turns out the Dark Knight is broken as
one rule quite a lot welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten times
Batman has killed someone before we
begin we publish new videos every day so
be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
instances across various media where the
Caped Crusader has taken a life it
doesn’t matter if it was by accident or
just because he decided to get his
murder on for lunch this also applies to
people managed to come back to life
later on also the other look out for a
few spoilers down the line number 10 the
fall of Harvey Dent The Dark Knight in
Christopher Nolan’s back universe Batman
may have refused to kill the Joker but
the heroes former ally Harvey Dent
wasn’t quite so lucky after the
psychotic clown murdered dents beloved
Rachel the district attorney slowly fell
into his own form of madness he became
the ruthless two-face who’s every
villain attacked he and on the flip of a
coin at least for one afternoon
blaming Jim Gordon for the current state
of affairs he held Gordon’s son at
gunpoint with a coin toss determining
his fate
luckily Batman decides to intervene
before the coin can determine the
outcome saving Gordon’s son in the
process Harvey on the other hand is sent
literally over the edge which you would
number nine the Green Dragon Detective
Comics number 39 when dealing with a
gang of criminals as dangerous as the
Tong of the Green Dragon the world’s
greatest detective uses everything in
his environment to his advantage in
order to win the day
but maybe you went a little too far for
this one after being cornered by the
Horde Batman decides to hold them off by
taking their giant statue and dropping
it on him uh we know you want to avenge
the murdered mayor of Chinatown but
crushing a whole bunch of gang members
probably was not the best way to go
about it number eight starving the cagey
beasts Batman number 420 when you’re
backed into a corner with a savage super
villain coming at you with an intent to
kill it is possible to see how a
fatality could occur in the name of
self-defense this is actually not one of
those times after engaging in an all-out
brawl
Batman eventually overcomes the Russian
death machine known as the KGB’s who has
been said to assassinate the president
problem solved man not quite you see
instead of incarcerating him in prison
or even leaving him with a few broken
bones Batman goes out of his way to lock
him underground with no means of escape
then he just walks away essentially
leading him to starve to death number 7
the warehouse Batman vs Superman dawn of
Justice
not surprisingly many bat-fans were not
too happy when they saw their hero going
around killing henchmen left and right
in Zack Snyder’s film interpretation of
the character this kinda reached a peak
when he puts his differences with
Superman aside in order to save the mana
fields mother because you know Martha
the fight choreography in this scene is
definitely something to behold almost
like it was ripped straight out of the
Arkham game
however we are pretty sure that a few of
these wounds aren’t getting up from that
beatdown especially that poor bastard
with the flamethrower he caused to kind
of explode number six Batman equals
hangman Batman number one we all know
that back in the day the bat had new
problem was taking a life but even by
those standards this is really pushing
the envelope after a group of mental
patients are turned into freakishly
strong serial killers and sent on a
rampage it’s up to Batman to put a stop
to him maybe by restraining them until
they can be cured of their affliction
nope he hopped into the batwing fires
off a table latches around one of the
patients next and hangs him until he
split out of his misery not quite the
approach we would have gone for but heck
it was the forties number five acid bath
Detective Comics number 27 the first
appearance ever of the Caped Crusader
may have been a landmark comic and one
of the most sought-after in all of
existence but it also features a pretty
grisly death for an unfortunate criminal
solving the case of the chemical
syndicate Batman manages to put down the
leader of the criminal organization
Alfred Stryker with a well-timed punch
which sends him flying into a vat of
acid where he meets a rather sticky end
hmm that does sound like the origin
story of a certain murderous clown we
all know in fear
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
number four taking out the trash
Detective Comics number six thirteen
well on a more positive note it looks
like Batman regrets accidentally sending
a couple of criminals to what must have
been a rather painful end The Dark
Knight finds himself in the middle of a
deadly dispute between rival garbage
disposal companies when one of them
kills the innocent son of a garbage
worker that men tries to bring them to
justice
but while fighting he ends up knocking
the gangsters into a garbage grinder the
