[108], Damian's death left Bruce an emotional wreck,[109] compounded by the fact that his romantic interest, Natalya Trusevich had been murdered by the Mad Hatter when he allowed her to get close to him. While escorting Killer Croc to incarceration, the Outsiders' vehicle is demolished by Maseo, Yuki, and Reiko, who have all been revived as Black Lanterns. Their leader dead, the intelligence agency known as Spyral (another organization Doctor Dedalus was involved with) took over Leviathan's resources, and the organization presumably collapsed in the wake of their defeat. The team of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning filled in for issue #43, and later wrote off of scripts from Mike Johnson for issues #5759. Falcone's father Vincent Falcone came to Wayne Manor and begged Thomas to save his dying son, who had been shot by rival gangster Luigi Maroni. In "Nanopolis" (issues #5759), the Prankster tricks Superman and shrinks him to microscopic size. [80] Tim would later leave his identity as Robin to become Red Robin and lead the Teen Titans. Earth 3's Alfred kills him along with Martha and Bruce Wayne as per Thomas Wayne Jr.'s orders. Ra's discovered the secret of the Lazarus Pit, and he saves a dying prince by lowering him into it. Ra's transferring his consciousness into his Albino son, Dusan. Morrison, Grant. (issues #3436, illustrated by Pat Lee), Superman and Batman are introduced to Will Magnus and his malleable, shape-shifting Metal Men for the first time (in Post-Infinite Crisis continuity). A creature who could crush a civilization in the palm of his hand. Takeo takes the sword to his master Oyabun, the godfather of the Yakuza. Over the course of their careers, Superman and Batman and became close allies, despite some initial distrust and the stark difference between their methods and personalities. This "Underlife" as its retainers came to call it, was set and poised to circumvent the "Age of Heroes" and eventually overtake societal infrastructure as the new world order. Afterwards, she finds her old mentor and takes his life. They surprisingly also encounter some resistance, especially from the new Aquaman. However, he reveals this all to be just a plan to get access to the Batcave and a powerful armor he uses to trap One Million Superman and Batman in an eternal time loop before going back and ends up battling Superman, Batman and Robin from the 21st century. Bruce also regifted the Nightwing Costume to Dick Grayson, who had gotten a large portion of his memories back since his shooting. I am actually a very vigorous four hundred and forty-eightor is it four hundred and fifty-three? He is a successful businessman who is running to become Mayor of Gotham City, but he has little sympathy for the lower classes, dismissing the poor as "clowns" who have no one but themselves to blame for their misfortune. Talia is placed in prison by the Amazons while Ra's manages to escape. They crossed paths while seeking training in Dublin, Metropolis, and Morroco. He goes after Vicki Vale and almost kills her. Wayne was introduced in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939), the first exposition of Batman's origin story. Talia disavows her love for Bruce Wayne, and both sisters declare Batman their enemy. I lost count during the Black Plague. The Soultaker is worked into the Green Arrow mythology as the totem of the Sword Clan, which has parallels in the Fist, Mask, Shield, Axe, Arrow, and Spear Clans. When they get to the appointed location, dozens of demons arise, followed by a silver-armored knight who fights them; after he is killed, the knight is revealed to be Superman. Batman angrily scolded the man and, in an effort to torture him, revealed that he - Batman - was Bruce Wayne before teleporting away. Hoping to counter him, Batman donned a Sinestro Corps Ring, only to have it removed and destroyed. He discovered that she had recently trained Minkkhoa Khan under the same fake name he'd used with Bruce, 'Anton'. The plan was a success and, upon the two women reuniting, Ivy dropped her control over humanity. [89] Batman believed the Court of Owls were just a legend, but after taking a meeting with an interested business partner in Lincoln March, Bruce was nearly killed by an assassin dressed like an owl in Wayne Tower. Sinclair then becomes a partner in Wayne Enterprises, only to have the Waynes killed when they threaten to expose his plan to divert the meteor that gave him his powers back to Earth in order to study it. Robin is the callsign given to Batman's kid sidekicks. Ra's al Ghul[a] is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. Created by Peter Milligan and David Lopez in 2007,[36] Dusan al Ghul (Arabic: ) was Ra's' only known son. The clown had attempted to poison the Gotham Reservoir, only to be stopped by the Bat.[57]. Ra's' greatest tools are his green Lazarus Pits, which heal any injury including recent death and restore the user to the prime of life, but cause temporary insanity (or for those already insane like the Joker, sanity). Batman defeated the Batman Who Laughs, the leader of the Dark Knights, by teaming up with his most unlikely ally, the Joker. Leviathan is an organization founded by Talia al Ghul upon leaving her father, Ra's al Ghul's League of Assassins.Leviathan's liturgy is staunchly anti-capitalist and seeks to dismantle society and As he grew older, his family's reputation made Bruce restless, and he began sneaking out of school to visit Gotham City, where he wouldn't be so easily recognized. [6][7] He is the son of Sensei; the father of Talia al Ghul, Nyssa Raatko and Dusan al Ghul; and the maternal grandfather of Damian Wayne. Batman objected to her use of lethal force, dividing the team and ultimately leading to its collapse. Main articles: Batman: I Am Gotham, Batman: I Am Suicide, and Batman: I Am Bane, While reestablishing himself as the protector of Gotham, Batman was greeted by two new super-powered heroes - Gotham and Gotham Girl - who he began to trust to serve the city. They defeated both villains by tricking Doctor Alchemy into attacking Mirror Master's Mirror, only to be captured by Green Lantern, who had fallen under Nezha's sway. This puts an immense strain on Tatsu's relationship with Halo. However, Ra's has repeatedly used that knowledge to his own advantage when fomenting plans and contingencies against Batman. 