I completely agree with “spreading the hate” as a mantra. Not enough is done to really cement many of Gotham’s villains as people who can challenge and really hurt Batman. It is important to me to communicate that being Batman sucks actually, and part of that sucking is that it gets people around you killed and hurt consistently, and the fact that it doesn’t seem to really hurt or kill Bruce until his son is finally ready to take up the mantle is all the evidence the reader should need to conclude that there is something mystical at play in the aura of The Batman.