Just what is the appeal of Batman these days?

[An Enemy Spy]

Yes, he's a power fantasy. Yes, the concept is childish. Yes, no one could master all the thousands of skills or be half as smart as Bruce. Yes, he has been in some exceptionally bad stories. I mean, wow. In one he calls a kid who just saw his parent's die retarded. I'm not joking.

Yeah, that's the Frank Miller version. He also burns some criminals alive and then has sex with Black Canary while their corpses smolder in the background. It's really bad.