2) #2 (2011) and make their first appearance in Batman (vol. Unprepared for another fight, Batman was physically demolished by Bane as Alfred begged for mercy. The members they face are Ultraman (Superman), Owlman (Batman), and Superwoman (Wonder Woman), who is Lois Lane in the Antimatter Universe. [41], Created by Dennis O'Neil and Bob Brown in 1971,[42] Talia al Ghul (Arabic: ) is Ra's al Ghul's daughter. It is hinted at during the course of the Batman and Robin series that Simon Hurt's actual identity is Thomas Wayne, albeit one from the 17th century who was a 'black sheep' of the Wayne family and prolongs his life through occult rituals. [25] Ace is seen following Bruce Wayne around the manor after he has a difficult night out. With each side recruiting all the villains they could to fight for them, the city was turned into a war zone for weeks, forcing Batman to choose a side to work with in order for the casualties to stop. In addition, this issue featured an all-star lineup, including Steven T. Seagle, William Tucci, Adam Hughes, J. T. Krul, and David Finch. In the Batman & Spider-Man: New Age Dawning crossover book (considered an Elseworlds story), Ra's begins plans for worldwide devastation. In The New 52, the His physical Art by. Later Katana joins a new team of Outsiders after assisting them in defeating a more powerful Sabbac. Thomas then punches Arthur in the face for earlier speaking to his son Bruce, and threatens to kill him if he ever comes near Bruce again. Jeph Loeb, the series' first writer, introduced a dual-narrator technique to present the characters' often opposing viewpoints and estimations of each other, which subsequent series writers have maintained. She and Damian were both members of the Demon's Fist, an elite group within in the League. In the "Tower of Babel" storyline, in JLA #4346, Ra's discovers Batman's contingency plans for stopping the other members of the Justice League of America, should they turn or be turned evil, and uses them to try to destroy the group. The character is one of several who have assumed the role of Booster told Bruce about his attempted-gift but was permanently scarred from the incident. [12] The new and improved organization has even taken over the facilities of Project Cadmus as Batgirl discovered.[13]. Robin is the callsign given to Batman's kid sidekicks. In Batman Annual #25 (published in 2006), Ra's al Ghul is described as a "700-Year Old International Terrorist". [66], Some time later, his fragmentary memory of the Zur-En-Arrh encounter inspired him to add the iconic 'yellow circle' to his batsuit, enclosing the Bat-Symbol.[67]. After Talia encounters and falls in love with Batman in Detective Comics #411 (May 1971), Ra's begins to consider Batman as a possible heir. Darkseid and DeSaad flee, and Tartarus is pulled into the hole Superman made in the Source Wall when he escaped. Detective Comics #27 is an American comic book of the Detective Comics anthology series known for debuting the superhero Batman in a featured story called "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" during the Golden Age of Comic Books.It is considered one of the most important and valuable first appearance debuts from DC Comics alongside Action Comics #1, released the If they cannot reverse the process in time, the women's personalities will soon reassert themselves and destroy the men's consciousness, killing them. When he returns to their home in London, his uncle has vanished with the remnants of their historical records. Heath's gone in a completely different direction to Jack, he's like a really scary psychopath. Owlman later states that his father was a weak man and wonders why Batman would devote his life to the memory of Thomas Wayne of Prime Earth. Two Elseworlds stories, Kingdom Come and Brotherhood of the Bat, feature two alternate versions of Ibn as an adult, coming to terms with his dual heritage. Chill was traumatized by the incident and didn't tell anybody what he had learned. Bounded by giri-ninjo (a debt of honor even unto death), Tatsu leaves the team to tend to Halo's wounds. 