# Has Batman EVER killed anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-batman-ever-killed-anyone/219239 "2003-12-16T02:43:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-batman-ever-killed-anyone/219239/21 "2003-12-17T18:21:48Z")
Also from _The Dark Knight Returns_: Batman _finally_ kills the Joker by snapping his neck with his bare hands. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-batman-ever-killed-anyone/219239/22 "2003-12-17T18:30:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Harvey The Heavy \* > \*\*Also from _The Dark Knight Returns_: Batman _finally_ kills the Joker by snapping his neck with his bare hands. \*\* No, Joker committed suicide to frame the Bat. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-batman-ever-killed-anyone/219239/23 "2003-12-17T21:10:21Z")
Takes a seriously crazy man to snap his own neck just by turning his head. But Joker’s the one to do it. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-batman-ever-killed-anyone/219239/24 "2003-12-17T23:53:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*No, Joker committed suicide to frame the Bat. \*\* One of the most horrific scenes in comics IMO. Leave it to Frank Miller to come up with that idea. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-batman-ever-killed-anyone/219239/25 "2003-12-18T00:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Harvey The Heavy \* > \*\*Also from _The Dark Knight Returns_: Batman _finally_ kills the Joker by snapping his neck with his bare hands. \*\* [quote] _Originally posted by Bosda_ **No, Joker committed suicide to frame the Bat.** Actually, it was a little of both. Batman snaps the Joker’s neck, but applies just enough pressure to paralyze him, not kill him. The Joker finishes the job himself by twisting his head until the spinal cord completly severs. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-batman-ever-killed-anyone/219239/26 "2003-12-18T00:14:38Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Miller \* \*\* > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Bosda_ > **No, Joker committed suicide to frame the Bat.** > > Actually, it was a little of both. Batman snaps the Joker’s neck, but applies just enough pressure to paralyze him, not kill him. The Joker finishes the job himself by twisting his head until the spinal cord completly severs. \*\* Thats right! I remember now. I believe he even makes fun of Bats for not doing it himself. Then dies with a big Sh^t eating grin on his face.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-batman-ever-killed-anyone/219239/27 "2003-12-18T00:40:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rolandgunslinger \* > \*\*Then dies with a big Sh^t eating grin on his face.😃 \*\* But Bats still expresses his contempt by spitting a great big loogie onto Joker’s forehead. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-batman-ever-killed-anyone/219239/28 "2003-12-18T14:09:35Z")
And don’t forget setting his corpse on fire. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-batman-ever-killed-anyone/219239.md?page=1)