Deduction/Detective Work

General:

[Deduces roughly how a GL ring works] (http://imgur.com/a/HWQ8y) (Justice League v2 #1)

Training/Beginning:

Observation/Perception Skills:

  • [Despite being drugged and exhausted he can identify exactly where is in Gotham based on the water] (http://imgur.com/o0fzart) (Batman v2 #6)

  • [After a brief fight he deduces that the Wraith he is fighting isn't the original] (http://imgur.com/mPrXvP5) (Batman Confidental #14)

  • [Bruce realized before Wonder Woman and Superman that the person they were fighting was the Antimatter Riddler, even though he had just met him in the last issue] (http://imgur.com/a/jRlLh) (Trinity #16)

  • [Batman recognized Superman based on his chin] (http://imgur.com/a/VZar4) (Superman Batman Annual #1) Gadget

  • [While questioning the members of a pseudo League Of Assassins, Bats deduces that one of them isn't telling the whole truth, which was later proven true] (http://imgur.com/a/S2F5n) (Green Arrow & Black Canary #11)

  • [Beats a man in Russian Roulette by figuring out his trick] (http://imgur.com/a/kAV0z) (Detective Comics #426)

  • [Recognizes the stratagem Mr. Terrific is using in his chess games] (http://imgur.com/smmWQ3m) (Justice League of America v2 #8)

  • [Notices that Looker is an imposter] (http://imgur.com/a/tdiMz) (Outsiders #21)

  • [Batman identifies Jane Doe, despite her near perfect disguise] (http://imgur.com/a/Oxgeb) (Detective Comics Annual v2 #2)

  • [Dodges an attempted sneak attack from an android assassin by detecting it's presence beforehand] (http://imgur.com/a/Q0DrU) (The Brave And The Bold #13) senses

  • [He detects a sniper from far away] (http://imgur.com/ON4AwAH) (The Brave And The Bold #13)

  • [He knows that Cassandra Cain is following him] (http://imgur.com/GNeGbJI) (Detective Comics #790)

  • [He detects Cheetah's presence before any of the other JLers] (http://imgur.com/a/f0S00) (Justice League v2 #13)

  • [*Detects Superman's presence despite him floating behind him] (http://imgur.com/a/dVCA0) (Batman & Robin v2 #33)

  • [He spots an invisible man by seeing his foot prints in the grass] (http://imgur.com/a/5sN4M) (Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare #1)

  • [Detects and KOes Invisible Kid by hearing his breathing] (http://imgur.com/Wh4epxR) patterns (Brave & the Bold #5) senses

  • [Despite being invisible, he knows MMH is nearby because of his breathing] (http://imgur.com/iNvGsRr) (JLA #119)

  • [In their first meeting, he deduces MMH is a telepath] (http://imgur.com/a/K8kdf) (Martian Manhunter v2 #22)

  • [Deduces that a cyclops is a telepath] (http://imgur.com/IJsppB0) (Batman Odyssey v2 #6)

  • [Observes/deduces that Starman doesn't need air] (http://imgur.com/Rn9vQle) (Starman v1 #10)

  • [Deduces that Riddler is actually a hologram since he has no scent] (http://imgur.com/a/syELw) (Legends of the Dark Knight #186) senses

  • [Deduces that the soldiers are holograms as well as their purpose] (http://imgur.com/a/Y7PzQ) (Batman Confidential #33)

  • [Notices something before Hal, Wonder Woman or the Flash] (https://i.imgur.com/WCdpeP2.png) (Justice League of America #1)

  • [Despite being exposed to hallcunigenci gas and his cowl's computer being tricked he deduces he is hallucinating] (http://imgur.com/a/SlzOs) (Batman Eternal #46)

  • [Deduces that He'l moved the Fortress of Solitude, before even Superman] (http://imgur.com/2Lu6NgL) (Superman #16)

  • [He figures out that all the foes they are facing are tactile holograms] (http://imgur.com/a/8KYFY) (Superman Batman #50)

  • [Deduced that the Kyle they are fighting is a sub-couscous manifestation] (http://imgur.com/4RqIU4d) (Action Comics #784)

  • [Figures out he is in a dream world and deduces the Key's plan] (http://imgur.com/a/NDsab) (JLA #9)

  • [Despite being disguised as a Japanese reporter Batman recognizes Martian Manhunter] (http://imgur.com/ENQDryC) (JLA #27)

  • [Batman deduced in 5 minutes that the JSA's Thunderbolt is a 5th dimensional Imp] (http://imgur.com/P3PsLJK) (JLA #28, in the next 3 issues is shown that Bats was right)

  • [Deduces that the Royal Flush gang is 2D and develops a plan to counter them] (http://imgur.com/a/RkDix) (JLA Classified #33)

  • [Finds the origin point of an invasion of monsters by observing fish patterns] (http://imgur.com/a/lsRUD) (JLA #61)

