Does Size Matter?
We all know Batman is a big guy. Off times he’s portrayed as big as Superman. To illustrate, take a look at the picture below from Superman #703.
But hold on now, that’s not the Bruce Wayne Batman, that’s Dick Grayson. So is Dick Grayson as big as Superman now? If we go by the evidence as seen in a recent issue of Red Robin we see the Grayson is only just as big as Tim Drake if not just a little bigger. See below.
Roughly the same wouldn’t you say? How about this as further evidence?
Grayson is bigger than Drake but not by much! So what’s your point Dave, you may be asking? My point is with the return of the Bruce Wayne Batman the DC editors have to careful of scale especially when the whole Bat Family is drawn together. Witness the best evidence we have so far.
Judging by this picture Dick Grayson is demonstrably smaller than Bruce. Yes, he is slightly in the background but not that far. How about this as evidence of scale?
The perspective of this group shot is careful enough not to show Bruce and Dick close together. Maybe the artists and editors of Batman are coming to grips with their scale problem. Remember, when Batman is pictured in action he is as big as he always is but with two around now I think a change to Dick’s size will become apparent. As seen below, when Batman swings into action, even if he is Dick Grayson, size matters.
Posted by Dark Knight Dave
