1) Juli-Bruce and Rom-e-Robin (Batman Vol. 1 #72, 1952):
Bruce ingested a poison that left him dead for several minutes before being revived. Hey, if it worked for Juliet, why not Batman. Fortunately, the issue didn't end with a distraught Robin discovering Batman's lifeless body and killing himself.
2) ANT-MAN TO THE RESCUE (The Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #115, 1974):
Batman's search for a kidnapped woman ended badly when he was electrocuted by a booby-trapped window and left brain-dead. The Atom shrunk himself and shocked Batman back to life.
3) Almost Got Em' (Batman vol. 1 #291-294, 1977):
The Joker proved to be an ultimate culprit, though he was rather bemused to learn that he merely killed a civilian in a Batman costume and that the real Batman had been hiding in plain sight the entire time.
4) Shovel Showdown (Batman - Birth of the Demon, 1992):
While fighting Ra's Al Ghul, Batman was impaled with a shovel causing him to throw the already dying Ra's and himself into the Lazarus Pit together.
5) Quite Shocking Really (Detective Comics Vol. 1 #644, 1992):
The Electrocutioner shock Batman, stopping his heart. Luckily Robin was around to revive him.
6) Jokes on you (Batman - Legends of the Dark Knight #65, 1994):
One of Jokers explosive boobytrap seemed to finally succeed where all his other pranks had failed. Despondent, Joker dumped Batman's lifeless body into a river, returned to Gotham, and did the only thing a homicidal clown can do in such circumstances - he turned normal. Joker re-christened himself Joseph Kerr and deluded himself into believing he was just ordinary working stuff with a skin condition. He even fell in love and got engaged. Of course, it turned out Batman wasn't quite dead and the Joker returned to being the Joker.
7) Love ya Bats (Action Comics Vol. 1 #770, 2000):
Joker managed to gain godlike powers and used them to get most of Mr Mxyzptlk's powers which meant he could warp and remould reality to his whim. Joker took special joy in using this newfound power to enslave Batman and kill him over and over. Joker's attachment to the Caped Crusader proved to be his undoing. His plot to destroy all of the reality stalled when Joker realized it would mean erasing Batman for good.
8) He's a Jerk Like That (Superman - Red Son #2, 2003):
Superman's space pod crashed in Soviet-era Russia instead of Kansas. Superman became the figurehead of the USSR, but there must always be a Batman. Batman took the form of a Russian terrorist/freedom fighter striking back at Superman's increasingly oppressive regime. Batman chose to activate a suicide bomb rather than be captured.
9) Have you read the book about teleportation? It's bound to get you somewhere (Final Crisis #6, 2009):
Batman was captured by Darkseid's forces with the intention of using his DNA to create an army of evil Batman clones. After destroying the clones with the power of his Bat-psychological trauma, Batman confronted Darkseid with the same gun the villain had used to murder his own son, Orion. Batman broke his rule against wielding firearms and mortally wounded Darkseid. But in the process, he was vaporized by Darkseid's Omega Sanction blast. By the time Superman arrived to rescue him, only a charred corpse was left. But alas, this is Batman we're talking about. It turned out that the Omega Sanction didn't kill him, but transported him back to prehistoric Gotham and turned him into a ticking time bomb (it's a long story).
10) Mind Blown (Earth 2 #1, 2012):
No matter how many times Batman dies (or seems to die) in the comics, he always finds a way to come back. The same can't be said for some of his alternate universe incarnations, especially the Batman of Earth 2. One by one, Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman all fell before Darkseid's sheer numbers. Before he went, Batman managed to upload a virus to the control tower powering Darkseid's Parademons. Though he died when the tower self-destructed, he managed to put a swift end to the war (for a few years at least).
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Batfam Facts for Newbies
AcakI got bored and, well, I know a lot about the batfamily. I'll mention some stuff about other families too maybe, who knows? A bunch of different stuff, some will involve my opinions.
