Countdown to Batman Day -- A Promise Kept

We're one day away from Batman Day and we think it is timely to talk about the one promise Bruce Wayne kept all this time. The promise he made on the grave of his parent. The promise that he would rid the city of the evil that took his parents' lives. And true enough, he kept the promise...

Batman is the type of person who constantly revisit the past. He never moved on from witnessing the death of his parents. Despite confronting the killer of his parents, Joe Chill, he never found that closure he desperately needs. Every night, Batman answers the call so that no one else would go through the same experience he went through. He is fighting the good fight. And through it all, he never forgot about his mission. He never forgot about the promise he made.

Batman is one of the biggest irony in comicbook history. He answers the call to be Batman so that no one else would have to carry his burden. He goes out every night to save lives hoping that one day he will be able to save Bruce Wayne and his parents. 

There were at least two instances in DCU where Batman could've prevented Joe Chill from killing his parents. Twice he has failed. And twice he has won. By stopping Chill, some kid might lose his parents. By allowing Chill to kill his parents, he could prevent a lot more.

Case in point, just check out Wrath. 

His parents were killed during a robbery they organized. He grew up wanting to take revenge for the death of his parents. Applying the Batman theory, assuming that he was able to save Wrath's parents, then that would mean one less criminal in the streets of Gotham.

In this year's celebration of Batman Day, let us remember what it means to be Batman. Remember the promise we made to ourselves or to our loved ones. Let us remember that keeping promises still matter.