# Batman's a Commie! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306 "2006-12-15T16:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/1 "2006-12-15T16:36:56Z")
[Look at the second photo in the article.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6177531.stm) Batman apparently has decided to go to work for the Russians. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/2 "2006-12-15T16:37:48Z")
Either that, or they switched their national drink to rum. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/3 "2006-12-15T17:13:53Z")
Well, maybe a _Russian_. They’re not supposed to be _Commies_ anymore Reporter: Comrade, how will we call him Commissioner Grodian: He gave us a sign (Turns on Bat-Signal, shows it on perpetually overcast Moscow clouds and across the _cebula_-domes of St. Basil’s.) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/4 "2006-12-15T17:24:06Z")
Is he really prepared to work for communists[?](http://www.lucubus.com/hello/144/951/640/batman.jpg.psd.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/5 "2006-12-15T17:30:07Z")
I think the Ruskies use a bat to symbolize alcohol, same as Puerto Ricans with their rum. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/6 "2006-12-15T17:30:29Z")
I want the inevitable t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/7 "2006-12-15T17:38:56Z")
[QUOTE=According to Pliny] I think the Ruskies use a bat to symbolize alcohol, same as Puerto Ricans with their rum. [/QUOTE] So we could say Russia is “bat country?” ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/8 "2006-12-15T17:40:54Z")
“Quick comrade Robin, to the Bat-Tractor!” ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/9 "2006-12-15T17:49:21Z")
Did anyone else read the title and immediately think, “No, Batman’s a _scientist_.” Just me then? Okay. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/10 "2006-12-15T17:51:40Z")
> [@](#): > > “Quick comrade Robin, to the Bat-Tractor!” “Next, Eeeefeningvear!” ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/11 "2006-12-15T17:54:50Z")
Anyone read Red Son? In it, Kal-El lands in the Ukraine rather than Kansas and grows up to become Stalin’s ultimate weapon. Batman was a kid who saw his parents murdered by Stalin’s men, and becomes a rebel against Communist rule. Superman defeats him, but rebels keep popping up under the mantle of the Bat over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/12 "2006-12-15T17:55:35Z")
But can he defeat [commie Superman](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Supermanred.png)? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/13 "2006-12-15T18:32:23Z")
[QUOTE=r4nd0mNumb3rs] But can he defeat [commie Superman](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Supermanred.png)? [/QUOTE] Well if you read _Red Son_ he did. But taking out Superman AND Wonder Woman was too much for him, and he maytared himself with a bomb in his gut. And I guess that symbol explains alot of what he was uptoo during the 52. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/14 "2006-12-15T18:34:47Z")
[QUOTE=MonkeyMule] Well if you read _Red Son_ he did. But taking out Superman AND Wonder Woman was too much for him, and he maytared himself with a bomb in his gut. [/QUOTE] Personally, my favorite part about Batmankopf (no, I’m _not_ kidding) was his fuzzy hat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/15 "2006-12-15T18:46:35Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Well, maybe a _Russian_. They’re not supposed to be _Commies_ anymore [/QUOTE] **UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK** Boy at corn stand: It’s over there. **UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK** Russian U.N. representative: The Soviet Union is willing to give amnesty to your wayward vessel. American U.N. representative: Soviet Union? I thought you guys broke up. Russian U.N. representative: That’s what we wanted you to think! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/16 "2006-12-15T19:23:14Z")
In Russia, bats watch _your_ signals! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/17 "2006-12-15T19:43:06Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] In Russia, bats watch _your_ signals! [/QUOTE] I can’t believe it took sixteen posts for that to come up. I’m actually ashamed of myself. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/18 "2006-12-15T19:45:14Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] I can’t believe it took sixteen posts for that to come up. I’m actually ashamed of myself. [/QUOTE] As am I. The one time it’s actually Orwellianly appropriate and I didn’t do it in the first post 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/19 "2006-12-15T20:07:23Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] “Quick comrade Robin, to the Bat-Tractor!” [/QUOTE] Putin! Na na na na na na na na Putin! Putin, Putin, Putin! ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306/20 "2006-12-15T20:09:29Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Is he really prepared to work for communists[?](http://www.lucubus.com/hello/144/951/640/batman.jpg.psd.jpg) [/QUOTE] If he’s prepared. And he will be. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batmans-a-commie/384306.md?page=2)