3) #42, Katana dons a new costume, as she feels it inappropriate to wear a costume based on Japan's flag, since the country revoked her citizenship due to her membership with the controversial team. In stark contrast to Batman's father who was a highly skilled surgeon and philanthropist who had saved countless lives during his time, Earth 3's Thomas Wayne is a cowardly and sociopathic doctor who often kills his patients (Martha claims that this is due to a "surgical fetish") and spends his money on lawyers to cover up his patients' deaths as accidents. ", Newsarama.com: Jeph Loeb on "Sam's Story", "Checking in with Rags Morales 'Super/Bat', "Green & Johnson on Superman/Batman's Power Switch", "Pak debuts 'Batman/Superman,' takes over 'Action Comics', "BATMAN SUPERMAN TP VOL 06 UNIVERSES FINEST (MAY170334)", "Obscure Comics: Batman/Superman #33, Annual #3, & #34", "DC's Batman/Superman comic returns in 2022 from legend Mark Waid", SUPERMAN/BATMAN VOL. Batman, his backup personality still unstable and unfinished, confronted Joker in the midst of his own hallucinations. In this film, Thomas Wayne is portrayed much less sympathetically than in other incarnations. Batgirl: Year One is a nine-part comic book mini-series published by DC Comics from February to October 2003, and then compiled into trade paperback form. [5], Before taking up the reigns, Talia would headhunt viable agents & operators from both her fathers League of Shadows as well as from the criminal underground in order to recast it in her image. Owlman (Thomas Wayne, Jr.) is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by DC Comics.A supervillainous alternate-universe counterpart of Bruce Wayne / Batman (since owls prey on bats), he is depicted as the adult version of Wayne's deceased older brother, who in most iterations of DC Universe canon dies as a child, before Bruce is born. This origin story is later revisited and amended in Batman Annual #26 (2007) by Peter Milligan and David Lpez as part of the Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul story arc. Though he fought well, Damian was no match for it and he was skewered on the Heretic's blade, perishing. Superman/Batman premiered in August 2003, an update of the previous series, World's Finest Comics, in which Superman and Batman regularly joined forces.. Superman/Batman explores the camaraderie, [16] To keep busy, Ace enjoys playing with a robotic mouse built by Harold.[17]. [23], At the age of 19, Anton and Bruce learned how to race cars in life-or-death situations from Brazilian criminal, Don Miguel. He proceeds to strangle Sora, on whom he has already had his eye for some time. -Talia al Ghul. The plan fails, and Wayne and Grayson go ahead with the adoption. Following clues to the ruins of a mental hospital, Batman learned that Lincoln March, his former business partner, was behind the betrayal within the Court. [17] This first arc is set before the formation of the Justice League, shown in 2011 in that team's own book. [28] Injured, Bruce crawled back to Wayne Manor, where Alfred reaffirmed his support for him and bandaged his wounds. First Appearance During the Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul storyline, he was revealed to be Ra's al Ghul's centuries-old father. Batman warns Clark to stay away, especially after Clark finds Garret's original clue, a Batgadget with a Wayne Enterprises serial number that was left on by an inexperienced Batman. However, mother and son escape before the plan is completed. He has also gained many international contacts and an immense fortune over the course of centuries. Although he has no superhuman abilities, he is one of the world's smartest men and greatest fighters. For example; his specialized radio collar, when activated, told him to don his own mask (via a hands-free device) and track down Batman and Robin. Batman, Robin and Catwoman travel to Paradise Island to warn Wonder Woman and her people that the League of Shadows will be invading one of the nearby areas, with Diana knowing that Ra's is after the island's Lazarus Pit. Early Life. [74] However, the pair was able to escape by overriding Hal Jordan's compromised willpower. Despite this, Alfred manages to properly train him in time for Christmas, and Bruce starts bonding with the dog after getting injured during one of his night shifts. After apprehending Joker, Superman and Batman confront Martin Mayne, Garret Remington's boss, with the knowledge that he is the one who gave the tip to Joker in order to increase his newspaper's sales. [18], The original Ace appeared in a flashback scene in Batman Inc. #4, thus making the current canon status of the Post-Crisis Ace unclear. In "Lil' Leaguers" (issues #5152), Superman, Batman and the Justice League of America face miniature versions of themselves. Talia soon gives the cure to Batman, who then gives it to Spider-Man, who passes it on to the Kingpin. is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.He is the father of Bruce Wayne (), and husband of Martha Wayne as well as the paternal grandfather of Damian Wayne.Wayne was introduced in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939), the first exposition of Batman's origin story.A gifted surgeon and In order to get the Pirate back, Batman was encouraged by Waller to assemble a team that was practically "suicidal." He then uses the experiment's Kryptonian processor to enter the Fortress of Solitude. Batwoman, and her influence on Batman. However, Zatara disagreed with this choice, and erased the memory of this discovery from Bruce's mind. They also nearly assassinated General Sam Lane and Amanda Waller after they refused to join but their actions caused a team of detectives and Lois to go after him. [4], At that same time, a murderous vigilante called NoBody began attempting to win Bruce's son's loyalty away from him, encouraging him to break with Batman's no-kill policy. [4] Two brothersMaseo and Takeo Yamashiroboth proclaim their love for her. Most importantly, it serves as the motivation for Bruce to become Batman.