monition ! Contains Spoilers for The Penguin # 12!Batmanhas been fighting law-breaking for decades , invariably perish up against absurdly unsafe mass - naturally , he ’s been poke , shot , and bludgeoned from every potential direction . Shockingly , Batman take his body to palpate all of this pain without filtering any of it out .

The shockingway that Batman ’s body plow painfulness was revealedin a preview forThe Penguin#12 by Tom King and Rafael De Latorre . In this chronicle , Batman is on the way to bring through the Penguin from his villainous girl , and he has to go through an regular army of criminals to do it .

While getting shot or stabbed sure as shooting ache , ordinarily , the body quickly goes into shock , and that dulls the pain . Unfortunately , it seems to dull everything else as well . So , over the years , Batman has trained his bodytonever go into shock , mean he feel every individual shotand pang that he take .

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Batman Feels Every Hit He Takes

Pain Is Definitely Part of His Game

It ’s hard to key justhow much risk Batman volitionally shake off himself into every individual night . He often goes up against criminals who wield knife , bats , or even guns . This list does n’t even include his scalawag : villains who have specialised weapons , such as the Penguin ’s pernicious umbrella or the Joker ’s infamous acid - spraying prime . It ’s well-heeled to conceive of that the first defense reaction against this is numb the pain , simply taking drugs or using a system to never feel the damage Batman goes through , butBatman has actually embraced the opposite .

When Batman is constantly take with life - or - dying situation , he has to be capable to make decisions as tight as possible .

Batman explains that while shock is nice because it numbs infliction , it also numb everything else , admit his thinking and determination - make abilities . When Batman is constantly dealing with life - or - death situations , he has to be able-bodied to make decisions as fast as potential , or else people will die . He ca n’t give to go into shockwhen he gets jab or pip ; he just has to palpate allthe infliction he goes through . This is an vivid resolution , but it ’s not surprising that Batman would do everything he can to keep his mind clear . Batman famously never drinks alcohol for the exact same reason .

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Batman Feels Every Wound He’s Ever Taken

It’s Part of His Strategy

The Penguinhas revealed a net ton of detail aboutBatman and his human relationship with the Penguin , include how Batman and Cobblepot worked together for year . Readers also perplex greater insight into the Penguin ’s kinfolk and personal life . The series has continued with fascinating reveals , and by far the unwarranted is how Batman deals with pain . Having the mind of the world ’s greatest tec , it makes sense that Batman would n’t require shock to dull his locoweed , but feeling every hit he takes night after night is an incredible root that truly shows how bully of a heroBatmanis .

The Penguin#12is uncommitted September 4th , 2024 from DC Comics !

THE PENGUIN # 12 ( 2024 )

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One of DC ’s most iconic submarine sandwich , Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne . Forged by calamity with the decease of his parent , Bruce dedicate his life to becoming the world ’s direct martial creative person , investigator , and tactician . Recruiting an entire family of allies and sidekicks , Bruce wages warfare on evil as the dark knight of his hometown , Gotham City .

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The Penguin 12 Main Cover: a collage of Batman and the Penguin fighting embedded in a sketch of the Penguin.

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One of DC’s most iconic heroes, Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Forged by tragedy with the death of his parents, Bruce dedicated his life to becoming the world’s leading martial artist, detective, and tactician. Recruiting an entire family of allies and sidekicks, Bruce wages war on evil as the dark knight of his hometown, Gotham City.

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