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There are two things thatBatmanholds near and dear to his heart : his Bat - Family and his no - putting to death regulation . No matter how unbalanced oroff - grade Batman ever gets from himself , it will take a peck for him to break down his biggest principle . On the flip side , whenever he does channelise off - course into unhinged territory , it ’s his Bat - Family that always keeps him back in cheque .
However , no family is perfect , not even the Bat - Family . That ’s why each member is better together than aside . They stop each other from urinate mistakes that they would repent , peculiarly when that mistake is killing . So many times over the years , fellow member of the Bat - Family have reached their breaking point and nearly gone against the code they abide by so closely , only for one of their kinsperson to stop them before they do something they regret . Here are some examples .
10Batman Nearly Kills The Joker, Jason Todd Stops Him
Detective Comics#570 by Mike Barr, Alan Davis, and Paul Neary
It ’s almost ironic to think thatJason Todd would be the one to stop Batman , of all people , from breaking his rule against the Joker . More often than not in recent times , Batman ’s the one trying to bar Jason from killing . Not to mention , given that Joker pass away on to kill Jason , Red Hood has tried to kill Joker multiple times ( and one clip thinks he does ) . But in Jason ’s Robin years , Batman allow the Joker to enrage him so much after scrambling Catwoman ’s mentality that Jason has to commit his mentor off himbefore Batman does the unthinkable .
9Jason Todd Almost Kills a Pimp, Batman Stops Him
Batman#422 by Jim Starlin, Mark Bright, Steve Mitchell, and Anthony Tollin
This minute showcases the dynamic between Jason and Bruce that readers are more familiar with , and proves to bea character - defining instant in Jason ’s prison term as Robin , as well as his hereafter as Red Hood . Upon project a pander threatening someone who work for him , Jason ’s figure enough and beats him within an in of his aliveness . When Batman asks if Jason was strain to kill him , Jason confirm Batman ’s suspicions . “Would it’ve been that grown of a loss if I had?“This moment foreshadows what bump just two publication by and by when Jason shoot down an abuser named Felipe in # 424 .
8Batman Almost Kills Cheer, Jason Stops Him
Batman Urban Legends#6 by Chip Zdarsky, Eber Ferreira, Scott Eaton, Julio Ferreira, Oclair Albert, Marcus To, Adriano Lucas, and Becca Carey
This leaning will show that , despite introducing the no - kill rule into his Bat - Family , Batman is almost a repeat wrongdoer multiple times over . Even more surprising is how often Jason has to be the one to pull him out . As much as Red Hood invest crimes that go against the Bat - Family ’s rules ( killing , using guns , etc.),he accepts that is n’t how Batman operatesand will go out of his direction tostop him from give way his code . That ’s what he has to do when a toxin - infect Batman almost pour down Cheer .
7Stephanie Brown Almost Kills Her Father, Batman Stops Her
Detective Comics#649 by Chuck Dixon, Tom Lyle, Scott Hanna, John Costanza, and Adrienne Roy
give way their history , Stephanie Brown has always had ( and probably always will have ) a tumultuous relationship with her beginner , to the pointCluemaster belt down her more recently . The tables would have turned year prior , if not for Batman . In this story , the future Batgirl ( then Spoiler ) already has a splintering on her shoulder joint when Batman orders her not to keep an eye on them to her beginner ’s position , given how her personal blood feud against him might jeopardise their mission . She get on the vista anyway , and Cluemaster threatens Spoiler ’s life if Batman does n’t countenance him go free .
Batman ’s last haunt to spare Spoiler ’s life is to warn Cluemaster that stamp out her would be kill his daughter . Confused , Cluemaster slay Stephanie ’s masquerade party to bring out his daughter in the chassis before him . Stephanie then allow all of her furore on showing , expire her forefather out with a range . Steph is quick to belt down him and justify it in the same breath until Batman warns her that she ’ll give up the rest of her life sentence if she ends his . Stephanie begrudgingly hear to finish the government issue .
6Cassandra Cain Almost Kills Her Dad, Stops Herself
Batgirl(2008) #6 by Adam Beechen, Jack Purcell, Sal Cipriano, J. Calafiore, and Nathan Eyring
From one Batgirl to another , both Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain have their fair share of daddy takings . However , unlike Stephanie , Cass is able-bodied to restrain herself from vote down , rather than needing someone to facilitate her fall to her green goddess . This is n’t an easy conclusion for Cass , whose founder trained her to be a slayer growing up . When her father is on a rooftop , ready to kill Cassandra ’s friend , Oracle , Cass sweeps his legs . As he hangs from the roof , Cass seriously begin debating in her head if she should just let him drop .
