An Evil BATMAN Squadron Descends On The DC Comics Universe This Fall

An Evil BATMAN Squadron Descends On The DC Comics Universe This Fall

Forget Owlman - an evil hybrid of Batman and Doomsday is the stuff of nightmares. But there will be six other "corrupted" versions of The Dark Knight menacing the DC Universe as well!

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By MarkJulian - Jun 17, 2017 02:06 PM EST
Filed Under: DC Comics
Source: DC Comics
Advance details on several one-shots tying into DC Comics' big Dark Nights: Metal crossover event  have a decidedly Batman focused slant. Check out the announced the titles and the creative teams below:
  1. Batman: The Red Death (corrupted Flash hybrid)
    • written by Joshua Williamson and art by Carmine Di Giandomenico
    • release date: September 20
  2. Batman: The Murder Machine (corrupted Cyborg hybrid)
    • written by Frank Tieri and art by Ricardo Federici
    • release date: September 27
  3. Batman: The Dawnbreaker (corrupted Green Lantern hybrid)
    • written by Sam Humphries and art by Ethan Van Sciver
    • release date October 04
  4. Batman: The Drowned (corrupted Aquaman hybrid)
    • written by Dan Abnett and art by Philip Tan
    • release date Ocober 18
  5. Batman: The Merciless (corrupted Wonder Woman hybrid)
    • written by Peter J. Tomasi and art by Francis Manapul
    • release date October 25
  6. Batman: The Devastator (corrupted Doomsday hybrid)
    • unknown creative team
    • release date November 01
  7. Batman: The Batman Who Laughs (corrupted Joker hybrid)
    • unknown creative team
    • release date November 15
These corrupted versions of Batman hailing from the Dark Universe apparently manipulate various Gotham City villains towards accomplishing some mysterious diabolical plot.  DC obviously (and understandably) can't give away any details on their plan at this early juncture.

The story of the villains and heroes that band together to oppose them will play out in Teen Titans #12 (September 13), Nightwing #29 (September 20), Suicide Squad #26 (September 27) and Green Arrow #32 (October 4). These four issues will comprise a miniseries titled Gotham Resistance.

Dark Nights: Metal #1 kicks things off on August 16.  For a peek at more teaser artwork, head over to the official DC Comics blog. 
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Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 6/17/2017, 2:02 PM


I loved The Forge by Snyder.
And i'm intrigued by this.
scapegoatjones
scapegoatjones - 6/17/2017, 2:04 PM
on the one hand. but on the other....
xfan320
xfan320 - 6/17/2017, 2:07 PM
This sounds pretty cool. I'll probably check it out when they release a collected volume of the run.
MrBullseye
MrBullseye - 6/17/2017, 2:10 PM
I like the idea of evil Batman, it's far more interesting than evil Superman or other heroes.

On the other hand I don't like so much the idea of hybrids. Guess I'll have to wait and see how this turns out.
SuperCam081392
SuperCam081392 - 6/17/2017, 2:18 PM
@MrBullseye - FINALLY!! someone who agrees an evil version of batman is better than an evil version of other heroes. So Superman is gonna have to beat them all.
MrBullseye
MrBullseye - 6/17/2017, 3:25 PM
@SuperCam081392 - I've always thought it'd be interesting to see him go rogue. The closest we got was Batman: Vampire which I really enjoyed but it's kind of a cop out because, well, he's a vampire. But an actual Batman (Bruce Wayne, not another person calling himself Batman) that's snapped and starts murdering villains and going full dark and needing to be stopped by the Justice League is so much more plausible than Superman because of who Batman is as a person and what he can actually do if his goals were to stop his fellow heroes.

But it doesn't seem like these comics will be that story sadly. The wait continues I guess.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 6/17/2017, 3:35 PM
@SuperCam081392 -

Personally found the evil Batman idea boring and lame.

The conflict with Batman comes from him being pushed to the edge and seeing him desperately claw to both his sanity and his sense of right and wrong.

If you remove that and have him as an evil version, then unless he still maintains some level of his sanity OR his sense of right and wrong - he's just a basic criminal with some interesting gadgets.

The conflict is crucial to him being Batman/Bruce Wayne.
SuperCam081392
SuperCam081392 - 6/17/2017, 6:16 PM
@MrBullseye - I always wanted injustice 2 to be about regime Superman escaping trying to the main dcu but lands in a universe similar to his but batman is the villian.
SuperCam081392
SuperCam081392 - 6/17/2017, 6:23 PM
@Scarilian - every time I watch dawn of justice batman always looks and acts like the villain till after the fight IMO even though joker lex is.
OozyOrifice
OozyOrifice - 6/18/2017, 5:08 AM
@SuperCam081392 - lol, I'm pretty sure everyone in bvs is a villain
Scarilian
Scarilian - 6/18/2017, 12:24 PM
@SuperCam081392 -

Yeah, thats one of the problems i have with BvS.

