Editing Batman (section)

=== Skills and training ===
Batman has no inherent superhuman powers; he relies on "his own scientific knowledge, detective skills, and athletic prowess".<ref name="Wright_p17">Wright, p. 17.</ref> Batman's inexhaustible wealth gives him access to advanced technologies, and as a proficient [[scientist]], he is able to use and modify these technologies to his advantage. In the stories, Batman is regarded as one of the world's greatest detectives, if not the world's greatest crime solver.<ref>Mike Conray, ''500 Great Comicbook Action Heroes''. 2002, Collins & Brown. {{ISBN|978-1-84411-004-9}}</ref> Batman has been repeatedly described as having a genius-level intellect, being one of the greatest martial artists in the DC Universe, and having peak human physical and mental conditioning.<ref>{{cite book |last= Greenberger |first= Robert|date= 2008|title= The Essential Batman Encyclopedia |publisher= Del Rey Books|isbn= 978-0-345-50106-6}}</ref> As a [[polymath]], his knowledge and expertise in countless disciplines is nearly unparalleled by any other character in the DC Universe. He has shown prowess in assorted fields such as mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry, and several levels of engineering.<ref>{{cite comic|writer=[[Grant Morrison]]|penciller=[[Howard Porter (artist)|Howard Porter]]|story=War of the Worlds|title=JLA|issue=3|date=March 1997|publisher=DC Comics}}</ref> He has traveled the world acquiring the skills needed to aid him in his endeavors as Batman. In the ''[[Superman: Doomed]]'' story arc, Superman considers Batman to be one of the most brilliant minds on the planet.<ref>{{cite comic|writer=[[Scott Lobdell]]|penciller=[[Ed Benes]] and Jack Herbert|story=Superman: Doomed|title=Superman|issue=31|date=July 2014|publisher=DC Comics}}</ref>

Batman has trained extensively in various fighting styles, making him one of the best hand-to-hand fighters in the DC Universe. He possesses a [[Eidetic memory|photographic memory]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Hannah |date=2017-07-12 |title=Case Closed: 15 Detectives Who Could Out-Sleuth Batman |url=https://www.cbr.com/better-detectives-than-batman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715090858/https://www.cbr.com/better-detectives-than-batman/ |archive-date=2017-07-15 |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> and has fully utilized his [[photographic memory]] to master a total of 127 forms of martial arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://buildingthebat.com/bat-skills-what-skills-does-batman-have/ |title=What Skills Does Batman Have? |first=Robert |last=Wood |date=October 30, 2017 |work=Building the Bat |access-date=September 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316171734/https://buildingthebat.com/bat-skills-what-skills-does-batman-have/ |archive-date=March 16, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In terms of his physical condition, Batman is described as peak human and far beyond an Olympic-athlete-level condition, able to perform feats such as easily running across rooftops in a [[Parkour]]-esque fashion, pressing thousands of pounds regularly, and even bench pressing six hundred pounds of soil and coffin in a poisoned and starved state. Superman describes Batman as "the most dangerous man on Earth", able to defeat an entire team of superpowered extraterrestrials by himself in order to rescue his imprisoned teammates in Grant Morrison's first storyline in ''JLA''.

Batman is strongly disciplined, and he has the ability to function under great physical pain and resist most forms of [[telepathy]] and [[Brainwashing|mind control]]. He is a master of [[disguise]], multilingual, and an expert in [[espionage]], often gathering information under the identity of a notorious gangster named Matches Malone. Batman is highly skilled in stealth movement and [[escapology]], which allows him to appear and disappear at will and to break free of nearly inescapable [[Deathtrap (plot device)|deathtraps]] with little to no harm. He is also a master strategist, considered DC's greatest tactician, with numerous plans in preparation for almost any eventuality.

Batman is an expert in [[interrogation]] techniques and his [[Intimidation|intimidating]] and frightening appearance alone is often all that is needed in getting information from suspects. Despite having the potential to harm his enemies, Batman's most defining characteristic is his strong commitment to justice and his reluctance to take a life. This unyielding moral rectitude has earned him the respect of several heroes in the DC Universe, most notably that of [[Superman]] and [[Wonder Woman]].

Among physical and other crime fighting related training, he is also proficient at other types of skills. Some of these include being a licensed pilot (in order to operate the [[Batplane]]), as well as being able to operate other types of machinery. In some publications, he even underwent some magician training.