[5]. When he arrived, the one who met him there was The Cluemaster. He only survived because he was found by Catwoman, who brought him to an apartment in Paris and helped him recover. In the Amalgam Comics alternate dimension, Ra's is fused with Marvel Comics supervillain Apocalypse to become "Ra's Al-Pocalypse". Cassandra Cain (also known as Cassandra Wayne and Cassandra Wu-San) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman.Created by Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott, Cassandra Cain first appeared in Batman #567 (July 1999). In "The Boys Are Back in Town" (issue #26), Superman and Batman send Superboy and Robin to visit the Toyman in Japan because he has not been heard from in a while. Yarko the Great from Wonder Comics all by Eisner; Master Magician appearance; (Blue Beetle in 4 different costumes) The alleged evidence is revealed to be doctored in the aftermath of the storyline, however. [2] Ace's introduction followed on Krypto the Superdog's debut in Adventure Comics #210 (March 1955),[3] and by German Shepherd Dogs from detective films and serials, such as Rin Tin Tin and Ace the Wonder Dog. Both series have since aired together on various other networks, [1] Superman/Batman #26, Loeb's final issue, features a story plotted by Loeb's son, Sam Loeb, who wrote it before his death from cancer in 2005 at the age of 17. Ace, along with Batwoman, Batgirl and Bat-Mite, retired from Katana is described as a lethal fighter who has spent the last year waging war on the Yakuza clan that is responsible for the death of her husband. 4th appearance of the Joker; 1st appearance of Ha-Hacienda (Jokers Hideout); 1st mention of Gotham City 1st Damian Wayne as Batman. Ra's asks Batman to become his heir, which Batman refuses, appalled by his genocidal plan to "cleanse" the world. He cameos in Ambush Bug: Year None. Double-crossed, Superman becomes stuck in the wall himself. To ensure Ra's will not return, Batman oversees his nemesis' cremation. The issue was later reprinted as Supergirl #0. Their allies realized that the power switch has a psychological side effect to both men, as Batman's behavior becomes increasingly aggressive and Superman himself becomes emotionally depressed despite living the life he has always wanted, realizing that the transfer was the result of a curse that would give each man what they had always wanted, while simultaneously rendering them incapable of using it properly. The second was to Melisande,[44][45] Talia's mother. ", Final Crisis, and "Battle for the Cowl" in which the original Batman, Bruce Wayne, apparently died at the hands of DC Comics villain Darkseid and features the winner of the "Battle for the Cowl" as Similar to The Riddler, Ra's admires Batman's intellectual prowess first and foremost, regularly referring to Batman as "Detective" or "The Detective" when speaking to or about him. Following his resurrection, Ra's al Ghul, in his new body, moves his base of operations to Gotham City where it is revealed that a remnant of his son Dusan's consciousness still remains within him. Ra's hires the Riddler, Mr. When the chair answered correctly, he asked the identity of the Joker, of which it responded "there are three". The daughter of infamous international ecoterrorist Ra's Al Ghul, Talia Al Ghul, would come to commandeer the Leviathan organization for her own purposes, having boasted of creating the pan-global cartel all her own. It's Luke Roberts, an english actor that appeared in GoT. Artwork for issue #25 was done by Cliff Richards. [185], Bruce, trusting the information, went after Bane in Arkham, against the authority of the GCPD, and proceeded to beat up Bane in incarceration, despite the villain claiming he had no involvement. The Joker is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.The character was created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, and first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book Batman on April 25, 1940. Credit for the Joker's creation is disputed; Kane and Robinson claimed responsibility for the Joker's design while [176], The time-travelling superhero Booster Gold, inspired by Superman's adventure to an alternate reality where Krypton survived, decided, as a wedding present to Batman, to create an alternate reality where Bruce's parents survived. He also realizes that Vale may be a descendant of a French opponent, Marcel du Valliere, from centuries before; therefore, his business with her may not be finished. She declines on the basis of her giri-ninjo, but is willing to help if the need is truly desperate. However, just before he went through with it, he realized that this wasn't what his parents would want, and it was at that moment Bruce vowed to spend the rest of his life warring on crime. That team consists of all new members, with the exception of Metamorpho who rejoins the team after Shift's demise. These souls and spirits can be freely reborn/reincarnated by the means of a sacred ritual, under which they serve their summoner, even if it is against their will. Flashpoint Vol 2 #5(October, 2011). Damian was supposed to lead the Demon's Fist but Mara now leads the group since Damian's choosing his father over the League. The series ends with a frank discussion between Batman and Superman about their respective roles as heroes. Although he has no superhuman abilities, he is one of the world's smartest men and greatest fighters. Over the years, Batman compiled detailed contingency files on many of his allies in the Justice League, fearing the potential damage they could inflict on the planet if controlled. By doing so, Batman was filled with every answer in the galaxy, total omniscience and nigh-unlimited omnipotence. While she likes both, she chooses Maseo as her husband. Ace is also mentioned in Howard Chaykin's Elseworlds crossover Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop. [33] During this time, Bruce and Zatanna became