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WARNING : This article contains SPOILERS forBatman : The Merciless
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Anything is possible in the earth of DC Comics , specially now thatBatmanhas killed Ares to claim his exponent as the raw God of War inBatman : The Merciless . It ’s not the first time that Bruce Wayne has been raise from man to god , but his claiming the power of an Olympian god is n’t as heroic as casual fans might expect . As the name implies , Batman ’s boost in business leader over all creation did n’t work out as evenhehad planned . The man who waged a war on evil has become War itself - and all the dominion that made him a superhero have flown out the window - but lose the passion of your animation will do that .
As comic al-Qur’an fans enjoying DC ’s massiveMETALevent already know , this Batman is quite literally a ' nightmare scenario ' made genuine by DC ’s Dark Multiverse . In brusque , a creation built to fix the interrogative , ' What if Batman fight down Ares to take peace to the world ? ' And just like the questions which spawned the repose ofMETAL ’s ' Nightmare Batmen ' into beingness - what ifBatman turned himself into Doomsday ? What ifBatman stole The Flash ’s speed ? What ifBatman hadbecomeThe Joker ? - the result is a villain capable of killing total worlds .
So , what has brought this " merciless " version of Bruce Wayne to our universe ? Simple : he ’s already killed the graven image of his own .
Wonder Woman is Finally Killed By Ares
As has been the lawsuit with the previousDark Nightsone - shots detailing the origin stories of every Nightmare Batman , Peter J. Tomasi and Francis Manapul explicate the preternatural events that turned the Batman we lie with into a rampage god . The Merciless hails from Earth -12 , a world not unlike the one most DC Comics fans sleep with , with one small exclusion . Inthisdoomed reality of DC ’s Dark Multiverse , Ares make a newfangled helmet to amplify his existing powers as an Olympian God . As always , it is Wonder Woman who leads the war against him … but this meter around , she is ultimately kill in scrap ( along with all the other heroes who waged the warfare to arrest him ) .
It ’s a more crushing eddy than common , since this edition of Batman and Wonder Woman are more than just co-worker . Apparently , the yoke became lovers before long after Diana ’s traditional quixotic interest , Steve Trevor , fell in the same war . With superheroes and Olympians all scattered and defeat on what reckon to be the worldly concern ’s last battlefield , Bruce Wayne remains . And in typical Bruce Wayne style , he takes one look at his net inter-group communication to the living destroyed … and become for a Hail Mary .
The issue does n’t reveal if Batman had planned out his final move ahead of time , as is unremarkably his way , but the helmet of Ares cast away next to the body of Wonder Woman leave alone him with only one option .
Batman Stands Against Ares
Theplanthat Bruce and Diana were following , the former reveals in dialogue boxes , was to meet are in combat , separate him from his overpowered helmet , and destroy it for good . They had converge him , and momentarily defeated him . But Bruce Wayne ’s buff dying wasnotpart of the architectural plan . Knowing the warnings that she had made about the helm ’s influence and power , and have sex that Diana had n’t endure to see the helmet ’s destruction anyway , Bruce chooses another path .
It ’s deserving pointing out that unlike late stock account for these Nightmare Batmen , which have primarily hinge on unhealthful fixations , addiction , or only paranoia run amuck , this Batman does seem like the ' normal ' Batman . And while he may brush off the advice of Wonder Woman , his motivating are noble . Where are seek dominance and destruction , Bruce seek only peace ( absolutely in keeping with Bruce ’s desire for control and order).He puts on the helmet with every intent to manage the ability of the God of War mercifully , and justly .
But this is not go forth # 1 ofBatman : The Merciful . When Batman come to the main DC Universe , he does n’t think to bring the same peacefulness he get ahead on his own world . What is it they say about downright big businessman … ?
Batman Becomes a Nightmare God of War
After removing the oral sex of Ares from the adjoining body , and claiming the superpower of the God of War for himself alone , Bruce begin a crusade across his public . In the end , only the reaching of the Batman Who Laughs saves him from the same disintegration his realness soon faces ( such is the nature of DC ’s Dark Multiverse , roiling in the darkness beneath the igniter of the living worlds ) . recruit to engage warfare on the world at the center of DC ’s Multiverse , Batman lives up to the ' incubus ' name almost forthwith . And as he slays innocent soldiers and civilian in the absence of the Justice League , fight back his way towards the DCU ’s Steve Trevor , Amanda Waller , and more , it ’s unclouded there is no longer any carry through this version of the Batman .
The egress concludes with him clench a monumental clenched fist around Steve Trevor ’s pharynx - the world who , on another world , was his deceased lover ’s first male partner . But fans should n’t think they know the full story just from these details . In fact , The Merciless#1 end with an even darker twist that colors Bruce ’s story with an even more twisted , tragical shade . What damage he ’ll inflict on Earth , or what aim he may have forthisplanet ’s Wonder Woman remains to be attend .
But asMETALmarches on , it is n’t the tax return of Wonder Woman , or even Superman we ’re considering . It ’s how the main DC Universe ’s gods and goddesses will respond to this God of War from another realism giving them all a bad name . Good luck to whoever tries to stand against him .
Batman : The Merciless#1is available now .
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