[badlander86]

Batman is also my fave DC hero. I got on the Batman titles proper during the No Man's Land story arc and followed all the way through the end of Morrison's run.

I'm...not the biggest fan of Morrison's concepts but I guess he shook up the title enough to make the character feel fresh.

By the way, the character has been beaten many times before. Often by his own paranoia. Tower of Babel, War Drums, the OMAC Project all show Batman's biggest fear is being betrayed by the people he thinks he trust most. The story in Identity Crisis (which has probably been retconned at this point) shows the possible root of this paranoia.

Different people have different views of what should be the ideal Batman. The lone-wolf Batman, or the Dynamic Duo concept, the fairly friendly Jim Aparo-era Batman, or the complete douchebag dark narrow-minded vigilante type as he's shown in Batman Absolution.

Perhaps my favorite interpretation of Batman came from the Batman Anime DVD feature which shows a young Bruce Wayne travelling to India. Here' the clip:

And of course The Dark Knight Returns Pt.1 is just as defining.