Bruce Wayne Batman Forges his iconic villains into a team after the Justice League refuses to help him save Gotham. When the threat of Brainiac forces the Justice League to adopt higher priorities, Batman admits that he cannot beat Ra’s Al Ghul without villains including Riddler, Penguin and Catwoman fighting in his corner.
Batman: Dark Age by Mark Russell and Mike Allred is a deeply witty take on the Batman origin story. Dark Age Recounts Batman’s origins and career beginnings in the 1950s, setting his adventures alongside real-world events. Meanwhile, Batman is fighting against Ra’s al Ghul – in this continuity, the black ops trainer who taught him everything he knows. sad, When the Justice League can’t afford the time to save a single city, Batman must turn to Gotham’s villains for help..
Gotham’s villains are relatively new to the life of crime in Dark Age Continuity, but they already hate Batman. It takes Catwoman watching for the Dark Knight to convince them to work with him to annoy Ra’s al Ghul and his Lucky Carmine Falcone, finally agreeing that Gotham’s survival is in all their interests.
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in Batman: Dark Age #5The Riddler, Penguin, and Catwoman reluctantly agree, attacking Ra’s al Ghul’s forces to clear the way for Batman and Robin to take on their boss at Wayne Tower. Batman has almost always had faith that his villains can recover and live normal lives, so while the team-up is surprising, it’s not out of character. However, their hasty agreement reveals a new side of Gotham’s criminal underbelly, and it changes Dark Age’s Study ahead – especially because Ra’s al Ghol immolates himself rather than be imprisonedCreating a major power vacuum.
With Joker on the horizon, will Batman’s villains support him again?
Dark Age Reverts Batman’s villains to their previous characterization as criminal coworkers
Now that three of Batman’s villains, early in their careers, have teamed up with the Caped Crusader, There is a possibility that these characters will become allies once again in the future. Bruce is seemingly more open to cooperation with morally gray characters, and he’s going to need all the help he can get. The end of the issue confirms that after Ra’s al Ghul’s defeat, the Joker will rise as the city’s next big threat. It would be exciting and creative for Dark Age To pay his new version of Batman​​​​ lore by giving him criminal allies in his fight against Joker.
Gotham’s rogues have worked together in the past, but it was a unity built on unease and selfishness. Batman: Dark Age Reminder of a time when the rogues were shown more than friends and criminal colleagues, a refreshing trip in nostalgia for the time in which the run takes place. By flipping the lore, the villains return to their 20th-century roots and are able to be ‘bad guys’ without being monsters. Hopefully, this will influence their allegations as Gotham Biggest The monster finally arrives to watch the awesome Batman Reimaging.
Batman: Dark Age #5 is available now from DC Comics.
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