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This is a collage I made of the loner aspect of Batman, part 1. The text narration by Bill Finger says, "The 'Bat-Man,' a mysterious and adventurous figure, fighting for righteousness and apprehending the wrong doer, in his lone battle against the evil forces of society... His identity remains unknown." [from Detective Comics #27 (1939) "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" written by Bill Finger and art by Bob Kane]. The text narration by Bill Finger says, "The 'Bat-Man,' a mysterious and adventurous figure, fighting for righteousness and apprehending the menaces of society in his lone battle against the evil. His identity remains unknown. (He is one Bruce Wayne, bored young socialite.)" [from Detective Comics #28 (1939) "Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gang" written by Bill Finger and art by Bob Kane.] Julie Madison says, "But... If you are taking me home... How do you know where I live? Why won't you talk? You won't tell me a thing!" [from Detective Comics #31 (1939) "Menace of the Monk: Batman vs. the Vampire" written by Gardner Fox and art by Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff, reprinted in 100-Page Super Spectacular (1973), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988), Batman Archives vol. 1 (1990) and Batman: The Golden Age vol. 1 (2016)]. Recolored by me!

Tim Burton explained, "Batman's loner psychology, which is the deeper aspect of the character."
www.1989batman.com/2014/10/vin…
Tim Burton explained in his book Burton on Burton (1997), "I just went back to the psychology of a man who dresses up as a bat; he's a very singular, lonely character."

"Batman is not a lonely loner! He never was! He has the biggest Bat Family!" snarky comic fanboys like to argue. That's not true. Even Robin doesn't negate Batman from being lonely and an introverted loner at his core. You can be married and be a lonely guy. DC just as too many Robin's and former Robin's. Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Carrie Kelley, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Damian Wayne, Helena Wayne, Drake Winston, etc. There have been so many Robin's in the comics a new reader would practically need a score card to keep track: Richard Grayson (original Robin the Boy Wonder), Ricky (the year 3000 Robin the Future Wonder), middle aged Dick Grayson (Earth-2 Robin the Middle Aged Wonder), Jason Todd ('80s failed Robin the Teen Angst Wonder), Tim Drake ('90s Robin the Green Pants Wonder), Stephanie Brown (failed Robin the Robin Girlfriend Wonder), Damian Wayne (Robin the Brat Son Wonder), Helena Wayne (New 52 Earth-2 Robin the Daughter Wonder), Carrie Kelley (New 52 Universe Robin the Nerd Girl Wonder, and Dark Knight Universe girl Robin) and "We Are Robin" multiple teenagers in Gotham who take up the mantle of Robin. Completely de-uniquing Richard Grayson. I'd use the back to the basics approach and let Batman be the mysterious loner he was created to be, and there should be only one Robin, one Man-Bat and one Batgirl, and they shouldn't always team up. Does Batman need Robin? No. Does Captain America need Bucky? No. Does Aquaman need Aqualad? No. Does Green Arrow need Speedy? No. Does Flash need Kid-Flash? No.
As Batman artist Don Newton explained in the Phoenix New Times [May 1983], "When they first introduced Robin, he was about twelve years old and all the kids who read the book could look at him and say, 'Yeah, that could be me.' Then a few years ago, the editors [Julius Schwartz and Len Wein] made a big mistake. They let Robin grow up and go to college. Now he's got hairy legs and he’s still running around in the little fairy boots. That costume was fine when he was twelve, but it looks ridiculous on someone of his age. Then they realized that Batman and Robin were too deeply ingrained in the American consciousness to team him up with another partner. People would accept Batman and Robin, or just Batman, but it wasn’t going to work with Batman and anyone else. So pretty soon you’re going to see Dick Grayson give his outfit to Jason and make him the new Robin. Then Robin will become someone else. Oh, there was a big discussion about that. They [Gerry Conway and Len Wein] finally decided that since Jason idolized Robin, he’d probably want to look as much like him as possible, which would mean changing the color of this hair. I don’t know whether he’ll dye his hair or just wear a wig -- that hasn’t been decided yet, but he’s got to do something. Warner Communications (the conglomerate that now owns DC) is going to make a big Batman movie, and then there are all those merchandising items like the dolls that would be obsolete if the new Robin didn’t have dark hair."

