The 1960s Batman television series used a camp aesthetic, which continued to be associated with the character for years after the show ended. Following Infinite Crisis, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson (having recovered from his wounds), and Tim Drake retrace the steps Bruce had taken when he originally left Gotham City, to "rebuild Batman".

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Bruce Wayne is a newspaper publisher who is highly critical of Batman and his brutal methods and goes after him when he actually kills the enemy in question, both men dying in the final battle. In the present day, Batman discovers the Court of Owls, a secret organization operating in Gotham for decades. The final storyline before the Convergence (2015) storyline was " Endgame", depicting the supposed final battle between Batman and the Joker when he unleashes the deadly Endgame virus onto Gotham City. Wertham's criticisms raised a public outcry during the 1950s, eventually leading to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority, a code that is no longer in use by the comic book industry.Although originally, in Batman: Son of the Demon, Bruce's coupling with Talia was implied to be consensual, this arc retconned it into Talia forcing herself on Bruce. However, "Hush" sees Batman and Catwoman allied against the entire rogues gallery and rekindling their romantic relationship. DC Comics' 2005 miniseries Identity Crisis reveals that JLA member Zatanna had edited Batman's memories to prevent him from stopping the Justice League from lobotomizing Dr. Part of this absence is captured during Week 30 of the 52 series, which shows Batman fighting his inner demons. Batman has trained extensively in various fighting styles, making him one of the best hand-to-hand fighters in the DC Universe.

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Hence, the costume's colors have appeared in the comics as dark blue and grey; [123] as well as black and grey. Batman refuses to utilize any sort of gun on the principle that a gun was used to murder his parents. Studying the Flash's abilities, she built a suit of armor capable of artificially channeling the Speed Force and changed her codename to the Red Death.

He felt that he had not used his creative potential to its fullest and that success had passed him by. Grim Knight is a Batman from an unknown part of the Dark Multiverse who wields firearms ever since the day his parents were killed by Joe Chill. An villainous version of Bruce appears in the form of Earth-13 Batman resembling the Joker with a patchwork costume.