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5 Reasons The Story Of Batman Endures Across Generations Hulton Archive By Travis Gruber • September 25, 2015 September 26 is, according to DC Comics, Batman Day. A day where all things Batman should be celebrated and reveled in, and with good reason. Outside of Superman, Batman has received more mainstream media attention than any other comic book property. But while Superman has fallen out of favor, over and over again, the mythos of Batman continues to persist with greater and greater fervor. While it would be easy to say that this is because he’s a straight-up bad ass, that’s not entirely true. Why does Batman continue to be a touchstone for comicbook and movie fans alike? Why is he the one ideal that everyone holds dear? Why does the story of a broken boy—turned vigilante—persist almost a century after its creation? Here are just a few reasons... Batman Doesn’t Save The World...He Saves You Though he does work with The Justice League, Batman is best known as a solo act. He is the defender of one single city; Gotham City. Batman isn’t focused on building a suit of armor around the world like Iron Man. He isn’t concerned with being the messiah to the human race, showing them how to rise above their petty differences and lead them into the light of a new day like Superman. He’s not here to police a quadrant of space like the intergalactic policeman Green Lantern. Batman is here to defend Gotham City and, by immediate extension of that, its citizens. Not the government. Not the special interests. Just the citizens of one city who are incapable of defending themselves. September 26 is Batman Day, and here's why it's worth celebrating. September 26 is, according to DC Comics, Batman Day. A day where all things Batman should be celebrated and reveled in, and with good reason. Outside of Superman, Batman has received more mainstream media attention than any other comic book property. But while Superman has fallen out of favor, over and over again, the mythos of Batman continues to persist

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5 Reasons The Story Of Batman Endures Across GenerationsHulton Archive By Travis Gruber • September 25, 2015

September 26 is, according to DC Comics, Batman Day. A day where all things Batman should be celebrated and reveled in, and with good reason. Outside of Superman, Batman has received more mainstream media attention than any other comic book property. But while Superman has fallen out of favor, over and over again, the mythos of Batman continues to persist with greater and greater fervor. While it would be easy to say that this is because he’s a straight-up bad ass, that’s not entirely true. Why does Batman continue to be a touchstone for comicbook and movie fans alike? Why is he the one ideal that everyone holds dear? Why does the story of a broken boy—turned vigilante—persist almost a century after its creation? Here are just a few reasons...

Batman Doesn’t Save The World...He Saves YouThough he does work with The Justice League, Batman is best known as a solo act. He is the defender of one single city; Gotham City. Batman isn’t focused on building a suit of armor around the world like Iron Man. He isn’t concerned with being the messiah to the human race, showing them how to rise above their petty differences and lead them into the light of a new day like Superman. He’s not here to police a quadrant of space like the intergalactic policeman Green Lantern. Batman is here to defend Gotham City and, by immediate extension of that, its citizens. Not the government. Not the special interests. Just the citizens of one city who are incapable of defending themselves.

September 26 is Batman Day, and here's why it's worth celebrating.

September 26 is, according to DC Comics, Batman Day. A day where all things Batman should be celebrated and reveled in, and with good reason. Outside of Superman, Batman has received more mainstream media attention than any other comic book property. But while Superman has fallen out of favor, over and over again, the mythos of Batman continues to persist with greater and greater fervor. While it would be easy to say that this is because he’s a straight-up bad ass, that’s not entirely true. Why does Batman continue to be a touchstone for comicbook and movie fans alike? Why is he the one ideal that everyone holds dear? Why does the story of a broken boy—turned vigilante—persist almost a century after its creation? Here are just a few reasons...

Batman Doesn’t Save The World...He Saves YouThough he does work with The Justice League, Batman is best known as a solo act. He is the defender of one single city; Gotham City. Batman isn’t focused on building a suit of armor around the world like Iron Man. He isn’t concerned with being the messiah to the human race, showing them how to rise above their petty differences and lead them into the light of a new day like Superman. He’s not here to police a quadrant of space like the intergalactic policeman Green Lantern. Batman is here to defend Gotham City and, by immediate extension of that, its citizens. Not the government. Not the special interests. Just the citizens of one city who are incapable of defending themselves.

