The Batman dies and returns as the Sun sets and rises. Along with other solar deities, like Apollo, Ra, Baldur, Hyperion, Legba, or Christ, he can be associated with rebirth, harmony, compassion, masculinity, and beauty. The Sun is the realm of the higher ego: Mathers' Holy Guardian Angel. The God-in-Man. Resurrection is a chief function, a condition fulfilled in Morrison's Batman R.I.P. and The Return of Bruce Wayne. Sun gods are also gods of balance and equilibrium. ...
