Greetings nerdy list aficionados and welcome back to top 10 nerd. Batman Bruce Wayne a
dc comics staple a founder of the golden age of comics and some would argue overused it
depends who you’re talking to Tony Isabella I see you. With DC 5g we wills see yet another
Batman allegedly Luke Fox cause I guess Duke thomas didn’t make the cut and batman bad
blood didn’t count or timeline things but either way we’re here to look at alternates.
Just because you’re the original doesn’t mean that you are the strongest no some people
coming from parallel universes may be able to take you on or even down. I’m Sasha and
we’re looking at the Top 10 alternate versions of Batman stronger than bruce wayne. Of course
you’re going to see a bunch of the dark knights metal but I’ve got some curve balls
in here for you too what are they well you have to stay tuned to find out.
Number 10 - Dawnbreaker starting off with one of the Batmen from the dark knights metal
event which showed the world the dark multiverse a multiverse where all the negative occurences
had happened and lots of them seemed to involve a batman who had gone rogue and as a result
destroyed the world since dc really wants you to believe batman can do that he’s powered
by sales he can do anything. Dawnbreaker comes to us from earth – 32 here after the murder
of his parents being left free of all feelings including fear Bruce comes into possession
of a green lantern ring and uses it to kill he overrides the no kill safety ft that modern
rings have on them and well he just goes full villain using the ring to subdue and become
a symbol of terror. Interestingly the whole what would batman do with a green lantern
ring is an old question and one that was actually addressed in one of the early batman elseworlds
stories Batman in darkest knight from 1994 where Bruce gets a ring but just becomes a
normal green lantern and stays a good person. The changes in depiction of batman in just
the span of a few decades is staggering. With a ring and all of the constructs people could
create Batman with a ring should be able to take out Bruce Wayne as long as writers didn’t
go full Ozymandias with him. 35….minutes…ago.
Number 9 - The midnighter – The midnighter has now been folded into dc and is just a
character in their universe and he also flirted a lot with dick grayson so that makes the
bruce wayne comparisons a bit ick but when Midnighter first debuted he was a member of
the authority who were over at Wildstorm comics. And he was an analogue for Batman a clear
standing and commentary but one with hom they could also do their own thing like have him
marry their superman analogue Apollo. The Midnighter is genetically enhanced with faster,
speed, flexes, strength endurance and mental capacity. He should by all right be able to
all things being equal he should win in a fight against Bruce Wayne even though he lost
to dick grayson in grayson but Dick had some spy tech.
Number 8 - Red Death – This Bruce Wayne comes to us from earth -52 on this earth on
this earth batman was doing his thing fighting crime but all his robins they didn’t make
it and well it slowly began to drive Bruce mad so Bruce went minority report and decided
he needed to stop crimes before they happened and what better way to do that then the speed
force. So he got barry and then drove him on the cosmic treadmill with the batmobile
and thusly he absorbed the flashes powers and became red death with his newfound speed
he begins murdering his rogues gallery cause what better way to stop crime then for the
people committing it to be dead. A batman with super speed the fastest man alive. Regular
batman can’t deal with that. Too fast or at least he shouldn’t be but I know some
of you will be like he contingency plans for the flash so he should be able to stop a flash
version of himself.
Number 7 - Thomas Wayne – We were first introduced to Thomas as batman in flashpoint
that storyline where barry went back in time to save his mom and succeeded only to ruin
the entire world it was about to be destroyed because of a war between the atlanteans and
the amazons. Also Bruce died in the alley son his dad became batman and his mom became
the joker cause it only takes one bad day killing joke reference. Thomas Wayne has managed
to make his way over to the mainverse and many feel is more skilled more dedicated and
just more hardcore than Bruce. He’s also supposed to be a like a darker version now
a warped mirror I dunno I miss right after Barry ruined everything by creating the new
52 and he brought bruce a letter from his own dad telling him how proud he was of him
and he had a moment it was really sweet he cried. Let them fight I dunno let them hug!
