Heartwarming / Batman: No Man's Land

• One of the major crises hitting Gotham during NML is the lack of rain. With no clean water for drinking, sanitation or agriculture, the city's suffering heavily because of the drought. Batman, a flesh and blood man, can't really do anything about it... but a Man Of Steel can. It goes into CMOH territory when Batman looks up at the rain and does a half-smile. A half-smile from Batman would be a glowing one for anyone else.
• Most of Poison Ivy's appearance, in which she sets aside her misanthropy and cares for over a dozen orphans like a mother. Even Batman decides that they are better off in her care. This caries over to a post-NML story, where Ivy is prepared to martyr herself to prevent Robinson Park from being defoliated, but turns herself in to save one of the orphans.
• While Nightwing is recovering from his injuries, he and Oracle have a sweet heart-to-heart about a potential relationship.
• The Cataclysm story that precludes No Man's Land can be bleak, but there are so many moments of people saving lives in a moving fashion in the earthquake's aftermath, and not just the Bat-Family. Plenty of average citizens are seen doing their part to comfort people, treat the injured or dig through the rubble. Catwoman does her best to comfort a dying little girl. A death row inmate who may or may not have murdered his family repeatedly risks his life to save his defense attorney and a nun. Even professional criminals hired by Wayne Enterprises to evacuate buildings are shown taking their jobs extremely seriously, with some of them feeling motivated by the fact that they have been trusted to do something so noble in the first place.
• Stephanie and her mom having a (mostly) touching conversation where her mom finds out Stephanie's secret identity and learns that it all started as a way for Stephanie to protect her from Cluemaster.
• Azrael's Odd Friendship with Dr. Thompkins, and how it encourages him not to use violence, is fairly moving.
• Batman and Oracle find a TV show host, Jenkin Yates, who is recording stories about acts of decency done by Gothamites from all walks of life and airing them even though he doesn't think there are any receivers which can pick up his messages. Batman and Oracle hack into his broadcast to show it to people all across the country. When Yates hears the angry looters at his door go silent, he curiously goes to see what's happening, as viewers display genuine concern for his fate. Outside, he finds a Batarang embedded in the ground. In Washington, D.C., one of his viewers is seen making a call to try to help the people of No Man's Land.
• One issue has Batman investigating a mysterious Hope Bringer called The King and witnessing many acts that the man has performed for provide street missions with items like hydration pills and water purifiers. The man came to Gotham intending to exploit the refugees, only to find that sometimes, The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best in People.
• While it's more of an awesome moment, Detective Hardback Bock's ultimately successful efforts to get a bunch of sick kids out of Gotham for medical treatment can tug at the heartstrings.
• The Penguin of all people has one with the above, arriving like the calvary when the Gotham Militia catches up with Hardback.
• Gang leader Lynx briefly joins Batman in trying to stop a group of human traffickers due to a young child's plight reminding her of herself. She has a Cynicism Catalyst at the end, and her Heel–Face Turn doesn't stick, but it's touching while it lasts.
• The way Francine Langstrom and her mutated son wave goodbye to Batman as they fly away screams Ugly Cute.
• In the first issue, a news helicopter crew throws a box of food into the city, with the Immoral Journalist wanting to film people fighting over it. Instead, the three kids nearby each just cautiously take a little food and leave without fighting for more (although one is quickly robbed and another nearly is).
• To win back Gordon's trust, Batman removes his mask in front of him, only for Gordon to turn around and refuse to let him expose his secret identity.
• Batman has a Judgment of Solomon moment when two women fight for the right to raise an orphaned baby. Both of them pass the test, and they're ultimately persuaded to take care of the baby together.
• The Batcave's mechanic Harold ventures into the city determined to fix everything he encounters. It's an oddly empowering Put on a Bus moment.
• Huntress's interactions with Father Chris and Father Papaleo, the latter of whom is her longtime confessor, are quite moving. They try to bring out the best in her while she works hard to protect them. Their general efforts to take care of refugees (and how the refugees risk their lives to save Chris from being killed) are also powerful.
• Azrael gives Batgirl a Christmas tree angel as a Christmas present.