i'm always partial to the The Dark Knight Returns batman (2nd row, 3rd from the left) because of how much bigger he is physically (he's also taller, but they've scaled the heights; especially seen in the excellent The Dark Knight Returns animated movie they made a few or so years ago, which is of course based on the graphic novel from the 80's) and how much more "brutish" he generally is
that's the way i always tend to picture batman; more like the greatest linebacker of all time (in size) and less sylvester-stallone-in-rambo-3 type physique... with the dark knight returns batman, i'm convinced by his physicality (and just overall appearance of meanness) that he actually could fight criminals hand to hand with expert martial arts skill (and this is shown in an incredibly fan-pleasing style in the The Dark Knight Returns animated movie that i'm talking about, where his capabilities demonstrate his ability, even in his elder age, to maim multiple attackers in unarmed combat in a near devilish-style and efficiency, and to lead a one-man, anti-riot assault on an entire gang with stocked with an arsenal of military weapons)
i also dig the themes and motifs in that particular batman story much more, and they resonate with me much more... i.e. some motifs: a person's fundamental nature (the rising action involves a 10-year retired Bruce Wayne at around his 50s who experiences conflict as to whether he should stay retired or resume the mantle of "Batman," with the implication being that Bruce is always going to fundamentally be "Batman." This also ties in a subplot involving Harvey "Two-face" Dent, who at the start of the graphic novel has undergone plastic surgery to fix the disfigured half of his face in order to heal his fractured sort of personality), age (can Bruce still physically and psychologically and effectively still 'be' Batman?), and some ideas on vigilantism that are sort of explored, and some minor concepts of the bat as a totem that possesses Bruce (tying in to questions about fundamental nature), and many others depending on your interpretation
i.e. some themes: fate cannot be escaped; the concept of "good" and "evil" are archaic and their purported differences are ambiguous (with my cited evidence being a portion of the plot involving the United States government using Superman, who in this dystopian future, fights alongside the US army for US interests, to stop Batman; and also a portion of the plot that examines whether batman creates his enemies, with the implication being whether or not Batman is therefore then "good," to put it simply); and whatever other themes open to the reader/viewer's interpretation
but yea... anyway
