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The Battle Over Whether Batman Is A Meta-Human Gets Increasingly Meta

On Wednesday, in Suicide Squad #22, writer Rob Williams had Task Force X leader Amanda Waller define Batman, alongside Killer Frost, as a meta-human. In DC Comics terminology, meta-humans is used to describe a superpowered human whatever the source of their powers. But Batman is just meant to be a man at the height of physical and mental training, the world's greatest detective, with a vast wealth to develop all sorts of gadgets, vehicles and computers to aid him in that endeavour.

The Battle Over Whether Batman Is A Meta-Human Gets Increasingly Meta

There has, however, been the suspicion that there might be something else to that. The way he disappears on the rooftop when Gordon turns his back for a second. His ability, it seems, to recover from all manner of combat injuries. The way he can swing from ropes without dislocating his joints.

The Battle Over Whether Batman Is A Meta-Human Gets Increasingly Meta

Recently, in the Dark Days books, Scott Snyder had defined much of the meta-designation in the DC Universe as coming from dionesium metal in people's bloodstreams, and had recently revived Bruce Wayne, Batman, with the metal infusion restoring his body to the peak of young, fit perfection.

The Battle Over Whether Batman Is A Meta-Human Gets Increasingly Meta

But for all that, Scott Snyder isn't allowing the label meta-human to be applied to old Batty Bay Bats.

Despite now having been revived and improved to perfection by dionesium? And that newly revived version of Batman not having gone away? Either way, we look forward to a return volley…


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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