Warning: Contains spoilers for Batman: Off-World #5!It’s been a while since Batman Was a street hero, solving crimes and putting the Riddler behind bars in Arkham Asylum. Month after month, Batman stops world-shattering crises and saves the planet. Every comic fan knows that Batman’s influence extends far and wide beyond just Gotham – so it’s frustrating that DC movies insist on making him a simple man in a cape loyal to one city.
Batman is far from Gotham in Batman: Off-World #5 by Jason Aaron and Doug Mahnke. There is a genocidal pair of alien twins wreaking havoc in space, and It is up to Batman to protect much more than Gotham. In fact, Batman became a full sci-fi hero.
Batman’s newest space opera adventure really cements the fact that he’s more than just an Earth-bound hero but a beacon of justice no matter where he goes, and The new DC Cinematic Universe needs to give fans their version of Batman.
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Batman is gearing up for an epic space opera—in the movies
Batman: Off-World #5 Variant Cover by Alan Quah
Batman movies have shown it time and time again: Bruce Wayne losing his parents in an alley. While the movies feature origin after origin names, the comics spur forward with fantastic space wars and new universes – like the Absolute Universe – with the gnarliest versions of the Dark Knight ever seen. There are So many versions of Batman in the comics – but only one version of Batman in the movies. DC fans deserve better.
Whether he’s fighting aliens or criminals on Earth, Batman fights for those who can’t fight for themselves.
This repetitive narrative is the reason why Batman should be removed from Gotham. Batman fans have seen Gotham on screen several times, but Batman has far outgrown just Gotham City in the comics. For long-time fans, Shackle Batman to the streets after witnessing all the death-defying stunts he can do A disservice to the Batman that fans know and love. But the high-stakes, alien-fighting version of Batman won’t lose the essence of the Dark Knight that stays with him forever.
The Dark Knight fights for orphans in space and on Earth
Batman fans deserve to see a Batman this epic on the big screen
At his heart, Batman will always be an orphan of Gotham. in Batman: Off-World #5, when he battles a Thanagarian bounty hunter to the death, he shows how, even with wild stakes like his last space mission, Batman is the voice of all the orphans of Earth fighting for justice. No matter where Batman goes, he takes the orphan with him. Whether he’s fighting aliens or saving citizens on Earth, Batman fights for those who can’t fight for themselves.
As Batman and the rest of his Bat-Family become practically superhuman, fans are eager to see what version of Batman they’ll get in James Gunn’s new DC Universe. No matter what, Batman and his backstory will be the psychological theme of whatever adventure he undertakes. But the Batman fighting criminals of Gotham is long past; It’s time for the movies to show fans a Batman Who saves the world.
Batman: Off-World #5 Available now from DC Comics!
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