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This is a collage I made of the loner aspect of Batman, part 1. The text narration by Bill Finger says, "The 'Bat-Man,' a mysterious and adventurous figure, fighting for righteousness and apprehending the wrong doer, in his lone battle against the evil forces of society... His identity remains unknown." [from Detective Comics #27 (1939) "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" written by Bill Finger and art by Bob Kane]. The text narration by Bill Finger says, "The 'Bat-Man,' a mysterious and adventurous figure, fighting for righteousness and apprehending the menaces of society in his lone battle against the evil. His identity remains unknown. (He is one Bruce Wayne, bored young socialite.)" [from Detective Comics #28 (1939) "Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gang" written by Bill Finger and art by Bob Kane.] Julie Madison says, "But... If you are taking me home... How do you know where I live? Why won't you talk? You won't tell me a thing!" [from Detective Comics #31 (1939) "Menace of the Monk: Batman vs. the Vampire" written by Gardner Fox and art by Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff, reprinted in 100-Page Super Spectacular (1973), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988), Batman Archives vol. 1 (1990) and Batman: The Golden Age vol. 1 (2016)]. Recolored by me!

Tim Burton explained, "Batman's loner psychology, which is the deeper aspect of the character."
www.1989batman.com/2014/10/vin…
Tim Burton explained in his book Burton on Burton (1997), "I just went back to the psychology of a man who dresses up as a bat; he's a very singular, lonely character."

"Batman is not a lonely loner! He never was! He has the biggest Bat Family!" snarky comic fanboys like to argue. That's not true. Even Robin doesn't negate Batman from being lonely and an introverted loner at his core. You can be married and be a lonely guy. DC just as too many Robin's and former Robin's. Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Carrie Kelley, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Damian Wayne, Helena Wayne, Drake Winston, etc. There have been so many Robin's in the comics a new reader would practically need a score card to keep track: Richard Grayson (original Robin the Boy Wonder), Ricky (the year 3000 Robin the Future Wonder), middle aged Dick Grayson (Earth-2 Robin the Middle Aged Wonder), Jason Todd ('80s failed Robin the Teen Angst Wonder), Tim Drake ('90s Robin the Green Pants Wonder), Stephanie Brown (failed Robin the Robin Girlfriend Wonder), Damian Wayne (Robin the Brat Son Wonder), Helena Wayne (New 52 Earth-2 Robin the Daughter Wonder), Carrie Kelley (New 52 Universe Robin the Nerd Girl Wonder, and Dark Knight Universe girl Robin) and "We Are Robin" multiple teenagers in Gotham who take up the mantle of Robin. Completely de-uniquing Richard Grayson. I'd use the back to the basics approach and let Batman be the mysterious loner he was created to be, and there should be only one Robin, one Man-Bat and one Batgirl, and they shouldn't always team up. Does Batman need Robin? No. Does Captain America need Bucky? No. Does Aquaman need Aqualad? No. Does Green Arrow need Speedy? No. Does Flash need Kid-Flash? No.
As Batman artist Don Newton explained in the Phoenix New Times [May 1983], "When they first introduced Robin, he was about twelve years old and all the kids who read the book could look at him and say, 'Yeah, that could be me.' Then a few years ago, the editors [Julius Schwartz and Len Wein] made a big mistake. They let Robin grow up and go to college. Now he's got hairy legs and he’s still running around in the little fairy boots. That costume was fine when he was twelve, but it looks ridiculous on someone of his age. Then they realized that Batman and Robin were too deeply ingrained in the American consciousness to team him up with another partner. People would accept Batman and Robin, or just Batman, but it wasn’t going to work with Batman and anyone else. So pretty soon you’re going to see Dick Grayson give his outfit to Jason and make him the new Robin. Then Robin will become someone else. Oh, there was a big discussion about that. They [Gerry Conway and Len Wein] finally decided that since Jason idolized Robin, he’d probably want to look as much like him as possible, which would mean changing the color of this hair. I don’t know whether he’ll dye his hair or just wear a wig -- that hasn’t been decided yet, but he’s got to do something. Warner Communications (the conglomerate that now owns DC) is going to make a big Batman movie, and then there are all those merchandising items like the dolls that would be obsolete if the new Robin didn’t have dark hair."