It's pretty realistic, most people would lose themselves if they got that close to saving someone but failing. A good bit of humanity, it helps remind us that Batman is still human at his base.
The worst and most inhuman thing here is that the doctor didn't give a sh*t about kidnapping his own daughter and causing her death to make Batman feel guilty and fall into his trap. Really disgusting
The cover that shows a hermit Batman suffering in silence from the effects of the Venom pills is one of the most shocking in the history of comics. It's pretty amazing that a mere doctor, who was basically just a powerless guy without supernatural abilities, would come closer to destroying the Dark Knight than Ra's al Ghul and other supervillains ever could
Batman: "Knowing how brutal your views on the world and your treatment towards criminals are, what makes you think you're better than me?" Rorschach: "I don't know. Maybe the fact that I didn't sell my dignity for some pills that gave me a strength I didn't deserve, I never put children to fight criminals or that I did not ever consider having relations with my son's girlfriend could serve as examples, don't you think?" Batman: "..."
I member seeing a short on this but I don’t recall them saying the scientist was his dad cus his dad is dead . Either way it went on to explain that he went after the scientist n I believe he was taking the pills too n then he kills him I believe or something n then cuts to talking about bane taking the pills 💊 lol pretty dope I love these comics snippets, even subscribed on my sons iPad so he can watch em lol
