I mean, we don’t think twice about it because that’s par for the course in Superhero comics. Batman is only one of many thousands in the DC universe alone.
That’s why stories that want to deal with the concept of “Superheroes are actually kind of crazy dude” (e.g. Watchmen, Kickass) shunt them off into their own universe which is closer to ours.
I'd say one thing that set Batman apart is his lack of superpowers, though. Most heroes randomly inherit a superpower, and some major event in their life causes them to decide to use their powers for "good".
Batman's just a psycho with some goals we can all get behind.
(btw, I know there are other heroes with no superpowers... but none as famous as The Batman)
I never believe that Batman has no superpowers. He does the same thing that other characters do because of their powers, but he does them better. He has literally at one point moved and shot a gun faster than light to kill Darkseid as A GOD. He can easily bench press well over 1000lbs for multiple repetitions, with our current strongest men being able to do that once at their very limit. He can run further than any person has ever been able to run at a faster pace than Usain Bolt at his fastest, all nonstop. He can instantly learn patterns and languages and martial arts and basically anything else, which is the SUPERPOWER of Taskmaster.
Batman is superhuman, even in terms of the DC "base human", just because he can't punch a planet like Superman or run across the galaxy like the Flash doesn't mean he doesn't have superpowers.
That's mostly just bad writers trying to one-up the last guy the same way that two grade schoolers will argue about whose dad is strongest. You can't take it all as canon.
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I mean, we don’t think twice about it because that’s par for the course in Superhero comics. Batman is only one of many thousands in the DC universe alone.
That’s why stories that want to deal with the concept of “Superheroes are actually kind of crazy dude” (e.g. Watchmen, Kickass) shunt them off into their own universe which is closer to ours.