We're aware that Batman Day was earlier this week guys, but humour us for a moment. The Dark Knight has many moments of badassdom to choose from - probably making up for that time he sat in an alleyway crying like a little baby, just cos some old folks died or something - including that totally sweet sucker punch to Guy Gardner (one punch!) For our money, though, peak Batman was reached in the pages of the Justice League Of America storyline New World Order. Because Batman managed to defeat an enemy that had already bested the likes of Superman, Wonder Woman and all - y'know, the ones who have actual superpowers. The set up is that the JLA get upstaged by a new team of alien superheroes calling themselves the Hyperclan, who claim they have come to "heal" the Earth and stop it from befalling the same eco-destruction as their home planet. Which is jolly nice of them! Or it would be, if that's what they were actually up to. Which was PURE EVIL. Pretty bad, at least. They were actually planning on enslaving the Earth (duh) which they were gonna get right onto once they captured the League. All of them except Batman, anyway, who was missing, presumed dead. NOPE. Discovering the Hyperclan were actually White Martians and, thus vulnerable to fire, the Caped Crusader started sneaking around their home base, taking them out one by one. By the time the alien invaders have realised what's going on, it's far too late. Batman swans into the main room of their citadel, sets everything on fire and then, as seen above, cracks his knuckles. He's got some more punching to do.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
