430: Best Multiverse Versions of Batman

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Tv & Film, Arts, Film History, Visual Arts

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

There are a bunch of versions of Batman in the Multiverse, like every DC hero. Several of them keep the Caped Crusader's heroic elements and moral stance. Others present in a corrupted alternative form, sometimes presenting as a terrifying supervillain. There are other versions of the Dark Knight, like one where he's a notorious pirate and another where he's an unexpected Soviet enemy in the 1950s. It's time to fall into the multiverse of DC Comics and explore the best multiverse versions of Batman!

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0:00.0	With every choice we make, we literally create a world, history branches in two, creating
0:07.6	one Earth where we made the choice, and a second where we didn't.
0:12.5	That's the secret of the universe, you know.
0:15.8	Billions of people, making billions of choices, creating infinite Earths, and creating infinite
0:22.3	podcasts about Batman.
0:25.0	What better way to decide the best multiverse versions of Batman than creating this
0:29.2	podcast, or not creating this podcast, because it doesn't really matter.
0:34.3	Geek History Lesson will happen either way, somewhere, in the multiverse.
0:42.2	Hello and welcome to Geek History Lesson.
0:54.2	I am Jason Earth, 274th, Ho212X5, Inman.
0:59.0	I'm Asha Victoria Robinson, welcome to your mind university, because you have stumbled
1:03.7	into the multiverse of this podcast where we take one character, construct, or bat family
1:09.1	for popular culture and teach you everything you need to know about them in about an hour
1:12.9	except this week, because it's a list episode.
1:15.1	That's right.
1:16.1	Today, we are going to tackle what are the best multiverse versions of Batman.
1:23.9	Before we can get too deep into this, Ashley, will you please explain to our lovely, lovely
1:29.8	listeners that I hope are from our Earth, they could be from other Earths, they could be
1:34.3	people from other Earths, the multiverse listening to this.
1:36.7	But can you please explain the DC multiverse to our listeners, just in case they don't know.
1:42.0	I think the multiverse is pretty popular in the pop culture lexicon out there, but we
1:46.8	can never assume, you know, someone's knowledge base.
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