Random Times Batman Was A Major Dick In Comics (25 items)

(#14) When He Wouldn't Let Jason Todd Find His Mom

Batman's Death in the Family starts with Jason Todd (the second Robin) uncovering some secrets about the whereabouts of his estranged mother. Now, Jason was a little punk, but its a shame he knew he couldn't go to Batman, his mentor and guardian, because he would just put it on the back burner.
Eventually the Dynamic Duo is reunited and they find Jason's real mom, Sheila Haywood, in Ethiopia. Eventually, mommy dearest turns Robin over to the Joker who beats him to death with a crowbar and then blows him up. The Boy Wonder's fate was left up to the readers who were encouraged to call an 800 number and vote on whether Jason would make it out alive or not.
So really Batman isn't the dick, but anyone reading Batman back in 1989 kind of is by voting for an orphan get blown up after being reunited with his mother.
(#13) That Time He Totally Stabbed a Guy
Batman's one big rule is that he doesn't kill, right? That's what separates him from the Joker, and is the main thing the Joker wants out of Bats (in many interpretations). It's a great power struggle. Except that Batman has totally killed before. IN his early adventures, murder was frequent and unremarked-upon. Look at this poor guy, for example. Yeah, he's a bad guy, and one who comes at the Dark Knight with a sword. Sword or not, though, it's not too heroic for Batman to stab the guy right through the head.
(#19) That Time He Kept Files on How to Stop His Teammates

It's hard to describe Batman as a team player - despite his ever growing army of sidekicks. The guy just likes his space. However, on several occasions it has been revealed that Batman kept battle plans on how to stop the other super heroes in the DCU if they ever go rogue.
There was Mark Waid's JLA: Tower of Babel where Ra's al Ghul hacked into the Batcomputer, downloaded the files, and proceeded to use said files to inflict horrible pain on the Justice League.
Oh, and there was Brother Eye, the spy satellite that Batman launched into space to monitor the activity of every metahuman on Earth. This was promptly hacked by Maxwell Lord. And let's not forget about that Direct-to-DVD movie, Justice League: Doom which borrows elements from Waid's Tower of Babel.
(#8) That Time He Dragged a Mental Patient from a Plane
There's a fine line between vigilantism and heroism. It's obvious which side of the line hanging someone from your batplane lies on, and it's definitely the Batman-is-a-dick side. This poor guy (who is also a mental patient) is just some low-level thug who was transformed into a hulking monster by Hugo Strange. In Batman #1, the Caped Crusader fights it out with him then just up and kills the guy, but hey it was "probably better this way."
(#23) When He Sucker-Punched a Deity
Forager, one of the New Gods, sacrifices himself to save the Justice League and the entire planet Earth. Another of the New Gods, Orion, starts talking trash about Forager in front of Batman. So naturally Batman winds up and sucker-punches a god. Sure, he was defending a man who just saved his life. But this is a god. Batman effectively joepardizes the lives of everyone in the universe.
(#7) When He Painted Himself Yellow to Bully Green Lantern

This is like the superhero equivalent of adding insult to injury. Green Lantern has a strange weakness, just as green gives him power (the color of will) yellow weakens him (the color of fear). In All Star Batman and Robin #9, Bats decides to paint both himself and the Boy Wonder. They then proceed to kick the ever loving crap out of Green Lantern just because GL questioned their lifestyle.
It's like Green Lantern digging up Bruce Wayne's parents and beating him with the corpses.