# Should Batman wear fishnet stockings? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batman-wear-fishnet-stockings/247599 "2004-05-28T23:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batman-wear-fishnet-stockings/247599/1 "2004-05-28T23:48:44Z")
Well? Should Batman put on the Bat-stockings? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batman-wear-fishnet-stockings/247599/2 "2004-05-29T00:01:57Z")
Only… _if he’s prepared._ ---
**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:** [May 29, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batman-wear-fishnet-stockings/247599/3 "2004-05-29T00:05:22Z")
I shudder to think what situation Batman might be preparing for, though. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batman-wear-fishnet-stockings/247599/4 "2004-05-29T00:10:03Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > I shudder to think what situation Batman might be preparing for, though. Hey now. Even superheroes can go out for a night and enjoy the Rocky Horror Picture Show. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batman-wear-fishnet-stockings/247599/5 "2004-05-29T00:11:33Z")
And Bruce Wayne has always had a good time at the movie theather. What? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batman-wear-fishnet-stockings/247599/6 "2004-05-29T00:18:38Z")
He’d have to have Bat-heels to go with them, though. Otherwise it would just be _weird_… Does Robin get a sequined bustier? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batman-wear-fishnet-stockings/247599/7 "2004-05-29T01:00:30Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > Only… _if he’s prepared._ I don’t think _I’d_ be prepared for that sight. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batman-wear-fishnet-stockings/247599/8 "2004-05-29T01:08:18Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > I shudder to think what situation Batman might be preparing for, though. Well, he DOES live in a cave with an old man and a teenage boy… (did I just type that?) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batman-wear-fishnet-stockings/247599/9 "2004-05-29T07:03:31Z")
Well, if nothing else, it’d lessen the shock to the public if his secret identity was blown. "…To update our top story tonight, authorities confirm that the examination of The Batman’s body has revealed him to be none other than billionaire Bruce Wayne. This just in…we’re getting a report from sources in the coroner’s department saying that Mr. Wayne was wearing… _brief, uncomfortable pause_ …Women’s undergarments at the time of his death. _Another pause_ …Oh, _forget_ it. You can hire back Connie Chung if you want to hear this so bad. I’m Dan Rather, signing off and heading for the nearest bar." I tell ya, getting caught wearing women’s fishnets would be worse for a (male) superhero than being found dead, laying face down in an unflushed toilet. Well, maybe not _that_ bad. But it wouldn’t be that good. ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batman-wear-fishnet-stockings/247599/10 "2004-05-29T18:21:30Z")
Oh he’s the Batman and he’s okay, Fights crime at night and he sleeps all day. He catches crooks, swings and jumps, He drives his batmobile. He makes his ward wear green tights, and likes to cop a feel. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-batman-wear-fishnet-stockings/247599/11 "2004-05-29T18:59:57Z")
You, know before the THIRD thread on the subject of superheros in fishnet stockings appeared, I used to think I was against censorship 🙂