My proof that Batman is indeed not an abusive parent/bad father (he’s not perfect but not horrible):
Batman has roughly about 23,000 comic appearances and plus well over 100 references in other media (shows/movies and cameos).
Out of those 23,000 appearances only 55 are considered by most media and offical dc websites consider him being cold, emotionally abusive, cruel and neglectful
You may be saying he’s bad in way more comics. That brings the estimate to about 150 comic where it is instead, the reviews left on those comics by fans who find his actions more on the worse parenting side.
And only about 40 of these is actually part of the main/most popular of Batman storyline’s (that photo of Bruce slapping dick Grayson that is very popular, if you read the comic and new the story you would also know that same work martha and Jon Kent do not raise Clark)
On the contrary there is about 600 comics where Bruce Wayne is considered by DC as a good father. (You could add an extra 100 or so where in little moments of Batman solo comics or other comics in general where he makes good parent comments that fans recognise) Whether he is a being a father to his children or a fatherly figure to the others (spoiler Barbara). About 360 of these comics follow the main storyline’s.
150/23,00 is about 0.652%
So therefore only less than 1% of Batman media he is being a canonically bad father
Contrary to that
600/23,00 is about 2.61%
Which is more than double of bad parent Bruce is Batman media that is canon.
Now what about the other 96%. Well this 96% is compiled of either solo Batman runs, justice league comics, only comics with mentioning if he was good/bad and finally comics not focused on him being a parent.
Sources:
There’s a website where you can write reviews on comics (like how you can comment under videos or posts) when I find it again I’ll tag it. My sister showed it to me so when I talk to her next I’ll ask her about it. But until then check out these other sources I used.
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