Stealth

Stealth

Is Batman a ninja? How does Batman sneak up on Superman and meta humans with super senses? What are some of Batman's best feats of stealth? Showcasing Batman's best feats of stealth as shown in the comics. 

Training/General

Mentions how he learned the secret ways of the ninja from ninja masters plus the importance of using the shadows, psychology, and employing precautionary measures to ensure victory in a fight before its even fought (Shadow of the Bat #0)

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Shown training with an unknown monk (or ninja?) martial arts master in the art of stealth (Batman v2 #52)

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Has learned the secret arts of Taoism (which included a seemingly mystic form of stealth) from H'sein-Tan who is shown disappearing out of no where while Bruce is standing in front of him (Legends of the Dark Knight #53)

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Encountering and then deciding to take up the offer to undergo training from the legendary French thief known as Lucie "The Gray Shadow" in the art of stealth, stealing, and high security infiltration (Batman The Knight #2)

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Catwoman notes that despite his size he doesn't make a sound when he moves (Catwoman #71 2002)

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Even when gliding in midair he's silent despite his large size (Batman #452)

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Even an experienced mystic like I-Ching has a hard time tracking Batman's movements (Detective Comics #838)

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Was scanned by Deathstroke numerous times with the data results coming back useless every time since: he has almost no heat signature thanks to his body armor, his height or weight can't be fully determined due to his cape shielding his body that he constantly rearranges, since he normally keeps his mouth closed his dental records can't be pulled, and he maintains complete radio silence while on a stake out (Deathstroke #4 2016)

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SECURITY INFILTRATION

Broke into a special maximum security prison made to hold dangerous criminals like David Cain (who is the former leader of the League of Assassins) then vanishes without a trace after talking with him leaving the guards to believe that Cain was talking to himself (Batman #606)

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Sneaks passed the very guarded D.E.O. and FBI perimeter setup while taking out Gotham's known best mercenaries on the way (Batman #608)

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Breaks into the FBI's building and leaves evidence for them (Legends of the Dark Knight #88)

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Breaks into Cadmus top secret underground laboratory unnoticed and gets the information he needs then gets out (Batman and Superman World's Finest #4)

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Breaking into the famous and very secretive Area 51 also known as Dreamland (Batman: Dreamland)

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Breaking into a top secret military base known as Area 52 and hacking into the computer system (JLA #25)

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Breaks into a secret Checkmate base taking out all the guards in the process (Detective Comics #774)

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Sneaks into an off the books top secret military base that's a mile underground Gotham City and even bypasses all their top notch security undetected until he finally gets to Amanda Waller (the Task Force X/Suicide Squad founder & commander) who he's eager to question (Batman v3 #4)

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Broke into Batwoman's secret lair undetected and sneaks up on her as well (Detective Comics #949)

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Oracle's Clock Tower

- Breaks into the Clock tower and surprises Oracle as he seems to appear out of no where (Batman #619)

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- Sneaks into the Clock Tower and surprises Oracle bypassing her security web tech (Robin #55)

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- Sneaks in the Clock Tower twice on different occasions despite Oracle using special security equipment and a sensor that scans for the slightest changes in air pressure (Azrael: Agent of the Bat #72)

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Lex Luthor (high security buildings and hideouts)

- A rookie Batman breaks into Lexcorp's building undetected, memorizing a twenty-seven digit code, neutralizing the guard with a neurotoxin, and hacks into the LexCorp system database sending everything to the Batcomputer (Batman Confidential #3)

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- Breaks into LexCorp undetected then hacks into the system (Superman Batman #75)

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- Sneaks into Lex Luthor's secret high tech laboratory undetected and sucker punches him out of no where (Superman Batman #31)

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- With a little help from Lois he's able to break into the White House back when Lex Luthor was President (Superman #168)

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Breaks into the Pentagon and sneaks up on his Justice League team mates (even Martian Manhunter) completely undetected (JLA Liberty and Justice)

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Breaks into the former Justice League's secret sanctuary easily bypassing the security (Batman Confidential #52)

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Able to silently place a numerous amount of explosives on an alien spaceship beforehand undetected then denoates the bombs taking off half of Lobo's face plus quickly disappears entirely out of his space suit and out the area without being noticed (Batman Superman #29)

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Able to get passed even the Spectre's mystical defenses sneaking into his temple to Hal's surprise since no one should be able to. We then see the gift he left for Hal's niece and his card as message that he was there (Spectre v4 #24)

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AMUSHING/SNEAKING/HIDING

Sneaks up on Harley Quinn who's unaware that he's there then completely disappears before she could turn around (Suicide Squad #6 2020)

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Takes down all of Penguin's armed henchmen outside the building they're guarding by sneaking up on them despite the guards being close together within an open area even with good lighting present (The Dark Knight v2 #27)

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Sneaks up on and quickly takes a guard soldier with a pressure point attack (JLA Classified #30)

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Ambushes and takes out both Mercy Graves and Hope Taya quickly who are both elite Amazonian warriors then disappears out of sight of Luthor before could even notice he was gone (Batman: Our Worlds At War)

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Able to sneak up on his former mentor and League of Assassins well known former leader David Cain (Detective Comics #734)

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Alongside Wonder Woman he sneaks up on Ra's Al Ghul and his league of assassin ninjas even his various number of ninja Man-Bats despite their enhanced hearing without being detected beforehand (Batman & Wonder Woman #30)

