I don't get it. Most superheros aren't egotistical. I mean the archetypal modern day super hero is Superman after all, and he's anything but egotistical.
Hate to break it to you but kevlar is just strips of special PLASTIC woven like a basket to create a tight "net" to "catch" projectiles that whi you get what's called backface deformation. It's not metal, infact most body armor today is made out of ceramic and plastic. A metal plate heavy enough to stop even small arms would be to heavy to be practical and would need to be hyper specialized for that job. This is pure fiction and the writer has no idea how armor works.
i don't remember the scene extremely well, but i think the context was different. i think the reason was so villains would target the heroes and not their sidekicks or civilians, since he was talking to Robin, Wally, Kalder, and Red Arrow
“The metal that scarred him as a child is now what protects him as Man” Absolutely beautiful Edit: TYSM for the likes It feels so good to finally get this many Edit 2 alright can you please stop talking about me editing my comment I was just being grateful and I didn’t think I would get this many
"So you turned the weapon that killed your parents into a part of you?" "Yes, Chill. And I'm doing it to you, too. Here's your Batsuit, utility belt, secret identity, and shark repellent. You're Batman, and I'm Matches Malone."
@@Misosalty683It's stuff like Matches that helps make Batman's antics make more sense. A lot of the big fights and stealth sprees we see him go on are the final act of his investigation after he does a shit ton of research.
@freshbread4039 Matches Malone is Batman's most famous disguise, one used for infiltrating the mob. He created a fake identity and paper trail worth millions to trick mobsters to think he's part of the mob as well.
@@manbat4582if he did that that criminals would just shoot random parts of his body, resulting in it being more likely for them to shoot an unenforced part of the suit. Adding the symbol gives him a better chance of survival. (Also the the logo is stylish)
@@tristanwebb5290 nah. It'll just be harder for criminals to track him reducing the chance of getting shot in the first place. There's no logical way to justify the logo aside from branding as he is a comic book character
That's why it's also yellow. When in a fight with adrenaline, your eye is quickly drawn to the bright color subconsciously. (Just before your arm breaks)
Yes, although in last issues it was revealed the yellow of the symbol is to Bruce always remembers that there's something else here, that's right I'm talking about Zur-En-Arrh.
@RetroG64 while technically correct, the best kind of correct, it was explained "in-universe" as to why it was yellow. There is an idiom that goes, "The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." That's why a yellow bat symbol has to make sense in a fictional world.
Actually in old comics it's said that he has yellow in his custom so kids wouldn't think he's a demon ."I dress up as a bat to scare criminals not children" he said
The explanation I heard (it might have been from this channel, actually) is that he needs unrestricted airflow because of all the constant acrobatics and martial arts he's doing. With that being said, I do think it would be prudent if he gave himself some chin protection, like on the suit he fought Superman in during Batman v Superman.
Batman is SUPER poetic. Now i see his emblem as a sacred thing now. The fact that he made something from his harmful past into something to help him. Intelligent Maturity in action.
It also plays into the fear factor. You shoot someone's chest, typically they die. With the emblem being so reinforced, Batman walks away without a scratch and the villain will freak out that Batman is still alive and unharmed from a kill shot.
Keep up the great work. Many fans are bitter and always complain, which takes the fun away from comics. Your videos makes me want to discover new comics
We don't get payed to be bitter, we're bitter coz they ruined a lot of comics we love 😅. I shall rep the bitter fans...apparently...you know what im not actually that invested, imma go eat chicken.
That's adressed on a comic i think, he constantly covers his face with his cape or makes it hard to aim for it by looking down, exposing more his armored mask than his mouth
@@josephdent6825 Because it would be a bad story for Batman to die in as much of a random and mundane manner as other crime fighters….. Not because it would logically make sense, but because plot demands it. Or, in Batman’s case, Bat-god Barbatos makes him immortal (to inflict suffering).
I mean this is kinda well known tho. Rick even mentions it in Rick and Morty. When an alien insults him for being a drunk, he says “like that’s what’s going to bring me down. You don’t shoot Batman in his symbol!”
It’s only known too ppl who are geeks and know about everything, and LOTS of ppl haven’t seen Rick and morty. Just cuz u have doesn’t mean “everyone has”
@@Hoodini2253 Your reasoning was that not everyone has seen Rick and Morty, suggesting that you thought the original comment was saying that because Rick and Morty addressed it, that's why it's well-known. Just because you don't say something, that doesn't mean your words don't have implications.
