Detective Comics #27
Batman punches a man which causes him to fall into an acid tank
While Batman is widely recognized for his strict moral code against killing, this principle was not part of his original characterization. Early on, he often used lethal force, and despite the later establishment of his no-kill rule, there have been notable exceptions where his actions still resulted in death. Not included in this list are the killings of undead characters like vampires and zombies. TAP COVER AND SWIPE TO VIEW IMAGES TO DECIDE FOR YOURSELF IF BATMAN IS ON THE HOOK FOR THESE DEATHS
Batman punches a man which causes him to fall into an acid tank
Batman launches a man off of a rooftop
Instead of using a fire extinguisher to rescue and apprehend two enemies from a burning room, Batman uses it to spill an accelerant onto the blaze which kills one
In the next issue, it is revealed that Doctor Death had survived but was horribly burned
Batman drops from a rooftop and kicks a gun-wielding man who is leaning out of a window, breaking the man's neck
Using a gas pellet, Batman incapacitates an enemy pilot, causing the plane to crash into the water
Batman chokes the driver of a car careening toward a cliff, then leaps free just before it plunges over the edge, leaving the man inside
Batman bashes a ruby artifact into an enemy’s face, sending him crashing backward through a window and onto the sidewalk below
Batman punches a man, sending him backward into a sword
Batman expresses remorse as he kills two thugs with the Batplane's gatling gun
Batman hangs one Monster Man from a rope tied to the Batplane and gasses another, causing him to fall off a skyscraper
Batman topples a massive statue onto a group of men from the Horde of the Green Dragon, crushing them beneath its weight
Batman sends a deranged man down a flight of stairs, snapping his neck which results in his death soon after
Batman yanks a baby-like giant off a high beam, sending him plummeting to his death
Batman kick-flips a thug off of a tall building
This is the moment in Batman's timeline when the concept of preserving human life was established
Batman uppercuts an attacker into a vat of molten steel
Later, Batman launches two enemies off of an airborne dirigible
Batman knocks a circus worker into a support pillar, triggering a collapse that brings the mine ceiling down on top of the man
Bruce Wayne blows a plane out of the sky with a grenade, then later dynamites a bridge being crossed by weapon smugglers
Batman destroys a garden of mystical flowers responsible for granting immortality to a couple, causing them to rapidly age and die
Batman kick-flips an attacker into a pit occupied by a crazed, rabid lamb
Batman quips after knocking an attacker into a statue, which topples onto him and breaks his neck
Batman hurls a crazed inventor into an electrical box, which, based on a later conversation with Commissioner Gordon, can be assumed to have killed him
Batman rescues a kidnapping victim, but his actions cause the helicopter pilot involved to crash and die
A thug’s body is transformed into lifeless glass after Batman tosses him into a wall made of mysterious crystal
A man, transformed into a beast by contaminated water, is delivered into an inescapable, watery death by a punch from Batman
Batman launches an attacker off a bridge into the water then shows remorse when the man never resurfaces
After rabbit-punching a thug into unconsciousness, Batman uses the man's body as a shield to absorb a barrage of bullets
Batman flips an attacker into another, sending him crashing through a window and impaling him on the spiked security wall below
Later, Batman crashes a car into a group of terrorists, triggering an explosion that incinerates them
Batman’s actions leave a trail of bodies from gunfire crossfire, a flesh-eating acid incident and a helicopter crash
Batman topples a stack of junkyard cars onto a gunman
A well-timed kick from Batman sends one thug into another and both into the grinders of a garbage truck
Batman crash-lands a jet into Ra's al Ghul's airplane hangar, then detonates a bomb while control room personnel are still inside
Batman knocks a man infected with a deadly virus into the sea then delivers his decapitated head to the office of the man who is responsible for the bioweapon
A split second from being hurled off a building, Batman pulls a reversal on an assassin who falls to his death
Batman uses a thug as a human shield who takes eight bullets for the caped crusader
Prior to taking up the mantle of the bat, Bruce Wayne uses a guerilla soldier as a human shield in what is likely his first inadvertent kill
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