inadvertently bonded through a miscast spell, and would spend the next few decades having regular meetings in order to contain the arcane chaos their mistake wrought. [77], Some time later, a rift opened up in the sky, and through it, David Sikela arrived, the last survivor from an unknown Earth elsewhere in them multiverse. Most recent retelling origin story, Batman and Robin (vol. [167] With the help of Wonder Woman and Lady Blackhawk, Batman and Superman were rescued. [133] After questioning Godfrey, Batman united with his allies and learned that Darkseid's son Kalibak was using a powerful stone known as the Chaos Crystal and Damian's sarcophagus to power a weapon called the Chaos Cannon that could destroy an entire moon. Her tragic backstory includes the death of her husband, Maseo, whose soul becomes trapped in her blade, the Approximately a year after his initial defeat, the Riddler broke out of prison and spurred a war between himself and the Joker, who had lost the ability to laugh, in what would be called "the War of Jokes and Riddles". [41], With only his mission in mind and no care for his legacy as a Wayne, Bruce moved himself out of Wayne Manor and into a brownstone on Park Row from which he based his early attempts to infiltrate the Red Hood Gang after only six weeks back. Ra's al Ghul has been featured in various media adaptations. Katana and the Outsiders have to fight them all, but she is ultimately able to reclaim the Soultaker from Maseo. The first mention of this ability is mentioned by I-Ching and Ra's al Ghul throughout the pages of Batman (1940) #670 by Grant Morrison. [11], Another incarnation of Leviathan appeared in the pages of "Event Leviathan". Ra's appears in a crossover story between Batman '66 and Wonder Woman '77 (taking place in the continuity of Adam West's portrayal of Batman and Lynda Carter's portrayal of Wonder Woman). This annual follows the trend set by Joe Kelly's work, reimagining another Silver Age tale. Unbeknownst to Thomas, young Bruce watched this all in silence from afar. After killing the Heretic, Talia attempts to activate a "death ring" around the planet, established by worldwide Leviathan agents. During Grodd's coup, he attempts to warn Bruce about the coup before he was mind controlled. When Dick refused, Tim put on a Robin costume to aid Batman and Nightwing in a fight against Two-Face. Superman/Batman premiered in August 2003, an update of the previous series, World's Finest Comics, in which Superman and Batman regularly joined forces.. Superman/Batman explores the camaraderie, Maseo and those killed a second time by the Soultaker pass on to their eternal rewards, leaving Takeo trapped in the sword in his place. Artwork for Annual #1 was done by Jae Lee, Kenneth Rocafort, and Philip Tan. Mara al Ghul is a granddaughter of Ra's al Ghul, daughter to the late Dusan al Ghul and a cousin to Damian Wayne. In "Torment" (issues #37-42, illustrated by Dustin Nguyen), Superman is psychologically tortured by the Scarecrow and brought to the war planet Tartaros by DeSaad. Labs for repair, learned that Nightwing's secret identity had been revealed by the Syndicate. Alone, he fought valiantly, but was on the verge of being overwhelmed until 'Anton' arrived, and together, they fought off the attackers and resolved to train together moving forward. Their son witnesses the murders and attempts to overthrow the Communist Party of the Soviet Union when he is an adult. Towards the end of his travels, Bruce returned to study under Zatara once more. Niles then identified the insignia on the vial that had been used to inject Superman as belonging to the Devil Nezha (having recently recoverd Nezha's sword from General Zahl themselves, and recounted the legend of Nezha's creation. Issue #19 (illustrated by Ian Churchill) is a stand-alone backdoor pilot story for the Supergirl series. [97] The Joker then threatened to recreate one of his first recorded murders with Gotham's Mayor, but he killed all of the guards outside the Mayor's office instead, leaving disturbing frowns instead of the trademark Joker smiles on their faces. In the following course of events, Bruce discovered that Mio had been hired by Matsuda's wife to seduce him and then kill Matsuda. Sometime after that, Batman caught orphan Jason Todd trying to steal prescription drugs from Dr. Leslie Thompkins. His newly reclaimed kingdom was not entirely willing to submit to his rule; the northern tribes built a resistance, targeting a new desalination plant in the Ahk-Ton Desert. Joker is a 2019 American psychological thriller film directed by Todd Phillips, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Scott Silver.The film, based on DC Comics characters, stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker and serves as a standalone origin story for the man. Ra's, meanwhile, has taken over the body of a Nanda Parbat monk and departs. 2) #2 (2011) and make their first appearance in Batman (vol. The origin of Batman depicts the events that cause a young Bruce Wayne to become Batman.The core event (the murder of Wayne's parents Thomas and Martha Wayne at the hands of Joe Chill) has remained fairly unchanged, but the aftermath and Bruce's journey to become Batman were not detailed until later years.The story first appeared in Detective For key points in Batman's history see Batman's publication history. Bruce Wayne is born to Dr. Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha Kane, two very wealthy and charitable socialites from Gotham City.Bruce was brought up in the wealthy splendor of Wayne Manor and leads a happy and privileged existence until roughly the age of eight. The Huntress is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman.The two best-known women to bear the Huntress name are Helena Bertinelli and Helena Wayne, the latter being from an alternate universe.Although Helena Wayne and Helena Bertinelli are both Leviathan is an organization founded by Talia al Ghul upon leaving her father, Ra's al Ghul's League of Assassins. The Batman is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman.Produced by DC Films, 6th & Idaho, and Dylan Clark Productions, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is a reboot of the Batman film franchise.The film was directed by Matt Reeves, who wrote the screenplay with Peter Craig.It stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne / In the meantime, Gotham had become a war zone between the inmates of Arkham Asylum and the inmates of Blackgate Penitentiary the latter of whom were led by Bane. Batman: The Animated Series is an American television series produced by Warner Bros. In the wake of the DCnU reboot, Leviathan had been revamped to be the creation of Doctor Dedalus alongside the Spyral covert agency to act as its counterpart. Despite having a gun to Bruce's head, Anton could not bring himself to shoot Bruce, and parted ways. Returning To Gotham Under Thomas Wayne & Bane's Rule The City of Bane arc saw Batman suffer one of the cruelest inadvertent missteps in his life. Wilker later took a new job that made it difficult for him to take care of Ace, so he left the dog to Bruce Wayne. Soon, Batman's allies rallied around him, and it was Spoiler who beat March down - though he escaped into the sewers, only to be caught by the Court of Owls. An alternate, unnamed version of Deathstroke also appears, characterized very similarly to Marvel Comics' Deadpool. Despite solving the mystery, and having the opportunity to get his home back, Bruce let the city keep the Manor until they were able to erect a permanent replacement in the wake of the recent attack on Gotham. Harley then strapped bombs to both herself and Joker, forcing Batman to make the decision of which of the two he would defuse in time. Batman specifically kept the US nuke operators from overreacting and launching their weapons against Russia. [19] When DC launched Justice League of America, they also launched the solo series Katana, focusing on Tatsu's abiding mission to track down her husband's killer. Ace debuted in Batman #92 (July 1955) and was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Sheldon Moldoff. One causes Superman to feel like a child and carefree for the day, which also has implications of a drug-like effect, while the second restores him to normal. [194], In the final conflict between Justice and Doom, Batman battled Luthor inside a transformed Hall, but thanks to Perpetua's full awakening, Justice lost. At this point, the Scarecrow became an active criminal and gassed the Dynamic Duo with his fear toxin for the first time. Katana joins a team with Geo-Force and Technocrat, taking the lead. Both furious, the two men fought, and when morning arrived, only one Batman escaped the pit and returned to Gotham: Thomas. [111], While attempting to recover from his grief, Batman was faced with the threat of The Wrath - a cop-killing arms dealer who had a vendetta against the GCPD, but soon defeated him. She and Bruce survived, but the accident forced Martha into premature labor, and the baby was lost. [102] Although both of them rebuke him without hesitation, Hurt never explicitly drops the claim. Katana (Tatsu Yamashiro ( , Yamashiro Tatsu)) is a fictional superheroine that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Coming directly from the DC One Million storyline, Epoch The Lord of Time arrives in the 853rd century trying to conquering it and is quickly subdued by the Superman and Batman versions of that time. This version was originally a guide dog belonging to a blind Native American named Black Wolf, who called him "Dog". They fought on the cliffside as a storm struck, and Bruce was able to channel his fury and love, overtaking Zuma. While building this alternate self, the Joker returned, and, worse, returned to his old ways, murdering a number of Weltamix Pharmaceuticals security guards before taking the company's chemists hostage. [9] The team manages to end the Baron's tyranny in Markovia and moves to Gotham City, where they set up their headquarters (a former penthouse of Bruce Wayne, secretly the Batman). The White Ghost is revealed as Ra's' estranged albino son Dusan, and offers up his own body instead. Mark Shaw then assists her in taking down the Daichi-Doku's Oyabun. Midway through the comic book. Desperate, Wayne turned to Falcone to have the latter intimidate the reporter, only for Falcone to kill him so he could have something on the Wayne family. Batman follows Ra's near the Pit and tries to stop him, but Ra's uses his magical assassins to prevent them from interfering. However, the Heretic continuously fails Talia and proves himself to be just as defiant as his genetic template, the then-deceased Damian Wayne. Publication history. [25], After training with Oblonsky, Bruce and 'Anton' travelled to the wilds of northern British Columbia, hunting down the world's greatest marksman, Luka Jungo, also known as "The Swiss Mark". [129] However, despite all the Cluemaster's taunting and explanations as to how he pulled the scheme over on Bruce, he was unexpectedly murdered by the one who had really been behind it all - Lincoln March - the man who believes himself to be Bruce's younger brother. segment of, This page was last