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[shellsbut]

A Batman that kills is... a serial killer.

to true but Im sure he would be just as good at it as he is doing his normal BAtman things. As long as he isnt insane Id walk the Gotham streets with money hanging out of my pockets.

[Pseudonym]

Batman is insane. Very much so.

[Hayesmeister5651]

Batman is insane. Very much so.

Read "Batman 100 Page Spectacular BAD" that is one of the things they get into. There is a bunch of others that have gone into that as well, but BAD is the most recent.

[Pseudonym]

I am not going to read 100 page anything to prove that a man who spends his nights jumping rooftop to rooftop in bat shaped bulletproof armor with a bat-themed car is sane. Give me the deets.

[Hayesmeister5651]

I am not going to read 100 page anything to prove that a man who spends his nights jumping rooftop to rooftop in bat shaped bulletproof armor with a bat-themed car is sane. Give me the deets.

Uhh I wasn't trying to prove anything. Just suggesting a good read -.-

[Pseudonym]

Huh, ok. If I stumble upon it in my travels, I'll remember you.

[Bladephyre]

Most of you do not seem to know how criminals in the real world think.

The only chance Batman would have is to be completely unkown.
As soon as he gets a rep for being feared, every thug in the city will be looking to make a name for themself by killing him. Real criminals do not fight fair, he will be fighting one person and some guy will just pull a gun and shoot him in the head. In the real world, even wearing abulletproof vest still hurts like hell, and his mask would just deliver all that kinetic energy strair to his head. Not only that but in the real world criminals are goign to be smart enough to actually follow him and kill him later.

Batman in the real world would be dead within a week.

[baneblade]

By far, 'Dark Knight' by Nolan is the most 'realistic' take on the character. If that is any indication of it 'could be', I wouldn't bet that he would go down so fast, as he would have close allies in the law as well, who would realistically 'tail any wayward spying games' by the criminal community. Ex: Joker nearly kills him, but he is saved by Gordon. In reality, it would turn into a situation where there would be either of two takes:

1) They gun for him, other crime bosses in tow, and he would fight back, with those in his favour in tow. A war that would end sooner than later, with heavy casualties

2) They leave him be, avoiding the full on conflict and exposing the 'inner workings' of their circles further, and instead take bit shots, and he does the same. Hence, jab when you see an opening kind of routine.

Hence, it is not so black and white as it seems, that the bad guys would just tail him and dispose of him. After the first two successful strikes against crime, there would be many who would make a deal with him, many who favour him, and it would rather be a 'Dark Knightish' take in the real world, where either of the above scenarios is only possible.

[Nova Force Nova]

[DamagingRob]

Damn it, man! The CBUB Character Chat had been dead for 3 days. Y U DO DIS?!

[Nova Force Nova]

BATMAN NEEDS TO KNOW!

[xLEGACYx]

Most of you do not seem to know how criminals in the real world think.

The only chance Batman would have is to be completely unkown.
As soon as he gets a rep for being feared, every thug in the city will be looking to make a name for themself by killing him. Real criminals do not fight fair, he will be fighting one person and some guy will just pull a gun and shoot him in the head. In the real world, even wearing abulletproof vest still hurts like hell, and his mask would just deliver all that kinetic energy strair to his head. Not only that but in the real world criminals are goign to be smart enough to actually follow him and kill him later.

Batman in the real world would be dead within a week.

what most people dont realize is that real life criminals are just as superstitious as comic book ones. They are afraid of things they dont understand. Unarmed criminals wont even fight a normal person when they have the numbers in fear of what would happen. The way Batman operates the criminals dont realize he is human. Now imagine a superstitious criminal seeing something that looks like a demon, in the middle of the city at night, and then they have to shoot accurately in the dark at something that moves through the shadows faster than they can react. Real life martial artists (Masters) have shown the ability to disarm someon from three feet away in broad daylight. Now imagine someone that is doing that with skill, fear, conditions, envioronment, and tech on his side. Also, other than main villians like Joker and etc. he takes out criminals when they "feel safe".

Against the criminals Batman would have a good real life chance. Against the police it would be a completely different story and the reasons for that are in Soberguy's early comment.

[Nova Force Nova]

Hehe...ok. Now imagine seeing some guy in a funny bat costume trying to stop a robbery of a gas station in the middle of the day. Not so scary.

[Hayesmeister5651]

Hehe...ok. Now imagine seeing some guy in a funny bat costume trying to stop a robbery of a gas station in the middle of the day. Not so scary.

I'd be terrified. If a bat is out in the day light, it more then likely has rabies. Yikes!

[force_echo]

Most of you do not seem to know how criminals in the real world think.

The only chance Batman would have is to be completely unkown.
As soon as he gets a rep for being feared, every thug in the city will be looking to make a name for themself by killing him

I read Battle for The Cowl too.

Honestly, I don't think guns are the problem. Batman would likely be at or above cutting edge vest technology, easily enough to deflect a pistol round without incapacitation. Besides, only less than 1% of crimes have military grade weaponry. Moreover, the tactics Batman would practice would maximize protection against firearms. 3 Navy SEALS held off over 200 combatants in Operation Redwing. Think of Batman as a Navy SEAL, he has analgous training, and higher physical abilities. While he doesn't use guns, he does have an arsenal of nonlethal weaponry at or above cutting edge technology,

[OMFG]

And plus, he's Batman.

[Nova Force Nova]

The police would be all over him faster with all those high tech gadgets.

[force_echo]

Batman in the comics works with the police, being an honorary member of the GCPD. Batman in real life would probably do the same, once he's actually proven himself to be somewhat effective. Of course, it is a stretch to think the police department would allow some masked vigilante going around and beating up criminals, but I was just mentioning the "Guns" part of the argument.

[Scar]

I agree with Soberguy. I don't think you guys are of this planet.

In the real world, Batman wouldn't work because a human being wearing that type of outfit can not out manuever a well trained marksman with armor piercing rounds.

That and when some well armed super tech wielding guy starts fighting crime, the first suspect is going to be the super rich dude with the dead by crime parents.

[force_echo]

I agree with Soberguy. I don't think you guys are of this planet.

In the real world, Batman wouldn't work because a human being wearing that type of outfit can not out manuever a well trained marksman with armor piercing rounds.

That and when some well armed super tech wielding guy starts fighting crime, the first suspect is going to be the super rich dude with the dead by crime parents.

Right, because a thug holding up a bank is going to be packing an assault rifle with depleted uranium rounds. Again, less than two percent of crimes use assault grade weaponry, and Batman's suit is at or above current materials science.