results are as you would expect with
Batman’s reactions perfectly capturing
the shock and horror as one of the
nameless goons has turned into bloody
scrap but hey he feels really bad about
this one so it’s okay number three the
god bullet Final Crisis number six so
you know that that man despised his gun
due to them being the tool that took his
parents from him essentially left him
traumatized and he makes a point of
never carrying one well that kind of has
to go out the window when it comes to
Darkseid yes kidding oh god okay where’s
the fun in that granted if there was
anyone who deserved to get put down the
Lord of apocalypses definitely in his
own top ten despite the radiation bullet
only mortally wounding him it does allow
for the others to finish Darkseid off
with the fate of the universe on the
line Bruce Wayne is definitely willing
to go to the edge in order to save it
number two the last laugh The Killing
Joke god damn it
well what are you waiting for kick the
hell out of me and get you standing
ovations the conclusion to what many
consider to be one of the greatest
Batman stories mr. debate in recent
years after defeating the Joker and
saving Gordon from his own personal
house of horrors the story ends with the
Joker telling Batman a grim joke Joker
of course finds it hysterical but so
does that man the two laugh
uncontrollably and the focus shifts away
from them to a beam of light by the
final panel the light is gone and the
laughter has stumped reading some vents
to insist that this means that Batman
had killed the Joker while this one’s
definitely up in the air as to whether
or not the Caped Crusader ended the
Joker for good for the purposes of this
list where in these Batman totally
killed him camp number one the goddamn
Batman all-star Batman and Robin the Boy
Wonder from the man who brought us the
Dark Knight Returns and Batman year one
Frank Miller’s reimagining of the
dynamic duo gave us a Batman who for a
lack of a better word
completely friggin nuts he kidnaps Dick
Grayson and forces him to become Hobbit
acts like a spoiled child when making
enemies of the Justice League and of
course he kills some criminals the best
and most otherworldly example being when
he set some baddies alight while also
getting laid that’s right
the Batman burns criminals alive as he
gets his freak on with the Black Canary
why you may ask
cuz he’s the goddamn Batman do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
one rule quite a lot welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten times
Batman has killed someone before we
begin we publish new videos every day so
be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
instances across various media where the
Caped Crusader has taken a life it
doesn’t matter if it was by accident or
just because he decided to get his
murder on for lunch this also applies to
people managed to come back to life
later on also the other look out for a
few spoilers down the line number 10 the
fall of Harvey Dent The Dark Knight in
Christopher Nolan’s back universe Batman
may have refused to kill the Joker but
the heroes former ally Harvey Dent
wasn’t quite so lucky after the
psychotic clown murdered dents beloved
Rachel the district attorney slowly fell
into his own form of madness he became
the ruthless two-face who’s every
villain attacked he and on the flip of a
coin at least for one afternoon
blaming Jim Gordon for the current state
of affairs he held Gordon’s son at
gunpoint with a coin toss determining
his fate
luckily Batman decides to intervene
before the coin can determine the
outcome saving Gordon’s son in the
process Harvey on the other hand is sent
literally over the edge which you would
number nine the Green Dragon Detective
Comics number 39 when dealing with a
gang of criminals as dangerous as the
Tong of the Green Dragon the world’s
greatest detective uses everything in
his environment to his advantage in
order to win the day
but maybe you went a little too far for
this one after being cornered by the
Horde Batman decides to hold them off by
taking their giant statue and dropping
it on him uh we know you want to avenge
the murdered mayor of Chinatown but
crushing a whole bunch of gang members
probably was not the best way to go
about it number eight starving the cagey
beasts Batman number 420 when you’re
backed into a corner with a savage super
villain coming at you with an intent to
kill it is possible to see how a
fatality could occur in the name of
self-defense this is actually not one of
those times after engaging in an all-out
brawl
Batman eventually overcomes the Russian
death machine known as the KGB’s who has
been said to assassinate the president
problem solved man not quite you see
instead of incarcerating him in prison
or even leaving him with a few broken
bones Batman goes out of his way to lock
him underground with no means of escape
then he just walks away essentially
