[17] He flew his exo-skeleton into the center of the battle, where Leviathan had taken over Wayne Tower. Batman And Robin. Mara had been made leader of a group known as the Demon's Fist, which was originally supposed to be led by Damian but became hers when he chose to leave the League. However, Talia later kills the Heretic for his failure to kill Batman and challenges Batman to a duel to the death in the Batcave. Talia is unaware that White Ghost, a former servant of Ra's, plans to use him to resurrect Ra's, which would kill him in the process. He seemed to always be eager to take on the Joker and repeatedly assumes that bad things happening in Gotham are related to the Joker in some way, in hopeful anticipation of an encounter with him. [8] When Batman discovered their location, he beat Nobody mercilessly and came close to killing him, but stopped when he realized Damian was watching the fight. Damian (as Robin) is then seen teaming up with Dick and Alfred to begin their own search for Bruce Wayne. Upon entering Wayne Manor, Damian attempts to relay to Tim Drake the fact that Ra's has returned. Damian is also a major player in the Robin War event, where he, Agent 37 (Dick Grayson), Red Hood, and Red Robin organize a street gang called "Robins" to defeat the Court of Owls with reluctant aid from Jim Gordon, who is now Batman. [66], Batman enters and accesses the Justice League Watchtower to use his unstable exosuit known as the Hellbat armor designed by Batman himself and the Justice League members to engage large scale threats. Damian makes a full recovery.[28]. However, Damian's badly injured body requires transplants of harvested organs, which his mother orders her physicians to carry out. From - Nightwing Vol. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [84] Despite the book's cancellation, the characters have subsequently appeared as a team in other series.[85]. As they fight, members of the League of Assassins approach the manor with the intention of killing everyone within and bringing Damian back to Ra's alive. Damian, as a preadolescent, was left by his mother in the care of his father, who had been unaware of his existence. In his subsequent struggle with organized crime in Gotham and a mysterious crime lord known as The Other, Damian assembles a new team of Titans, consisting of Kid Flash (the only old team member to join), Kid Flash's friend and kid genius Roundhouse, Red Arrow, Lobo's daughter Crush, and the immortal spirit creature Djinn. "Who else in this world is like us, Bruce Wayne? The Joker is eventually defeated by Batman, but the trust between Batman and the Batman Family is shattered. On the other hand, Damian has teamed-up with his father, who wasn't fully convinced that it was the real Deathstroke that killed Ra's al Ghul, to investigate the murder and find out who was really behind it. Damian Wayne is the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul. Altieri, Kevin, director. Damian and Dick then attack Firefly, who is attempting to kill Black Mask. [18], After various trials and tribulations involving his corpse, mainly revolving around Ra's al Ghul and Apokolips, Batman managed to rescue his son's body and, through using the Omega Sanction infused within a Chaos Crystal shard, brought Damian back to life within the Batcave.[19]. After reading the letter written by his father from an alternate timeline, the Dark Knight decides that it is time to take steps to put his past behind him. Despite becoming Robin to Grayson's Batman, Damian reveals that he cares little for his older brother and has no respect for him as Batman and that the latter would have to earn it. The two young adults fell for each other and, after a brief fling, they conceived a child. Damian then escapes, dons a variant Robin costume made of Jason Todd's old tunic and mask and assorted League of Assassin gear, and fights and kills the villainous Spook. The solicitation for Truth and Justice mentions a birthday party for him, but all of that is irrevelant because the story is out of continuity. Spoilers ahead for Robin #5 Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Rot in Purgatory 1.2 Leviathan Tim Drake. Damian passes out from Joker venom and Batman is revealed to be a fake; as Damian recovers from the toxin, the Joker presents him with a cloche. During this time, Damian was raised by Talia and trained by the League of Assassins; Damian became a skilled assassin by an early age. Declaring himself free, Damian leaves for parts unknown. During a case in which Gizmo nearly detonates a nuclear device, Robin uses the ring to which Djinn is bound to grant her the use of her full powers to avert the crisis, and returns it afterwards, refusing to assume mastery over her. [22] At this point, Alfred declared them to be the Super Sons. In turn, the character is revealed to have originally been intended to "kill and replace his famous father,"[13] as well as serving as a host body for Ra's al Ghul,[14][15] thus, in theory, unifying the Wayne and Demon factions as intended by the al Ghuls. while at the Tropic of Cancer, Damian's mother, Talia al Ghul, drugged Bruce Wayne and, several months later, Damian was born. End of the comic. A dark experience shows that underneath it all, even Robin can be shaken to his core. With Superman's and Batman's permission, the two boys would be allowed to go on their own, provided that they would do so together. [44] Although Wonder Girl objects to this decision, Grayson convinces her to let Damian stay on the team as he needs Damian to learn that he can trust others not to betray him, only for his temper to jeopardize his first mission with the team when he attacks an opponent just after Raven