Batman with a Gun, and Other Superhero Changes Over Time

 


"A recent piece in the New Yorker pointed out one of the darker bits of Batman's past: once upon a time, in the character's earliest days, the vigilante superhero also known as Bruce Wayne packed heat in his utility belt. For the first few months of his publication history, Batman was known to use guns to solve his problems—not all the time, mind you, but it wasn't out of the question. An editorial request in late 1939, about six months after the character's debut, asked Batman creator Bob Kane to see that costumed heroes didn't fire weapons in his scripts. This change led to one of the defining aspects of the Batman story—the fact that Bruce Wayne vows never to use firearms of any kind because they're the weapons of cowards, like the individual who gunned down his parents in Crime Alley.

This article got us wondering what major changes some other superheroes have gone through since their inception. As weird as it would be to see Batman hanging out with handguns, think about how odd some of these characters would be if they'd stayed the same."
read article by Eric Garneau  

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