Warning: Spoilers ahead Detective Comics #1089!Batman Has a long history of crime fighting, starting in tights and ending in some surprising, world-shattering events. He’s a flagship hero for DC, but that doesn’t mean he’s the most hero-like of the Justice League. In fact, he’s one of the darkest heroes DC has to offer, and his latest version will have fans keeping their nightlights on.
It has been eighty-five years of Batman comics with dozens of versions of Batman, but he has finally turned into a true symbol of the night in Detective Comics #1089 By Ram V, Dan Watters, Guillem March, Christopher Mitten, Luis Guerrero, TrÃona Farrell, Steve Wands and Ariana Maher. The Orgham family’s hold on Gotham is loosening as Batman and the Rogues of Arkham begin to turn the tide of this all-out war. Batman fights his way to the center of their operations and takes hold of the Scarecrow’s Jonathan Crane.
Turning the Reality Engine against his enemies, he decides to show Scarecrow his worst fear – and This is the most horrifying, demonic version of Batman ever seenThat will change his image forever.
Batman has always been DC’s darkest figure
The essential darkness in the heart of Bruce Wayne
In Batman’s first appearance in 1939s Detective Comics #27 By Bob Kane and Bill Finger, his sole purpose was to stop crime in ways Superman could not. He now serves as a sort of Antithesis to Superman’s gay nature. Already in his entire performance, the seeds were sown for what he would become in his future, but he was still far from a symbol. of fear. What he did have was a low tolerance for killing his enemies.
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The real story of Batman’s no-kill rule reveals a recon very early in his career that tried to guide Batman into a hero who cares about life first and justice second. But the dark crusader of the night could not protect forever. Batman doesn’t kill because he knows what he would become if he crossed the line. Now fans know exactly what he would become: A demon writhing in bloody muscles with a pentagram above its head. There is a thin line separating Bruce Wayne from becoming the monster in reality, and the possibility of being the god of fear is only increasing through the years.
Batman’s purpose has long been creating fear
From the very beginning of the dark knight story
Batman is known for some incredibly dark comics that blur the line between heroism and horror. One of the primary creators of Batman’s fear-based mythos is Frank Miller, whose vision of Batman is almost tyrannical. in Batman: Year One By Miller and David Mazzucchelli, Batman’s start as an acolyte of fear is seen as he rushes to confront every dirty Gotham politician at a dinner party, saying,
Ladies. Gentleman. You ate well. You ate Gotham’s wealth. His spirit. Your feast is almost over. From this moment on – none of you are safe.
Miller’s Batman is no superhero. He is a spirit of vengeance. Year one Also includes an iconic moment echoed in Grant Morrison Batman Run. Bruce is visited by a dark presence, a wild bat, and in it, he sees the ghost of his father. Considering that it was revealed that Batman put on his persona precisely because he is afraid of bats, he shows his purpose from the start. Batman was only created to be a symbol of fearWhich is manifested most purely in the villain Scarecrow.
Scarecrow echoes back Batman’s fears
Panels of Black night #6 by Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Oclair Albert, Joe Prado, Alex Sinclair and Nick J. Napolitano
Unlike many DC villains, who have plans for world domination or an unbridled bloodlust, Scarecrow has a disturbing reason for being a villain. Dr. Jonathan Crane is not robbing banks or trying to sow chaos for the fun of it, but instead, He is purely addicted to the feeling of fear. After dosing himself too many times, Crane couldn’t feel any effects of his own fear serum. He’s acting like an addict, trying to chase a high he can no longer reach—that is, unless he’s being chased by Batman.
Batman is not shy of the fear either: he welcomes it as a god welcomes worship.
Batman is the only thing that still sparks fear in Scarecrow’s heart And gives him the shock of adrenaline. Being chased by his greatest fear is the sole reason for his being a villain, but in this issue, it seems like the chase has turned from an addiction to a full-on nightmare, as Batman turns past the Scarecrow’s fears into the most horrifying aspect of Ever seen. If this is how Scarecrow looks the Dark Knight, no wonder every other fear pales in comparison. Batman is not shy of the fear either: he welcomes it as a god welcomes worship.
The Dark God Barbatos is defeated by Batman
Batman has been evolving into a dark creature of the night
To understand how dark Batman is, his disturbing villains are evidence enough. as calls to as, And as Batman inspires fear, he also attracts those who inspire a similar fear. Even the events of Dark Knights: Metal By Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, with the debut of the Dark Multiverse, showed how terrifying Batman can become if he wants to become a dark god, like Barbatos.
Barbatos is the bat-god of the Dark Multiverse who Claims to be the bat that Bruce Wayne saw the night he decided to become Batman. Whether his past holds an aspect of Barbatos or not, Batman has evolved past Gotham and has well surpassed even Barbatos – as Batman realizes before his complete transformation in the perception of Jonathan Crane,
In Jonathan Crane’s eyes, The symbol of Batman has reached its rightful conclusion. The myth of Batman is much more akin to a folktale boogeyman who comes to punish those who do wrong. He is an angel of death who stalks the city at night, looking for blood to spill in his city
Gotham will fear the Batman, no matter the cost
Batman has completed his evolution into a god of fear
Scarecrow, as the fuel for the Reality Engine and because of its innate connection to the fear centers of the brain, Turn Gotham on its head and restore order to the city By claiming that they fear Batman instead of the monsters he sides. The citizens of Gotham send his signal up to the sky to pay homage to their dark avenger and ask for his help. The “prayer” of sorts becomes a group rite, a challenge that brings Batman as the god of fear into this world.
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The tights are gone, even the billionaire playboy is dead, and the only thing coming back from the dead is a non-human entity that commands Gotham’s fear. As Batman continues his descent into the darkness of his soul, he loses his humanity for the sake of the symbol he’s trying to project. He has completed a full apotheosis in a god of fear, and what is left behind is only these Batman.
Detective Comics #1089 Available now from DC Comics!