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when you’re a mere mortal who’s
committed to fighting larger-than-life
criminals pain and heartbreak become
part of the package welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 worst
things that have ever happened to Batman
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 some of the worst things to
have ever happened to Batman or Bruce
Wayne to be clear we will only be
looking at the comics not the films or
animated series that being said
alternate comic book timelines will be
considered number 10 the death of Alfred
let’s be clear had this taken place in
the main continuity it would have been a
contender for the number 1 spot given
that it transpired in the pages of the
tie-in comics to the injustice video
games however we have to give it less
weight it’s easy to forget that
technicality when seeing this
heartbreaking moment on the page Alfred
has been a surrogate father to Bruce
since his parents death becoming his
greatest confidant a lie voice of reason
and best friend
it would have been heartbreaking enough
had Alfred simply died of old age but
having him murdered by zazz who was
working for none other than Superman
that’s devastating number 9 his own
death Bruce Wayne might not have the
superpowers but that’s never stopped him
from going toe to toe with the biggest
baddest and most powerful of DC villains
in Final Crisis the Dark Knight put
aside his long-standing no guns rule to
fire a radium bullet at Darkseid it was
a bold move but one that ultimately cost
him his life or so we thought Batman
smoking corpse seemed pretty definite
but we later learned that Darkseid’s
Omega sanction actually sent him back in
time to fight his way through the ages
it was a grueling journey and when he
made at home he was forced to die for
real and then be resuscitated so not
exactly a pleasant trip number 8
Joker kidnapping the bat family as a
superhero when you bring allies on board
you’re opening yourself up to
retribution as well as putting lives at
risk as such
Bruce has spent much of his career going
back and forth between solitary crime
fighter and working with a young war
over the years however despite himself
he’s actually acquired an entire bath
family and sure enough in the death of
the family The Joker used those familial
bonds to emotionally break the Dark
Knight after kidnapping Alfred Nightwing
Robin red hood
Batgirl and Red Robin Joker played host
to a family dinner Batman would never
forget one that forced Batman to
confront the danger in which he placed
people by letting them in number seven
raped by Talia al Ghul Batman and Talia
al Ghul have had a complicated
relationship over the years
there’s nothing complicated about this
particular incident Talia drugged the
world’s greatest detective and then
proceeded to have sex with him
that’s sexual assault plain and simple
not only that but the act was committed
by the daughter of Rachele Ghul with the
intention of conceiving a child against
Bruce’s will which she succeeded in
doing of course Batman didn’t learn
about the child until many years later
when Talia introduced him to his son
Damian number six his war with black
love and becoming Zirin are there are a
few villains who can claim to have
actually broken the bat even temporarily
but when black love and dr. hurt brought
the psychological pain to Bruce Wayne
and his alter-ego well he snapped a
thoroughly bewildered Bruce Wayne was
left without a sense of self to wander
the streets of Gotham effectively
homeless due to his missing memory but
this is Batman were talking about and
he’s always got a back-up plan sadly in
this case his backup plan was far from
elegant an emergency identity by the
name of Zirin are kicked in and
unpredictable manic version of Batman
with a penchant for extreme violence and
wacky outfits pretty no but certainly
effective number five tortured by
Emperor Joker have you ever heard of
Prometheus this Titan defied Zeus by
stealing fire and giving it to mortals
for his humanitarian action he was tied
up while a bird ate his liver not just
once though this punishment was repeated
daily indefinitely now swap out
Prometheus for Batman and Zeus for Joker
scary thought write in the Emperor Joker
storyline the Clown Prince of Crime
acquired mr. Mitsos pick Alex reality
bending powers and used them to put
Batman through hell every day he would
find new and creative ways to kill
Batman Batman was left utterly broken
but thankfully the memories of this
terrible ordeal were wiped from his mind
otherwise he might have lost Batman for
good number for the death of Damian
Wayne for those keeping score this is
the fourth entry on our list to come out
of a Grant Morrison storyline suffice to
say that Batman and his son got off to a
bit of a rough start before being taken
under his father’s
Damien was raised by his mother to think
of himself as royalty and when he came
