# If Batman's back was broken why is he still bouncing around?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 1, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016 "2006-06-01T14:38:27Z")
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### Author: ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/21 "2006-06-03T22:29:11Z")

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> [@Cliffy](#):
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> You’re asking about Batman’s back injury? Dude, at around the same time, Superman _died_! Spine, shmine!
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> –Cliffy

Ah, so they gave Batman Superman’s spine. Now it all makes sense.

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### Author: ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/22 "2006-06-04T02:07:42Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Back fixers are there.

Silly, don’t you know that Batman doesn’t have anything, unless it has “bat” in the name? He has _Bat_-back fixers!

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