From Bane to the same Bat Man? We present the different defeats that have left Batman with a great learning experience in the DC Universe
Batman is considered the most skilled fighter in the DC Universe. They are almost correct, more or less some rivals. But even if he isn’t, it’s Batman’s ability to bounce back from defeats that ranks him among the best.
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On the occasions that Batman loses a fight, it’s by an order of magnitude that any reasonable person would collapse under the weight of the loss.
But Batman wears every defeat he suffers as a badge, emerging stronger and more determined, and becoming a great hero from that tragedy.
Discover the six defeats that have marked Batman (Beware, Death in the Family or Killing Joke were not included since we are taking these defeats in combat)
bane
First the mind and then the muscle. Bane was able to physically defeat the Dark Knight by first exhausting him spiritually (and, well, physically too).
He did this by creating the conditions that forced Batman to first spend the entire night rounding up his greatest enemies after a massive breakout from Arkham, only to then have to face this new masked foe waiting for him at the end of the night.
Through his defeat at the hands of Bane, Batman learned that victory doesn’t always come through martial skill, but through careful patience and planning to strike when your enemy is weakest.
Prometheus
The myth of the “bat god,” a moniker often applied to the archetype of the ever-ready, omniscient Batman capable of vanquishing any foe, began in earnest with Grant Morrison’s tenure with the JLA.
To create his new Olympus of Super-Gods, Morrison gave Batman deific levels of cunning and strategy for a worthy place between Superman and Flash. But just as Morrison took Batman to greater heights of superhuman ability than ever before, the enemies this mythical JLA faced grew in equal proportion.
The arrival of Prometheus, a man seeking to rid the world of heroes, meant that Batman had to deal with an enemy as prepared to take out every member of the Justice League as Batman himself was in his worst case scenarios.
For once in his life, Batman wasn’t prepared for anything the first time Prometheus beamed to the Justice League satellite. In defeating him, Batman learned the lesson that as you grow in power, so do the obstacles you face.
Deacon Blackfire
The audacity of Batman’s defeat against Deacon Blackfire, a man who ran a cult in the sewers beneath Gotham City, is that it doesn’t feel like a battle Batman should have lost.
Taking down a vainglorious, duped, self-appointed messiah in Gotham’s underworld is the kind of thing Batman does on a typical night before he gets to the real threat. But as much as Batman professes to be a symbol, he’s really just a man too.
And on the night that poor Jason Todd, still new to his role as Robin, found Batman trapped by Blackfire’s machinations in a personal hell of his own making, the ideal vision he once had of his mentor was tainted for good. forever.
Batman’s loss to Deacon Blackfire in Batman: The Cultes is a lesson to all of us that no matter how certain the odds may seem, failure is always a possibility.
wonder-woman
Hiketeia, Batman’s first true clash with Wonder Woman, was a conflict of ideals as much as it was a conflict of strength and skill: the difference between justice, represented by Batman, and morality, represented by that boot mounted on Batman’s face. .
Batman lost to Diana that night, in his pursuit of a young criminal under Wonder Woman’s sworn protection, and ended up being just what a headstrong Dark Knight needed to hear a perspective outside his own.
Batman’s defeat at the heel of Wonder Woman showed him that even when you stand up for what’s right, you may not always be right.
Lady Shiva
The quick, simple, and one of Batman’s surprise defeats at the hands of Lady Shiva in Detective Comics #952 was no mere stunt. Batman suffered no exhaustion, no surprise.
The one time Batman fought Shiva fairly, he was at the top of his game. No excuses, no impediments. And yet he lost. How? How could the Dark Knight, the symbol of victory against impossible odds, lose in a fight against a mere mortal woman with no supernatural, metaphysical, or technological advantages?
The answer is just this: Lady Shiva is better. Because Lady Shiva’s lesson is that even if you’re Batman, there’s always someone better out there. There is always a bigger and higher mountain to climb, another goal to strive for.
To recognize your own limitations. Lady Shiva exists to prove that even men like Batman are still just men. And no matter how far you’ve come on your journey to becoming the best you can be, you always have more miles to go.
batman… wait!
Did Batman lose to himself? Yes! Batman: Last Knight on Earth, DC Black Label’s epic finale to the Dark Knight story told by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo throughout the New 52 era, saw the Dark Knight trudge through a post-apocalyptic wasteland to overthrow its tyrannical warlord, the mysterious Omega.
However, what Batman never suspected was that he was actually a clone implanted with Bruce Wayne’s memories, and the true, original Batman had been Omega himself, transformed into a fascist control freak under the darkest of circumstances.
But one thing we know for sure about Batman is that he’s always ready to take down anyone… even himself. In fact, this was the reason the cloned Batman show was created, in case the real Batman was ever lost. In the Dark Knight’s mind, the only force capable of defeating a broken Batman is an intact one.
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Source: DC Comics
The Crusade of the Bat begins in SMASH and DC Comics Mexico
Bruce Wayne is out of commission, but Batman must carry on! After one of the most painful defeats, a new era begins in which an unknown Batman arrives in Gotham City. Bruce Wayne, broken in battle and unable to perform his duty on the field following the epic confrontation with Bane, has planted a new Dark Knight as his replacement.
Jean-Paul Valley (aka Azrael) has taken on the role of the Caped Paladin but, without his mentor’s integrity and experience, it quickly spirals out of control. His unruly behavior is of particular concern to both Robin and Commissioner Gordon.
SMASH and DC Comics Mexico bring you DC Modern Classics – Batman: KnightQuest – The Crusade Volume 1. The first volume of this story that was all the rage in the 90s.
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