Like, even in the middle of apprehending some burglars he can't help himself from glancing up a few times, in case

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Kinda makes me curious about the logistics. You can't exactly mark it as 'read'.

Do they just keep it on until he shows up? What if there's more than one crime happening? How long will they wait for some sort of response?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    In the movie The Dark Knight, Gordon says Batman often doesn't show up when the bat signal is on, he mostly turns it on to to remind criminals that Batman is out there.

    In the comic The Dark Knight Returns, Gordon says there's about a dozen different ways Gordon could contact Batman, but he uses the Bat Signal for similar reasons.

    So it's mostly just for theatrics, if it were a real emergency Gordon would phone up Batman. But I guess it's a way to indicate to Batman "let's talk whenever you're not busy".

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