An Interview with the Caped Crusader

Lyle Grossi
5 min readApr 6, 2021

“Why do you wear black?” He replies, “Black is always in fashion.”

Photo by Serge Kutuzov on Unsplash

“I appreciate your time. I realize the night never rests. Neither does your energy.” I distinguish.

“Yes, of course. My pleasure to serve with a vengeance.”

“Onto the first question. What made you this, the Batman?” I leaned into this question.

No answer, just the scowl.

After five minutes had passed of staring down, I looked down at the next question.

“Alright, where are we?”

“In my bat cave. Cozy, right?”

“Yeah, sure if you say so.”

“Do you know what keeps me up at night?”

“Wait, so you are asking me questions now?”

“I need answers.”

“So do I, but you completely skipped over my first question.”

“Do you fear the dark?”

“Again, not what we agreed on.”

“I will take that as a yes. Well, I live for the darkness. The absence of light gives me strength.”

“Speaking of which.” I pause, observing him. “Why do you wear black?”

He replies, “Black is always in fashion.”

“So, it is. What do you do to pay for all of this? Are you some billionaire looking for a way to spend his money?”

“Did Joker send you here? How about the Riddler? Who are you really working for?” He got up to approach me, stepping forward in my face.

“ I am just a curious reporter looking to understand the hero of this city better. You have inspired a lot of us to do better. I applaud you.” I smiled and nodded with ease.

This action relieved his caution. He backed off and sat down.

“So, as I asked before: how did you become the Batman?” This is the question I was curious to know more than anything else.

He sat there, thinking. This was unlike the first time asking this question. He took a severe amount of consideration.

I thought to myself: “What could be swirling around in his head right now?”

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