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Batman’s foes aren’t super villains, in the classic sense of the term. They aren’t Lex Luthor or Doctor Doom—intent on taking over the world and becoming its one true leader. Batman’s villains are mad men that prey on those who can't protect themselves. They’re gangsters who prey on the poor, the weak and the small business man. They’re racketeers who are desperate to gain their power from the subjugation of regular people. In short, Batman stands up for you and me—regular people who are just trying to live their lives, as best as they can, in irregular circumstances. He’s the guardian angel of Gotham and, in turn, of wherever we are.

He Fights The Embodiments Of All Our FearsIf you were to poll any group of comic book fans as to who has the greatest rogues gallery, the immediate answer would be Batman. Batman’s villains are the best for one reason: each of them represent all of our real world fears. They aren’t aliens or demi gods or creatures from beyond the great abyss. Each and every one of Batman’s villains are the embodiment of the worst fears that we—mere mortals—face everyday.

Two Face — The blind, unseeing, uncompromising, unfeeling face of the criminal justice system. A system that imprisons people due to lack of resources and poor political chicanery. A system that can turn on any of us at a moment’s notice.

The Penguin — Born of the one percent who seeks to continue to build his power-base at the expense of the citizenry that, much like you and me, do not have the resources (monetary or politically) to fight back against those with the ability to sway power.

Scarecrow — Fear. Oh god, the fear. It’s everywhere. From the evening news, to the Internet, to the emails that your mother continues to forward you that will “CHILL YOU TO THE BONE.” In this post 9-11 terror world, everyone is scared. There’s probably something in the room you’re reading this in, right now, that could kill you.

Mr. Freeze — Death. Cold, uncalculating, uncaring, inevitable death. We all, no matter how delusional we are, are going to face the cold embrace of death. We will cease to be.

The Joker — Chaos. Bold faced, unmitigated, nonsense. School shootings. Theatre shootings. Crime’s of passion. Casey Anthony. Terrorism. The whole world that you thought was okay except for a few crazies? It’s more crazy, and more random, and more fucked up than you could ever imagine.

He Always Punches Above His Weight Class As the man who has dedicated his life to defend those who are incapable of defending themselves, Batman does something we all wish that we could do: he fights up! Yes Batman fights street level crime, but the people behind this crime are megalomaniacal, oft times psychotic, monsters who are well above the abilities of a normal man. But he never backs down because he’s not fighting for himself. He’s fighting for you, and you can’t fight this fight.

Superman could throw The Joker into the sun. Green Lantern could create a construct that could stop the rampage of Killer Croc. The Flash could take out an army of 150 Two-Face henchmen in a matter of picoseconds. Batman? Batman has to do it on his own. With training, and persistence, and the indomitable will of a man who simply will not, can not, stop. His enemies have greater power and resources than he can muster, but that doesn’t stop him from standing in the path of all that destruction on your behalf; even if he is only a man, facing greater odds than any man could be expected to endure.

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He’s Just A Man, Like You And MeThere’s a meme that’s popular with some of your friends on the internet that says, “You should always be yourself...unless you can be Batman. Then you should be Batman,” and we wholeheartedly agree. In spite of the fact of how badass he appears, and is, Batman is just a man. A regular flesh and blood human like you and me. Yes he has armor, and toys, and various bat related, insignia adorned vehicles but he is, at the heart of it, a regular man. Hell even you could be Batman. And that’s the beauty of his enduring legacy.

