Favorite moments in Bat-history?

[DetectiveDupin]

I didn't see any threads like this, so I thought this would be a fun thread. What are your favorite moments in Bat-history? This doesn't necessarily have to be just about Batman, any gothamites are welcomed.

[DetectiveDupin]

One of my favorite scenes of all-time is in Year One where Bruce is taking down the SWAT team. Just everything about that scene was epic. And Bruce punching Pratt through the wall was awesome.

[SpideyZERO]

Long Halloween. When Batman says "I believe in Batman" in the end.

RIP. Batman rising from the grave. I just love heroes rising from the grave. Spidey's is cool too.

That issue from Dini's Detective Comics, featuring Riddler. Batman's on the internet! One of my favorite issue

[Sn4tcH]

On the topic of Year One: The scene where Bruce interupts the mob dinner and the line "From this moment on, none of you are safe"... whatever issues I have with Frank Miller kind of just melt away. I love it.

The scene near the end of Long Halloween when the Roman kicks down the door to his office and all the freaks are waiting for him. Then a couple pages later, the full page of Two-Face flipping the coin. Awesome.

"You're wrong! Batman And Robin Will NEVER Die!" Nuff' said...

The scene in Batman Begins where he's taking out the guys at the loading dock. Specifically the "Here" moment.

[DetectiveDupin]

Dark Knight Returns: When Bruce squares off against the mutant leader, round 2.

[Lew Moxon]

Is this limited to current continuity?
If not.
The death of Henry Claridge. From Batman 1
When the Joker stabbed himself and came near death
"Remember me? My how you've grown"-from RIP
Batman holding by his leg and dangling Frenchy Blake out what's implied to be a very high floor.
The Death of the Joker from The Dark Knight Returns
"From this moment on-None of you are safe" from year one.
"A very lovely fairytale"-from Bruce Wayne's first appearance.
"Tell me, or I'll kill you"-I believe from the Doctor Death storyline
The Skeevers incident from Batman Year one
The Death of Joe Chill in Joe Chill in Hell. Of course there's some implication it didn't really happen that way, and that the title in literal. That doesn't make the moment any less fun.

Just to name a few.

[SpideyZERO]

I'm not a big fan of DKR. But I like this line

"There are seven working defenses from this position. Three of them disarm with minimal contact. Three of them kill. The other— [KRAKK] —hurts."

[Infernorhythm]

Batman #1, the Joker's first introduction. All he did was threaten somebody, he hadn't killed yet, but damn it was creepy.

The ending of Face the Face where Batman confronts Great White Shark in Arkham. For me that was one of the coolest Batman interrogations ever.

Oh, and lest I forget, Ra's vs. Batman in the sword duel in the desert from Batman 244.

[BigMike20X6]

Batman vs Jakita Wagner.
http://i35.tinypic.com/33ma1a9.jpg

[SpideyZERO]

That's awesome! *saves*

[catsmeow]

The scene in Hush where Bruce reveals his true identity to Selina.

[goat]

One of my favorites is from Knightfall, when Scarecrow and Joker are arguing, and Scarecrow tries to use some gas on Joker, and Joker's all like "You really think that's gonna do anything to me?"


There are more, but that one just jumped out.

[T Hedge Coke]

Bruce, in pre-Crisis Detective, returning to Wayne Manor after his penthouse, because it's haunted (by Ubu). Masterpiece of abandonment, haunting fathers, and returning to the well.

"Striking terror. Best part of the job." From DKSA.

Last part of RIP: "That's the thing about Batman. He thinks of everything."

Alfred barechested in the rain, from early in All-Star Batman.

Bruce Wayne, coffee fiend, from Ellis' New Maps of Hell, and his futuristic Bat-dad from the Planetary crossover.

Nightwing as the most trusted man in the DCU, during Waid's Brave and the Bold.