Batman – Speech
Many great heroes are born out of tragedy, and for no one is this more true than Bruce Wayne. He was the only child in a family commonly regarded as Gotham City's finest. But his innocence was torn away the night his parents were murdered before his eyes. From that fateful night, Bruce dedicated himself to becoming the ultimate detective. For years he travelled the world, training himself both mentally and physically. He studied criminology, forensics, and criminal psychology, and learned from man hunters and martial artists, mastering every fighting style. In time, Bruce forged himself into a living weapon to wage war on crime and injustice. Unlike many superheroes, Batman has no superpowers and instead relies on "his own scientific knowledge, detective skills, and athletic prowess." Batman is physically at the peak of human potential in several areas. Notably in martial arts, acrobatics, strength and escape artistry. Intellectually, he is just as peerless. Batman is one of the world's greatest scientists, engineers, criminologists and tacticians, as well as a master of disguise. He is regarded as one of the DC Universe's greatest detectives and is described by superman himself as "the most dangerous man on Earth".
Besides having brilliant physical abilities, having the resources of Bruce Wayne allows Batman to utilize a large arsenal of specialized gadgets in his war against crime, the designs of which usually share a bat motif. One of the first bat-themed weapons was the batarang. Batman's primary vehicle is the Batmobile which is depicted as an imposing black car with tailfins that suggest a bat's wings. Batman's other vehicles include the Bat plane (aka the Batwing), The Batboat, Bat-Sub, and the Batcycle. Thankfully, the "bat" prefix (which I find to be kind of cheesy and annoying) is rarely used by Batman himself when referring to his equipment. Of all of his resources, there is one weapon that you will never see Batman use. Batman is firmly against the use of guns which is probably derived from the fact that his parents were killed by a gun when he was eight years old.
One of my favourite parts of the Batman universe are the villains. Batman faces a variety of foes ranging from common thieves to the most extreme of super villains. Batman's most formidable foe (and my favourite villain) is the Joker. The joker is a master criminal with a clown-like appearance, including bleached white skin, red lips and green hair. The Joker is initially portrayed as a violent sociopath who murders people and commits crimes for his own amusement. He commits crimes with countless "comedic" weapons such as razor-sharp playing cards, acid-spewing flowers, cyanide pies, lethally electric joy buzzers and Joker Venom which is a deadly poison that infects victims with a ghoulish grin as they die while laughing uncontrollably. Other recurring enemies include Catwoman, The Penguin, Two-Face, The Riddler, Scarecrow, Mister Freeze, Poison Ivy, Ra's As Ghul, Bane, among many others.
There are many reasons why I cherish Batman over any other superhero I've liked in my lifetime. I've found that in reading the actual comic books, no other superhero can deliver such a raw, gritty and dark presence. His dialogue is straight to the point, eloquent, and intimidating. The atmosphere of Batman in a comic book cannot be replaced or mimicked in any way. The stories that include Batman are a complete experience and have totally sucked me in with no signs of escaping.
12.07.2013
Points: 373
Reviews: 16
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