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WARNING : This article contains spoiler forDark Nights : METAL#2
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The foresightful expect event known as DC’sDark Nights : METALhas begun with a jar , exposing a millennium - old mystery story with Batman at the center . And just when the DC Universe may need Bruce Wayne ’s willpower and wiseness the most … he ’s been charge from reality . As if that were n’t bad enough , he ’s been replace by an malign god whose coming has been foretold for yr - along withan United States Army of nightmare batman from DC ’s Dark Multiverse .
The identity of that malevolent Bat - God , how Batman has been heading to this shameful twisting since the very start of DC ’s unexampled 52 reboot , and what come up next are all questions readers will be asking . So in an endeavour to check that buff feel in the grummet - or know what reading will enrich their experience to get themintoit - we ’re explain theMETALevent , and Batman ’s role so far .
It ’s the narration thatBatmanscribe Scott Snyder and creative person Greg Capullo have been plot for years . And , as call , it ’s one written inmetal .
The True Meaning of ‘Metal’
The name of the event was confirm to hold several significance . Not only would the " metallic element " timber of the result be as energetic and relentless as the euphony genre of the same name , but the story would be plug into to , born from , and focalize onliteral metallic objects of the DC Universe . The first comics in the series -The CastingandThe Forge- confirm that the same strange alloy that power Hawkman and Hawkgirl ’s weapons , wings , and cycle of reincarnation was tied to Aquaman ’s trident , Wonder Woman ’s bracer , and the blood of metahumans as a whole . That closed book is sure to be explored and answer as theMETALstory unfolds , but now , we know who the villain behind it all really is .
For those who read Grant Morrison’sBatman : The Return of Bruce Waynethe above commutation will make perfect sense , as the culmination ofyearsof Batman mythology . For those whohaven’t , well … you ’re probable as confused as Superman . To make a retentive - and absolutely worthwhile - story short , Morrison ’s bow lead off when Bruce Wayne was " killed " by Darkseid ’s Omega beam . We say " vote out " because Bruce was n’t wounded , only torn from space and time , direct back to the rootage of mankind .
There , he run into the first tribes of humanity ( including one take by Vandal Savage ) . The arrival of " The Bat " led to a sundering of the first tribe , set in move raw rivalry and grievance that would spread to , manifestly , the modernistic Clarence Day and beyond . That story has already been tease in Carter Hall ’s journals intothe same ' metal ' whodunit Bruce Wayne is after , but what fans really demand to know is one simple name .
Barbatos .
Batman Has Been Prepared For Barbatos For Years
As Bruce Wayne made his leaping from one historical mount to another , before arriving back in the modernistic era , the reprize squash racket imagery spoke for itself . But finally , the tangible mystery became that of " Barbatos " - a type of demonic , monstrous , Bat - God that seemed to be pursue Bruce through time , permanently one step behind . It ’s this dark immortal with a unique tie-in to Bruce Wayne that Scott Snyder has used as his opposer forMETAL , and in Issue # 2 , he reveals how far back the baddie goes in his New 52Batmannarrative . Neither the readers nor Bruce Wayne have it away it , but the servants of Barbatos have been preparing Batman for his destiny since theverybeginning .
That ’s the reveal delivered inMETAL#2 , with Bruce explaining to Superman and Wonder Woman all that he has read of the Strigydae , servants of Barbatos , and their intrigue in his life . The Court of Owls may be Snyder and Greg Capullo ’s most instantaneously - iconic addition to theBatmanmythology , but as Bruce now explains , the Owls were only thefirstservants of Barbatos to begin his transformation . The Mantling , as it ’s called , get down with Electrum exhaust by Batman from the Owls ' fountain in their first arc of the New 52 .
Next hail the injection of Dionesium , the healing subject matter from " Death of the Family , " followed soon after by Prometheum when Bruce was restore after vacating the hood in " Superheavy . " With three of the five sonorous metals taken care of , Bruce inculcate himself with the Hawkman - branded Nth Metal inThe Castingto endeavor to see to the truth of the coming scourge . Which only left one before Barbatos could finally accomplish its finish : entering the DC Universe through Bruce Wayne ’s sacrifice .
Which is whereMETAL#2 comes in . And more specifically , where its net reveal of the result ’s adversary will either make complete sensory faculty to readers … or none at all . uncalled-for to say , if DC fan have been wait to catch up on Snyder ’s entireBatmanrun from the launching of the New 52 onward , now is the fourth dimension .
Barbatos Has Arrived, And He’s Not Alone
Say bye to Batman , because it move around out playing the ' doorway ' for Barbatos to bound forth into our realism means tradinghisplace inside of it . Where that puts Batman has yet to be revealed , but there are far more … immediate concerns to take with . For newbie , the swarthiness that burst out of the net Mantling metal ( " Batmanium " ) has claimed Superman and Wonder Woman as it has opened the room access . It ’s safe to assume that the two will return to the engagement before long , since they ’ll have to fighttheir own malefic Batman reflectionsalong with the repose of the Justice League . Because as terrifying as the monumental Barbatos may be , it’sthe malevolent Batman army of the Dark Multiversehe bring with him that is going to be providing most of the spectacle and action .
So far DC hasteased the Doomsday Batman , and the variant ofBatman who steals Flash ’s speed . On top of that , preview pages have shown the Modern line story that turnsBruce Wayne into a Orcinus orca Green Lanterninstead of the Dark Knight . It seems that the League ’s heroes will be force to deal with these alternate , nightmare Batmen on their own since their edition has gone AWOL . But it seems Barbatos has entrust this army to the most horrifying , disturbing , and fantastic doppelganger of all : theBatman who became The Joker .
Predicting the next twist is about impossible , given how long Snyder and Capullo have been plan this tarradiddle . That being sound out , issuing # 2 helps establish the foundation for the remainder of the series . A institution that , we go for , makes sense to fans of Snyder ’s runnel - AND those who have some catch up to do .
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