  • [Deduces that the world him and Superman in is fake, by observing inconsistencies] (http://imgur.com/a/lm05q) (Superman Batman #61)

  • [Batman finds himself in a different dimension and deduces the word he needs to get back within seconds] (http://imgur.com/a/2tUAN) (Trinity #2)

  • [After the dome falls around Gotham he notices a shift in reality] (http://imgur.com/18noBLu) (Convergence Batman Shadow of the Bat #1)

  • [Notices Tezumak is actually anticipating Flash's super speed attacks instead of reacting at super speed] (http://imgur.com/a/WIIkL) (JLA #67)

  • [He observes that Wonder Woman is using air pressure changes to react to the Flash while blindfolded] (http://imgur.com/b6nm9Sq) (Wonder Woman #212)

  • [Deduces that inorganic matter simply passes through Neekta's body] (http://imgur.com/0Wplyng) (Batman & Wonder Woman #30)

  • [A Batman disguised as J'onn that the Qwardian weapon is sentient] (http://imgur.com/zimgZJt) (JLA #112)

  • [Deduces that Amazo is using Vixen's totem] (http://imgur.com/a/ryUjW) (Justice League Of America v2 #6)

  • [Notices that Amazo is healing, something Superman only knew because of his enhanced eye sight] (http://imgur.com/8IwxUxm) (Justice League v2 #8)

  • [Deduces that Patient Zero is copying Superman's powers, as well as how] (http://imgur.com/ludMPjt) (Justice League v2 #37)

  • [Batman figures out that Starbreaker gets power from despair] (http://imgur.com/a/RBuc6) (Justice League Of America v2 #29)

  • [Despite the JL being changed (with Batman having a reduced intellect), he still deduces that Disciple an Elder God, was the one who did it to them] (http://imgur.com/a/YuN2g) (JLA: Primeval)

  • [Deduces that the Moon is slowly falling back to Earth before anyone else even notices] (http://imgur.com/a/jMazw) (JLA 80 Page Giant #3)

  • [Brainiac 5 (alien super genius from the 31st century with a 12th level intellect) fails to deduce what Batman was able to which is that the Haruspex will only fire when its target is perceived as a threat] (http://imgur.com/a/iJbgV) (Brave and the Bold #5)

Crime Solving

  • [Deduces Riddler's true master plan to sink Gotham City into the ground] (http://imgur.com/a/9EoMd) (Batman v2 #32)

  • [Quickly deduces the answer to The Riddler's cryptic riddle] (http://imgur.com/a/PIgd8) (Batman v2 #30)

  • [Deduces where Dr. Death's secret hideout is located and that The Riddler is the true threat] (http://imgur.com/a/KJ0Jj) (Batman v2 #27)

  • [In his first meeting with the Riddler he solves two of his riddels] (http://imgur.com/a/AyN2k) (Batman v2 #22)

  • [**Based on a signal bounce pattern eh figures out where the Riddler is hiding out **] (http://imgur.com/a/S9l0i) (Batman v2 #32)

  • [Solves a gauntlet of riddles] (http://imgur.com/a/3TJzB) (Batman v2 #33)

  • [Deduces the meaning of the anagram] (http://imgur.com/v9F59Cc) (Legends of the Dark Knight #205)

  • [After finding a single hair strand from a previous crime scene he's quickly able to analyse it at the crime scene] (http://imgur.com/a/040iZ) (Batgirl v1 #34)

  • [By examining the murder weapon, Batman deduces that Harvey Dent isn't the one who has been killing super villains] (http://imgur.com/a/oAtmO) (Detective Comics #820)

  • [Breaks down Mad Hatter's master plan] (http://imgur.com/a/jZgK9) (The Dark Knight v2 #17)

  • [Deduces how Clayface knew who his deceased girlfriend was] (http://imgur.com/a/PG3W8) (The Dark Knight v2 #23)

  • [Deduces that a goon who is winning too much at cards at Penguin's place is being helped by a low level magician] (http://imgur.com/a/juV7N) (Detective Comics #824)

  • [Solves a serial killer case seconds after the Riddler and before the likes of Detective Chimp] (http://imgur.com/a/Y9mmP) (Detective Comics #845)

  • [Quickly tracks down the true crime scene where Elena Aguila was murdered and originally attacked that the GCPD missed and then solves the mystery] (http://imgur.com/W4hMy0e) (Detective Comics v2 #31)

  • [Batman deduces that Dick was supposed to be the next Talon] (http://imgur.com/a/R3kgF) (Batman v2 #7)

  • [Deduces the true identity of the Merrymaker] (http://imgur.com/a/vOYYK) (Detective Comics v2 #17)

  • [Putting all the puzzle pieces together in his mind he figures out that E.D. Caldwell is the Wrath] (http://imgur.com/a/TDW35) (Detective Comics v2 #23)

