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The Bat-Signal makes no damn sense.
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clockworkinyou
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Attempts at woke fan fiction are the worst.
If Luthor really wanted he probably could have figured it out
He does in current continuity using common sense
Living the Dream
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Why canÂ’t they just text him
You're looking for the mid 2000s animated series: The Batman.
radios shipping overview
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Why does Batman use the Bat-Signal?
Because it looks fucking awesome, that's why
I know the idea of this shot makes no sense whatsoever, but it looks damn cool.
Those didn't exist in 1940. I mean, it's a legacy system, and it's iconic.
It makes sense though?
Bruce in Batman Returns has a bunch of mini projectors rigged up across Wayne Manor to project a Bat Signal inside the house if the main one gets activated. Basically in case Bruce isn't near a window that faces Gotham. Admittedly this would be awkward to explain if it went off during a dinner party or something
Lex already knows that Bruce is Batman.
LordOfLore
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Gordon doesn’t know(he has never asked since this way whenever anyone asks him who Batman is he can honestly say ”I don’t know! It could be anyone!”). He obviously has a pretty good hunch who it is though.
Btw, from the Injustice comics:
That's Shazzam, and he wears a cloak now.
This is the detail people are forgetting.
Like Superman getting changed in a phone booth, it's archaic, but a tradition.
Which would be a thing that would be extraordinarily visually obvious to anyone who happened to look up and follow the reflections straight to Wayne Manor.
The Batsignal has never made sense. It's rule of cool all the way, and that's okay.
What? Didn't he find out during his time as Batman?
It isn't a series of reflectors that lead right to Wayne Manor. It's a bunch of mini projectors right on Wayne Manor itself. There's nothing to trace/follow there.
Okay, that's slightly better, but it's 1989, they have to be linked to the main signal somehow. It's absolutely traceable.
DOES he still change in phone booths?
Astral Dog
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I thought it was common knowledge Batman worked with the police 🤔
Nope.
SwiftDeath
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If only Batman existed before cell phones
If only
If only
Really depends on who writes him. In many incarnations, such as the Adam West show, they make it clear they were deputized by the police.
……forgetit
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The fuck is a mobile? Batman is an American damn it.
Batman Returns was in 1992, thank you very much!
I could believe that Batman would have some kind of scanner that would check the skyline for something that resembled the Bat Signal though. I mean, this is the same universe where Bruce could make a CD do turn table scratches despite that making no sense
Didn't The Dark Knight have Gordon when asked about the Bat-Signal say "If you want to talk about malfunctioning equipment, talk to maintenance" or something? Like so many other things about the GCPD's work with Batman, everyone knows they're working, but they just dismiss it.
backflip10019
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But what if crime happens during the daytime?
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
thats just silly
That's when you call Matches Malone.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
The JSA and Alan Scott take care of Gotham during the day of course. That's when the alien invasions happen. Batman takes care of the mob and the non-galactic threats at night but he gets all the credit for some reason.
Insert that Grant Morrison quote. A lot of things don't make sense in comics. It's comics.
People voted for Stargod in the MvC: I poll Intelliheath posted on GameFAQs and I wondered who in Odin's name he was. Was it you?
You should know Man-Wolf is his slave name, Stargod is his true name
People voted for Stargod in the MvC: I poll Intelliheath posted on GameFAQs and I wondered who in Odin's name he was. Was it you?
Yeah they do.
Edit:
Lol, kinda beaten by Slay, as expected
I didn't say they weren't cool.
Walter White Walker
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Many things in comic books don't make any sense if you think about it too much.
Knew someone would post this.
Spidey (really Dr Octopus) then provides JJ with a shielded cell in order to reach him. This sounds great and all... until you remember that his allegedly fool proof tech getting hacked by the Green Goblin proved to be his downfall. And ol GG is a drooling moron compared to Lex Luthor. So yeah, best to go with something as fucking analog as possible.
Screaming Meat
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Off the top of my head:
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
All the criminals see it and shit themselves.
Reason 3:
It can't be tracked.
Reason 4:
I know Reason 1 and 4 are the same, but I felt it was so important to emphasise that I included it twice.
Reason 1:
Because it looks fucking awesome, that's why
Reason 2:
All the criminals see it and shit themselves.
Reason 3:
It can't be tracked.
Reason 4:
Because it looks fucking awesome, that's why
I know Reason 1 and 4 are the same, but I felt it was so important to emphasise that I included it twice.
TheRedSnifit
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There is another choice.
Moose Biscuits
It would be extreamly painful...
He uses it to get in touch with his mom.
TangoAlphaLima
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Like the Bat-Signal, it's much more about image than practicality. Just like a random guy beating up crooks doesn't really inspire any trepidation, but the Batman mythos does.
The Animated Series was actually pretty good about showing the pros and cons of the cape. Batman regularly used it to confuse or disarm people, and on occasion something or someone did grab onto the cape so it wasn't like it was always a help.
Screaming Meat
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Literally any comic universe's most OP power.
captainpat
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If marvel and dc weren't always trying to take themselves deadly serious concepts like the bat signal wouldn't be so stupid.
Daffy Duck
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Instantly made me think of this
To repeat: Stop overthinking funnybooks.
balladofwindfishes
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In TAS, both Batman and Bruce Wayne appear in Metropolis at the same time, and leave at the same time. Batman also inexplicably knows about deals between LexCorp and Wayne Enterprises that only Luthor and Wayne know about.
There's no way he couldn't figure it out, but he never does.
It's kind of hard to make a super villain whose power is his brilliant intellect and then have him fooled by a costume.
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