10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Batman’s Utility Belt
6. Specific Upgrades
Batman has had to make specific upgrades to his utility belt after certain situations to make sure that he would be ready for them if he found himself in similar circumstances again. In Detective Comics #181, a criminal called the Human Magnet, who controlled magnetic fields, was able to keep Bruce at bay by repelling him with his belt. He later created a utility belt from plastic and wood to combat this problem.
Batman first encountered Mr. Freeze in Detective Comics #373. After that fateful meeting, Bruce installed a heating unit in the belt to prevent him from freezing to death if he were attacked by Freeze’s ice gun. He also created a carbon dioxide gas ejection system in the belt that would move any heavy object that may have fallen on him.
In Batman #650, Jason Todd returned from the dead and took the identity of the Red Hood. During a savage fight with Batman, Jason managed to cut the utility belt off. Elsewhere, the No Man’s Land story arc saw the Dark Knight use a bulkier and more practical belt similar to that of a workman’s tool belt to allow him to carry all the paraphernalia he would need to defend the earthquake-ravaged Gotham City.