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Is Batman Above the Law? Law and Justice in the Batman Fictional Universe

2023; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.4483503

1556-5068

Giuseppe Martinico,

Comics and Graphic Narratives

In this essay I shall attempt to explore the relationship of law and justice in Batman, seeing how he understands law and how he relates to law. To do so, an itinerary will be proposed, looking at comics and animated series (excluding, therefore, the film versions, except for a few "raids" in Nolan's trilogy).