He's The Embodiment Of The American Dream For years it was said that Superman was the embodiment of the American Ideology: Truth, Justice and the American Way. But, realistically, a white, blue eyed, all powerful super being that acts like a Christ figure to shepherd along the supposed greatest society on earth? That sounds a little more masterracey than most Americans would be comfortable with. American exceptionalism has always been identified by rising above your circumstances, being better than the next guy and surpassing the generation that came before you. Who else, in American mythology (and make no mistake our comic books and movies are our mythology), has done that with more aplomb than Batman?

A boy who witnessed the tragedy of his own parents death, immediately in front of him, due to a random act of violence. Instead of being paralyzed by this scarred visage of a childhood and delving into Snooki levels of self medication and indulgence, he dedicates himself to the betterment of the future. No one in the city that he lives in should ever have to endure the pain that he suffered. He gives up his billions and ensconces himself among criminals in order to learn what it’s like to exist with the people he fears. He trains his body to fight the bad guys. He trains his mind to out think the criminals. He could have started a trust fund, or a scholarship, and rested on his laurels by assuring himself he was making a better future through the money at his disposal. Instead he chose to make a difference, personally, with his god damned fists by assaulting the element that changed the tone and tenor of his life. He set out to face fear on its territory and scare it back into the fucking bronze age. THAT is America. THAT is rising above adversity. THAT is being better than the next guy. THAT is the Fucking Batman. And you are LUCKY to have him.

Even if he is only a story.

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Los enemigos de Batman no son súper villanos, en el sentido clásico del término. No son Lex Luthor o Doctor Doom intentando intención apoderarse del mundo y convertirse en su único verdadero líder. Los villanos de Batman son locos que se aprovechan de aquellos que no pueden protegerse a sí mismos. Son mafiosos que se aprovechan de los pobres, los débiles y los hombres de negocios pequeños. Son mafiosos que están desesperados por obtener su poder de la subyugación de la gente común. En resumen, Batman se sostiene por tí y por mí - gente común que solo está tratando de vivir sus vidas, lo mejor que pueden en circunstancias irregulares. Él es el ángel guardián de ciudad Gotham y a su vez, de donde quiera que estemos

Él lucha contra la encarnación de todos nuestros miedos

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Si vas a sondear cualquier grupo de fans del cómic en cuanto a quién tiene la mayor galería de villanos, la respuesta inmediata sería Batman. Los villanos de Batman son los mejores por una razón: cada uno de ellos representa todos nuestros temores del mundo real. No son extraterrestres o semi -dioses o criaturas de más allá del gran abismo. Todos y cada uno de los villanos de Batman son la encarnación de los peores temores que nosotros, simples mortales encaramos todos los días.

Dos Caras - El ciego, intransigente e insensible rostro del sistema de justicia penal. Un sistema que encarcela a la gente debido a la falta de recursos y la mala politiquería. Un sistema que puede volverse contra cualquiera de nosotros en cualquier momento.

El Pingüino - Nacido del uno por ciento que trata de seguir construyendo su base de poder a expensas de la ciudadanía que, al igual que tú y yo, no tiene los recursos (monetarios o políticos) para luchar contra los que tienen la capacidad para influir en el poder.

Espantapájaros - Miedo. Oh, Dios, el miedo. Está en todas partes. Desde el noticiero de la noche, a Internet, a los correos electrónicos que su madre sigue reenviando "eso te hiela la sangre." En este mundo de terror posterior al 11 de septiembre, todo el mundo tiene miedo. Probablemente hay algo en la habitación en que estás leyendo esto en este momento, que podría matarte

Mr. Freeze - Muerte. Fría, incalculable, indiferente, la muerte inevitable. Todos nosotros, no importa cuán delirante somos, vamos a enfrentar el frío abrazo de la muerte. Vamos a dejar de ser.

El comodín, el guason - Caos. Negrita, sin paliativos, sin sentido. Tiroteos en las escuelas. Tiroteos en el teatro. Crímenes pasionales. Casey Anthony. Terrorismo. ¿Usted pensaba que todo el mundo estaba bien, excepto por un par de locos? Es más loco y más casual y mucho más jodido de lo que te puedas imaginar.

