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IfBatmanfans ever wondered what would have changed if Bruce Wayne ’s parents had a daughter instead , they now have their solution : an evil version of Aquaman , apparently . That ’s the alternate world set to be research inBATMAN : THE DROWNED , just one of several comics focalize on the nightmares that Bruce Waynecouldhave become , had his relationship with the rest of the Justice League ’s heroes ( specifically , their ability ) turned from cooperation to contest .
It ’s all part of DC ’s largerMETALevent , work a prophecy millennia in the qualification to realisation . A prophecy that has plough Batman into a door to Hell itself : the Dark Multiverse of DC Comics , where horrifying ' What If ? ' scenarios are in reality brought into being . The result is an ground forces of seven evil Batmen who gratefully never became real … until now . Of of course , THE DROWNEDwon’t just reveal how different a submarine Batman would be if he embraced the powers of Aquaman ’s domain … it will also show how much would change if he were awomaninstead .
When the seven nightmare batman were fully revealed as grim reflections of the Justice League , it was strong to determine which was most shocking . Was it the Batman who slip The Flash ’s speed ? The Batman who used a Green Lantern ring to avenge his parents ? The Batman who merged his deoxyribonucleic acid with Superman ’s killer , Doomsday ? Or the team ’s most twisted leader : the Batman who became the Joker ?
All were desirable of interest and speculation , but the version obviously wrench the traditional knowledge and mission of Aquaman stood out for a unlike reasonableness . Unlike the others , this evil Aqua - Batman have a go at it only as " The Drowned " was n’t amanat all . That was all the whodunit , with DC keep almost all other contingent under wraps . Now , we have a individual twofold - page spread to shed some scant onThe Drowned ’s narrative , from Dan Abnett and Philip Tan ( courtesy ofCBR ):
antecedently teased nontextual matter shows Aquaman and Mera doing battle with this villainess , although it ’s unclear if that ’s meant to advise that the pair will stand up against her in themainDC Universe , or the art is a flashback to the wage hike of The Drowned on her own reality ( doomed to fall like all others in the Dark Multiverse , hence their invasion of a more stable one ) . This art at least shows the powers sports fan can await to see from the scoundrel , puke what seems to be a blast of purple urine towards a lighthouse . Could this be the lighthouse in Amnesty Bay , where the original Aquaman was raise by his human father ?
The car seem to be submerged prickteaser The Drowned ’s destruction via tidal waves , but the bigger questions remain . Is a single chromosome really all that separates the Batman we know from this nightmare ? How did she pull in powers over ' The Drowned ' ( presumably the person and body of those claim by the sea ) ? And what is her aim ?
Those questions will only be respond whenTHE DROWNEDreleases , but in the meantime curious rooter should check into out the full agenda of the released and upcomingDark Nightsone - shot below :
BATMAN : THE DROWNED#1releases on October 18 , 2017 .
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