10 Problems With Batman Nobody Wants To Admit

9. Stop With The Gadgets

Batman is, supposedly, the world's greatest detective. At least, that's one of the slogans that's often used to describe him, and he does headline Detective Comics, after all. How often do you see Batman do any detective work, though? Like sorting for clues, interviewing witnesses, all that business? A very small fraction of the time.

Along with training his body during those wilderness years spent hanging out with Ras Al Ghul and pick pockets in Bangladesh and the like Bruce Wayne was supposedly training his mind, developing a sharp analytical eye and deductive reasoning. When it comes down to it, though, most of his great successes come from leaning on the wonderful toys he can afford to build thanks to his Waynetech billions. In that way, being Batman isn't all that difficult. Donald Trump could be Batman. One of those idiots you see on The Apprentice probably have the start-up capital to put together a basic Batman suit and Batcave computer system with which to fight crime more effectively than the police can €“ because the gadgets are really all that puts the Caped Crusader above his fellow crime fighters.

If anything Batman often becomes too reliant on his various tools, from grappling hooks to those fancy eye pieces which can scan for fingerprints and other important evidence. So he doesn't have to. Quite lazy, really.