edited on 28 November 2022, at 09:32. Maybe Mirror Master can help. Batman intervenes to protect Clark's secret identity. In The New 52, the The Huntress is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman.The two best-known women to bear the Huntress name are Helena Bertinelli and Helena Wayne, the latter being from an alternate universe.Although Helena Wayne and Helena Bertinelli are both Although Tatsu left her past behind, the Oyabun return and send a tengu after her, with which he captures her. By the time it was too late, Batman discovered that he had been selected by the demon Barbatos to be the vessel for his invasion of the Multiverse. While there, Kim-Da fabricated David a costume inspired by Hel-Oz, an ancient Kryptonian hero. In the first story arc, "The World's Finest", also referred to as "Public Enemies" (issues #16, illustrated by Ed McGuinness),[5] then-U.S. President Lex Luthor declares Superman and Batman enemies of the state, claiming that a Kryptonite asteroid headed for Earth is connected to an evil plot by Superman. When Wayne and his wife are murdered in a street mugging, Bruce is inspired to fight crime in Gotham as the vigilante Batman.[2]. While returning home one After a shallow grave is discovered in Metropolis, Supergirl tries to get the help of Batman to investigate, but ends up only finding the current Robin Damian Wayne, Even not doing well, they discover that the victims are killed by a sudden heart attack and all of them are employers of LexCorp. [4] Maseo disowns his brother, who joined the Yakuza and took their mark of a dragon tattoo across his chest. Scott Kolins wrote "Night of the Cure" (issues #6667) as a special Blackest Night tie-in starring Bizarro and the Man-Bat. Using this information, Cormac put Batman into increasingly diabolical manufactured scenarios. Light is later freed by Lex Luthor, who wants him to join his new Injustice League. Bruce emerged victorious, albeit barely. The pair then went to rescue Wonder Woman and the Flash, who under attack by Doctor Alchemy and Mirror Master respectively. Publication history. Ra's' daughter Talia is fused with Lady Deathstrike to become "Lady Talia". The Birth of the Demon features Ra's' uncle, who helps him avenge his wife and found the League of Assassins before they go their separate ways. "Sam's Story", a back-up story written by Jeph Loeb 10 days after his son's death, depicts young Clark Kent's friendship with a boy named Sam who gets cancer. He could be funny and make you laugh. The original Harlequin was a foe of the Golden Age Green Lantern and later became his wife. Meanwhile, Ra's steals the bodies of Batman's parents. The series lasted 10 issues. [110] He began going through the five stages of grief, beginning with denial. In this story, Ace is trying to play with Robin, who is fuming over Kathy Kane, a.k.a. Upon taking Ra's to a "Fountain of Essence", which contains the qualities of a Lazarus Pit, Batman is confronted with the sight of the Sensei, who is revealed to be Ra's' father. In the 2010s, DC began to feature the character much more extensively in media adaptations of its comic books, including a recurring role in the animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold and then a starring role in the series Beware the Batman. Afterwards, despite his closeness with Catwoman, Batman insisted that they could not start a romance together and returned home with Dick. [15] The story continues in Superboy (vol. He convinced Perpetua, the original creator of the multiverse, to choose him as her lieutenant over Lex Luthor as his vision was limited by his He is frequently depicted as looking very much like his son, but with a mustache. [30], During Batman Eternal, Bruce briefly speculates that Ra's is the mastermind behind most of the attacks against him that have left Wayne Enterprises bankrupt and Batman pushed to the limit. She intended for Bruce to train their son in the ways she could not, and in the hope of curbing his homicidal tendencies, he took on the boy as Robin to keep a close eye on him.[85]. Later, Nygma returned to detonate an EMP blast that left the entire city in the dark. He gets Ace a bat-mask for Christmas and calls him a "Bat Hound". [25] When he emerges, Ra's is consumed by the evil that corrupted the Untitled centuries before, and he feels compelled to rid himself of the machinations of his daughter and Ducra by killing Jason. Maroni's first Pre-Crisis appearance was in Detective Comics #66 (August 1942) as Boss Moroni, a mobster on trial for the murder of a man named "Bookie" Benson.Harvey Dent (here named "Harvey Kent") is 1: PUBLIC ENEMIES - NEW EDITION, SUPERMAN/BATMAN: MICHAEL TURNER GALLERY EDITION, SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES HC BOOK AND DVD/BLU-RAY SET, Batman y Superman - Coleccin Novelas Grficas nm. He convinced Perpetua, the original creator of the multiverse, to choose him as her lieutenant over Lex Luthor as his vision was limited by his Originally, "The Big Noise" was intended to relaunch the book as a flashback series dealing with the aftermath of various DC crossovers, but Casey's original scripts were devoid of references to the crossovers, scrapping the plan for future stories in the intended vein. [40] She is murdered by Cassandra Cain during the One Year Later storyline. During the encounter, Metallo injected Superman with a sample of Red Kryptonite, causing Superman to undergo a series of rapid and horrifying transformations. Batman gives the Lazarus Pit sample to Ra's, at which point Batman is forced to fight Nyssa and her rebels. With a plan to use Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth to pull the League out of the Firestorm Matrix and Steve Trevor out of action though, Martian Manhunter appointed Batman to be the one to wield the Lasso, because of his connection to Wonder Woman. 