to live with Bruce that made him a royal
pain in the butt however over time
Damien formed a bond with his father for
Batman however happy cannot become the
status quo Talia’s treachery is what
brought Damian into this world and her
treachery took him out of it Damian was
killed by an adult aged clone of himself
the heretic who was working for Talia
for Bruce it almost proved too much to
handle
number three Bane breaks his back
Oh Batman has a great number of villains
in his rogues gallery but few have ever
bested him even fewer can claim to have
legitimately broken him but Bane sure
did this venom addicted genius and a
luchador mask not only outsmarted Batman
at every turn but proved too much for
the Dark Knight physically as well
Bane ran Batman ragged and then after
pushing him past the point of fatigue
destroyed Batman in single combat
breaking the seemingly unstoppable
detectives back the damage both to his
body and will proved so significant that
Batman was temporarily forced to pass
along the cape and cowl to someone else
suffice to say he made the wrong choice
of successor number two the death of
Jason Todd be a good boy finish your
homework and be in bed by 9:00 and hey
please tell the big man I said
hello sadly more than one sidekick has
met their apparent end working with
Batman in addition to Damian
there was also Stephanie Brown but Jason
Todd he was the first in more than one
way he was the first Robin other than
Dick Grayson and he was also the first
Robin to die rather than go out in a
blaze of glory
he was brutally beaten to death by Joker
with a crowbar the guilt of this death
was a heavy burden for Bruce one that
would go on to shape his character
moving forward
geez number 1 the death of his parents
who would Bruce Wayne be if Joe Chill
had not killed his parents that fateful
night in Crime Alley it’s impossible to
say it’s also difficult to imagine the
state that Gotham would be in inundated
as it is with criminals had as fearless
protector not been started on his path
that night while the event gave rise to
a hero the death of Thomas and Martha
Wayne orphaned a young boy and changed
the trajectory of his life forever
Batman’s childhood trauma has shaped the
person he is today what Batman has made
the world a better place the catalyst
for his transformation is undeniably the
worst thing to have ever happened to
Bruce Wayne
[Music]
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
when you’re a mere mortal who’s
committed to fighting larger-than-life
criminals pain and heartbreak become
part of the package welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 worst
things that have ever happened to Batman
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 some of the worst things to
have ever happened to Batman or Bruce
Wayne to be clear we will only be
looking at the comics not the films or
animated series that being said
alternate comic book timelines will be
considered number 10 the death of Alfred
let’s be clear had this taken place in
the main continuity it would have been a
contender for the number 1 spot given
that it transpired in the pages of the
tie-in comics to the injustice video
games however we have to give it less
weight it’s easy to forget that
technicality when seeing this
heartbreaking moment on the page Alfred
has been a surrogate father to Bruce
since his parents death becoming his
greatest confidant a lie voice of reason
and best friend
it would have been heartbreaking enough
had Alfred simply died of old age but
having him murdered by zazz who was
working for none other than Superman
that’s devastating number 9 his own
death Bruce Wayne might not have the
superpowers but that’s never stopped him
from going toe to toe with the biggest
baddest and most powerful of DC villains
in Final Crisis the Dark Knight put
aside his long-standing no guns rule to
fire a radium bullet at Darkseid it was
a bold move but one that ultimately cost
him his life or so we thought Batman
smoking corpse seemed pretty definite
but we later learned that Darkseid’s
Omega sanction actually sent him back in
time to fight his way through the ages
it was a grueling journey and when he
made at home he was forced to die for
real and then be resuscitated so not
exactly a pleasant trip number 8
Joker kidnapping the bat family as a
superhero when you bring allies on board
you’re opening yourself up to
retribution as well as putting lives at
risk as such
Bruce has spent much of his career going
back and forth between solitary crime
fighter and working with a young war
over the years however despite himself
he’s actually acquired an entire bath
family and sure enough in the death of
the family The Joker used those familial
bonds to emotionally break the Dark
Knight after kidnapping Alfred Nightwing
Robin red hood
Batgirl and Red Robin Joker played host
to a family dinner Batman would never
forget one that forced Batman to
confront the danger in which he placed
