[Destro]

I study comic books for their historic value as a window into the time they were written. America was a scary place back in the past when it must have resembled Russia during the Yeltsin years. Corruption in high places, grimy city, crazy criminals, etc.

Every era of the comic book genre and the heroes that populate the tales therein tell us something about our nation during that time.

[RightWhale]

Batman is actually the owner of the city. The old homestead. Private property, tenants pay rent and bad guys get tossed out.