Ah yes Starlin's Batman who was quiet a bit less bothered by criminals dying cause of their own actions/his inaction. The arc where Jason may have killed a Rapist featured a scene where Batman intentionally dodged two machien gun wielding mooks in a way that let them take each out fatally.
Though even for Starlin's Batman the above was a bit more directly him taking action to get someone killed but IIRC in story it was framed as KGBeast was just that dangerous and later writes used this in various ways..
When Tim Drake was introduced Wolfman used this incident as one of the examples of Batman spiraling and needing a kid sidekick.
I also want to say a later Batman never kills even later said Batman's plan was to go back and get him once he was too weak to fight back but when he got back for him KGBeast was gone.
Do be fair, deadly dodging has always been on the lighter end of "Don't have to save you" for Batman writers. I think even Adam West's Batman did it once.
Yeah true but this one stands out because of how it was drawn both men approaching rapidly and being in range for the typical Batman jumping double kick when he actually jumped. Not to mention Batman being really not that broken up only thinking he wanted to end it without more deaths. All in all it ads to the vibe of hypocrisy that IMO always kind of ran through Starlin's Post Crisis Jason stories.
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Though even for Starlin's Batman the above was a bit more directly him taking action to get someone killed but IIRC in story it was framed as KGBeast was just that dangerous and later writes used this in various ways..
When Tim Drake was introduced Wolfman used this incident as one of the examples of Batman spiraling and needing a kid sidekick.
I also want to say a later Batman never kills even later said Batman's plan was to go back and get him once he was too weak to fight back but when he got back for him KGBeast was gone.
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