"Magnum load, has to be... chest plate holds... why do you *think* I wear a target on my chest... can't armor my head..." - Batman thought bubble, "The Dark Knight Returns"
Damn, melting the gun that ruined your life, the very gun you watch kill your mom and dad, turning it into armor that protects your heart is, joke not intended, very metal
It's actually used in real life. Some units of the Russian specnaz use bright red and white dots in the centers of their shields, so criminals would shoot there.
I LOVE how he took the gun that changed his life as Bruce and transformed it into something to benefit him as Batman, just S tier storytelling right there.
Because he is. He does not work in a universe he is in. He is a well-designed level 10 character forced to be in a group of level 100 characters fighting raid bosses…… he is pretty much always redundant or given ridiculous plot armour to survive. Same with most united universes. X-men, for example, constantly deals with “humanity rejects things they don’t understand and superpowers” drama…… But everybody in Marvel’s universe loves Iron Man, Hulk (a green berserking mutant), Thor (an alien/god) etc. It just does NOT WORK. Batman is a GREAT character through and through. But he is beyond tone-deaf in a setting with Wonder Woman, Superman, Martian Manhunter etc. Like, his only real asset to Justice league are his deep wallets… You can say intelligence, but logically, speedsters (Superman and Flash), super computer (Cyborg), telepath (Manhunter) would CRUSH intelligence of any singular human individual, no matter how smart. Batman’s best description to this date is “Imagine if he is how internet sees Chuck Norris, but you have to take him seriously”….. Very well designed, but horribly written character. He is forced to exist in a world where he would be trivially redundant.
That’s a probably one of if not the best comic kevin smith wrote. That short story in detective 1000, where finds the gun and melts it into his symbol on his chest
Its like how punishers skull in his armour is really hevily armoured and is where people normally shoot him which is probably why he hasent died from being shot in the head yet
Batman's the only hero you don't shoot at aiming for the ego.
I don't get it. Most superheros aren't egotistical. I mean the archetypal modern day super hero is Superman after all, and he's anything but egotistical.
It was a pun but you ruined it
@@chocov1233 villains could see the emblems on the chest as a form of ego, also some flashes definitely would use it for their egos
Hate to break it to you but kevlar is just strips of special PLASTIC woven like a basket to create a tight "net" to "catch" projectiles that whi you get what's called backface deformation. It's not metal, infact most body armor today is made out of ceramic and plastic. A metal plate heavy enough to stop even small arms would be to heavy to be practical and would need to be hyper specialized for that job. This is pure fiction and the writer has no idea how armor works.
@@illcomplywithguncontrolone6149 Damn... It's almost like... Comic books are fictional media?
Turning the weapon into his iconic symbol is badass as hell.
True
Reason he's my favorite. (After Jason Todd) but still cool
*stupid
It’s almost… poetic
That’s what he did in the Batman movie. With Robert Pattinson. Look at the emblem. It’s the Gun
In Young Justice, The Flash tells the young heroes "that's why we wear a big bullseye on our chests" and taps his emblem.
i don't remember the scene extremely well, but i think the context was different. i think the reason was so villains would target the heroes and not their sidekicks or civilians, since he was talking to Robin, Wally, Kalder, and Red Arrow
@@griffin8346 Robin’s whole suit is a giant bullseye
@@dinnerboons1504 Facts, especially in a dark as hell city like Gotham
Wrong context man
@@atlasatlantis22 just watched that episode a few hours ago lol
“The metal that scarred him as a child is now what protects him as Man”
Absolutely beautiful
Edit: TYSM for the likes
It feels so good to finally get this many
Edit 2 alright can you please stop talking about me editing my comment
I was just being grateful and I didn’t think I would get this many
finally someone who gets it right, they keep calling him Batman and for some reason he has horns, when in reality he's Man
@@Wip_Osp yea, that was it 😉
Dude, the video is less than a minute long and you still quoted him incorrectly. 😂
Man: Ham City
Honestly? Fuckin' metal as hell.
Rick Sanchez: "you don't shoot batman in his fucking batman logo"
He’s right.
When did he say that.
@@iloveicecream2622 u see that episode where he was was talking to that therapist and wanted help in having people stop coming after him?
The piss Master episode
@@deshawndillard363 yeah that was. I was proud of Jerry in that moment.
"So you turned the weapon that killed your parents into a part of you?"
"Yes, Chill. And I'm doing it to you, too. Here's your Batsuit, utility belt, secret identity, and shark repellent. You're Batman, and I'm Matches Malone."
