I think Byrne provided much of the cohesion and focus that Claremont lacks. Bryne completely revamped Superman in the wake of Crisis, though a lot of the old elements have been creeping back in in recent years.

And I imagine that Bats' fears about Jason are also fears he has about himself and perhaps part of why he doesn't allow himself to kill the villains because he sees in himself the ability to be the most vile murderer of them all.

Sumi: no to your first, well, not exactly, and I'd say yes to your second.

Sumi:

why he doesn't allow himself to kill the villains because he sees in himself the ability to be the most vile murderer of them all.

In other words, a Slayer is NOT a killer?

Umm, Teppy, am I wrong in thinking that Bats doesn't kill the evil doers? Or at least tries to not kill them? Which is why he has issues with Huntress?

Oh, I know -- but the similarity just struck me -- neither one wants to acknowledge the killer within. In Buffy's case, she gets around it by only killing demons, and when it's brought up that that's more of a grey issue than a black-and-white one, she gets profoundly uncomfortable. In Bats' case, he gets around looking at the killer within simply by an inviolate no-kill policy.

They aren't exactly alike, but similar enough that I thought "Heeeeey...."

Okay -- that makes sense to me. I was wondering whether what I had perceived as Bats having a no kill policy was more a no gun policy and that he felt free to kill villains by other mean.s

Nope. You interpreted correctly.

As Dick said, rule number one, we don't kill.

Rule number two, we wear tights.

And now I've got to leave.