8 times Batman should really have to break his rule of “no-kill”

The subject of Batman No-Kill Rule is surprisingly controversial. Bruce Wayne’s refusal to kill is an essential characteristic of the black knight. It is practically impossible to write for the character without this quality, and yet it is a characteristic that so many readers want to abolish Batman’s personality.
Some will say that the Batman non-Kill rule is perfectly logical, but others are quick to challenge its validity. Those who oppose the rule are quick to say that Batman’s insistence in not killing does more harm than good, because it allows reckless criminals to become repeat offenders and lisses with little or no consequences. Others will say that Batman has been justified in more than one opportunity to kill someone, even if he has only broken his rule once. These are some examples that some Batman fans would have let him slide to kill.
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Robin’s death should have given Batman the green light to kill the Joker
Batman had the perfect opportunity, but saved Joker instead
The murder by the second Robin of Batman is often quoted as the greatest failure of Bruce Wayne. The resurrection of Jason Todd while Red Hood obtains Batman to remember constantly the only time he let his sidekick die in the hands of his Gallery of thugs. Regarding the public, a great reason why Batman should feel guilty is that he has never avenged the death of his substitution son, the only time he was justified. In fact, Batman had the opportunity to let the Joker die.
These references Batman # 429, written by Jim Starlin and Crayed by Jim Aparo.
After “A Death in the Family”, all that Batman can think is the death of Jason, to the point of carrying noisy blood for revenge. Again, Even when he hated the joker the most, Batman refused to let another victim die of armed violenceEven if it was a victim that no one would have blamed him for not saving.
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The death of Stephanie Brown is neglected as a Batman failure
The death of the spoiler is almost more brutal than that of Jason Todd
If killing the second Robin is considered the biggest failure of Batman, the death of the fourth Robin should be considered just as overwhelming. Stephanie Brown adopts the Robin coat when Tim Drake’s father prohibits Tim from being Robin. However, in her efforts to infiltrate criminal hell, she is tangled with the black mask. Technically speaking, after Batman dismissed her, she was not under his watch at the time, but refusing her as her acolyte is exactly what motivated her to try to prove himself.
Although she is confirmed dead Batman # 634, the indignation of the fans in the face of the death of Spoiler would force DC to Retcon for Retcon. In Rush # 174, he revealed that Dr. Leslie Thompkins helped Stephanie simulate his death.
Trying to prove yourself against gangsters outside of his league killed him. The least that Batman could have done it after pushing his former pupil in front of his limits was death by putting a permanent end to the black mask. Roman Sionis contributed to some of the most unforgivable moments of DC, and no one would blame Batman for having put it out of his misery
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Bane Killing Alfred was a loss that Batman has never faced
“City of Bane” saw Alfred Pennyworth die in Bane
Batman endured some immense tragedies, but no tragedy broke him as obvious as the death of Alfred Pennyworth. When Bane exceeded the city alongside an alternative universe of Thomas Wayne (alias Flashpoint Batman), the butler of the battle family was taken hostage. Bane and co. Promise that Alfred would be killed if a family member infiltrated Gotham to save him. Damian Wayne refused to listen, and Ole Al had to pay the consequences. Batman and Robin always wear an Alfred trauma.
If he broke and chose to break Bane’s neck accordingly, even longtime Batman fans could have understood where Bruce came from.
In the case of Bruce, he had the misfortune to find the corpse of Alfred, while he ran towards his paternal face like a child. It is the most vulnerable that anyone who has ever seen Batman on the panel. If he broke and chose to break Bane’s neck accordingly, even longtime Batman fans could have understood where Bruce came from. Even some superheroes should have given Batman a pass.
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Batman could have Avengers Kgbeast for having created Rioc Grayson
Bruce came to kill the Dick Grayson shooter
By trying to work within the limits of his rule without killers, Batman sometimes gets closer to killing someone just to prove a point (or because he cannot resolve to finish the act). In most of these cases, Batman gets close enough for fans to be able to debate if the intention is enough to break his rule. One of these examples came after Kgbeast fatally shot his son, Dick Grayson. The head of Nightwing at the head is so severe that it loses its memory, forcing it to the very unloved identity of Ric Grayson. Caché, Batman Chasse Kgbeast in a distant location.
At the end of their skirmish, Batman breaks Kgbeast’s neck and lets him die in the snow. Although he does not directly kill Kgbeast, he saw him paralyzed in freezing conditions. The reflection process is Batman refusing to save Kgbeast instead of killing it, but some would call options in the same way.
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Batman had almost no choice but to take the life of Killer Croc
The Hush scenario temporarily renamed Killer Croc in a monster still worse
Killer Croc has often been considered one of Batman’s most harmless bad guys. Obviously, “harmless” is vaguely used in this direction. Killer Croc has always been dangerous, but compared to the more atrific threats of the Caped Crusader like the Joker or the Bane, Killer Croc is short. This changes during the arc of “Hush” history, where, through the supervillain of the title and the experimental interference of the Riddler, Croc is transferred to a wild shell of his old self. Its more human characteristics and intelligence are minimized, while its physical strength and its protective scales are improved.
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As such, he is invited to commit much more terror than usual, especially eating people and removing children. While Batman is able to dispose, Croc always gives him a more difficult fight. If Batman had been forced to deposit a more animal hook, it would have been understandable.
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The most explicit serial killer of the most explicit serial killer of Professor Pyg Batman
A Batman villain who would be destroyed in sight in real life
Professor Pyg is a new supervillain of this group, and for the most part, this villain is rooted in reality. What separates him from most of Batman’s enemies is that there is no caricatural plot for the most twisted enemy in Batman. He is above all a serial killer, but what helps him integrate into the world of DC is that he revives his victims in insane servants, or Dollotroons, using his skills as a former scientist.
His trip of murder alone would be considered at best disturbed, but the warning of the way he experiences on his victims allows him to achieve something beyond simple madmen. In the real world, it is difficult to believe that Professor Pyg would not force the police or even the other criminals to shoot him, and even less to be thrown into the Arkham asylum for brief vacation. Rather than preventing this, Maybe Batman should reconsider the maintenance of such a calculated psychopath.
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Victor Zsasz could be the worst serial killer of Gotham City never
Batman could be too forgiving towards serial killers
Similar to Professor Pyg, Victor Zsasz is a serial killer, and as an enemi who has pyg, he has a little more skin in the game (without puns). Unlike Pyg, Zsasz has a larger number of bodies than the teacher, and perhaps any other existing Gothamit. Victor Zsasz sculpts a count in his body to represent each person he killed, and at the moment, his body lacks space, alluding to countless murders.
Batman admitted that he hates Victor more than most of the rivals of his somership gallery, but this hatred has still not been sufficient to force Batman to use the deadly force. For these deadly bad guys, it becomes more difficult for fans to understand why Batman more or less allows Zsasz to continue to kill. Or why he actively prevents him from meeting his own macabre fate.
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The end of the joke kills more sense with Batman strangling the Joker
If the story was not canon now, it would be the ideal end to Joker and Batman’s war
There was a time when The joke of killing was considered non -canonical, which meant that the final panels of Batman and Joker sharing a laugh would have very well implied that Batman strangles the Joker to death. And it would be easy to understand, given the shots to the villain and paralyzing Barbara Gordon, and torments his father in history beforehand.
Maybe It is only in these circumstances that the average reader would accept the murder of Batman, presented as “the joke of killing” which has become his last straw. In DC Canon, all these events have now taken place, less the murder of Batman. But fans can always debate the initial intention, canon or not.
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