Originally Posted by Gunblades
RedCydranth - actualy my reasoning is it's simplistic design thats bold and easily regognizable, as is the character that weilded it. It's not uncommon for one thing such as a weapon to become a well known symbol of something, the Arthurian legands are massive and detailed, yet Excalibur - a sword, is one of the most common symbols representing it. when you want to sum up comics which is MASSIVE with millions of characters, Batman sums up comicbooks generally, or the bat symbol.