Batman: Dark Knight #15: A Medical Review

Batman: The Dark Knight #15 Gregg Hurwitz, writer David Finch, penciler Scarecrow has exposed several blocks of downtown Gotham City to his new super fear toxin. Batman gets a sample of the toxin to Alfred and Lucius Fox, but they warn him that it will take months to develop an antidote (Not true. While it’s true that making an actual antidote that counters the toxin could take that long, making a bunch of antibodies to provide passive immunity — as Lucius is talking about — wouldn’t take that long at all, a few days or weeks at most. Sure, not fast enough for Batman, but not the months and months they are talking about.) Batman realizes that his own blood has antibodies against the toxin since he’s survived his exposure to it, so he decides to use his own blood as the antidote — by getting in the batplane and spraying his blood over downtown Gotham like a crop duster. If a villain came up with this plan we’d consider it diabolical and pure evil: “I will spray my blood over the Gotham Christmas Parade!” But if Batman does it, we’re supposed to think it’s a brilliant idea? Frankly, there is no way in hell that this plan is going to work. First, does Batman have enough blood to cover five city blocks, even as a fine mist? That’s easy: no, especially when you consider that Batman needs to expose everyone to enough of his blood so they get sufficient antibodies to fight off the toxin. A usual dose of immunoglobulin, which basic...
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