4. A Battle for the Cowl
To me, there are few greater concepts in comic books than the idea of Batman vs. Batman (close second is Batman vs. Superman, simply for the sheer D.C fanboy joy of it). If youre not a follower of the comic lines, you might have done a double take just now, or even assumed Batman vs. Batman was a typo. No, no typo. Essentially, a few times, weve seen Batman forced to face off against an imitator, and whenever it happens, it just
feels big, important. A few people have worn the moniker of Batman, most notably (and for ages, after Bruce Wayne was zapped back in time by Darkseids Omega Beam at the end of the Final Crisis event) Dick Grayson bore the mantle and was more than happy, humbled even, to give it back. But not everyone who has taken on Waynes responsibility in the past have been so willing to let it go. In the massive Knightfall storyline for example, former Azrael Jean-Paul Valley takes over Bat-duties while Wayne recovers from the broken back Bane gave him. As Wayne heals, Valley become brutal, takes the fight that one step to far and eventually, the true Batman returns to take back his legacy, one way or the other. And what a moment that was, and can be again, only this time on film. It wouldnt even necessarily contradict Nolans continuity either; you could have Joseph Gordon-Levitts John Blake acting as this brutal Batman, only for Bruce Wayne to return from his self-imposed exile to right his error in judgement. And there you have it, one Batman vs. Batman ultimate throwdown, delivered as promised.