Because she knows kill him wo n’t make the pain in the neck go away and because it goes against the computer code she lives by , she sample at the last possible secondment to draw him back up . She fails , but he only falls a couple of foot away , a survivable fall . Batman and Robin get on the scene . Batgirl swears that she tried to save her founder , and not only does Batman believe her , but he ’s proud of her to the point that he is quick to officially adopt her into the crime syndicate .
5Damian Wayne Almost Kills in His Beast Form, Nightwing Stops Him
Nightwing#110 by Tom Taylor, Sami Basri, Vicente Cifuentes, Adriano Lucas, and Wes Abbott
During the events of " Beast World , " Damian is one ofmany transformed into a human - animal crossbreed , withRobin assume more of a feline comportment . As Dick and Jon Kent attempt to find his whereabouts , they tail him down half a sea mile under Gotham in The Pit , where such animal loanblend are forced into armed combat in an belowground fight nightclub of sorting . Unaware of his instincts , Damian choke for the kill against his opponent , but Jon and Dick stop him just in clock time .
Despite Damian having a repute as being one of the more unripened , wild members of the Bat - Family who stillhas yet to grasp the note value of human life-time , he ’s beenredeemedin more late times and thusvalues his father ’s code . Both Superman and Nightwing know how devastated Damian would be if he realized he break his father ’s most significant rule once he recovered from this animalistic ordeal , hence why they intervene quickly before the fight intensify .
4Tim Drake Almost Kills Captain Boomerang, Stops Himself
Red Robin#26 by Fabian Nicieza and Marcus To
The only dispute between this and the previous entry is that Tim is in his right mind when he closely kills Captain Boomerang . However , just like Cassandra a few entry ago , Timstops himself from doing the unthinkable . As Red Robin , Tim still impart a grudge against Captain Boomerang for bolt down his father during the " Identity Crisis " storyline . He plans out a murder plotin which Captain Boomerang ’s own bad , predictable mistake will be his own undoing , but finally , Tim decide against lease him die , send him to jailhouse rather .
3Azrael Almost Kills a Random Goon, Stopped by Tim Drake
Detective Comics#657 by Chuck Dixon, Michael Netzer, Scott Hanna, Adrienne Roy, and John Costanza
Azrael ’s status in the Bat - Family has always range amongthe most controversial , and it’shis consistent disregard for Batman ’s code that outrank him so dishonorably . One of his most blatant , trigger-happy gush comes when Robin and he are on stakeout duty while Batman rest after overworking himself . The duette answers a fracture - in in spite of appearance of Wayne Tower , and at some point , Azrael starts flinging a chain saw every which mode but loose . Robin kicks the weapon out of Azrael ’s helping hand when he almost gives in to his St. Dumas brainwashing by pop .
2Batman Almost Kills The Riddler, Stopped by The Joker
Batman#32 by Tom King, Mikel Janin, June Chung, and Clayton Cowles
The Joker has the luxury of being the only somebody on the list outside the Bat - Family to break off a Bat - Family fellow member from killing . This come from the " War of Jokes and Riddles " storyline , painted as one of Batman ’s earliest adventures during his second year of crime combat . When Batman has had it up to here with all the pandemonium organise by the Riddler , he ca n’t help but souse a knife in the Riddler ’s direction , clearly go for the kill . He ’s stopped by the Joker ’s hand . see Batman accomplish his break up tip makes the Joker laugh hysterically .
1Nightwing KILLS The Joker, Tim Drake Tries to Stop Him, But is Too Late
Joker: Last Laugh#6 by Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty, Rick Burchett, Mark Lipka, Dan Davis, Gina Going, Digital Chameleon, and Willie Schubert
turkey : Last Laughsees the Joker embark on his most personal secret plan yet , under the impression that he ’s about to give-up the ghost from a concluding brain tumor . He ’s quick to go out with a bang , and when Tim Drake ’s Robin is presumed dead , Nightwing is quick to send him to mellow Hell . Joker unrelentingly goad Nightwing as he dumbfound him mercilessly . A returning Tim is able to pull Dick off of the Clown Prince of Crime , but it ’s too tardy . Huntress revives the Joker with mouth - to - mouth , but technically speaking , this is the only instance on the list where Batman ’s crony breaks his principle .
What particularly makes this moment so damning is that Dick state Barbara beforehand that he sympathize that killing Joker would intend that the villain wins . But as far as Dick is occupy , Jokerdoeswin when he kills another Robin . Nightwing is blinded by rage to the full stop he does n’t care that he is going against his family ’s moral code . Upon learning that Tim is active , he not only feel regretful about breakingBatman’sno - kill rule , but he also feel guilty for savour what he did .
