The reason for this is simple: Most of the ideas about Batman still unexplored on-screen only come into play when you surround him with other characters: A Robin (any Robin), Batgirl (any Batgirl), Batwoman, Batwing, Nightwing, the Huntress, the Signal, Red Hood, Azrael, and in one very good Detective Comics run written by James Tynion IV, Clayface. It’s an incredibly stylish and very good reconsideration of what came before, but it’s a rehash nonetheless. If there’s a major flaw to The Batman, it’s that it’s largely a remix of the familiar. After a certain point, it feels like these movies are less Bruce Wayne and more Drake, hiding a child. While there have been many comic books that featured the Dark Knight flying solo, every one of them did so with a rapidly growing cast of caped heroes joining Batman’s crusade in the background, either in comics or Saturday morning cartoons. Eleven comic books: That’s how many were published before Batman’s creators decided to give him a sidekick. Bill Finger and Bob Kane created Batman in 1939’s Detective Comics #27, and in the 80-plus years we’ve gotten Batman stories, he was only truly alone for one by 1940’s Detective Comics #38, Robin was born. You wouldn’t know this from about 70 percent of the movies about him, but for the majority of his existence, Batman has never been a loner.
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