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Warning : contains spoilers forBatman ' 89 # 2 !
Gotham City now officially hate bothBatmanand Bruce Wayne - and the reason is shockingly apprehensible by many reader . Billionaire by day , Bruce Wayne ’s vast fortuneis not a secret and is in fact a core aspect of the character . ButBatman ' 89 # 2,written by Sam Hamm with artistic production by Joe Quinones and colors by Leonardo Ito , show the benighted aspect of being bear into money in Gotham City .
Batman ' 89is a continuation of Tim Burton ’s serial of Batman films that takes estimation from the never - produced third pic ( Burton would later leave the dealership and Joel Schumacher would be work on to direct the third picture show ) . Harvey Dent ( modeledafter his actor Billy Dee Williams ) is firmly against vigilantism in his city and is adamant on bringing Batman to justice - part to sustain the short community of interests where he grew up , Burnside . Upon hearing Dent ’s manner of speaking to the community , in which he says"We all have a go at it there are two Gothams … and I can distinguish you it ’s dead on target , because I ’ve inhabit in both",Bruce Wayne meets with Dent to discuss a proposition .
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Bruce proposes to support every child in the Burnside district and pay their way through four years at Gotham State University - or a schooltime of their choice . He project to continue the program" … until I run out of money . Which wo n’t find for a while yet . “But as soon as he leaves , the the great unwashed last in Burnside immediately voice their concerns - and intuition . They wonder if heownsthe schools , and perhaps the entire endeavour is a gambit for publicity . In brusque , they trust Bruce Wayneas much as Harvey Dent trusts Batman .
Gotham ’s income inequality has created a large socioeconomic divide , and in an environment where the poor feel forgotten by the wealthy , it ’s intelligible they would be leery of Bruce ’s true purpose . Dent muses after the conversation that Bruce has a awfully guilty conscience , but that does n’t endear him to the masses of Burnside in the slightest . Bruce may be a philanthropist in current comic strip continuity ( until he lost all his money ) , but he still lives in a very visible mansion with a firm butler by his side . He might not even be aware that his very status as a billionaire is inherently part of a system that Burnside occupier excoriate .
When it comes to quest for and catching outlaw , Batman is 2d to none ( not everyone can be the World ’s Greatest Detective , after all ) , but his attainment as the Caped Crusader do n’t translate to his alter ego when it comes to navigating social issues . Bruce is used to a standard of living that is simply unrealizable to most Gotham residents , lease alone the people of Burnside . In short , Batman’swealth allows him to contend crime and could well be considered his greatest asset - but as Bruce Wayne , it ’s his greatest weakness .
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