10 Most Emotional Comic Book Moments Of The Decade

Although for many it was likely overshadowed by the gory drama between Batman the Joker, the confrontation that the rest of the Batfamily went through in the Death of the Family series makes for an unnervingly emotional scene that exemplifies perfectly why so many people love the Dark Knight and his huge adopted family.

Because when Alfred and the assorted Batkids are poisoned by a version of the Joker gas that makes them fight one another, it's only their incredible bond that manages to stop them from tearing each other apart - with them exclaiming things like "family" and "I'm here" to emphasise it just that little extra.

Okay, so the fact that all of the Batfamily have definitely been exposed to the toxin before and thus are likely to have built up some kind of resistance to the various strains of Joker gas probably also helped them by a significant margin. But it's clear that they're all fighting with one thing in mind - that it's their family they'll hurt otherwise, and that they love each member of the strange crew of miscreants enough to push that little bit harder in order to protect them.