  • [Locates Jane Does hide out] (http://imgur.com/a/8mQ7V) (Detective Comics Annual v2 #2)

  • [He confirms his suspicions that something is off with reality] (http://imgur.com/a/dINw7) (Detective Comics v2 #27 - Welcome to Gothtopia)

  • [Deduces that Carmine Falcone is back] (http://imgur.com/a/7FwFt) (Batman Eternal #2)

  • [Batman deduces that a new vigilante actually works for his rogues] (http://imgur.com/a/ARnIB) (Batman: Gotham After Midnight #9-10)

  • [Deduces how Deadshot survived a bullet to the head] (http://imgur.com/a/MMN4i) (Batman: Cacophony #1)

  • [Identifies a "resurrected" Tim Kord as a shapeshifter] (http://imgur.com/a/Pq3G8) (Manhunter v3 #29)

  • [Examining a homicide crime scene, he deduces that a meta human with super strength and invulnerability is responsible, specifically Steel Wolf] (http://imgur.com/a/k6LCI) (Suicide Squad v1 #40)

  • [He figures out Vigilante's identity] (http://imgur.com/rJQV056) (Deathstroke The Terminator #9)

  • [Batman figures out what red sun radiation exactly does to Superman] (http://imgur.com/Uf9kD70) (Superman #668)

  • [He deduces that a drug giving kids superpowers is krytponian in origin] (http://imgur.com/a/Nzx5D) (Superman #669)

  • [He deduces that Intergang is responsible for framing Superman] (http://imgur.com/a/HpCND) (JLA 80 Page Giant #1)

  • [Thoroughly researched Lex Luthor's background including his childhood/teenage years and found out the truth about his sister] (http://imgur.com/a/xj9tl) (Justice League v2 #35)

  • [Deduces that the being known as Wraith is powered by the sun and is stronger than Superman] (http://imgur.com/sPrHWk6) (Superman Unchained #2)

  • [After analyzing Superman's blood and discovers the Doomsday infection] (http://imgur.com/a/MwQVL) (Action Comics v2 #31 & Superman Wonder Woman #8)

  • [Deduced Vixen's change in powers (from mimicking powers to stealing them) long ago] (http://imgur.com/a/ghjam) (Justice League Of America v2 #21)

  • [Correctly deduces that the person trying to kill the President can posses bodies] (http://imgur.com/a/qFgc2) (DC Universe: Decisions #3)

  • [Relearns the Flash' secret identity] (http://imgur.com/a/p9sLh) (Flash #205)

  • [Find the location of the returned White Martians] (http://imgur.com/a/M2DP7) (JLA #56)

  • [Despite his personality being contaminated by Superman's and Wonder Woman's he still solves multiple crimes] (http://imgur.com/a/fbvdm) (Trinity #15)

  • [Something is causing world wide natural disasters. Batman correctly deduces the threat as the Earth itself] (http://imgur.com/a/gyTvh) (JLA: Incarnations #7)

  • [Deduces that Circe is attacking Washington D.C.] (http://imgur.com/a/xjjEQ) (Amazons Attack #5)

  • [Batman deduces that the people not mentioned or shown in Destiny's book (and to whom Destiny of the Endless are the Challengers of the Unknown] (http://imgur.com/a/X3VDg) (Brave and the Bold #6)

  • [Batman predicts when/where a time travelling Luthor-bot will attack something, Brainiac-5 couldn't do] (http://imgur.com/a/ef0p3) (Superman Batman #75)

Storyline:

  • [Queen Marlean describes Bruce as the worlds best detective.] (http://imgur.com/KpZRK0k) (DC VS Masters Of The Universe)

  • [Batman deduces that Superman wasn't killed, rather that he was a magical construct] (http://imgur.com/a/ROKSN) (DC VS Masters Of The Universe)

  • [Recognizes an enviromental activist as the english vigilante Hood he met earlier by the way he moves] (http://imgur.com/a/oyxkF) (Shadow of the Bat #22)

  • [He deduces that David Cain framed Bruce Wayne for the murder of Vesper Fairchild] (http://imgur.com/a/bGB4X) (Batman #605)

  • [Bruce determine that a plague released by General Tuzik is actually micrscopic Starros] (http://imgur.com/a/gidqP) (JLA: Classified #16)

  • [Deduces how a weapon that causes seizures works and that it has something to do with the Key] (http://imgur.com/a/blmg6) (JLA: Classified #17)

  • [It's revealed that the Dark Knight deduced a long time ago that Jezebel Jet was a member of the Black Glove] (http://imgur.com/a/sgJRv) (Batman #681)

  • [Investigating the death of Orion of the New Gods, Batman figures out that he was shot by a time traveling bullet] (http://imgur.com/a/GmRUc) (Final Crisis #2-3)

Posted Sep 23, 2015, 6:12 PM UTC · edited

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