You are upset. That's to be expected. Have this chocolate.

"...Triangle."

Five stars for The Question being The Question.

I want to see a story where Mr. A confronts William Hickman, and Ayn Rand pleads for his life.

The only good part of Frank Miller's coocoo bananas Dark Knight Returns sequel was when Green Arrow and The Question get into a political argument.

Arrow: You're one to talk, Mr. Atlas-Shrugged-is-the-Word-of-God!

Question: You take that back! I'm no Ayn Rander! She didn't go nearly far enough!

All I know about Mr. A is what I saw on the BBC special In Search of Steve Ditko, and it was terrifying.

I'm not a comic book fan. Isn't the idea of a comic book hero the antithesis of objectivism?

Yes.

But consider this: Steve Ditko is a half-insane recluse.

Also, this is the guy who co-created Spider-Man, whose entire philosophy (great power = great responsibility, specifically to help others) is about as anti-objectivist as you can get.

Yes, but Batman is kind of the Rand poster boy. He is a billionaire working outside of the law to deal with his own problem with "crime", and if the rest of Gotham City somehow benefits from his illegal crusade, that's not really important to him. His interests are selfish entirely.

cognitivedissonance: you might be thinking of the Punisher, not Batman. The Punisher is arguably working out his own issues, but Batman is not just about beating up criminals, he also goes out of his way to make sure they are brought in alive (often at risk to his own life), and over and over he puts the safety of innocents first. There is a huge altruistic streak to what he does, which makes him pretty much the opposite of a Rand character.