What If Batman Was the Real Villain All Along? This Animated Sketch Explores the Darkest Timeline — GeekTyrant
Instead of dishing out vigilante justice, this version of Batman leans hard into late-stage capitalism. The Joker's plan to poison the water supply? Doesn't matter when Batman already owns the water company.
Penguin's next big media stunt? Good luck getting airtime when the Bat owns the news. Henchmen? They're now stocking shelves at a Bat-branded fulfillment center earning minimum wage… in Bat-Bucks.
It's a funny satire that flips the script on the billionaire superhero trope, asking what real-world power and unchecked wealth would actually look like in a world like Gotham.
This Batman doesn't just fight crime, he's buying up the infrastructure, the hospitals, the courts, and even mining the public's data. By the end of it, even the classic rogues gallery has to admit defeat.
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