10 Insanely Dark Batman Moments The Movies Won't Show You

All-Star Batman and Robin has been roasted many times over the years for how jarringly different it made Batman to the Dark Knight we know and love. Of all of these moments, none were as transparently out of character as when Bruce basically tortures a young Dick Grayson into becoming the Boy Wonder, leaving him in the dark of the Batcave and forcing him to eat rats to survive.

This is by no means the most cringe-inducing moment of the series - as moments like the dynamic duo painting themselves yellow to try and kill Green Lantern are equally bad - but the distorting of the bond between Batman and Robin does feel much worse than other moments, due to the needless edginess it tries to offer out.

It doesn't really make sense that Batman would mistreat his sidekick like this in the first place, as precisely no part of Batman's own training involved eating disease-riddled vermin.

With All-Star Batman and Robin sacrificing crucial character dynamics for pointless dramatisation, it seems a safe bet to say it's one comic that will remain squarely tucked away from any potential future movie scripts.