Yo love it when someone mentions matches malone its almost never talked about
@@Misosalty683It's stuff like Matches that helps make Batman's antics make more sense. A lot of the big fights and stealth sprees we see him go on are the final act of his investigation after he does a shit ton of research.
who is Matches Malone again?
@freshbread4039 Matches Malone is Batman's most famous disguise, one used for infiltrating the mob. He created a fake identity and paper trail worth millions to trick mobsters to think he's part of the mob as well.
@@freshbread4039 Criminal alter ego for Batman/Bruce Wayne
Literally every aspect of Batman has such a deep meaning
nah, it's stupid. He should just go all black so people can't track him at all
Nah bad idea cops might shoot on sight force of habit and all that @@manbat4582
@@manbat4582if he did that that criminals would just shoot random parts of his body, resulting in it being more likely for them to shoot an unenforced part of the suit. Adding the symbol gives him a better chance of survival.
(Also the the logo is stylish)
@@tristanwebb5290 nah. It'll just be harder for criminals to track him reducing the chance of getting shot in the first place.
There's no logical way to justify the logo aside from branding as he is a comic book character
@@manbat4582 as long as he’s dressed as a giant bat beating up criminals he’ll be noticed.
That's why it's also yellow. When in a fight with adrenaline, your eye is quickly drawn to the bright color subconsciously.
(Just before your arm breaks)
Yes, although in last issues it was revealed the yellow of the symbol is to Bruce always remembers that there's something else here, that's right I'm talking about Zur-En-Arrh.
In most versions It's not yellow on the actual suit, the yellow is usually only there I marketing and promos
@RetroG64 while technically correct, the best kind of correct, it was explained "in-universe" as to why it was yellow.
There is an idiom that goes, "The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." That's why a yellow bat symbol has to make sense in a fictional world.
Actually in old comics it's said that he has yellow in his custom so kids wouldn't think he's a demon ."I dress up as a bat to scare criminals not children" he said
@@batmanswife735 yeah it does appear in some but not most of the comics
Fun fact: after melting the gun into Kevlar, he took the bullets and knit them into a delightful pair of mittens.
glad i'm not the only one who caught that.
mad lad down there in his cave doing forbidden alchemy, turning metal into fibers
Lol yeah that didn't make much sense did it
When you don’t understand what Kevlar is.
Man he should've just told them "Aim for the jaw", but I guess their best aim is a storm trooper aim
Batman, gets shot in the jaw-
'Tis but a scratch💀
Have you ever shot a gun?
@@kash_1085 He meant in comparison to most other comic book characters as they are usually incredibly good shooters
@@smallw1991 Doesn’t really matter either way. Batman states himself that he perceives bullets in slow motion cause he’s that fast.
@@kash_1085 Even if he got hit he would prolly just tank it or something, batman is definitely way above peak human
The best disguise is no disguise at all. Amazing video yet again Dan
“You can’t torture Inanimate Material” Batman chuckle “watch me.”
Literally one of the most metal moves Batman has done, totally fire... I'll see myself out now.
nah dont see yourself out. for those puns, ill welcome you with open arms! 😂
All that poetry, yet he leaves half of his face exposed? 🤔
To mock you.
it gets covered whenever someone aims there
Your head is a very difficult target to hit, which is why anyone with gun training is taught to aim for the torso.
@@Necroverse19 Still very dangerous because spalling from bullets hitting his armor can go up the chin.
The explanation I heard (it might have been from this channel, actually) is that he needs unrestricted airflow because of all the constant acrobatics and martial arts he's doing. With that being said, I do think it would be prudent if he gave himself some chin protection, like on the suit he fought Superman in during Batman v Superman.
Batman is SUPER poetic. Now i see his emblem as a sacred thing now. The fact that he made something from his harmful past into something to help him. Intelligent Maturity in action.
Man out here trying to account for every gram of gun powder used to kill his parents....
"Have you ever wondered why Batman has a gigantic-"
My dirty ass mind immediately went dirty.
Both, both are factually correct
"he melt metal into kevlar." that's some serious alchemy right there!
Turning steel into kevlar is astonishing 😂
Oh ... you're one of them
@@bigmel3551 What do you mean?
@@bigmel3551 "Them" as in someone who wasn't dropped on the head as a child?
It also plays into the fear factor. You shoot someone's chest, typically they die. With the emblem being so reinforced, Batman walks away without a scratch and the villain will freak out that Batman is still alive and unharmed from a kill shot.
