Posted on 08/16/2018 8:04:05 PM PDT by Simon Green
It’s not often that we think or talk about the religious beliefs of our favorite superheroes, barring the times when writers blatantly state from where these characters are coming. For example, we’re all aware of how Daredevil’s a devout Catholic, or how Batwoman’s Jewish.
Speaking of which, the latest issue of Batman really hammered home the point that the Dark Knight is, in fact, an atheist. I mean, it’s technically nothing new and has been somewhat explored in the past (I believe it was Broken City that briefly touched on this before), but the latest entry into Tom King’s ongoing saga has really gotten people talking.
You see, this all came about in the concluding chapter of “Cold Days,” an arc that saw Bruce Wayne sit on a jury deciding the fate of Mr. Freeze after he was apprehended by Batman himself. To me, it played out like 12 Angry Men, only with the Caped Crusader being involved.
Though various other interesting things happened, it was in the opening pages where Bruce discussed his standpoint with a Christian juror, basically saying he was raised as such by his father, but abandoned it once his parents were murdered. Considering how this guy always approaches situations from a rational and scientific standpoint, none of us should really be surprised about his atheism.
This was but one item on a laundry list of introspection following his being jilted at the altar by Catwoman last month, as the issue finished with him jettisoning the costume he’s worn since the Rebirth era kicked off because he doesn’t want to wear anything that reminds him of his time spent with Selina Kyle. As such, the suit introduced during the days of Hush is back – trunks and all.
Batman #53 is now available in comic shops.
A comic book character .... someone has a deficient interface with reality.
> Batman’s An Atheist <
No. I say that Batman is really a Buddhist. And the Joker is a lapsed Shinto priest. And I’ve got drawings to prove it. Who can prove me wrong?
Batman has seen gods and has been portrayed as religious in other issues so I don’t see why this was necessary
The way the left is PC’ing the world I would of thought they would say Batman was transgender!
Go with Alt-Hero (check it out on Vox Day's blog).
The way the left is PC’ing the world I would of thought they would say Batman was transgender!
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I’ve always had questions about Robin.
Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb.
I don’t believe in Batman.
He’s certainly not the Batman that I knew in the 50’s.
He should be re-named "Batperson" or "Batit" or somesuch.
Leni
Batman is whatever the guy writing it says he is. Just as long as he’s fighting crime, I don’t care about Bruce Wayne.
If thats true, then ultimately everything he does is meaningless because no absolutes exist, its all personal preferences and everything is relative, and nothing he does in his lifetime truly means anything. Other than he just did, what he wanted to do, whatever the reasons. The reasons dont matter one bit in the cosmic scheme of things. Good and bad are completely relative subjective terms.
The comic book age is over.
The pukes trying to influence children through super heroes..are a dollar late and a dollar short.
Super heroes were designed for moral society. The modern writers can try to deny it , but they can’t.
Batman doesn’t exist. How the **** can he be an atheist? Somebody is doing too many recreational drugs.
He’s not?
They need to create a Satanist character, to be more inclusive. And it has to be a hero, not a villain [\sarc].
Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy was the finest work of comic-book adaptation in film history, with the Dark Knight hands down the greatest comic-book movie ever made.
So instead of continuing it and introducing more villians, they're going to decide to reboot the story all over again in "The Batman" coming out in 2019.
Might as well just bring back Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher to make the cheesy-ass campy Batman movies in the 90s.
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