had convinced him to calm down, provoking their new foe into starting his wave of destruction again. How ironic that your company and holdings will fund my new empire." [81], In this book, Robin teams up with Superman's ten-year-old son Jonathan Kent, who he befriended previously during a test facilitated by Batman and Superman. [52] However, despite Bruce's attempts to build a relationship with his son, Damian remains distant from his father, which Alfred worries about. It's been an interesting few years for the Batman sidekicks. Although this relationship is further strained when Damian seemingly leaves Wayne Manor to join the villain Nobody, it turns out this was a ruse by Damian to bring down Nobody. [80] Djinn defeats him by altering his memory, and proceeds to do so with the other criminals Damian captures, giving them new, harmless identities. After detecting a trace signature of the shard coming from inside Damian's body, Godfrey escapes with Damian's corpse back to Apokolips, despite assistance from the Justice League. [38], Talia begins to clone Damian as she realizes that her son has completely sided with Dick Grayson and the Bat-Family. Alfred Pennyworth got him a cat to take care of, who he also named Alfred. Bruce Wayne was first born on April 7, in his early debuts back in the 1930s. Angered, Batman once again vows to retrieve his son's corpse. They were later joined by Batman and Superman, and worked out their differences. In order to properly discipline their sons and teach them the value of working together, Superman and Batman had them undergo a series of challenges. al Xu'ffasch reappears in Waid's 1999 sequel The Kingdom. Damian - 13 Gordon - 57 Alfred - 70 This makes more sense to me as the new canon ages, and is very similar to the Pre-Flashpoint storyline, which it seems DC Rebirth is trying to do. Maggin novelization of Kingdom Come, al Xu'ffasch tells Bruce that his mother Talia is still alive and working as a Mother Superior in Cairo, one of Mother Teresa's successors. Dick Grayson . Published May 26, 2022. Damian and Bruce arrive shortly soon and help Talia defeat Geo-Force, with Damian managing to convince his mother to not kill Geo-Force afterward because his grandfather believed that their family could be better than this. Damian Wayne will make his live-action debut in the film The Brave and the Bold, produced by DC Studios.[22]. This was also put down quickly as Batman and Superman looked down on them in furious silence.[21]. Returning to assist his fellow Robins as the crisis reaches its conclusion, Damian helps Dick, Jason and Tim regain confidence in themselves after Mother decimates their initial efforts against her by recalling a conversation he had with Bruce where Bruce noted that he is proud of how all three of the other Robins have different strengths, Bruce wanting his partners to find their own paths rather than blindly follow his own example.[72]. It's not often that something takes Batman by surprise. However, because of his possible paternity to Damian, Batman, on some levels, is optimistic about the chance of fatherhood. He neutralized the child soldiers, and teamed up with Dick Grayson to take down the remaining assassins. "Outlaw, Part One", Patrick Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi(w),Patrick Gleason, Doug Mahnke(p). In the comic, Damian is fighting hordes of Leviathan henchmen in the lobby of Wayne Tower when Nightwing comes to rescue him. [53] Unwilling to kill his father, Damian chooses death, but the Joker kills Batman before he can deal a fatal blow. The child from Son of the Demon was used as a backup character in various stories before appearing as Damian Wayne. Damian, who is driving, knocks an ambulance off a bridge without any sign of remorse or even concern. 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When Damian regained consciousness, they talked about how difficult it is for Damian to adjust from the life of an assassin. Although he is the only blood-related child of Bruce, he still needs to work on his family skills. Blood may be thicker than water, but trust goes a long way, and he has barely scratched the surface in comparison to many of his Bat siblings. Dick notes that his name is not on the list and Tim asserts it is because Dick is the only one who Tim trusts implicitly. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Teen Titans members" category. [5] They were kidnapped by Nobody, who tried to show Batman that his no-kill methods were ineffective. Damian aided in fighting the Dark Knights upon their invasion, forming the Gotham Resistance with Green Arrow, Killer Croc, Nightwing and Harley Quinn. Damian finally stands up for his Robin mantle, telling Talia that being Robin was the best thing that he had ever done, and Talia does not need to save him from something he chooses to be. [70] With help from the Justice League, Batman discovers that Damian's new powers do not last, and he eventually relies on his natural abilities once more. seemingly killed by Darkseid during a massive invasion, 573 Appearances of Damian Wayne (Prime Earth), 426 Images featuring Damian Wayne (Prime Earth), 76 Quotations by or about Damian Wayne (Prime Earth), Character Gallery: Damian Wayne (Prime Earth). However in the current Batman Vs Robin comic, he is shown to have magic abilities. Freeze's gun. They were both targeted by a super-villain named Nobody. Damian is skilled in mimicking voices and speech patterns of others accurately, as he was able to imitate his father's and Tim Drake's voices to bypass the Batcave's voice-recognition security systems.[20]. He's now 19. [20] After the events of Batman R.I.P. Red Arrow is injured and Deathstroke escapes.