Keep up the great work. Many fans are bitter and always complain, which takes the fun away from comics. Your videos makes me want to discover new comics
We don't get payed to be bitter, we're bitter coz they ruined a lot of comics we love 😅.
I shall rep the bitter fans...apparently...you know what im not actually that invested, imma go eat chicken.
Yeeaahh, go for the joins and weakpoint in the armor, totally don't aim for the completely unarmored face.
That's adressed on a comic i think, he constantly covers his face with his cape or makes it hard to aim for it by looking down, exposing more his armored mask than his mouth
@@V2_maquina_suprema he's also usually constantly moving and is quite fast, so unless you're lucky its best to not even try that
Villains have tried to do so and failed the same
Lol right you don't have to have aim to get lucky once
@@josephdent6825 Because it would be a bad story for Batman to die in as much of a random and mundane manner as other crime fighters…..
Not because it would logically make sense, but because plot demands it.
Or, in Batman’s case, Bat-god Barbatos makes him immortal (to inflict suffering).
I mean this is kinda well known tho. Rick even mentions it in Rick and Morty. When an alien insults him for being a drunk, he says “like that’s what’s going to bring me down. You don’t shoot Batman in his symbol!”
It’s only known too ppl who are geeks and know about everything, and LOTS of ppl haven’t seen Rick and morty. Just cuz u have doesn’t mean “everyone has”
@@Hoodini2253 He never said that Rick and Morty is why it's well-known. He was using it as an example, not a reason. Calm down.
@@bartizzle And I never said that either?
@@Hoodini2253 Your reasoning was that not everyone has seen Rick and Morty, suggesting that you thought the original comment was saying that because Rick and Morty addressed it, that's why it's well-known. Just because you don't say something, that doesn't mean your words don't have implications.
@@bartizzle did you need read the whole start of the comment? Along with the word *and* ? Just stop
"YOU DONT SHOOT BATMAN IN THE BATMAN LOGO!"
-Rick Sanchez
God that deep
Ironic words from Fleece Johnson
Meanwhile, the guys who go for the head
Never heard of the chapter of the comic that covers this. I'd love to hear more about that.
Actually, Frank Miller's 'The Dark Knight Returns' mentions this.
I think it might be the origin of this concept.
"Magnum load, has to be... chest plate holds... why do you *think* I wear a target on my chest... can't armor my head..."
- Batman thought bubble, "The Dark Knight Returns"
Damn, melting the gun that ruined your life, the very gun you watch kill your mom and dad, turning it into armor that protects your heart is, joke not intended, very metal
"I'm going to make this metal pay for it's sins" epic qoute
I really hope that last part with it being the gun comes into the DCU Batman that’s actually sick
Brand recognition, it's important even to mysterious vigilantes.
Exactly this. It has always been iconography
This is why Batman is so Iconic, each time you have to question why Batman is everywhere he just hits you back with how cool the mf actually is.
I’d like the short please. Batman always has some crazy-ass bit of lore I’m learning about from UA-cam shorts
Same thing with the targets on old fighter planes. The targets were painted in the strongest areas!
"Make the metal pay for it's sins" sound hard AF damn 😂
“it’s, uh, it’s a little trick, that’s where his armor’s the strongest”
i think the most vulnerable part of the bat suit is the unprotected part of the mouth but that's just me
Batman makin his armor like a 16th century knight
Would love a short on that chapter, such a moving moment I've never heard before
“You ever wondered why McDonalds has a giant M as their logo? It’s because they start with an M.”
Is this supposed to be funny?
Or are you just proving you know nothing about advertising, branding, or story development?
The lore is INSANE bro!!
I love how you can take this as really poetic or just as petty lol
The thumbnail made me imagine that when you shoot him there, a smaller, angrier Batman comes flying out to attack you.
It's actually used in real life. Some units of the Russian specnaz use bright red and white dots in the centers of their shields, so criminals would shoot there.
Tiny batman jumping out of the bat symbol on batmans chest goes so hard
This is really cool
Thx
Bro, that gun part was completely metal.
"Aim for the structural flaws"
"Sir, what about the fact that he left half of his face exposed?"
My eyes are watery from such a badass and genuinely heartwarming thing. He's using the very thing that caused his life to turn out so wild as a shield
Damn that's deep and a really good way to deal with problems or people who hurt you
Now THAT is what we call good ass writing
I LOVE how he took the gun that changed his life as Bruce and transformed it into something to benefit him as Batman, just S tier storytelling right there.
