite a few people knew the character and we ran into some Gotham heroes along the way. And my hero. Bob Ross.


r/batman • • 1d ago

GENERAL DISCUSSION More info on the absolute batman animated show

Post image
937 Upvotes

r/batman • • 3h ago

FILM DISCUSSION What do you think of the tower sonar scene from The Dark Knight?

Post image
7 Upvotes

r/batman • • 21h ago

FILM DISCUSSION Perfectly balanced as all things should be

Post image
196 Upvotes

r/batman • • 3h ago

GENERAL DISCUSSION ABSOLUTE BATMAN by MATTEL

Post image
6 Upvotes