Warning: Spoilers for Detective Comics #1092
To hide his vigilante activities from the public,Batmanhas always drawn a firm line between his Dark Knight alter ego and his civilian self by leaning into a playboy act as Bruce Wayne. Now, Batman is carrying out an investigation with the help of his Bruce Wayne identity, proving that his womanizer persona has a practical application beyond keeping his superhero lifestyle under wraps.
InDetective Comics#1092 by Tom Taylor, Mikel Janín, and Wes Abbott, Batman continues taking doses of Sangraal, ayouth serum that can reverse the effects of aging. To learn more about the operation behind this medication, Bruce tries to ask Scarlett about it, only for her to change the subject in fear.
Batman realizes Scarlett can’t discuss Sangraal in the open, so he decides to switch gears and use his Bruce Wayne charm to gather information instead. Bruce asks Scarlett on a date, and this creative style of interrogation shows thatBatman’s secret identitycan benefit his detective work.
Batman Uses His Bruce Wayne Identity to His Advantage in an Investigation
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When Batman can’t get the job done through his usual means of investigation, despite beingDC’s greatest detective, he takes Scarlett out to dinner in hopes of learning the truth about Sangraal through upfront conversation. On their date, Bruce casually brings up why she hasn’t pulled strings to get her ailing mother to take Sangraal, and Scarlett alludes to the lack of control she has over who her investors approve for the miracle cure. While Batman could have gathered this information through more secretive means,Bruce’s sociable approach works better here due to his history with Scarlett as an old family friend.
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Bruce’s date with Scarlett goes swimmingly, and the two end up spending the night together. At first, it seems thatBatman has found a new love interestin Scarlett, but he exposes his true motivations once she leaves him alone in the bedroom.With Scarlett out of sight, Bruce plugs a hard drive into her laptop and downloads files related to Sangraal.Batman later hands the stolen files over toOracle, and she teases him about how Batman and Bruce Wayne are"doing some kind of covert team-up". Where Batman fails, Bruce is able to succeed at uncovering the secrets of Scarlett’s operation.
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As proficient as Batman is thanks to his sleuthing skills, he’s now learned that some cases can only be cracked by his billionaire side. Bruce is capable of getting closer to people, specifically women, causing them to let their guard down and confess their deepest secrets. Sleeping with Scarlett to steal data from her computer is far from ethical, but it does help Batman learn more about how exactly she has found a way tooverhaul biology and potentially become immortal.Batmanis now much closer to unraveling the mystery surrounding Sangraal, and he owes this progress to Bruce Wayne.
Detective Comics#1092is available now from DC Comics.
Batman
One of DC’s most iconic heroes, Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Forged by tragedy with the death of his parents, Bruce dedicated his life to becoming the world’s leading martial artist, detective, and tactician. Recruiting an entire family of allies and sidekicks, Bruce wages war on evil as the dark knight of his hometown, Gotham City.