5) #27 (2014), where she is told by the mysterious blind man Magus that the death of her husband relates to the Outsiders, the society formed of various weapon clans and connected to Green Arrow's new origin story. When Denny presented it, here I was as a comic book artist who was used to doing fairly realistic stuff having to deal with, "Hey, no costume." The strange Batman takes Superman to his world of origin - a possible future where the world was cursed in a spell summoned by the Coven, a group composed of Felix Faust, Morgan Le Fey, Brother Blood and Blackbriar Thorn. Ra's al Ghul's ethnic origins may be described East Asian in accordance to Birth of the Demon and The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul, and Byzantine/Eastern Roman as addressed by Talia al Ghul in Batman Annual #26. [34], Outside, Bruce confronted the mysterious assailant who had been tailing him across the world and who had attacked and greviously injured Minhkhoa: Harris Zuma, AKA 'The Still', a renowned assassin in the employ of Ra's al Ghul. He then, at last, received an invitation back to Beacon Tower, to watch the end of everything he cared about. The Oyabun commits ritual suicide and Katana stands by as his "second", ready to help with a blade strike so he can keep his honor. Batman vs. Robin is a 2015 American animated superhero film which is the 22nd film of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies and the fifth film in the DC Animated Movie Universe.The film is partially based on the "Batman: The Court of Owls" saga written by Scott Snyder and illustrated by Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion, combined with aspects of Batman & Robin: Born to Kill Because he had already placed a large number of "lost dog" announcements for Ace in his civilian identity of Bruce Wayne, he was concerned that anyone recognizing Ace (who had a prominent star-shaped marking on his forehead) might make the connection between Bruce Wayne and Batman. Maybe Mirror Master can help. Owlman (Thomas Wayne, Jr.) is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by DC Comics.A supervillainous alternate-universe counterpart of Bruce Wayne / Batman (since owls prey on bats), he is depicted as the adult version of Wayne's deceased older brother, who in most iterations of DC Universe canon dies as a child, before Bruce is born. Katana, believing that she has been reunited with her lost family, lets her guard down, but is saved from death by her teammates. 3) #7, she is revealed to be Ruh al Ghul (Soul of the Demon), Ra's al Ghul's mother. The series was originally written by Greg Pak and illustrated by Jae Lee. Though he told Superman that the contingency for a rogue Batman was the Justice League, this was a deception. Through all this the Joker was planning his ultimate surprise for the Dark Knight and his Bat-Family, with the startling knowledge of their secret identities once more. "Reign of Doomsday" (Annual #5 (2011)), "Reign of Doomsday Part Five: No Exit! [5] He was also, at some point, trained by expert boxer (and former JSA member) Ted Grant.[32]. Eventually, the Outsiders re-form and return to Markovia. Ra's eventually uses the Pit while still healthy, both increasing his strength and putting his life at risk, in an attempt to outmatch the Dark Knight. Simultaneously, the mastermind invited former Gotham mob boss Carmine Falcone back from his refuge in Hong Kong to initiate a gang war with the Penguin, again to add another conflict on Batman's hands. He was portrayed as an aged but highly skilled martial artist. Believing that Todd had the potential to turn over a new leaf, Wayne offered him the vacant position of Robin and, when he accepted, trained him for months. While the battle ensues at Nanda Parbat, the White Ghost takes Ra's to a secluded place, where he appears to accept the fact that his death is inevitable. [113] Unbeknownst to her, a secret organization was using her as a pawn in a ploy to have the three Justice Leagues come into conflict. Bruce himself tricked Don Miguel into getting captured by police during his final lesson. [28], Batman and Ra's then encounter Glorious Godfrey. Halo dies from an assassin's blast but is reborn in a new body. Detective" (a name he has only ever reserved for Batman, Nightwing and Red Hood once before). Afterwards, he would decide to take on the guise of a bat, presenting the concept to Alfred the following morning. Before returning to normal, the two heroes must rescue the microscopic civilization whose existence has been inadvertently endangered by the Prankster. His Post-Crisis origin story is told in the graphic novel Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992) by Dennis O'Neil and Norm Breyfogle. While Batman experiences his "vision", Nyssa befriends Talia and then kidnaps and brainwashes her. The superheroine is injured and healed in the Lazarus Pit, which also restores the Canary Cry she lost years earlier. He orders the plane to tilt its angle, causing the wind shear to rip Batman from his purchase and drop down into the sea, where he is caught by Aquaman. Although he fathered children with several women, Ra's al Ghul has only two confirmed marriages. [10] Ra's usually tries to assault the world's human populace with a biological weapon, such as a genetically-engineered virus. 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