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Summary
From his Bat - suit to the Batmobile , Batmanhas many classical symbols and gadgets , but the most iconic is without a doubt the Bat - Signal . Whenever there ’s a major law-breaking going on — or Gordon just want to affright some criminals — the Commissioner will scoot the Bat - Signal in the sky to get Batman ’s attention . of late , Batman has finally noticed how counter - intuitive the Bat - Signal actually is .
AsBatman is train to find his memoryafter a tear of amnesia in the story " Pygmalion " by Guillem March and Arif Prianto fromBatman : The Brave and the Bold#7 , he ends up seeing the Bat - Signal in the sky . Still want to work as Batman despite the memory loss , he head over to the Bat - Signal to see what Gordon require . This ensue in the amnesiac Batman annotate on what a potentially high-risk idea the Bat - Signal is .
Since Batman wish about his secret indistinguishability , he ca n’t incisively give the constabulary a telephone number or something , but what he has done is instead give criminals an exact way to know where he is . While it ’s mean to strike fear in the hearts of outlaw , it rather lets every condemnable know that Batman is busy at the GCPD headquarters .
In DC vs. Vampires , Batman ’s Bat - Signal was just turned into a deadly weapon , as its activation is the consummate vampire killer in the dark universe .
Batman Realizes the Bat-Signal Tells Criminals He’s Occupied
The Bat - Signal has existed for ten in Batman ’s mythos and functions as both a symbol of Leslie Townes Hope and a way to summon Batman . The sign is supposed to direct a substance to outlaw that Batman is on his direction and a substance to civilian that help is coming . While these are nice ideas , an amnesiac Batman has a fresh twosome of heart to appear at this concept and has noticed a monolithic fault . While it ’s sure necessary to be able-bodied to summon Batman , theBat - Signal being on agency Batmanisn’t actively on the street ; he ’s heading to the GCPD , which allows criminals to act with impunity for a period .
When the Bat - Signal hits the sky , every criminal knows precisely where Batman is heading . This mean criminals across town have plenty of meter to rob a bank or commit some other offence , since Batman is meddlesome at the GCPD . Even if he ’s somehow aware of a crime happening across town , there ’s no elbow room he could possibly get there in clip . This is a huge oversight , considering what the Bat - Signal is meant to do . It ’s supposed to strike fear into the substance of crook by letting them experience Batman is actively move around the city , but everyone know where he ’s moving to .
Batman’s Bat-Signal Has One Huge Flaw
The musical theme of the Bat - Signal never really made much gumption on closer examination . Batman is essentially a ninja who relies on fear to light upon little terror into the affectionateness of criminals . But he also uses a giant torch that announces his presence to everyone to intercommunicate with the police . While there ’s no denying that the Bat - Signal is an iconic and important part of Batman ’s history , Batmanhimself has pointed out that it really does n’t make much sense .
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BATMAN : THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD # 7 ( 2023 )
