r/coolguides

I'm obsessed with logos and symbols, and because Batman has such a rich history of unique bat-symbols across comics, series, movies and games, I thought it would make a great poster to view the entire evolution.

With help from the r/batman community I learned that most catalogues mix in promotional and marketing logos never actually used in the Batman universe, so I focused strictly on the ones he wore on his chest.

What surprised me most was the explosion of variations after 2000, especially in the 2010s. What started as a simple black shape on a gray suit in 1939 turned into a design problem that hundreds of artists, costume designers, and animators have each solved differently.

Which one is your favorite?

Every symbol is verified across different media: comics, films, animated series, and games. No cover art, no marketing logos, only emblems he wore on his chest.

Every time someone spills wine at a restaurant or gets coffee on their shirt at a cafe, I'm the one who panics and be like "PLEASE DON'T RUB" and Hair dye is the one that breaks me the most.

So I finally sat down, went through cleaning sources (Good Housekeeping, Martha Stewart, university extension guides, IICRC guidelines), and scored 50 stains by difficulty across 8 different surfaces.

The scoring is simple: each stain gets a difficulty from 1-4 on every surface (cotton, polyester, carpet, hardwood, marble, upholstery, leather, tile), then I averaged them. Hair dye at 3.5 is the undisputed worst. Turmeric and permanent marker tied at 2.8.

The biggest thing I learned doing this: the #1 mistake for almost every stain is using hot water. Your instinct is wrong. Cold water first, almost always.

I also built a full interactive version with step-by-step removal instructions for all 50 stains if anyone wants to bookmark it or play with it.

Every time someone spills wine at a restaurant or gets coffee on their shirt at a cafe, I'm the one who panics and be like "PLEASE DON'T RUB" and Hair dye is the one that breaks me the most.

So I finally sat down, went through cleaning sources (Good Housekeeping, Martha Stewart, university extension guides, IICRC guidelines), and scored 50 stains by difficulty across 8 different surfaces.

The scoring is simple: each stain gets a difficulty from 1-4 on every surface (cotton, polyester, carpet, hardwood, marble, upholstery, leather, tile), then I averaged them. Hair dye at 3.5 is the undisputed worst. Turmeric and permanent marker tied at 2.8.

The biggest thing I learned doing this: the #1 mistake for almost every stain is using hot water. Your instinct is wrong. Cold water first, almost always.

I also built a full interactive version with step-by-step removal instructions for all 50 stains if anyone wants to bookmark it or play with it.

North Las Vegas is the wild one - more than doubled its restaurants and recreation opportunities in a decade. And it's not alone: Henderson and Las Vegas proper both show up in the top 10 too, a sign of how much the whole metro has built out beyond the Strip.