Pantsman in a Nutshell
What do you get when you take away Batman’s toys or Superman’s powers?
What do you get when you have all that angst and burden, when you ball it up tight into a little human shell and let it loose on a city that doesn’t know any better? That’s Pantsman. That’s what he’s all about. He’s Batman without the money and the backing. He’s Superman without the sense of morality. He’s Rorschach without the methods and the friends. In short, he’s us. He’s me and he’s you and he’s anyone else that ever looked out on a world brimming with corruption and decided to do something about it.
The operating difference between him and his super-powered peers is negligible. He still gets results. He still puts people in jail and criminals still quake in their boots when they hear his name. It’s just that he doesn’t have a tight leather suit or a sidekick.
So why are you laughing so hard? He’s more familiar than you gave him credit for.
