Batman Finally Admits to Defrauding Stockholders

[Snaploud]

Minor dialogue from Batman/Superman #85

Spoiler: minor dialogue

Batman: "He put together a paper trail, proved that I'd been pilfering tech from the business."

Superman: "But it's your company..."

Batman "It wasn't. We were a publicly traded company, then. Technically--"

Superman: "You were defrauding your stockholders."

Batman: "I did what was necessary."

So, what do you think? It looks like Batman has finally admitted something that a lot of us have been wondering about for years...Though...

Spoiler: regarding that minor dialogue

...in this incarnation it was just a temporary situation (until he bought back the company and it stopped being publicly-traded, I guess).

 

[Trekker4747]

Batman can defraud his share-holders. If he had time to prepare.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Yes. That issue was a flashback tale and Bruce explained why he did that. No big deal and not surprising.

 

[Mr Light]

Batman can defraud his share-holders. If he had time to prepare.

 

[Frontier]

He's the fucking Batman. He can do whatever the fuck he wants.

Ain't like he's Bernie Madoff. He's been using company resources to save lives and Gotham and kick psycho-bad-guy ass. Anyone whose got a problem with that is just dumb.

 

[BillJ]

Does it matter? It all gets wiped away in a couple of months?

 

[Admiral_Young]

It doesn't matter. As I said the issue in question was a flashback issue and not relevant to any current story line...or future for that matter.

 

[Anwar]

Batman's been a white-collar criminal for a long time, as long as Wayne Enterprises was a public Company.

 

[shivkala]

Well, with Batman Incorporated, it's now all above board, at least. And, if I remember correctly, it's also being used to explain why it's happened in the past.

 

[Samurai8472]

Batman/Bruce Wayne is just a slicker version of Lex Luthor

 

[Christopher]

Really, are we surprised to learn that Batman breaks the occasional law in order to pursue his mission? Heck, just having the Batplane is in gross violation of federal aviation laws, since every aircraft is required to file a flight plan and have registration with its owner's name and address listed. And I doubt the Batmobile is properly registered or street-legal either.

 

[Klaus]

Atomic-powered with flames shooting out the back? What's wrong with that?

 

[Trekker4747]

Really, are we surprised to learn that Batman breaks the occasional law in order to pursue his mission? Heck, just having the Batplane is in gross violation of federal aviation laws, since every aircraft is required to file a flight plan and have registration with its owner's name and address listed. And I doubt the Batmobile is properly registered or street-legal either.

Batman may break the occasional law, sure. But one would think Bruce Wayne would have kept his life, especially his business life, more clean for both his own reputation and to prevent the whole "bat thing" from getting out.

 

[shivkala]

Really, are we surprised to learn that Batman breaks the occasional law in order to pursue his mission?

nuGreen Arrow: "Breaks the occasional law? Amateur."









For context, the solicitation for Green Arrow in September:

Green Arrow is on the hunt. Driven by inner demons, Ollie Queen travels the world and brings outlaws to justice...by breaking every law.
Now, armed with cutting-edge weaponry and illegally gained intel (courtesy of his team at QCore), Green Arrow is shooting first and asking questions later.

(emphasis is mine)

 

[paudemge]

Yea, it seems like defrauding his stockholders, which he was still probably the biggest, is minor compared to the numerous other crimes he has committed or commits on a daily basis.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Sigh. If the rest of the dialogue from that panel was posted instead of just the bit about Bruce defrauding his stockholders...he explains why he did that to Superman and that he basically just cared about the mission and nothing out. The purpose of that entire scene was him admitting mistakes. This thread is starting to remind me of the silly revoking of American citizenship thread from Action Comics 900. Again people...this was a flashback story that will have no relevance to any current storyline or any future storyline. Superman/Batman is not even an in-continuity book.

 

[Hound of UIster]

Owning his own killer space satellite. Making protocols on how to kill the JLA. Batman should be locked away along with the rest of the crazies in Arkham.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

OT, but there really should be a rule that comic book artists should not be allowed to draw archers drawing a bow until they learn how archery works.

 

[Silvercrest]

That panel only works if his arms are half as long as normal ... and the lower end of the bow is buried in the ground.

 

[Snaploud]

Sigh. If the rest of the dialogue from that panel was posted instead of just the bit about Bruce defrauding his stockholders...he explains why he did that to Superman and that he basically just cared about the mission and nothing out. The purpose of that entire scene was him admitting mistakes.

You must have read a different comic than me. I didn't see any additional justification, and he certainly never admitted that defrauding stockholders was a mistake.