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The Justice League ’s faced evil versions of Batman before - but none like Bryce Wayne , the Batwomanwho ’s come to take over DC ’s public inBatman : The Drowned . She ’s just one of the evil Batmen / Batwomen who have been brought to life as part of DC ’s massiveMETALblockbuster , an event that ’s already see the Justice League chased out of their own universe , leaving elbow room for these Bat - nightmare to launch their attack . In the guinea pig of Bryce Wayne a.k.a . The Drowned , that means submerge Aquaman ’s hometown of Amnesty Bay underwater , and change state his Queen Mera into a zombified giant . And Bryce is only getting embark on .
For those who thought that the story of Bruce Wayne , the ' normal ' Batman was a tragic one , METALhas been a serious wake - up call . Bruce is the solvent of his parents ' last , which is confessedly sad . But the more horrifying questions nobody dared to require aloud have all been made real : What ifBatman turned himself into Doomsday ? What ifBatman stole The Flash ’s speed ? What ifBatman hadbecomeThe Joker ? The invading ' Dark Knights ' ofMETALhave answered these enquiry , but Bryce Wayne stood out as the answer to a question few fan had ever asked … What if Bruce Wayne was borna woman?Thanks to Dan Abnett and Philip Tan , we now know .
The answer is a Batwoman who waged war on Atlantis , profit the exponent of Aquaman , and murdered a planet to avenge the end of her lover - Catman . Time to get up to speed .
Bryce Wayne, The Batwoman
The debut of Bryce Wayne reveals that she hail from Earth -11 , yet another of the drab , anguished , and ultimatelydoomed realities of DC ’s Dark Multiverse(a fresh accession to DC ’s Multiverse mythology , and the realm where ' what - if ' and ' incubus ' reality die so the better 1 above may thrive ) . While short of her blood report is revealed - we can assume it follows the path of Bruce ’s - it ’s her love for a gentleman with a meaningful name that cemented her way of life to darkness . That human being , Bryce ’s lover , was ' Sylvester Kyle , ' confirm that on Earth -11 , the genders of DC ’s iconic fictitious character are trade … or as Bryce points out , the genders of those icons are trade from their instinctive state onherEarth . Whichever way you front at it , Sylvester ’s murder at the manpower of " rogue metas " sent Bryce on a mission of vengeance , massacre each superhuman criminal responsible .
But the victory was dead - lived , as the armies of Atlantis - led by their Queen , a grammatical gender - flipped Aquaman - soon emerged in the name of ' peacefulness . ' That ’s the same basic assumption seen in advanced variation of the DC Universe : Arthur attempts to run Atlantis and human beings towards peace of mind , commonly reaching a bitter or unvoluntary ceasefire . But in the worlds of the Dark Multiverse , things go far risky : state of war breaks out , with only Batma – Batwomanwilling to do what ’s necessary to protect her public .
Bryce Wayne render the same fanaticism and ruthlessness of her family name … but goes one step far .
Batwoman Made Herself More Than Human
As the return reveals , Bryce Wayne is as able of doing the impossible as Bruce Wayne is on our world . But where Bruce has his fellow Cuban sandwich and friend to hold him in stay , Bryce was on her own . Which means nobody could blab her out of engaging Aquawoman in scrap , remove her before her empire , and claim her Trident as a spoil of war . But victorious or not , Atlantis would never postdate a land - inhabitant - and retaliate their fallen queen by sinking Gotham City and all who dwelled within it . Naturally , Bryce did the only matter that an alternate reality version of Batman could be expected to : subjected herself to experimental surgical procedure to mutate her deoxyribonucleic acid into that of the Atlanteans .
With superhuman forte , accelerated healing , and the aforementioned trident in hand , Batwoman launched all - out war on Atlantis . To take on the soldiers of the submersed realm , she direct an regular army of her own : a zombiefied , mutated violent storm of soulfulness have it away as ' all in Water . ' The longtime DC buff of Aquaman will know that name as belonging to several villains of Arthur Curry , with similar power sets and appearing . This prison term though , it come with a kink : the Dead Water is as much an infection as an US Army , demonstrated when Bryce Wayne get down her assault on DC ’s master Earth .
Aquaman may get away with his life , but not before he watches Bryce submerge his town … and turn Mera into one of her Drowned soldiers . Here ’s hoping there ’s a cure .
The Drowned Batwoman is Out For Revenge
If this were your stock comic Bible twist , or usual subject of a ' what - if ' character from a parallel world stirring up trouble , Aquaman might win the solar day . And although the Justice League is currently scattered , captured , or moments from end as a resultant ofMETAL ’s scale , theymaystill find a path to fight back the forces of wickedness and evil for good ( and almost certainly will ) . But for now , Bryce Wayne represents the consuming betting odds , devastation , and lasting impact that this rise of nightmarish Dark Knights will sincerely have .
The Drowned is looking to overwhelm the entire major planet in water system , just as she did on her home world . The silver lining , if there is one , is that more than half a dozen evil Batmen look to kill DC ’s Earth may slow down eachother down long enough for the heroes to spring . Cross your fingers .
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