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WARNING: Contains Potential Spoilers for DETECTIVE COMICS #1094!With the title of World’s Greatest Detective, it’s no surprise that Batman’s investigative skills and intelligence are unmatched. However, DC has just pushed the Dark Knight’s detective abilities to an almost inhuman level—and to be honest? It’s a little creepy. But if Batman wasn’t crossing boundaries, would he truly be the Bruce Wayne we know and love?
…, it adds a creepy layer to the moment, suggesting Batman has kept tabs on his dead mother’s perfume.
Tom Taylor and Mikel Janín’s Detective Comics #1094 picks up where the previous issue left off, with Batman locked in battle against his latest foe, Asema—a mysterious figure preying on teens with criminal records and draining their blood. These killings are suspected to be connected to a new youth-revitalizing serum, which Bruce recently injected himself with, restoring him to his prime.
After Asema escapes, Robin asks his father if he has any idea who she is. While Bruce doesn’t have an answer, he reveals a single clue he picked up—one that highlights his unparalleled detective skills and near-flawless memory recall.
Dear Batman, Please Stop Sniffing People During Fights
Cover C Ariel Olivetti Variant for Detective Comics #1094 (2025)
Batman reveals to Robin that during his fight with Asema, he noticed a distinct scent—specifically, a perfume. He elaborates that this particular fragrance was discontinued a decade ago. This means Bruce not only recognized the exact perfume but also had enough knowledge to recall the year it went out of production. This raises an intriguing question: was Batman’s training so meticulous that he deliberately memorized scents and tracked their manufacturing history? Even for the Dark Knight, this level of awareness is staggering—identifying a perfume mid-fight, especially while in a drugged state, is an impressive feat.
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While Bruce’s ability to pinpoint a perfume is undeniably impressive, it also comes off as slightly unsettling. It begs the question—why is Batman sniffing people in the middle of a life-or-death situation? Granted, people naturally pick up on scents without actively trying, but the fact that Bruce locked onto this clue suggests that once he caught a whiff, he deliberately honed in to confirm what he was smelling. Given his flawless identification, he may have just earned himself a new title alongside World’s Greatest Detective—World’s Greatest Sniffer.
Main Cover by Mikel Janín for Detective Comics #1094 (2025)
However, there may be another explanation for how Bruce identified the perfume beyond an encyclopedic knowledge of fragrances. It’s possible the scent holds personal significance to him. Given his ever-shifting romances, it seems unlikely it belonged to a past love interest. The more logical explanation is that it was a perfume his mother wore—one he remembers from childhood. If that’s the case, it adds a creepy layer to the moment, suggesting Batman has kept tabs on his dead mother’s perfume.
Detective Comics #1094 is available now from DC Comics!
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