Batman’s 10 Craziest Mentors

By Chris Quicksilver /

9. Don Miguel (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)

€œWhen they see a car like this, a car from dreams, with a touch of magic to it...The truth is, they won€™t catch you, Bruce, because deep down, they don€™t want to€ €“ Don Miguel
Don Miguel is a Brazilian getaway driver who appears to be a twisted collision of Jason Statham€™s character in the Transporter movies and Eddie Gordo from the Tekken game series. And in his one and only appearance (to date), it is heavily implied that he inspired the creation of The Batmobile. The character first appeared in Batman Issue 21 (August 2013) in the Zero Year backup story Where The Hell Did He Learn To Drive?! By Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV and Rafael Albuquerque. He drove a heavily pimped-out super car (complete with awesome gadgets) and wielded a rocket launcher. Unlike his protégé, Don Miguel killed without thinking twice about it. This meant that The Don€™s final lesson ended when a 19-year-old Bruce Wayne knocked him out with one punch and left him at the mercy of the police. He was a criminal, after all...