Death Battle III Not Even Internally Consistent

[Reddish Mage]

What about that time Batman was Eliot Ness or the time he was British and living in London? And did he have a butler in the run where he was a knight under King King Arthur cursed with immorality? Well, since Cobblepot murdered his parents with an Avada Kedavra maybe we can get him to cast some kind of divination. Maybe then I could figure out if they plan to ever retcon Damiam into a universe like lonely-Bruce in Earth 12 (batman beyond) or his and Salina's daughter Helena in Earth 2.

You can't really compare Batman to Sherlock, despite Sherlock's IP being up for anyone the people using it have stuck to the same general motifs and they have more respect for the source material than DC Comics has ever shown with any of it's licensed media.

You are equating Batman with ‘Batman.’ When another person has the title it’s clearly another character. It’s like saying Sherlock Holmes is also the name of someone’s cat. That isn’t Sherlock Holmes

Also, Elseworld stories and What Ifs are explicitly altering the character in ways that don’t stick.

Yeah, I'll drop in on that. Original Holmes was a doped-up misandristic misanthrope who was eternally bored with the world and wanted a roommate to pay rent.

TV (modern) Sherlock is someone with bad social skills who solves problems with the power of being smart and occasionally friendship.

There is very little respect for the source material where Holmes is concerned. And that's fairly constant.

Holmes was described by Arthur Conan Doyle in terms of being an eccentric and a loner. England was a very conformist society at the time. Poor social skills was heavily implied.