When Rick Sanchez said "You don't shoot Batman in his fucking Batman logo" this is what he was referring to.
Bro batman is so beautiful and poetic with do many nuances and details. I don't get how some ppl say hes a bad written character
Because he is.
He does not work in a universe he is in. He is a well-designed level 10 character forced to be in a group of level 100 characters fighting raid bosses…… he is pretty much always redundant or given ridiculous plot armour to survive.
Same with most united universes.
X-men, for example, constantly deals with “humanity rejects things they don’t understand and superpowers” drama…… But everybody in Marvel’s universe loves Iron Man, Hulk (a green berserking mutant), Thor (an alien/god) etc.
It just does NOT WORK.
Batman is a GREAT character through and through. But he is beyond tone-deaf in a setting with Wonder Woman, Superman, Martian Manhunter etc.
Like, his only real asset to Justice league are his deep wallets… You can say intelligence, but logically, speedsters (Superman and Flash), super computer (Cyborg), telepath (Manhunter) would CRUSH intelligence of any singular human individual, no matter how smart.
Batman’s best description to this date is “Imagine if he is how internet sees Chuck Norris, but you have to take him seriously”…..
Very well designed, but horribly written character.
He is forced to exist in a world where he would be trivially redundant.
Can we just agree that Batman is just as insane as his villains.
Thats right, nobody aim for the jaw 😮
That comic run was written and thought up by Kevin Smith, the Clerks guy. Props
The fact that no one aims for his mouth proves his plot armor
Why is the last line so fucking beautiful?!
Please make that short. That is a cool contrast to his answer to Green Lantern when he asked "... You're not just a man in a suit are you?
You can only imagine the jokes Joker would have made had he known that his symbol is made of his trauma, in more than one way
Deff do a short on this it's one of my faves
Batman somehow found a way to make even inanimate objects pay for what they did/caused
DUDE! Yes I would totally love to see you cover that chapter
To add more on to this topic there are some versions of Batman that put a light in the symbol to draw attention to his chest and not his head.
Well, it’s also covering his heart the very vital to not dying
I love batman, cause even the tiniest detail such as the placement of his emblem has meaning
That is... wow.... poetic. The weapon that menatally wounded you becomes your greatest physical defense
“You don’t shoot Batman in his F*cking Batman Logo!” -Rick Sanchez.
Smelting down the gun into his chestplate is metal af
That is the craziest thing I've heard all day
I would not want to cross a man who punishes a gun in the coldest way possible.
hearing noah's voice just reminds me of keaton so much... 🖤
That’s a badass origin story for his Bat symbol
Damn that was poetic
Jason:shoot his joints
Thug:why not his mou-
Jason: *no* ,his joints
Thug:but his jaw is rig-
Jason: *I SAID SHOOT HIS JOINTS GODAMMIT*
Thats actually a fire fact bro 🔥🔥
THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW
That’s a probably one of if not the best comic kevin smith wrote. That short story in detective 1000, where finds the gun and melts it into his symbol on his chest
I would absolutely love to see a short on this comic!
I don't think I've ever eye rolled so hard in my life to then end of that.
Destiny: Drop everything you’re doing and watch The Sopranos immediately!
Rick knew what he was talking bout
The same reason he has robin dressed in bright clothes 😂😂
It’s crazy that he trust the villains to be so accurate as to only hit a small emblem 💀
That quote is super deep
It's impressive how he turned metal into a different metal being kevlar
the very thing that broke his heart is gonna protect it
This was the very first comic I read and that’s why Batman is my favorite superhero
Its like how punishers skull in his armour is really hevily armoured and is where people normally shoot him which is probably why he hasent died from being shot in the head yet
That’s deep brother 😔
He turned the gun that killed his mother and father into the symbol that protects him. That’s metal asf (pun intended)
Very similar to the one costume he wore decades ago in the comics, with a giant target in it, and plating only under the bullseye
thanks for including the issue numbers
Batman the type of guy to take revenge at the piece of paper that cut him in 2nd grade lmao
They should have put that part in the movie it would have been groundbreaking and inspiring.
Whoever wrote that last bit about the origins of the emblem’s protective metal was on fire that day
That was written as a part of newest Batman movie’s lore.
If you look closely enough, you can see split melted gun comprising his logo.
Same thing with the punisher from marvel
The skull on his chest is a bullseye because it is also reinforced with kevlar
Batman can really be poetic when he wants to be…