Number One Hero

The Number One Hero is:









































Batman

Points: 169

# of Voters: 10

Range: 20th - 1st place

Thug - “Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me, man!”
Batman - “I’m not going to kill you. I want you to do me a favor. I want you to tell all your friends about me.
Thug - “What are you?!”
Batman - “I’m Batman.”
-From 1989 Batman Movie

“It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.”
-Batman from “Batman Begins”


Oh yeah, the man himself. Some doubted, some thought he wouldn’t make do it. But he did. Batman made the number one Hero. Not exactly against all odd though, I mean he’s Batman, if he didn’t make it he would have come close. Every close. Then he’d send the people that got ahead of him to the hospital.

Batman is the coolest super hero, biggest BA, greatest detective, darkest, most clever, greatest crime fighter in DC Comics. He started way back out in 1939 and now is one of the most liked comic book heroes. The Character has starred in may comic books, televisions shows, cartoon shows, video games, and movies.

Our now Dark Knight had to overcome some great odds to get on top of the comic world. The largest one being himself. Early in his career as a comic character he was depicted in very childish comics. Though most all comic characters started out that way, not many of them shook it off to become as dark as Batman is. The character took another blow to his credibility during the 60’s when the Batman Television show aired. This show made Batman look goofy, weird, and anything but dark. Thought the show was good for a laugh, for a character to overcome that image and become a dark vigilante is a great achievement.

Batman is really Bruce Wayne, the owner of the billion dollar company Wayne Enterprises. He was born in Gotham City, the most crime infested city in the United State. His Parents were killed right in front of him by mugger. That event changed Bruce forever. He traveled the world learning all he could about marshal arts, acrobatics, escape artists, detective work as well as any skill he could master. He quickly became a master of many talents and he returned to Gotham. In Gotham he took up a cape and cowl, that covered most of his face and had a bat-like ears at the top, and called himself “Batman”. He used his talents and almost infinite resources to fight the crime in Gotham. He would use his image to cast fear in the hearts of criminal like no other hero could.

Batman is one of the greatest fighters in the DC world. With his marshal arts and a few throwing knives (batarang) he can take out a whole force of armed criminals. He also has an arsenal of other weapons gadgets, and vehicles that he invented himself. With these he can solve almost any problem he faces.

But Batman’s greatest weapon is his mind. He’s only human so super humans sometimes can get the better of him. But if he has time to prepare, or can escape for a second round (which he can always do, he’s batman) no one stands a chance. He can outsmart anyone and always finds a way to defeat his foe. Foes which once even included Superman (yes, Batman did defeat Superman in “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns”). Batman is also one of the greatest detectives in the world. He can solve any case and find any criminal. Bats uses his brain in all situations. His intelligence makes him equals with some of the most powerful super heroes in DC. Which is why he is a dominate figure in the Justice League.

He’s Dark. He’s cold. He’s clever. He’s cool. Batman just rocks. Batman in number one.