Number 6 - Dc One Million – this story takes place in the 853rd century which was actually
picked cause if dc had stayed concurrently publishing that would be the year they would
hit their millionth issues. So The Batman here chose the name cause of the legacy and
the many batmen who had come before and is spurred into action after a breakout on the
prison planet pluto instigated by master criminal Xauron. After his take over using the laughing
virus he took the guards ad their spouses into an arena and killed them in front of
their kids and there was one who knew his narrative duty to become Batman. So what does
this batman have that Bruce Wayne does not well for one thing he’s telepathic that’s
a huge asset. Even though I know Batman has trained to resist telepaths cause there are
some on the team. But future batman also has enhanced intelligence and advanced scientific
and mechanical aptitude which just means that he knows more cause future tech is different.
Still someone from the future with telepathy and better tech look out Bruce Wayne.
Number 5 – The Merciless – Batman with the powers of god of war Ares God power Batman.
He comes to us from Earth -12 and is created because of wonder bat this is why batman and
wonder woman can’t be together even though I wish for it so cause he goes crazy without
his womans'. Although this is just supposed to be war time camaraderie sadness to which
I say ok sure Jan. After it appears that Wonder Woman is dead Batman dons the helmet to avenge
her and is all no it’s fine I’ll be able to control it. But of course he couldn’t
and he ended up turning into a vengeful and bloody force tho of course it turned out womp
womp that wonder woman was alive and he’d snapped for nothing the tragedy of it all.
So Batman vs Ares batrman no. No fighting gods as a mortal and winning stop it.
Number 4 - Batman of Zurr enh arrr so there are some who will claim that this is the true
Batman. So the bataman of zurr enh arr was first introduced in the silver age and he
was an alien he appeared In the story "Batman—The Superman of Planet-X!" in 1958 however years
later this concept would be reworked by grant morrison. Where he unveiled the costume and
started making reference to it his take this Batman is another persona of Bruce’s the
psychotic version the result of hypnotic suggestion trigger placed there by Doctor Simon Hurt.
This Batman will torture he will kill and that makes him far more dangerous than Bruce
it means that this batman wouldn’t hesitate isn’t this batman just Bruce Wayne you say.
Yes but with new 52 and rebirth in between this presentation we’ve seen characters
return reworked look at deathwing so this could happen and in a battle like this Batman
could conceivably use especially after Tom Kings run.
Number 3 - The Batman Who Laughs – from Earth -22 this version has become the most
well known of all the dark knight metal versions. He is a Jokerized version of batman created
after bruce inhaled toxins emmited from the joker’s corpse after snapping his neck.
This Batman is supposed to have all of the joker’s cruelty and creativity and madness
but with bruce wayne’s methodical preparedness so like a super sane joker basically. This
version would prove so popular he would make his way over into the main verse past the
dark knights metal arc and was only defeated when bruce wayne teamed up with the joker
which was the one eventually he never saw coming. Mileage varies on that. So Bruce couldn’t
beat him by himself he had to go get his nemesis to help. The effects of the batman who laughs
are still being felt by the DC universe what with the infected arc and potentially more.
Are you still here for the batman who laughs? Or are you done?
Number 2 - Vampire Batman – The Batman Dracula trilogy has become a classic Batman elseworlds
tale that graced the world with one of the most terrifying versions out there the way
he is drawn is just chilling. This version of batman is of course as skilled as Bruce
but with all the assets being a vampire provides the super strength the hypnotism the just
general charm plus menace mostly menace in this case. Vampire Batman tries to control
his bloodlust to adhere to a code pf no killing but the joker forces him to break it after
he gets him to drink from him and he kills him cause no one wants a vampire joker. This
batman made a reappearance in the secrets of sinister house and his story there is just
my heart it tugged on it and you know how ice cold I am.
Number 1 Batmite – Are you triggered but come on Batmite is from the 5th dimension
by our standards he’s basically a q he can do anything bend reality to him whim create
a whole new one of course he can defeat Bruce Wayne it just hasn’t really come up cause
he’s a super fan. Batmite first debuted in Detective Comics #267 back in 1959 he is
a version of mr. myztpltlk for batman basically since that character was doing well over in
the Superman comics. Batmite is an annoyance to Batman and tends to send him on zany adventures
also he had really punny adventures like Batmite adventures. This character tends to have a
pretty polarizing reaction some are here for the fun zaniness while others think it’s
just awful.What are your thoughts?