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The minds behind DC’sMETALpromisedtwisted versions of Batman , and nothing ’s more perverted than the Bruce Wayne who became The Joker . lover may have to wait to see the baddie ’s entire line of descent chronicle explained in his very own comic , titledTHE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS , but before that Christian Bible arrives in November , this malign Batman doppelganger will make his appearance inDark Nights : METAL#2 coming on September 13th , 2017 . And from the looks of him , Bruce Wayne is in for some serious harm .
As the masterminds of theMETALevent , writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo have made clear from the start that the name of the biz is all - out amusement with a deficit of angst . Hopefully , that means that even ' The Batman Who Laughs ' will be presented as a worm , next - tier upending of Batman produced byDC ’s Dark Multiverseto torment the star of the largerMETALevent . Now that we ’ve gotten our first elaborate looks at the Joker - Batman crossbreed - and his ' pet Robins ' - it ’s unmortgaged at leasthe’senjoying his role in the narrative .
THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHSis just one ofseven malign Batman doppelgangerscoming to terrify the Justice League as the first wave of thetruevillain ofMETAL ’s encroachment . When Snyder and DC unveil the evil Batman figure at San Diego Comic - Con , they kept the mysterious ' Batman Who Laughs ' under wrapper . As these newly released image show , the combination of Batman with his greatest nemesis is deserving of a get along - out part all to himself . And who experience Joker ’s grin could geteven creepier ?
The artwork is courtesy of Riccardo Federici , the same artist who depict the other six evil Dark Knights fusing the soul of Bruce Wayne with other Justice League fighter , or their most iconic scoundrel . There’sRED DEATH , the Batman who stole Flash ’s speed , the DEVASTATOR Batman who became his own Doomsday , and even execution MACHINE , aCyborg - Batman cross who drink down the Justice Leagueon another of the countless nightmare realities of the Dark Multiverse .
By contrast , it might seem that this adaptation of Bruce Wayne who became Joker is far less lethal without great power . To be light , Snyder excuse that these nightmare batman are the result of Bruce ’s swell fears , envision the depths to which he might have sink had his aliveness go differently . We ’re sham the ' Batman Who Laughs ' is the version of Bruce who saw his own psyche faulting like Joker ’s , and not a adaptation of Joker who somehow steal Bruce Wayne ’s legend . Both are possible , but it may be the nightmare’ssidekicksthat lift the most eyebrows .
Some would go so far as to claim that Batman is nobody without Robin , his ' Boy marvel . ' ostensibly that ’s an judgement go for by this laughing Batman , too . But he did n’t hold back at just one :
The above artwork is taken fromTEEN TITANS#12 and the cover ofTHE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS#1 by artists Mirka Andolfo and Jason Fabok , respectively . Despite the graphics being free forward of the baddie ’s September unveiling ( also take the natural covering ofMETAL#5 ) , DC is still keep the particular of his part to themselves . For instance , the origin or identities of the Robins - and how they scent up calculate so vampiric - is anyone ’s guessing . Did the Dark Multiverse ’s Batman - Joker turn Dick Grayson , Jason Todd , Tim Drake , and Damian Wayne into his pet slaves ? It seems as likely as any other theory .
As towhythese Robins will make their first show in the Sir Frederick Handley Page ofTEEN TITANSon the same Clarence Day this nightmare Batman debuts inMETAL#2 ? The book beings the four - partMETALtie - in story called the " Gotham Resistance , " show how the hero ofNIGHTWING#29,SUICIDE SQUAD#26 , andGREEN ARROW#32 render to stanch the tide of these Dark Multiverse invaders . sports fan can dabble in the amplify storyline if they opt , but stick with the mainlineMETALto get all they take from ' The Batman Who Laughs . '
see to it out the full agenda of these Dark Knights one - shots , and the announced originative teams name below :
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DARK NIGHTS : METAL#2andTEEN TITANS#12arrive September 13 , 2017.THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHSreleases on November 15 , 2017 .
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