I think the biggest problem where Batman is concerned is that he's been so inconsistently written over the last 60 years. He kills. He doesn't kill. He's a psycho vigilante. He's a superhero. He's a narcissist. He's a father figure. He's distrustful by nature. He's a team player. He's a spooky, dark, inhuman creature of the night-a man of mystery who criminals aren't convinced even exists. He's a well-known public figure AND A MEMBER OF THE JUSTICE LEAGUE!!!!! That one, in particular, never made a whole lot of sense to me. It seems a publicity stunt to even put him in there in the first place. He's a loner & the protector of Gotham City. But he goes off on cosmic adventures with a team of aliens, magicians & a variety of superpowers? Generally speaking, if there's a menace so powerful that Superman, Wonder Woman & Green Lantern can't take them down, I don't see Batman being a whole lot of help. That whole "I am the Batman-fear me" bit isn't going to do a lot of good against somebody like Darkseid. If he can stomp Superman into the ground & still have time to order a sandwich before delivering the knockout blow, what's a Batarang gonna mean to him? It's just an ill fit in my opinion. And it's quite possibly a large part of the reason for the longevity of the annoying blue cape & cowl; he's spending all this time with superheroes-he needs to look more the part.
