# Batman, of course, has "the Bat Pole..."
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 19, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471 "2008-11-19T17:08:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/1 "2008-11-19T17:08:23Z")
Ben Grimm, no doubt, calls his “The Thing.”
Frank Castle refers to it as “The Punisher.”
Ted Knight likes to style his as a “cosmic rod.”
Your turn.
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### Author:  [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/2 "2008-11-19T17:14:11Z")
Well, Clark Kent has “the Man of Steel.”
No need for dick pills there.
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/3 "2008-11-19T17:16:07Z")
Spiderman has his palpal organs! Er … spinnaret? I guess that’s not what your looking for. How about his “web swinger”?
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/4 "2008-11-19T17:18:40Z")
“They call me Captain Hammer, but these… these aren’t the Hammer.”
Spiderman has a web shooter.
Captain Marvel has his Little Billy.
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### Author:  [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/5 "2008-11-19T17:24:35Z")
Nightwing has his night-thing.
Robin has his Boy Wonder.
How about for the ladies?
Powergirl has powergirls.
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### Author:  [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/6 "2008-11-19T17:27:09Z")
Doctor Manhattan has Big Blue.
The Comedian’s is Mr. Happy.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/7 "2008-11-19T17:31:18Z")
Cyclops has his One-Eyed Power Beam.
ShadowCat has her…nah, too obvious.
Magneto has his Monopole.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/8 "2008-11-19T17:31:44Z")
Martian Manhunter has the Martian Man-parts.
Blue Beetle has his blue… wait a minute…
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### Author:  [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/9 "2008-11-19T17:37:03Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> How about his “web swinger”?
It’s called the web-slinger. I think it fits perfectly. 😛
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### Author:  [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/10 "2008-11-19T17:40:58Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#):
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> Well, Clark Kent has “the Man of Steel.”
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> No need for dick pills there.
Whereas Superman has “Red Kryptonite”.
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### Author:  [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/11 "2008-11-19T17:43:04Z")
Reed Richards of course has Mr. Fantastic.
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/12 "2008-11-19T17:43:04Z")
Doctor Strange has his Dread Dormammu.
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/13 "2008-11-19T17:43:14Z")
> [@bouv](#):
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> It’s called the web-slinger. I think it fits perfectly. 😛
Well, obviously I’m not very good at this. I actually looked up the name of a male spider’s parts. Anyway, I know he has a web-slinger but I thought his spidermember would be more of a swinger.
Anyway, if you like this sort of thing there was a hilarious thread about “Thing’s thing” posted here a while ago. Maybe someone would like to brave the search?
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### Author:  [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/14 "2008-11-19T17:46:02Z")
Feric Jaggar affectionately calls his “The Great Truncheon of Stag Held.”
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/15 "2008-11-19T17:48:16Z")
Ted Sallis, IIRC, had a [Giant Size Man-Thing](http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=27676&zoom=4).
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### Author:  [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/16 "2008-11-19T17:49:51Z")
I believe Green Arrow has the long sharp pointy thing,
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### Author:  [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/17 "2008-11-19T17:56:34Z")
> [@Scumpup](#):
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> Ted Knight likes to style his as a “cosmic rod.”
I initially thought this was a “Cosmic Cow” reference.
“Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice…”
Apache Chief has the “Li’l Chief”
Calcium Man has “the Milkbone”
Poison Ivy has a “lily” (or briar patch, if you’re mean)
Catwoman has a … well, you know (same thing as ShadowCat)
Spider-man actually can’t have sex, though. If he did, he would immediately die, his genitalia lodged inside the woman so that no other males have a chance to impregnate her. ([cite](http://www.jstor.org/pss/3592350)).
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### Author:  [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/18 "2008-11-19T17:57:59Z")
Scott Free flatters his as “Mr. Miracle.”
(Of course, if we assume that Barda really is Big…)
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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/19 "2008-11-19T18:00:31Z")
Wonder Woman has her Paradise Island.
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### Author:  [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-of-course-has-the-bat-pole/473471/20 "2008-11-19T18:00:53Z")
> [@bouv](#):
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> It’s called the web-slinger. I think it fits perfectly. 😛
You’ve been with Spider-man?!!
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