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Batmanand Catwoman are finally getting married - but the marriage is form up to be a huge , supervillainous beatdown . After genuine decades of build - up and intimate tensity , the wedding of Batman and Catwoman is still a little ways off . The marriage wo n’t occur untilBatman # 50 in Tom King ’s risible series , set to free on July 4th . Yet ahead of the big result DC has launched a miniseries cast the Batman crime syndicate through a gantlet of their own inPrelude to the wedding party .
Written by Tim Seeley with art from Otto Schmidt and Brad Walker , each effect ofPrelude to the Weddingwill focus on a unlike member of the Bat - Family . Prelude to the wedding party # 1kicks thing off with Robin face off against his gramps , Ra ’s al Ghul .
But this is only the beginning of a much more red event to come .
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In current continuity , the exact parentage of Damian Wayne is in flux . Damian might be the biological son of Deathstroke . However , the current Robin views himself as the son and inheritor of Batman . All of which is explore thePrelude to the hymeneals # 1as Damian headache that Batman and Catwoman have their own son will put back him . Damian ’s always been a rather briary character , by design , yetPrelude to the marriage # 1is a geographic expedition of the soft side of his part , especially as it relates to his new ( adorable ) relationship with Catwoman .
But the real kicker of the issue come in in its closing page . It ’s clear throughoutPrelude to the Wedding # 1that the location of Batman ’s wedding is a very close - guarded closed book ( for obvious reasons ) . Certain villains are more desperate for an invitation than other , including Ra ’s al Ghul - and most painfully , The Joker . InDC Nation # 0it was already bring out thatJoker is looking to be invited to Batman ’s weddingand he ’ll kill anyone to make that happen . At the closing ofPrelude to the hymeneals # 1 , the list of Joker ’s victim even arise to let in the assassins led by Ra ’s al Ghul .
After face off with his grandson , Ra ’s al Ghul has a tryst with one of his operatives , who informs him that the buffoon prince came calling . As pick up before , he once again demanded to have sex where Batman ’s marriage ceremony was being held … and burn his eyes out when he deny him an answer . Joker launched into a frenzy from there , go forth more dead assassinator in his viewing along with his signature"Ha Ha Ha"left as a career lineup .
Readers alreaday witnessed how gravely Joker wants an invitation to the wedding , but things have escalated now that he ’s made an even deadlier opposition because of it . Ra ’s al Ghul is n’t someone freely crossed , Joker or not . And anyone who know anything aboutthe leader of DC ’s League of Assassinsshould bonk he ’s not going to let this insult go unanswered ( even though Ra ’s does n’t really need the Cat and Bat to be conjoin , either ) .
With futurePrelude to the Weddingissues necessitate newspaper headline appearing from Hush , The Riddler , Anarky and The Joker , it is n’t looking skilful for Bat and Cat ’s nuptials . The impression is that all ( or most ) of these baddie will collide immediately before oratthe actual events , resulting in one huge brawl . Odds are n’t high of Death at the event , since every major member of the Bat Family is headlining their own comic , Catwoman is getting her own comic , andBatman ’s most late " death " happened just a few years ago . However , devotee might require to train for the very real opening that the wedding be name off or even countermand .
It would be a veryBatmanresponse to have the potential drop for happiness with Catwoman nobble away at the last irregular , and getting married has already direct a target on their backs . If The Joker is willing to take out a crowd of Assassins for an invitation , what will he do to prevent Catwoman from make his archnemesis truly glad ?
countenance ’s just say the couple should be sure to pack super - lawsuit under their wedding attire .
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