Él siempre boxea por encima de su categoría

Como el hombre que ha dedicado su vida a defender a aquellos que son incapaces de defenderse, Batman hace algo que todos deseamos que poder hacer: pelear por encima de sus fuerzas! Sí, Batman lucha contra el crimen a nivel de la calle, pero la gente que está detrás de estos delitos son megalómanos, tiempos off psicóticos, los monstruos que están muy por encima de las capacidades de un hombre normal. Pero nunca se echa atrás debido a que no está luchando por sí mismo. Está luchando por tí y tú no puede pelear esta batalla.

Superman podría arrojar a The Joker al Sol. Linterna verde podría crear una construcción que podría detener la masacre de Killer Croc. El Flash podría llevar a cabo un ejército de 150 secuaces de Dos Caras en cuestión de picosegundos. ¿El Hombre murciélago? Batman tiene que hacerlo por su cuenta. Con entrenamiento y la persistencia y la voluntad indomable de un hombre que simplemente no quiere, no puede, parar. Sus enemigos tienen mayor poder y recursos de los que él , pero eso no le impide continuar destruyendo todo lo que puede dañarte ; aunque él es sólo un hombre, enfrentándose a las mayores rarezas que cualquier ser humano podría soportar.

Él es sólo un hombre, como tú y yo

Hay un meme que es popular entre algunos de tus amigos en internet que dice: "Siempre debes ser tú mismo... a menos que puedas ser Batman. Entonces debes ser Batman ",

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y estamos de acuerdo de todo corazón . A pesar de cómo los mala leche que aparece y es, Batman es sólo un hombre. De carne y hueso como tú y yo. Es cierto que tiene armadura, y juguetes, y varios murciélagos relacionados, vehículos adornados con insignias, pero es en el fondo, un hombre normal. Hasta tú podrías ser Batman. Y esa es la belleza de su legado perdurable.

Él es la encarnación del sueño americano

Durante años se dijo que Superman era la encarnación de la ideología americana: la Verdad, la Justicia y la manera americana. Pero, siendo realistas, un blanco, de ojos azules, un súper ser todo poderoso que actúa como la figura de Cristo para pastorear a lo largo de la supuesta mayor sociedad en la tierra? Eso suena algo incomodo para la mayoría de los estadounidenses que se creen una raza superior. El ser excepcional, para los estadounidenses siempre se lo identifico con superar las propias circunstancias, siendo alguien mejor que el de al lado y superando a la generación que vino antes que tú.

¿Quién más, en la mitología americana (y no se equivoquen nuestros libros de historietas y películas son nuestra mitología) lo ha hecho que con más aplomo que Batman?

Un niño que fue testigo de la tragedia de la muerte de sus propios padres, de forma inmediata, delante de él, debido a un acto de violencia casual. En lugar de ser paralizado por este rostro lleno de cicatrices de una infancia y profundizar en los niveles Snooki de la automedicación y la indulgencia, se dedicó a mejorar el futuro. Nadie en la ciudad que vive en debería tener que soportar el dolor que sufrió.

Renuncia a sus miles de millones y ese mezcla entre los criminales para aprender lo que es de existir con la gente que teme. Entrena su cuerpo para luchar contra los malos. Entrena su mente para pensar como lo harían los delincuentes.

Podría haber comenzado un fondo fiduciario, o una beca, y dormirse en los laureles, asegurándose a sí mismo que estaba haciendo un mejor futuro a través del dinero a su disposición. En vez de eso optó por ser diferente, en lo personal, con sus puños condenados atacando el elemento que le cambió el tono y el tenor de su vida.

Se dispuso a enfrentar el miedo en su territorio y devolverle el miedo en la edad de bronce de mierda. ESO es América. ESO es superar la adversidad. ESO es ser mejor que el chico de al lado. ESO es el puto Batman. Y tienen la suerte de contar con él.

Incluso si él es sólo un cuento.