how did batman get his powers?
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Batman is not a super-hero in the classic sense of super-hero. He has based all of what he has done off vengance for his parents and using his parents wealth to come up with the best crime fighting equipment that he can come up with...
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Hey! Guess what? I've made it here. I liked the way you invited me to answer the question, I must say, you've got a sense of humour. Ok, enough talk, here's some info about the two Batman villains you mentioned-\n\n1.  Manbat\nHe was a scientist named- "Kirk Langstrom" working in the Gotham City Zoo. He wanted to give long life to bats and he was working with the bat mutigene for this purpose. \nAfter he created the serum, he tested it on himself and became the vicious ManBat! Though Batman eventually cured him, he became obsessed with the power he possessed as ManBat! He drank the serum over and over again. Once, her wife also somehow accidentally got infected with the bat mutigene & she became ManBat too (or should I say WomanBat?)\n\nHere is the link that contains more info about ManBat and other information about his comic book appearances-\nhttp://www.batmantas.com/cmp/manbat.htm\n\nHere are some images of the ManBat and the comic book cover-\nhttp://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Manbat&btnG=Google+Search&sa=N&tab=wi\n\nIf you wish to buy ManBat comics, here is the link-\nhttp://www.newkadia.com/NK.php?ipg=464\n\nHere is more info about the comic book-\nhttp://www.johnbolton.com/bolton/comics/batman/batman01.html\n\nHere is the pic of the Batmobile used by Batman in the ManBat comics-\nhttp://www.batmobilehistory.com/batman-manbat-batmobile.php\n\nTo buy the whole ManBat series, visit any of the top search results here-\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=Manbat+comics&btnG=Search\n======== ======== ========= ========= \n\n2. Bob the Goon\nBob the Goon was Joker's henchman (A henchman is a guy who does things like killing someone, fighting etc for the main villain, a sidekick kinda guy). Here is an article about the history and appearances of Bob the Goon-\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_the_Goon\n\nBob basically is more like a silly villain who gets beaten up almost every time. He is a tacky guy who literally "stinks". The only good thing about this character is that he can irritate people by not giving straight forward answers and somehow manages to escape in the end.
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It comes down to the three basic types: some are born great (Superman), some achieve greatness (Batman) and some have greatness thrust upon them (Spiderman). If you ask most people which one they'd rather be, their answer is being born great, because it's easiest. And since they obviously weren't born great (they're here, answering questions, instead of out saving the world) their next favorite is to have greatness thrust upon them, being given a power ring by some alien, or being exposed to cosmic rays, etc. Achieve greatness...? Who wants to do that? That's work! It would be like... like going to school!\n\n28 NOV 06, 1429 hrs, GMT.
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This was answered during John Byrne's run on the post-'Crisis' Superman comic title: Kal-El's ability to fly is a mental manifestation of his power. Essentially, the yellow sun gives him an aura, which he can use to propell himself skyward and lift heavy objects. It's not his muscles.
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his powers were better than the other super heroes.  plus, i think the creators of the comic book figures sort of voted amongst themselves to have one invincible super hero.
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According to the current DC Comics storylines Superman's cells act like solar batteries: they absorb solar energy from the sun, which is gradually making him more and more powerful.  The comic backstory currently states that he did not absorb enough energy to begin displaying superpowers until he was in his teens.  There must be some characteristic of yellow stars' radiation which causes this effect as Kryptonians did not develop powers under their native red sun.\n\nHuman cells do not have this characteristic so any humans who lived on on Krypton would not have developed any powers.
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BATMAN\n\nThe man is a genius, a self-made superhero, a superb martial artist. All without any freak accident involving nuclear spiders, being born in a different planet (or island), nor brandishing a power ring.\n\nComics aside, he's basically the epitome of what human nature can achieve when given a purpose.
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Superman has the best powers of course; but with a price.  With his morales and incredible strength, speed, heat vision, cold breath, etc., he would have to respond to every emergency in the world.  If theres a drought, he can carry over a glacier.  He can pretty much change the climate of anything!  He is at the world's beck and call.  Spidey, he's got a ton of villains and has his hands full.  So I would go with Batman; he has a bunch of lackeys )ie. Robin, Huntress, Nightwing, Batgirl, etc) that could take over while he relaxes down in the Battub.
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Batman because he has a cool outfit and a nice car. Girls dig guys in uniform and drive nice cars.
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Batman because he is actually possible. Probably the only hero that can actually happen
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Batman is human.  Has no powers.  Probably has roid rage, and needs to take it out on some ass.\n\nSuperman is an alien with a boyscout badge.
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The power to award superpowers to others. That way, I could form my own crack team of superheroes (assuming I could afford the payments on a secret island hideout).
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The power to extend to heights of the tallest buildings.\nLadderman possesses the speed of light ability to scaffold the world. His father is tungsten and his mother is titanium. He was hit by a meteor shower that sparked his super ascention and descention powers. His only weakness is lead paint.
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Batman actually.  Superman once gave Batman a kryptonite bullet/several bullets as well as a (modified, I think) gun so that if he ever went psycho or evil at least one person would be able to stop him.\n\nAnd Superman did that because he knew that Batman was the one person on Earth who would fire the shot.
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Magic.  He had sex with a lot of women.
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got to be Batman because unlike superman spiderman or any of the xmen which everyone else has mentioned, batman has no superpowers at all none whatsoever. now lets explore what i mean with that, first of all batman is a ordinary human being with the exceptions that many pyhcologists would say he has multiple or split personality disorder, but in fact batmans uses bruce wayne as his alternate identity not the otherway around if batman could get away with it then bruce wayne would be a recluse. batman also took many many many years to develop his prowess in combat forensics acrobatics strength training and conditioning, acting business meditation and many many more disciplines that i do not mention here, he is the one human man that has pushed himself and continually pushes himself to the limit and has assimilated so much knowledge that its not even funny hell i would say that batman has forgot more about being a detective and crimefighter then most will ever learn, also the fact that batman still has faith in justice and truth and the american way, batman should never be thought of as a lesser superhero because he doesnt have any powers he should be thought of as the one that shows that one man can make a difference without having powers or special abilities. and whoever said spiderman is just way off when spider man has always been a punk of a superhero in my book yeah hes smart and maybe as smart as batman but the way he acts talks and has to be a celebrity is all signs of being a punk
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Holy Lack of Cultural Knowledge, Batman!\nThis was a statement the RIDDLER (not the Joker) used to say on the old Batman TV Series from the 60s.  He was a villian that would commit crimes and then provide clues to Batman in the form of riddles (don't ask).  Often, when he presented these "riddles" to batman, he would preface it by saying, "Riddle me this, Batman..."  Blah blah. \n\nSo what you need to do is wait until he says it again, and then say  "Holy Dated Catchphrases, Batman!".  Trust me, it'll work, and he'll stop, and you'll make a funny in the process.