Batman does the unthinkable and finally kills the Joker by snapping his neck. Like Batman and the Joker before him, The Batman Who Laughs is a master of unseen escape. One day, Batman was drugged and captured by the Joker, who went on to destroy Gotham City. 1. Apparently that's an opinion held by this laughing Batman, too. Fans may have to wait to see the villain's entire origin story explained in his very own comic, titled THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS, but before that book arrives in November, this evil Batman doppelganger will make his appearance in Dark Nights: METAL #2 coming on September 13th, 2017. Most stories are about Good vs Evil but, what happens when the line between those two becomes so blurred that you cannot be sure anymore? After The Batman Who Laughs is killed by Wonder Woman back in Death Metal #1, the Dark Knights set in motion a plan to put The Batman Who Laughs' brain into the body of a new creature. Unbeknownst to him, this released a special strain of Joker Venom that Batman inhaled, slowly twisting his moral fiber until he was no different from the Joker himself. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. "The Batman Who Laughs":The Batman Who Laughs is sitting at one side of a table, explaining to an unknown character, whose face is drenched with blood and covered in bandages, that this story is not going the usual way, in reference to the classic heroic stories of Superman, Batman or Wonder Wo The Batman Who Laughs #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of January, 2018. It offers welcome insight into one of the more memorable villains Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo have added to the Batman mythos, even if this issue never digs quite as deep into the character's past as it could. 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And who knew Joker's grin could get even creepier? When Snyder and DC unveiled the evil Batman designs at San Diego Comic-Con, they … In the context of Dark Knights: Metal, his inclusion made sense, but the premise was silly (sillier than what you'd normally expect from comics, yes); and I was overall disappointed with that event. For instance, the origin or identities of the Robins - and how they wound up looking so vampiric - is anyone's guess. As he gloated to his Prime Earth counterpart about the Dark Multiverse being a place of great hope and how he will never be loved by Nightwing, he was stabbed through the chest with the arrow by Damian Prime who pushed it through his own pierced shoulder blade.[4]. This character is or was an incarnation of or an ally of Batman, and a member of the Batman Family. An Evil side of him, if you will. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. Pre-orders have been opened by Sideshow Collectibles for their The Batman Who Laughs Premium Format Figure. Teen Titans Vol 6 #12(November, 2017) Insanity, Truth and Death taken to their very fiery depths. Bruce Wayne becomes the Batman Who Laughs--a twisted amalgam of Batman and Joker decked out in leather and a spiked metal visor that allows him to see the worst versions of anyone he gazes upon. He reappears in the first issue of the new DC series The Immortal Men. On his broken homeworld within the Dark Multiverse, the Batman Who Laughs is born the moment Bruce loses control and snaps Joker's neck. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the "Batman Family members" category. [1], He would later fight Green Arrow, Damian Prime, and Nightwing alone in Bane's arena. Andy Kubert First Appearance Batman Villain(s) This character, team or organization, is or was primarily an enemy of the Batman, or the Batman Family as a whole. Batman slowly becomes as evil and sadistic as the Joker, but unlike the Joker, he maintains his highly ordered and deductive mind. Batman becomes The Punisher! I hope you are ready for one of the darkest origin stories of your life! THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS is just one of seven evil Batman doppelgangers coming to terrorize the Justice League as the first wave of the true villain of METAL's invasion. Fans can dabble in the expanded storyline if they choose, but stick with the mainline METAL to get all they need from 'The Batman Who Laughs.'. As these newly released images show, the combination of Batman with his greatest nemesis is deserving of a coming-out part all to himself. As Oliver Queen tried to kill him with an Nth metal-tipped arrow, the rabid Damian shielded himself using Damian Prime. As the masterminds of the METAL event, writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo have made clear from the start that the name of the game is all-out entertainment with a shortage of angst. Two days after the disappearance of the Batman of Prime Earth and appearance of the Challengers Mountain in Gotham City, the Teen Titans arrived to investigate. Hooo boy…. Batman killed all of his former sidekicks with the exception of Damian, who chose to join him by his side. Bruce, however, went insane and acquired the personality of the Joker, who had infected him with a modified Joker toxin before his death. Check out the full schedule of these Dark Knights one-shots, and the announced creative teams listed below: DARK NIGHTS: METAL #2 and TEEN TITANS #12 arrive September 13, 2017. The Devastator has also referenced that The Batman Who Laughs is Earth -1’s Joker. There's RED DEATH, the Batman who stole Flash's speed, the DEVASTATOR Batman who became his own Doomsday, and even MURDER MACHINE, a Cyborg-Batman hybrid who killed the Justice League on another of the countless nightmare realities of the Dark Multiverse. A one-stop shop for all things video games. To be clear, Snyder explained that these nightmare Batmen are the result of Bruce's greatest fears, envisioning the depths to which he might have sunk had his life gone differently. This character is or was primarily an enemy of the Teen Titans, the Titans, or any of the other various Titans incarnations. Despite the artwork being released ahead of the villain's September debut (also claiming the cover of METAL #5), DC is still keeping the specifics of his character to themselves. He first appeared in Teen Titans #12 on September 13, 2017. One of the major players and most popular versions of Batman is The Batman Who Laughs. We're assuming the 'Batman Who Laughs' is the version of Bruce who saw his own psyche fracture like Joker's, and not a version of Joker who somehow stole Bruce Wayne's legend. 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