leading him to starve to death number 7
the warehouse Batman vs Superman dawn of
Justice
not surprisingly many bat-fans were not
too happy when they saw their hero going
around killing henchmen left and right
in Zack Snyder’s film interpretation of
the character this kinda reached a peak
when he puts his differences with
Superman aside in order to save the mana
fields mother because you know Martha
the fight choreography in this scene is
definitely something to behold almost
like it was ripped straight out of the
Arkham game
however we are pretty sure that a few of
these wounds aren’t getting up from that
beatdown especially that poor bastard
with the flamethrower he caused to kind
of explode number six Batman equals
hangman Batman number one we all know
that back in the day the bat had new
problem was taking a life but even by
those standards this is really pushing
the envelope after a group of mental
patients are turned into freakishly
strong serial killers and sent on a
rampage it’s up to Batman to put a stop
to him maybe by restraining them until
they can be cured of their affliction
nope he hopped into the batwing fires
off a table latches around one of the
patients next and hangs him until he
split out of his misery not quite the
approach we would have gone for but heck
it was the forties number five acid bath
Detective Comics number 27 the first
appearance ever of the Caped Crusader
may have been a landmark comic and one
of the most sought-after in all of
existence but it also features a pretty
grisly death for an unfortunate criminal
solving the case of the chemical
syndicate Batman manages to put down the
leader of the criminal organization
Alfred Stryker with a well-timed punch
which sends him flying into a vat of
acid where he meets a rather sticky end
hmm that does sound like the origin
story of a certain murderous clown we
all know in fear
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
number four taking out the trash
Detective Comics number six thirteen
well on a more positive note it looks
like Batman regrets accidentally sending
a couple of criminals to what must have
been a rather painful end The Dark
Knight finds himself in the middle of a
deadly dispute between rival garbage
disposal companies when one of them
kills the innocent son of a garbage
worker that men tries to bring them to
justice
but while fighting he ends up knocking
the gangsters into a garbage grinder the
results are as you would expect with
Batman’s reactions perfectly capturing
the shock and horror as one of the
nameless goons has turned into bloody
scrap but hey he feels really bad about
this one so it’s okay number three the
god bullet Final Crisis number six so
you know that that man despised his gun
due to them being the tool that took his
parents from him essentially left him
traumatized and he makes a point of
never carrying one well that kind of has
to go out the window when it comes to
Darkseid yes kidding oh god okay where’s
the fun in that granted if there was
anyone who deserved to get put down the
Lord of apocalypses definitely in his
own top ten despite the radiation bullet
only mortally wounding him it does allow
for the others to finish Darkseid off
with the fate of the universe on the
line Bruce Wayne is definitely willing
to go to the edge in order to save it
number two the last laugh The Killing
Joke god damn it
well what are you waiting for kick the
hell out of me and get you standing
ovations the conclusion to what many
consider to be one of the greatest
Batman stories mr. debate in recent
years after defeating the Joker and
saving Gordon from his own personal
house of horrors the story ends with the
Joker telling Batman a grim joke Joker
of course finds it hysterical but so
does that man the two laugh
uncontrollably and the focus shifts away
from them to a beam of light by the
final panel the light is gone and the
laughter has stumped reading some vents
to insist that this means that Batman
had killed the Joker while this one’s
definitely up in the air as to whether
or not the Caped Crusader ended the
Joker for good for the purposes of this
list where in these Batman totally
killed him camp number one the goddamn
Batman all-star Batman and Robin the Boy
Wonder from the man who brought us the
Dark Knight Returns and Batman year one
Frank Miller’s reimagining of the
dynamic duo gave us a Batman who for a
lack of a better word
completely friggin nuts he kidnaps Dick
Grayson and forces him to become Hobbit
acts like a spoiled child when making
enemies of the Justice League and of
course he kills some criminals the best
and most otherworldly example being when
he set some baddies alight while also
getting laid that’s right
the Batman burns criminals alive as he
gets his freak on with the Black Canary
why you may ask
cuz he’s the goddamn Batman do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
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