Batman is known for his tough exterior and guarded personality, which makes him less vulnerable to emotional manipulation. While people like the Joker have attacked him personally in the past, the Caped Crusader usually keeps his heart inside a cage and generally depicts a detached demeanor.
However, the latest comic shows a glimpse of his emotional side when he receives a heart-warming gift from his Justice League colleagues Superman and Wonder Woman. The comic follows Superman and Wonder Woman’s toughest mission yet: getting a birthday gift for the Dark Knight.
Batman Gets A Heart-Warming Birthday Gift From Superman And Wonder Woman
Bruce Wayne is one of the most interesting characters in the superhero genre and has many dimensions to him. A morally right yet troubled character, Gotham’s billionaire uses his resources to wear a bat costume and fight crime as Batman. He is a vigilante who is responsible for cleaning up the city while also being a member of the Justice League.
However, he is often known to work alone, and despite having a Bat Family and being part of the Justice League, is still mostly a loner. Still, the people around him show care in various instances like in the latest comic. In Tom King and Guillem March’s Wonder Woman #7 comic, Superman and Wonder Woman try to get the perfect birthday gift for Batman.
The filler-like tale sees the duo go to the Andromeda Mall, the largest shopping mall in the galaxy to find a birthday gift for Wayne. However, they hit many roadblocks as anything materialistic to the billionaire would feel unworthy. In the end, they decide to gift him a photo reel of Superman and Wonder Woman.
Despite Superman not being sure of the gift and suggesting a backup diamond for the Caped Crusader, they gift him the photo reel. After a thanks, Batman can be seen putting up the photo reel in his Batmobile and smiling at the pictures.
Batman Had Received The Best Birthday Gift From Jason Todd
While Superman and Wonder Woman’s birthday gift to Batman is heart-warming and adds a new layer to the Holy Trinity of DC comics, the Caped Crusader had received the ultimate gift from one of his most trusted associates. In the Robin: 80th Anniversary comics, which was a tribute to the boy-wonder, a story sees Batman getting the best gift of all time.
In the story More Time, Wayne is gifted his father’s old watch by a young Jason Todd. Alfred mentions that Todd had spent ages trying to get the old watch to work but ultimately failed. A moved Batman gives the watch back to Jason Todd to fix it. However, as time passes by and the Red Hood storyline happens, the watch makes a comeback.
A much older Todd places a box in the Batmobile, which Batman opens to find Thomas Wayne’s old broken watch working again. Jason Todd simply says, “Happy Birthday”. The instance is all the more heart-breaking as Batman failed to save him while Robin was being beaten to death by Joker in A Death in the Family.
