7 Times Batman Has Killed in Comics

As a huge Batman fan, I find it fascinating to learn about how the character has changed over the years. It’s easy to forget that Batman didn’t always have his famous no-kill rule! It actually showed up relatively late, in issue #4 of the original Batman comics. Back in his earliest stories, he was much more of a hard-boiled detective, heavily influenced by those old pulp noir comics, and he definitely wasn’t afraid to take a life if he felt it was necessary. But as comics became more aimed at younger readers, Batman had to evolve. He developed that strong moral code against killing, even when his own life was on the line. Still, even with that rule in place, there have been a few times in the main Batman stories where he’s… let’s just say he’s bent the rules a little.