If Batman was more conflicted in that movie then his killing/disregard for criminals could have been made to work. You remove his morals but keep his sanity, instead they removed his sanity by having him with the ideology that 1% chance was enough to warrant death.
TheLight
TheLight - 6/18/2017, 1:45 PM
@MrBullseye - Thank you! Someone else that understands more of a evil Batman than Superman. Batman's the real threat if he wanted everyone gone for good.
TheLight
TheLight - 6/18/2017, 1:46 PM
@Scarilian - But you gotta admit its more compelling and makes more sense of a story. A man constantly dabbling over the edge of sanity.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 6/19/2017, 10:55 AM
@TheLight -

It's not compelling to see a Batman without morals losing his sanity because he then loses himself as Batman.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 6/17/2017, 2:10 PM
They even picked the Doomsday symbol from SV!!!

This attention to details pleases me!
Parker00
Parker00 - 6/17/2017, 2:12 PM
You know all those people that say there's too much Batman? I usually disagree but here.....they're 100% correct. This is so stupid that I'm almost embarrassed that I've ever read comics.
Desrow
Desrow - 6/17/2017, 2:15 PM
@Parker00
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 6/17/2017, 2:18 PM
@Parker00 -
Dude....i take it you don't know much about this event, now do you...
JohnGrayson
JohnGrayson - 6/17/2017, 2:19 PM
@Parker00 - you can never have too much batman.
Parker00
Parker00 - 6/17/2017, 2:37 PM
@JohnGrayson - That's what I'm saying, I'd normally be right there with you but this is just a bit much!
Parker00
Parker00 - 6/17/2017, 2:40 PM
@Doomsday8888 - Admittedly, this article is the extent of my knowledge. However, if the idea sounds this stupid to me.....I don't believe there's any conversion to be had here. By the by, I am not trying to insult anybody that's psyched for this, more power to you!
Parker00
Parker00 - 6/17/2017, 2:43 PM
@Desrow - Okay, imagine that you already have a rapport of defending comics as worthwhile entertainment to your father. Now, try to explain this stuff to him and tell me you seriously expect to win the argument, haha!
OozyOrifice
OozyOrifice - 6/18/2017, 5:12 AM
@Doomsday8888 - huge batman fan, but this sounds stupid. I don't know anything about it except this article though. Do you has some sort of info I'm missing that can reassure me?
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 6/18/2017, 5:54 AM
@OozyOrifice -
Well what i was trying to say is that out of aaall the other situations, considering this is a Bat-centric event, written by Bat-Writers (Like Snyder, Tynion) that aims to be a sort of sequel of what they've done with Batman in the post-reboot...
Saying stuff like "there's too much Batman" doesn't make any sense or let's just say that in this particular case it's completely acceptable.

You don't go to a liquor store to buy some candy! :p

as for the concept of this storyline, that's a different matter and it's subjective, and tbh we don't know, like, what do they exactly mean by a "Bat-hybrid"?
Is that some trashy thing like what Marvel is doing with Hulkverine or we're talking about something Venomesque?
Is that a bad thing? If yes, than why?
It all comes do this Dark Matter concept that they still have to explore, depending on that this could turn out to be good or bad.
I hope i've been of some help!
OozyOrifice
OozyOrifice - 6/18/2017, 6:40 AM
@Doomsday8888 - I didn't see Scott's name up there, maybe I missed it.

If he is orchestrating this: count me in. He's actually my favorite all-time writer, barely beating out Geoff johns.
OozyOrifice
OozyOrifice - 6/18/2017, 6:41 AM
But yeah, wtf does bat hybrid mean? Are these all Bruce Waynes? Or do all these characters just act like batman?
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 6/18/2017, 7:09 AM
@OozyOrifice -
My feeling is that...he basically brainwashed them, i could be wrong tho, but there is a nightmare sequence in the first prologue issue that hints at a world ruled by Batman.
An evil Batman.
Obi2
Obi2 - 6/17/2017, 2:23 PM
oK but what's going on with these 3 jokers, when are we getting more info on that??
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 6/17/2017, 2:27 PM
@Obi2 -
Not in this event storyline, my friend.
We will have to wait until...November i guess?
The almighty Geoff Johns will be the one to tell that story.
No one else has that privilege!
rabid
rabid - 6/17/2017, 3:51 PM
@Obi2 - I just presumed the 3 Joker's are PreCrisis, PostCrisis, and New52. That giant tuning fork could mean we'll see them all together soon.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 6/17/2017, 2:24 PM
Hopefully other characters will get a
one-shot too. I'd love to see what they could do with Blue Beetle (Kord), Plastic Man, B'Wana Beast, Static, Booster Gold, Martian Manhunter, Bloodwynd, Zatanna, and John Constantine
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