people by letting them in number seven
raped by Talia al Ghul Batman and Talia
al Ghul have had a complicated
relationship over the years
there’s nothing complicated about this
particular incident Talia drugged the
world’s greatest detective and then
proceeded to have sex with him
that’s sexual assault plain and simple
not only that but the act was committed
by the daughter of Rachele Ghul with the
intention of conceiving a child against
Bruce’s will which she succeeded in
doing of course Batman didn’t learn
about the child until many years later
when Talia introduced him to his son
Damian number six his war with black
love and becoming Zirin are there are a
few villains who can claim to have
actually broken the bat even temporarily
but when black love and dr. hurt brought
the psychological pain to Bruce Wayne
and his alter-ego well he snapped a
thoroughly bewildered Bruce Wayne was
left without a sense of self to wander
the streets of Gotham effectively
homeless due to his missing memory but
this is Batman were talking about and
he’s always got a back-up plan sadly in
this case his backup plan was far from
elegant an emergency identity by the
name of Zirin are kicked in and
unpredictable manic version of Batman
with a penchant for extreme violence and
wacky outfits pretty no but certainly
effective number five tortured by
Emperor Joker have you ever heard of
Prometheus this Titan defied Zeus by
stealing fire and giving it to mortals
for his humanitarian action he was tied
up while a bird ate his liver not just
once though this punishment was repeated
daily indefinitely now swap out
Prometheus for Batman and Zeus for Joker
scary thought write in the Emperor Joker
storyline the Clown Prince of Crime
acquired mr. Mitsos pick Alex reality
bending powers and used them to put
Batman through hell every day he would
find new and creative ways to kill
Batman Batman was left utterly broken
but thankfully the memories of this
terrible ordeal were wiped from his mind
otherwise he might have lost Batman for
good number for the death of Damian
Wayne for those keeping score this is
the fourth entry on our list to come out
of a Grant Morrison storyline suffice to
say that Batman and his son got off to a
bit of a rough start before being taken
under his father’s
Damien was raised by his mother to think
of himself as royalty and when he came
to live with Bruce that made him a royal
pain in the butt however over time
Damien formed a bond with his father for
Batman however happy cannot become the
status quo Talia’s treachery is what
brought Damian into this world and her
treachery took him out of it Damian was
killed by an adult aged clone of himself
the heretic who was working for Talia
for Bruce it almost proved too much to
handle
number three Bane breaks his back
Oh Batman has a great number of villains
in his rogues gallery but few have ever
bested him even fewer can claim to have
legitimately broken him but Bane sure
did this venom addicted genius and a
luchador mask not only outsmarted Batman
at every turn but proved too much for
the Dark Knight physically as well
Bane ran Batman ragged and then after
pushing him past the point of fatigue
destroyed Batman in single combat
breaking the seemingly unstoppable
detectives back the damage both to his
body and will proved so significant that
Batman was temporarily forced to pass
along the cape and cowl to someone else
suffice to say he made the wrong choice
of successor number two the death of
Jason Todd be a good boy finish your
homework and be in bed by 9:00 and hey
please tell the big man I said
hello sadly more than one sidekick has
met their apparent end working with
Batman in addition to Damian
there was also Stephanie Brown but Jason
Todd he was the first in more than one
way he was the first Robin other than
Dick Grayson and he was also the first
Robin to die rather than go out in a
blaze of glory
he was brutally beaten to death by Joker
with a crowbar the guilt of this death
was a heavy burden for Bruce one that
would go on to shape his character
moving forward
geez number 1 the death of his parents
who would Bruce Wayne be if Joe Chill
had not killed his parents that fateful
night in Crime Alley it’s impossible to
say it’s also difficult to imagine the
state that Gotham would be in inundated
as it is with criminals had as fearless
protector not been started on his path
that night while the event gave rise to
a hero the death of Thomas and Martha
Wayne orphaned a young boy and changed
the trajectory of his life forever
Batman’s childhood trauma has shaped the
person he is today what Batman has made
the world a better place the catalyst
for his transformation is undeniably the
worst thing to have ever happened to
Bruce Wayne
[Music]
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these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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