Every hero needs a little extra help from time to time. With only sheer willpower, intellect, a few billion dollars, and training from Ra’s Al Ghul, Batman became the most dangerous man on the planet. More importantly, he fights crime without superpowers and with a strict no-kill policy.
Yet with no superpower, Batman literally commands aliens, gods, speedsters, and magic ring bearers. All he had was his resourcefulness, making him one of the greatest comic book heroes, and his popularity remained unmatched. Apart from cool gadgets and intellect, sometimes Batman needs superpowers to fight off the bad dudes.
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10. Batman Possesses All Knowledge Of The Universe
During the Darkseid War, Batman kicked Metron out of his Mobius Chair and acquired it for himself. Batman uses the Mobius Chiar to create the perfect strategy to defeat Anti-Moniter and Darkseid. The Mobiua Chair gifts its use of near-omniscient sight and the understanding of the universe.
It contains all knowledge of the New Gods, history and maps, and all the locations visited by Metron himself. However, the Mobius Chair was never meant for mortals and it would easily kill Batman. If not for Green Lantern, then Batman would have been killed off.
9. Batman Becomes A Genie
While chasing down a criminal named Aristo, Batman was hit with mystic powder which turned him into a genie. Literally, a genie, trapped in a lamp until it is rubbed by Aristo, Batgenie had no choice but to obey his master’s order.
Aristo used Batgenie for his own benefit including stealing money from Gotham Mint and made him a giant bodyguard while and his crew rob the Gotham Diamond Exchange. However, Robin and Batgirl get hold of the lamp and for the third wish freed Batman from the lamp.
8. The Allure Of Yellow Lantern
One of the well-known traits of Batman is the ability to strike great terror among his foes. And acknowledging this, Yellow Ring approached him. Despite being a worthy user, Batman rejected the ring after a few moments. According to another storyline, Batman used a secret Yellow Lantern against the Crime Syndicate.
7. Batman Uses Venom
It is not the venom you think! In the comics, Bane is one of the greatest enemies of ‘The Darknight Knight: Envy’ of power He uses a chemical called Venom to make himself much more powerful than Batman. Initially, Venom was available as a pill before its liquid form.
In a tragic incident, Batman was extremely guilt-ridden and wanted to push his physical boundaries resulting in him consuming pills. Which increased his strength and reflexes but at the same thing made him insanely aggressive and unhinged.
6. Batman Gets The Green Lantern Ring
In Dark Nights: Metal, one version of the Earth had a different origin for Batman. When his parents Thomas and Martha Wayne were killed in front of it, a Green Lantern Ring found him. And using the ring, Bruce Wayne fought off crime and became a hero.
However over the years, the ring’s ability pushed Batman into sheer will and age, and as a result, Green Lantern had to interfere. Unfortunately corrupted by power, The Dark Knight kills Green Lanterns and Oans. Not all superpowers, made Batman a hero, few also corrupted him.
5. Batman Gets Superman’s Power
During a fight with a mad scientist Professor Pender, Superman is shot with a discharging ray gun which took away the Man of Steel’s powers. Immediately Superman gets beaten up by Pender’s thugs as Pender sets up another device to transfer Superman’s power to himself. Just then Batman meddled and got hit by a beam. Resulting in Superman’s power transferring into Batman, but luckily it lasted only for 24 hours.
4. Batman’s Addiction Terrorizes The City
In Earth, -12 Batman and Wonder Woman fight a vicious and long war with the God of War himself, Ares. However, Ares wears a helmet which makes it impossible to defeat. While fighting, Ares kills Wonder Woman. Overwhelmed with grief, Batman wears the helmet of Ares and sets off on a killing spree. He goes on to kill Ares and destroys the life around him. His addiction to death and destruction gets the better of him and joins the other evil Batmen.
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3. Batman Controls The Elements
Pete Dale inherits the power of the elements from an ancient Indian relic which causes a lot of problems in Gotham City. To stop Dale, Batman uses the element on himself. The duo turn themselves into the earth and then fly switching to water and finally taking the form of fire.
Robin, Batman’s sidekick covers them in sand turning them into glass trapping Batman and Dale. As soon as they break free of the glass, Dale gives up as he no longer possesses the powers of the elements.
2. Batman Becomes A Giant
Because of the Maximizer Ray, Batman became a thirty-foot giant and now Batman has to hunt down the criminals who have stolen the Minimizer Ray which will store them at a proper height. Now Batman becomes DC’s Godzilla causing damage and destruction everywhere he goes.
Using the Minimizer ray, Robin returns both Batman and the thief to their normal heights, and Batman knocks him out. The Maximizer and Minimizer’s power sources have been depleted, making sure they can’t be used again.
1. Batman x Joker
This is the most dangerous version of Batman to date. It was his nightmare come true. Unlike the other version of the evil Batmen, this version of Batman found murder to be unacceptable. Joker’s psychological play finally breaks Batman and when he killed Joker all his toxins entered the body of Batman.
These toxins unhinged Batman and all suppressed personalities surfaced like aggression and violence. In the end, he killed Bat’s Family before they could have stopped him.
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