What is Batman's greatest Failure?

[pervertedjester]

Batman has come a long way in 78 years, from fighting common thugs to space gods. From going at it alone, to having an entire Bat-Family dedicated to protecting Gotham. From a cancelled TV show, to a billion dollar movie franchise. Let’s face it, Batman is a pretty successful guy, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t made mistakes. After all, he’s only a man.

What do you think is his biggest failure to date?

Barbara Gordon, brutally shot and raped by the Joker, rendering her paralyzed from the waist down. Batman later confronting Joker only to have them both laughing about it in the end.

Jason Todd the second Robin, was savagely beat and then murdered by the Joker. Only to be resurrected and take on the mantle of Red Hood.

Dick Grayson the first Robin, kidnapped by Batman who used physical abuse as well as keeping him entrapped in the Batcave while forcing him to forage for his own food (Eating rats to survive) only to eventually become the "New Joker."

Batman setting some bad guys on fire only to "bump uglies" with Black Canary (who watched him do it) while they were still burning.

Batman not only letting repeated killers live despite the countless crimes they commit but also putting them back in the same place they always escape from.

Other/Results

[Leafpool2]

If you've spent a lot of time reading the comics you'd notice Bruce Wayne always does his best to rehabilitate his villains. He goes out of his way to find them help, offer them jobs. Helping the people who want his help as much as he can.

His biggest failure is having writers that don't understand how much he actually cares and just write him as punchy anger man in a bat costume.

[KiaTate]

If Batman would have killed the joker all the orphans, the girl, and the bastards would have been safe.

[DollySummers]

He couldn’t have controlled any of those events. There are no failures.

[Waffles731]

Well Dick Grayson is nightwing so he is doing alright, Barbara Gordon was a shit situation but she did alright eventually, the black canary thing is on the same level as ultimate quicksilver and ultimate scarlet witch incest, but I'm going with Jason todd

[DamnMan]

None of the above.
His greatest failure is that he's Batman.
With all that money and power, he could've changed Gotham for the better instead of beating people up.

[LegateLanius]

The only failure is that he could have invested money into getting a better police force and numerous other improvements instead of beating the shit out of criminals. He doesn't kill because of his belief that life is sacred.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

he wasn't rich enough to find a girl. he needs more mooney

[Sauron2099]

If only he was as brutal and ruthless as Rorschach.

[majoritybacon]

I think it's the shifty film franchise which is his biggest failure.

[you_asked]

His failed relationship with his super buddy Robin is his biggest failure
Nothing worse than a single gay super hero

[Calix]

He has no failures