Gray Hush
A gorgeous candid shot of Batman on the cover to the Hush trade paperback.
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The Alpha Ninja
As this group of hapless ninjas finds out, Batman is at the top of the food chain. Also we see the phrase ‘the Goddamn Batman’, made infamous by the Frank Miller / Jim Lee super project ‘All Star Batman and Robin’.
Inside the Bat
This scene from the infamous All-Star Batman and Robin run shows Batman tending to a severely beaten Catwoman. The horror of the situation is that the realization that the Joker now has a weakness in the young Batman to exploit.
One common trope in the comics is that Batman’s inner monologue is often depicted as being hand written. Before computers were ubiquitous, Batman kept meticulous handwritten logs and journals of his cases, and so the convention of using his ‘diary’ entries as narration has continued to the present day. For all his machismo, his journals often reveal an introspective, tortured emotion under the stoic, confident exterior .
Rooftop Vigilance
More than any other hero, Batman is known for his nightly patrols of Gotham’s rooftops. From his perch amongst the gargoyles, he can efficiently watch large swaths of darkened alleys and dramatically swoop in when the time is right.
