Warning! Contains spoilers for Batman: Dark Ages #5!One of the things that makes Batman Such a slow hero is that he knows how to take down so many different people. Both friends and foes fall for Batman’s plans, but in one universe, Batman comes up against a villain he doesn’t believe he can plan against: Ra’s al Ghul.
Ra’s al Ghul nearly causes Batman to hang up his tile Batman: Dark Age #5 by Mark Russell and Michael Allred. Ra’s returns to torture Batman, causing Arkham Asylum to explode and killing the love of Batman’s life. Unfortunately for Batman, Ra’s has full control of the criminals of Gotham And even takes over wine enterprises.
With no other choice, Batman goes to the Justice League to ask them for help, but his timing couldn’t be worse. The Justice League has just been informed about the Anti-Monitor and that their universe is about to be destroyed. In the face of universal destruction, the League doesn’t really care about Gotham City, and that Pushes Batman to almost give up the tile entirely.
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Batman thought fighting Ra’s al Ghul was completely hopeless
And he may be right
Batman is a highly trained individual with first-hand experience in the art of war. Unlike most depictions of Batman, however, this one did not travel the world. Instead, to get out of a prison sentence, Bruce Wayne agreed to a tour in Vietnam, where his enemies were hoping he would be killed. But instead of dying, Bruce flourished. He trained under Ra’s Al Ghul and became an expert hand to hand fighter and a master thief. But these skills are mostly used by criminals and people who have never seen war. To use them against Ra’s al Ghul, the man who taught him, seems impossible.
Ra’s al Ghul being one of Batman’s teachers is one of the more interesting changes that DC has undergone in recent years.
Combine Ra’s’ return with the fact that Earth seems to be destroyed in the next few years, and going up against Ra’s seems absolutely pointless. It’s unclear why Batman should even bother if the entire planet is destroyed in under a decade. This was the first time in his career that Bruce Wayne considered being Batman. Ra’s al Ghul is one of Batman’s teachers is one of the more interesting changes that DC has linked in the last few years. It was brought in by Christopher Nolan Batman Begins, and It is also revisited in Batman: The knight By Chip Zdarsky and Carmine Di Giandomenico.
Batman learned every skill from Ra’s Al Ghul
Dark Age makes Ra’s Bruce’s Teacher
Sometimes it’s hard for Batman to stay motivated, and it’s not unreasonable for him to have doubts. Even in the main DC Universe, Batman has expressed his doubts about his ability to make Gotham City a better place in the past. It’s no surprise that the doubts only get worse as Batman is faced with an enemy he doesn’t believe he has any hope of beating – and the knowledge that even if he wins, it still won’t matter in a few years. While characters like Bone and the Joker have pushed Batman To the limit, only Ra’s Al Ghul made him give up completely.
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