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Easily KOes Cheetah with a surprise attack (Catwoman #47 2005)

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Able to sneak past Dr. Light and Shadow Thief undetected (Justice League of America #13 2006)

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Sneaks attacks and disappears on the 600 year old vampire Andrew Bennett (I, Vampire #5)

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Flash (Jay Garrick) using his super speed is unable to find Batman after his shadow disappears out of sight as he successfully stays hidden from the speedster (DC Two Thousand #1)

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Superman American Alien #4:

- A rookie Batman sneaks up on Clark Kent (before he deduced he was Superman) and smashes his head through his laptop

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- After having his cowl ripped off, he's able to escape Clark/Superman and disappear completely by blinding him at close range with a flash bomb

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Sneaks up on Superman and plants what appears to be a mini bat-tracer on his cape while talking with him then disappears (Action Comics v2 #12)

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Easily gets passed military security clearing a way for the rest of the Justice Leaguers then sneaking up on them with Superman and Martian Manhunter pointing out that they can't even see him (Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare #3)

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Sneaks up on Martian Manhunter, Dr. Fate, and Green Lantern Guy Gardner (Dr. Fate #3 1987)

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Sneaks into the Justice League headquarters undetected surprising everyone including Superman and Martian Manhunter then disappears out of sight (Total Justice #1)

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Sneaks into the Watchtower undetected without any of his Justice League team mates noticing he was even there plus he KOes Green Arrow via surprise attack (Green Arrow #4 2001)

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Able to stay hidden in the Watchtower for an hour without any of his League teammates detecting him not even Superman. We then learn he's using a gadget to block his heartbeat from being heard which is obviously the one thing Batman can't mask from Superman (JLA #1)

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Using a transmitter that fakes his heart beat he's able to fool nearly every hero on earth (including powerful magical ones like Zatanna and Constantine plus Superman zoom scanning from space) who prove unable to find him. He even manages to hide a transmitter within the magical walls of the House of Mystery to even John Constantine's amazement (Dark Nights: Metal #2)

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Breaks into the White Martain's base, takes out 5 of their defense drones, and setups up a trap for the White Martian A-Mortal who he successfully takes out via an off panel ambush attack despite his super Martian senses then leaves him as a message literally to the other White Martians (JLA #3)

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Able to successfully sneak attack Martian Manhunter (Martians have 8-14 super senses) with a flamethrower while in his Batcave (Superman Batman #29)

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DISAPPEARING/VANISHING

While in darkness, he appears within GCPD Commissioner Renee's office out of no where then disappears completely out of sight despite being within close range of her (Batman v3 #113)

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Appears inside a prison cell to confront a villain then quickly disappears without a trace or sound being made to the villain's surprise (Superman Batman Annual #3)

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Appears in front of a jail cell to confront a criminal then quickly disappears when the guards come as if he wasn't there at all (Batman #431)

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While gliding in midair he disappears out of sight in front of a group of thugs then reappears behind them (Detective Comics #619)

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Disappears out of sight while being shot at from Forbes at a high distance then reappears quickly right behind him (The Dark Knight v2 #3)

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Able to disappear out of sight while standing right in front of someone who was holding him at gunpoint within close range (Harley Quinn #12 2000)

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Disappears out of sight from a police officer then sneaks up on him a second later (Detective Comics #815)

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Disappears out of sight of Azrael while standing right in front of him to Azrael's surprise (Azrael #27)

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Disappears on even Nightwing (who was actually behind him) while they're busy talking once the Bat signal is shown in the sky (Gotham Knights #44)

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Disappears out of sight of Mr. Terrific while standing right in front of him (JSA #31)

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Despite being shot in the back beforehand, he's still able to not only quickly recover but also disappear out of sight within the tall grass field in front of a group of people. He then sneaks up on Two-Face from behind and drags his body down along with him as he then makes them both disappear entirely into the tall grass field despite those same group of people watching very closely with a look of astonishment of their faces once the two of them are gone since they seemed to vanish without a trace (All-Star Batman #1)

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Despite being injured and crawling in the middle of a river, he's still able to quickly disappear completely out of sight of Bane who was standing right in front of him to Bane's surprise (The Dark Knight v2 #7)

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Disappears out of sight from the Suicide Squad after Deadshot (world's best marksman even according to Batman) attempts to quickly shoot him down but fails (Outsiders v3 #50)

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Disappears on Martian Manhunter after remotely shutting off the lights for just a moment (Batman Confidential #53)

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Disappears out of plain sight of Lois Lane, Catwoman, and Superman who are looking directly at him as he walks away (Batman Superman #15)

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Despite being right next to them, he's able to quickly disappear out of sight before Superman and Captain Atom could turn their heads to look at him (Superman Batman Secret Files & Origins 2003)

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Quickly able to disappear without a trace before Superman could even turn around (Batman v2 #20 - Backup Tale)

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In one of their first meetings, despite being caught by surprise from Superman while in midair, he's still able to vanish completely without a trace to Superman's own surprise then reappears behind him (The Man of Steel #3)

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While in the shadows he disappears completely out of sight of Gotham & Gotham Girl who are unable to see where he's gone to despite the two having what they call "Ultra Vision" which is seemingly very similar to Superman's x-ray vision being able to see through everything and everyone (Batman v3 #2)

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