Batman is one of the most complex and interesting characters in fiction created in the last 100 years. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger in issue #27 of Detective Comics in 1939, Batman is seen as the world's second superhero debuting just one year after Superman, who debuted in issue one of Action Comics the previous year, kicking off to what is known as the Golden Age of Comics. Batman has been appearing in films ever since, whether it be Tim Burton's films from the late eighties to early nineties or Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy and the upcoming "Superman V. Batman Dawn of Justice". It is also present in cartoons including "Super Friends" or "Batman, the animated series", which form the initial basis of what is known as the DC animated universe. In the story "Batman Year One" we find Bruce Wayne on his return to Gotham after training for many years to become Batman in the time since he left the Gotham police department the city has become corrupt and in its ties to criminal organizations Bruce Wayne despises the fact that his city has become corrupt so he decides to act as Batman wants to clean up the Gotham City Police Department. Uncovering corruption alongside Detective James Gordon and District Deputy Harvey Dent, they expose corrupt officials and clean up the Gotham City Police Department, leading to more changes coming to Gotham City. Batman is the symbol of the fact that we can fight the system but at the same time work with it to make it more honest. The thing that defines Batman the most, albeit morally, is his stance on guns Batman hates guns his parents were murdered in an act of gun violence in the character's first portrayal Batman used a gun after careful supervision Bob Kane revised the character's origins and his use of firearms to the point where he hated using firearms in the 70 years since Batman was created, he has only used a firearm once in regular continuity and that is was to stop the mad god Darkseid in the "Final Crisis" storyline as a last resort to stop his evil takeover of Earth. This is an anti-gun character. In the story, at the end of "Dark Knight Rises", Batman hands over his legacy to the character John Blake and let's let him be Batman, which is teaching the lesson that anyone can be a hero, no matter what. difficult