Batman American Hero

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Heroes Throughout America Many people love to sit down and watch a good superhero movie, but Batman was not always the Dark Knight, he used to be a dork running around with a kid in a speedo. Many found the idea of heroes comforting as Joshua Feblowitz writes, “For decades, figures such as Superman, Batman, and Spiderman have been fighting evil and criminality in fictional worlds that re-imagine American society and offer clear and unequivocal ideas of justice.”(The Hero We Create: 9/11 & The Reinvention of Batman). As the views of what makes a strong hero change, the comic book writers change each hero to fit the mold. Batman is no exception. The same can be seen in the X-men, as in the 70’s, sleeping around was acceptable: Magneto has ten …show more content…
At the age of eight, his journey to become Batman began with the murder of his parents. After witnessing that, he searched for his parents’ murderer and got the idea to become the Dark Knight. Along the years he took in Dick Greyson, a boy who watched his parents fall to their deaths, after Tony Zucco sabotaged their trapeze wire. Dick soon became the first Robin, Batman’s side kick, but it didn’t stop there. After Dick Greyson left Gotham, Batman adopted another boy. In the end he adopted three boys, Dick Greyson, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake, who were all Robin. No one comes into the Wayne family without a dark past. Jason Todd, for example, was a street rat. He grew up stealing and only met Batman because he stole the tires off the Batmobile. He was later murdered by the Joker, after being beating with a crowbar and blown up by a bomb. He is later brought back to life by Ra’s Al Ghul and becomes the Red Hood. The Red Hood is an anti-hero who has no qualms against killing. Though that is not all Ra’s does. Years before saving Jason, he had his daughter drug and sleep with Batman to get pregnant. After his daughter gave birth to his grandson, Damian Wayne, he begins to train him to be the ultimate killer to take over the League of Assassins once Ra’s had