
Bruce Wayne was born the son of a wealthy railroad magnate in the growing Western outpost known as Gotham. But after his parents were murdered by outlaw gunmen, Bruce grows up to become a vigilante, battling the wicked forces of the Union/Confederate soldier Two-Face, cat house denizen Catwoman, and the rest of Gotham's gunslinging lunatics.
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Giovanni Costa created this Western-inspired character redesign series. You can see the full series at his website, where Robin and Nightwing are Tonto to Batman's Lone Ranger.
Spaghetti Gotham [Giovanni Costa via Project: Rooftop]



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DISCUSSION
Batman really does have a strong Western trope embedded in its DNA. Gotham is a lawless town and he is the steely faced man of justice who's going to clean it up.
I suppose if we are going to be completely honest Batman is really a pretty big rip-off of Zorro. This idea is just kind of bringing it back closer to its source inspiration.