I'm not a big fan of Batman either.  I tolerate him more outside of Justice League affiliation though.  I'm inconsistent with where my lines are drawn with comics too.  What I mean is, I can claim 'it is a fictional setting' while finding the prospect of Bruce Wayne earning a dozen degrees in his lifetime farfetched and unbelievable.  However, I'm perfectly fine accepting Bane was able to receive a higher education while in a lower economic, Hispanic country.  In my defense however, I have to point out what all irks me about Batman since I'm on the topic.  Fair warning, this is lengthy.<br/><br/>Let's start with what I mentioned above.  He has studied Biology, Technology, Mathematics, Physics, Mythology, Geography and History.  Doesn't seem beyond the realm of disbelief.  After all, these are all subjects covered in conventional schooling.  Gained degrees in Criminal Science, Forensic Sciences, Computer Sciences, Chemistry and Engineering by the time he was 21.  It takes two years to get your typical Associate's Criminal Science Degree but I'm willing to bet because it's Batman, he earned a Masters.  That takes relatively the same time frame if you maximum the class load.  Multiply the average time to earn the other four mentioned and it adds up to about 10+ years.  He gained even more degrees in Biology, Physics, Advanced Chemistry, and Technology by the time he was 25.  Another 8+ years for the average time assuming he went for Associates.  Now, I'll ignore the other 10 or so topics he 'mastered' by the age of 26.  Let's do the math and apply that to a<em>real</em>polymath.  Let's use Aristotle, the biggest name polymath I can think of.  His fields of expertise include: physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, ethics, biology, and zoology.  He was born in 384 BC and he moved to Athens at the age of 18.  He stayed there for<em>twenty years</em>, learning at Plato's Academy.  So, he's now 38.  Now, let's just stop there and reflect, shall we?  Aristotle, one of the most ingenious men ever to grace the planet was 38 when he stopped studying and only excelled in 11 subjects.  Batman, was able to excel in 25+ subjects before he was 26.  Batman has total recall and can remember anything in great detail.  He is able to speak Spanish, French, Latin, German, Japanese, English, Russian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Greek, Portuguese, Arabic, Sanskrit, Hindi, Thai and possibly more.  Batman is a brilliant, virtually peerless, detective, strategist, scientist, tactician, and commander; he is widely regarded as one of the keenest analytical minds on the planet. Given his lack of superpowers, he often uses cunning and planning to outwit his foes, rather than simply "out-fighting" them.  So, now we have one of the most brilliant minds to ever be conceived walking around with an unrealistically proportioned academic accomplishment that Aristotle himself could not match.  Let's move on.<br/><br/>Through intense training, specialized diet, and biofeedback treatments, Batman represents the pinnacle of human physical prowess. His physical attributes exceeded that of any Olympic level athlete that has ever completed.  Batman began his physical and mental conditioning when he was 11 and then intense physical training and weight lifting at age 12. He has mastered full body control by the time he was 18.  Okay, so now I have to sit here and believe that one of the greatest minds of all time that makes every genius in real world examples look like child's play in his glorious shadow was also able to dedicate the time necessary to become an above-Olympic level athlete.  Now, last I checked, Olympic level athletes devote their<em>life</em>to achieve that physical conditioning.  But Batman, with his supremely intelligent mind and convenient eidetic memory is able to excel ALL of them.  Meanwhile, he's capable of lifting over 1000 pounds.  Do you want to know how you look when you can lift that much and you've devoted your life to that physical prowess?  Here's a picture of Johnie Jackson (http://www.flexonline.com/sites/flexonline.com/files/images/extras/bms/jackson-wins-fibo-2012.png), one of the strongest body-builders in our time.  Let's compare that to Bruce Wayne (https://comicbookrants.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/bane-vs-batman-comic-book.jpg) in front of Bane.  Do you see the significant size difference between those two?  Furthermore, do you expect Jackson to move with the stealthy grace that Batman does?  If so, I don't know what to tell you.<br/><br/>Last but not least, Bruce is well trained in multiple martial arts, he is known as the man who has mastered 127 forms of martial arts.   Pause.<em>Mastered</em>127 forms of martial arts.  Let's take another moment to reflect on the average allocated time dedicated to getting a black belt in one martial art.  Let's just assume he knows Isshinryu Karate and start at the requires to earn 1st degree black belt, shall we?  Student must have a minimum of 2 years and 3 months of continuous study of Isshinryu Karate. Must be of age to compete with adults.  So, let's assume, he started training in martial arts to earn this black belt - to 'master it - at 18.  It would take him 2.3 years to earn that.  Now, call me crazy but - that says 127 forms.  That's beyond the lifetime that any human being can do and in the comics he's no older than 40 years old.<br/><br/>40 years old.<br/>40.  Years.  Old.<br/><br/>127 Martial Arts = Greatest Martial Artist in HISTORY.<br/>1000 lbs = One of the Strongest Humans in the World.<br/>25+ Degrees = One of the Smartest Men in HISTORY.<br/>World's Greatest Detective.<br/>Billionaire.<br/><br/>I'll stop my rant there and I dare anyone to ever tell me, 'Batman is cool because you can relate to him'.  I would have more success hoping some pink-skinned alien dropped in from space and gave me a magical ring before I ever come close to ANYTHING Batman is.  And this is all because 'I lost my parents'.  Such a tragedy.  I guess those kids who fought in wars at the age of 8 in 1000% more harsh conditions aren't worth the attention.