Hey Yea Forums Yea Forums plebian here, looking for reading advice on big boy books. I'm a bit of a Batman nut, (I know, modern Batman is absolute trash. But I find the character as a whole over his 80 years of history to be quite fascinating.)
I read this page today, and wanted to read the book referenced, only to find out it was made up. So my question to you is what books WOULD Bruce Wayne actually read in his studies to become Batman?
Looking for recommendations to learn about the criminal mind, forensics, various sciences, technologies, strategy, physical fitness or martial arts. Even anything pertinent to a specific villain such as Scarecrow and a study of fear, or books about Riddles, etc. Anything you believe Batman would or should have read.
We would need to divide the bat. In a lot of layers. For example, the Batman of the 30's and 40's starts with the greeks. No joke, he lived the classical aristocratic education western model. If the USA movies taught me right, I would think about the whole presocratic and sofists corpus, Plato, Aristotle and Socrates. Perhaps he would feel empathy for someone like Diogenes.
Then, maybe, He would have moved on to Greek dramaturgy, and then take jump into Moliere, Shakespeare, and of course, Edgar Allan Poe, Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie.
And for the record, I fucking Hate Bob Kane. I really hate him. Picture related.
read The Count of Monte Cristo, it’s a great book, very enjoyable, a great place to start for plebs wanting to read literature because it’s an adventure novel, and given that you like Batman, Batman is basically the count so maybe you’ll like that about it >driven by a need to exact justice outside of the law and act as providence >superpower of basically infinite money >loyal servants >compulsion to act as father figure to various young men >wears disguises
If you just want to read books about crime related skills to larp as Batman you need to go back to your shitty containment board and then hang yourself
Connor Lee
>he hasn't read Sir Maxwell Floppy
Kevin Gomez
Would Batman do GOMAD?
Lincoln Murphy
Fuck no, batman would learn physics and anatomy and learn his body as he goes.
Xavier Wood
Albert Camus
Evan Young
Yeah, Kane is an absolute Swindler, and I'll also gladly take breakdowns like this on various "Era's" of Batman. As I agree the character changes by generation. Modern day Batman is an unbearable Gary Stu, and I doubt he even knows how to read. Likely just has his computer or Alfred read to him.
Thomas Robinson
Where do I start with the oeuvre of Sir Maxwell Floppy? What should I read beforehand?
