Batmans 6 Greatest Failures

[Mace.]

"Batman's 6 Greatest Failures"


1-5: Letting Robin(s) Die
6: Banging Barbara Gordon

[Typhonis]

"Hard to forget that night, huh? In a way, Batman, this was the site of your first great failure. Maybe even your greatest, but certainly not your last" ~ Jason Todd referring to the creation of the Joker

[mavikartal]

Which failure is worse:

-Letting your kid be tortured and killed
-Creating the entity that did the previous thing and more

[TheBigExclusive]

I disagree completely. Damian dying was not worse than Jason Todd dying. Bruce doesn't rank one of his children higher just because one is related to him. Blood doesn't matter to Bruce - it's actions, and behavior that Bruce cares about the most.

Side Note: Batman does say he's disappointed in Damian in Injustice, and says Dick Grayson is the true heir to his legacy.

[sofiamatos]

What is it with everyone holding Damian status as a biological son above the other adopted sons? I know that DC keeps pushing "Damian is Batman's son", but flat out telling that he's the only son that matters to Bruce is just plain wrong. As we've seen with Injustice, the fact that Damian is related to Bruce meant nothing when Dick Grayson dies. And when Damian was dead and Jason told Alfred that Damian's death was worse because he was Batman's son while he had been just another Robin, Alfred tells him that Bruce feels the same way about both of them.

[niklauscarrillo]

still wearing underwear on the outside

[ShtgunJustce]

I'm surprised there's no mention of the creation of Two-Face. It's depicted in several media that Batman attempted to save Harvey from the acid attack, but was too late to prevent permanent damage to half of Harvey's face, thus creating one of his worst villains.

Sure, Harvey had a split personality before that, but it was the burns that made him turn into an outright villain.

[kontrolzee]

1. Sleeping with his son's girlfriend/best friends daughter on a rooftop.

[kayster]

Tbh I wish they would stop killing and bringing characters back. I think killing Jason and bringing him back was fine but when they did the same thing with Damian I got made. Damian is pretty much a younger version of Jason.

[someone]

Batman's greatest failure





Is not being on time to save Jason

[kayster]

Lol when Jason died Bruce was all sad and stuff but then Damian died Bruce literally had the guts to go to Jason and destroy his new trust with Jason, by tricking him to go with him to the place Joked beat and killed him and asked him if he remembered how he died so he could get Dami back.

[loganharpole]

Something that offends me about Batman and the Joker, is that their rivalry has consequences for everyone EXCEPT them

[davidjacobs]

Having Jason killed was definitly a fail, but him getting reborn as the red hood is certainly a win (at least in my book)

[robertsimon]

In order to remind himself of failing to save Jason Todd, Batman still keeps his Robin suit.

[WingZeroHeeroYuy]

Now make Top 6 Batman's greatest successes. I'll say Dick is one of them he turned out alright and made a name from himself as NightWing.

[jokerz]

Barbara Gordon isn't crippled for life anymore apparently you can get better from that in the DCU. I dislike it I loved her as Oracle and prefer Cassandra Cain as her protege and new Batgirl and Stephanie Brown as Spoiler.

[dgsta]

Wearing a costume that severly limits his own mobility.

[isaiahowens]

I feel like his greatest failure is not completing the mission he set his sights on once his parents died. To save Gotham. I'm not saying that under his rule, it's gotten worse but Gotham is still a criminal driven city. I still don't understand why people move there or stay there for that matter. People laughing everywhere or killer plants attacking you as you walk out your door or even deadly riddles. Like who knew riddles could be deadly? Apparently, people still in Gotham

[NakedSnake]

Technically I would rephrase Batman's top greatest failure as instead of creating the Joker, and replace it with "not killing the Joker."

[johnathonhaney]

Sorry, pal, but that last one's a lie, one of many that Joker has told about his origins. It's right there in The Killing Joke when Joker himself says how he considers the past multiple choice. We didn't see his real memory of what happened, just the version he decided on that night.

No less than Paul Dini had a theory he shared through Hugo Strange in Arkham City: as every account of Joker's origin about himself includes Batman, then that means Bats is the scapegoat for something that was entirely Joker's own fault.