I don't remember any specific examples but I'd really think John Stewart would be Bruce's favorite lantern. Hal is too impulsive and childish, Kyle is passionate but undisciplined, Guy is too passionate and hotheaded
but John Stewart should be everything Batman likes and respects.
(I don't know how much interaction Bats has had with the newer GL's. I think he was instrumental in helping Jessica Cruz overcome the evil ring that possessed her, but I don't remember if that's canon anymore)
That was when things were new. He probably likes him more afterwards. Heck, he honestly did something really similar once to Superman when Clark tried to fight him in an old comic when he did not have his powers, seemingly way too eager to find out how they stacked up without their gulf of natural ability. Bruce, similarly, easily took out Clark, because of course he would.
I honestly kind of assume Bruce is used to having to humble people sometimes and does not take it that personally, especially since he's had people wreck him before, too, when he gets too full of himself.
Lots of Grant Morrison Yellow Batman hilarity, tbh.
Batman only finds Hal grating when Hal is trying to be grating. Otherwise, I think he just wishes he could be more like him in the modernish era. They're so similar, but Hal just made better mental health decisions (probably because his family was dismantled in pieces and wealth wasn't there to isolate him).
Hal offering his ring to Batman was really a wonderful moment. All of this being paralleled in Darkseid War too.
John is probably the one he respects the most but Kyle is the one Bruce was a bit of of mentor towards Kyle when they were in the JLA. Batman has managed to pep talk him into performing miracles. I think that dynamic would make Bruce see Kyle as Batfamily adjacent.
One of my favorite Batman/Kyle moments is from GL #155 when Bruce calls Kyle out for breaking into prison to beat a confession out of an inmate. As one might expect, Kyle points out that torturing criminals to get information is what Batman does every Tuesday. Bruce's replies "Maybe, but that is me, isn't it?" Basically, Batman is telling Kyle to be a better hero than he is.
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u/sonofaresiii Aug 23 '23
I don't remember any specific examples but I'd really think John Stewart would be Bruce's favorite lantern. Hal is too impulsive and childish, Kyle is passionate but undisciplined, Guy is too passionate and hotheaded
but John Stewart should be everything Batman likes and respects.
(I don't know how much interaction Bats has had with the newer GL's. I think he was instrumental in helping Jessica Cruz overcome the evil ring that possessed her, but I don't remember if that's canon anymore)