NOTICE! Potential spoilers for Batman: Dark Age #6Batman: Dark Ages is coming to an end, and the seminal miniseries is coming out making a longtime DC villain one of the Dark Knight’s greatest foes. Retelling Batman’s origins as if he were aging in real time throughout the second half of the 20th century, Batman: Dark Ages is alternate continuity storytelling at its best, as the creative team found a unique way to retell Bruce Wayne’s life story from beginning to end.
Coming from the creative team of Mike Russell, Mike Allred, Laura Allred and Dave Sharpe, the preview for Batman: Dark Ages #6 begins with Wayne Enterprises on fire. The person responsible is none other than Pariah, one of the main characters in the classic DC crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Pariah successfully destroys Wayne Enterprises in this final issue, but Bruce Wayne hasn’t yet fallen and left. As the last page shows, Pariah’s aggressive approach to taking down Wayne Enterprises allows Bruce Wayne to buy it back.”cheap.”
Pariah is the final enemy in Batman: Dark Age
Pariah has been lurking behind the scenes Batman: Dark Ages from the beginning, taking control of Wayne Enterprises and making the board of directors very happy with his ruthless business tactics. All the time, Pariah has been talking about a “crisis” that will end everything, prophesying doom and gloom as Wayne’s council grows richer and richer. Now, it looks like the “crisis” he previously predicted is finally coming home, as Pariah burns down the company while escaping with a literal golden parachute.
“Batman: Dark Ages It has already established itself as one of the greatest interpretations of the Dark Knight.”
It seems that the Dark Ages world will be presenting its own version of Crisis on Infinite Earths as the story moves forward to the 1980s. Considering that readers have already seen sequels set in the present day of an aging Bruce Wayne in a nursing home, it’s safe to assume that the Dark Knight will survive whatever apocalypse this version of the DCU will face. in the eighties, but there’s no telling what he might lose along the way. Pariah could very well be a greater foe for Batman than Ra’s al Ghul or the Jokerso it will be fascinating to see how (or if) the Caped Crusader defeats him.
Batman: Dark Age ends with its own “crisis”
Yet everything shakes, Batman: Dark Ages has already established itself as one of the greatest interpretations of the Dark Knight. Readers will have to wait until they read this final issue before giving their final verdict, but the five issues released so far have been a captivating reinvention of the classic Bat myth, making the most of the out-of-continuity nature of the concept to deliver a story of Batman Forever, similar to his previous work in Superman: Space AgeMark Russell and Mike Allred continue to find interesting ways to interpret classic DC lore with Batman: Dark Ages.
Batman: Dark Ages #6 is available 11/13 from DC Comics