[laotzu]

you always knew Batman would never stoop to kill the baddie when the cops weren't looking

Bob Kane's, & Frank Miller's, Batman would. He would playfully torture them for a while first. He wasn't a super-hero. He was a psychotic killer out for vengence. I loved that Batman.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

In Batman #1, Bats says the following "As much as I dislike taking human life, this time it's necessary".