Batman’s biggest flaw is turned against him, as a different Justice Leaguer becomes DC’s #1 schemer

Warning: Spoilers for Absolute Power #4The conclusion of Absolute power By Mark Waid and Dan Mora has revealed a new number-one schemer among the Justice LeagueTurn Batman Biggest disadvantage against him. Green Arrow is revealed to be a mole within Waller’s forces, aided by Martian Manhunter using a timed telepathic implant to trick both Oliver into believing in Amanda Waller’s plan in order to bypass her team’s psychics. While this scheme ultimately helped save the day, it also earned Green Arrow the ire of Superman, Wonder Woman, and most prominently of all, Batman.

When Green Arrow explains the plan to Batman in Absolute Power #4 by Waid, Mora, Alejandro Sánchez and Ariana Maher, Bruce tells Martian Manhunter that it would be prudent to share the information with the heroes. J’onn responds by saying that he didn’t plan on being captured in the first place, as well as pointing out The irony in Batman of all people chastising someone for enacting a secret plan.

Martian Manhunter is right to call Batman a hypocrite in this regard, as His many secret plans put the Justice League and his own family in jeopardy On more than one occasion, having one such secret has been a major help to Amanda Waller.

Green Arrow beats Batman for the Justice League’s most notorious schemer

Batman previously kept secrets from the Justice League

The single most famous example of Batman’s secret plans backfiring on the Justice League occurs in the Tower of Babel Story of Wade and Howard Porter in 2000s JLA #43-46. In this storyline, it is revealed that Batman has developed contingency plans against the Justice League In the event they ever go rogue. The plans are then stolen by Ra’s al Ghul to be used against the League. The storyline ends with Batman leaving the Justice League, and the secret nature of the plans damages his friendships within the League for a long time.

moreover, Batman is also responsible for the creation of the Brother Eye AI, As seen in the Infinite Crisis Crossover event. Created in secret by Batman as a response to his growing distrust of the larger superhero community, Brother Eye was supposed to monitor the metahumans of the DC Universe – before Alexander Luthor gave Brother Eye sentience, and Maxwell Lord used the program to create the OMACs With the goal of killing all metahumans. Batman and a small group of superheroes are able to bring Brother Eye offline, but the devastating event still shakes almost everyone’s trust in Batman.

Batman even keeps secrets from his own family

The Bat-Family is torn apart by Bruce’s plans

Batman’s secret keeping habit is so notorious that even his own family is immune to it. In the 2004-2005 War games Crossover event, Spoiler accidentally starts a massive gang war in Gotham, but the gang war only starts because of Stephanie Brown attempting to carry out one of Bruce’s plans without Bruce fully explaining the plan to her, resulting in deadly consequences. The fallout of War games Saw Most of the Bat-Family immediately leave Gotham on extremely poor terms with BruceWith many of Gotham’s vigilantes at the time relocating to Blüdhaven before reconciling with Bruce after Infinite Crisis.

Batman’s secrets also proved to be everyone’s undoing in the current Batman Run by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez. in this case, Batman’s secrets cause multiple problems for the Bat-familyIncluding Zur-En-Arrh – a rogue backup personality Batman created for himself who began to subtly employ him – and Failsafe: an android secretly created as a contingency for Batman by Zur. The two forces blindsided the Bat-Family, resulting in Zur taking control of the Failsafe android and becoming a more brutal Batman, as well as Failsafe ending up in the hands of Amanda Waller, who uses Failsafe during Absolute power.

Green Arrow’s plan to act as a mole effectively takes Batman’s legacy of secret keeping to the next level, making Oliver the new top schemer of the DC Universe. However, Batman’s previous instances of secret keeping prove that this line of action will inevitably damage Green Arrow’s friendships among the Justice League, as well as his relationships with his own family. Absolute power has proven that poor communication can be deadly, and Green Arrow’s secrecy only made things difficult for those Justice League. With Amanda Waller defeated, hopefully this is a lesson Oliver – and Batman – Will not need to study again.

Absolute power #4 is available now from DC Comics.