Batman is a mentally ill vigilante, respectfully. He creates brainwashed child soldiers in his never-ending battle to avenge his parents’ deaths. Bruce Wayne is a billionaire who dresses as a giant bat and trauma punches street hoods as if it will bring his dead parents back. Worse, he trains a succession of young children and teens to become vigilantes. It’s like he wants them to be the kind of tough he wishes he were the night his parents were killed. His mental instability is why he has a complex and now blood relationship with one of his deadliest foes, Ra’s Al Ghul.
Comic book time moves much slower than in the real world, so Batman has had several Robins while he stays middle-aged. His latest Robin is his son, Damian Wayne. Damian is the grandson of Ra’s Al Ghul, the eco-terrorist and cult leader of the League of Assassins.
