They were both targeted by a super-villain named Nobody. This is discovered by Oracle, who ejects the girl and takes control of the Batmobile, intent on taking Damian home. [60] But Talia is killed following the duel by Kathy Webb, and it is later revealed that Damian's body was stolen from the Manor cemetery by the League of Assassins along with Talia's for plans against Batman in addition to making their resurrections. At that moment, a revived Deathstroke attacks the Titans and Batman with the intent to kill them all. [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. His size makes perfect sense with his acrobatic background. 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On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Not wanting to explain themselves, Robin and Superboy quickly left the area and headed back to Hamilton. After the death of Alfred Pennyworth and Dick Grayson losing his memories thanks to the villain KGBeast, Damian began to see his father's view of justice versus fear as not enough. In a tribute to a classic comic book cover, the publisher accidentally showcased the precarious situation involving its two current Robins, Tim Drake and Damian Wayne. [74] However, what Damian does not tell his teammates is that a deep cellar of the Titans' headquarters, a former juvenile detention facility, serves him as a secret dungeon to lock away the most dangerous criminals he captures for good, including Deathstroke, Gizmo, Brother Blood, Black Mask, and Atomic Skull.[75]. The older girl (Damian's companion) is later eaten by Killer Croc. [40], After Grayson's confidant, Oberon Sexton is revealed to be the Joker in disguise, Damian tortures the villain by savagely beating him with a crowbar to get information, considering it to be self-defense since the Joker planned to attack him. While Damian fights Kalibak, Batman remotely controls the Batwing and sends it crashing into Kalibak, sending him back through the Boom Tube and then closes the portal. They survive the explosion. In Batman and Robin vol. Ra's flees with the bodies afterward. Damian possessed superpowers similar to that of Superman following his resurrection, though this was short-lived. Morrison, Grant. Lobdell, Scott (w), Woods, Pete (a), Peteri, Troy (let), Marie Javins, Rob Levin (ed). 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. He tries to teach Damian the same values his parents have instilled within him as he finally assumes his role as a father. He is the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul,[3][4][5][6] and thus the grandson of Batman villain Ra's al Ghul and the potential inheritor of Wayne Enterprises. DCComics.com: Welcome to the Official Site for DC. He works as a double agent for Batman in Luthor's organization, and thus aligned with his father instead of his maternal grandfather. These events cause Hush to escape, causing Damian to grow a further hatred for the criminal. Damian defiantly replies that he hopes to be a worthy one. But next week's Batman #106 - and I [11] It was revealed that Talia had created another clone as his replacement, the obedient fully-grown Heretic. [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. [80] Djinn defeats him by altering his memory, and proceeds to do so with the other criminals Damian captures, giving them new, harmless identities. They lost Croc, the Teen Titans and the Suicide Squad, but they defeated Mister Freeze, Riddler and Damian's evil Earth -22 self and made the discovery that beings from the Dark Multiverse can be killed by Nth Metal. Alfred says Bruce intended to tell him the results when the time was right. Arrogant, cold and undeniably lethal, Damian found the transition from the unforgiving world of the League to Batmans staunch moral code to be a long and trying process, but a worthwhile one, as Damian ultimately proved himself worthy of becoming Robin at his fathers side. In the first volume, Damian and Jon team against Kid Amazo, a child affected by a virus which grants powers to ordinary humans. Published Dec 13, 2019. A Bizarro counterpart of Robin, named Robzarro, first appeared in the four-part story "Boyzarro Re-Death". Damian Wayne's new look has been shown off in the new Robin series launching from DC Comics Infinite Frontier in May. 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. Through his father he has two half-brothers, Matthew . Damian Wayne, the fourth Robin and . After the events of Batman R.I.P. Damian attempts to kill KGBeast, but only succeeds in cutting off his left arm before the Titans intervene and stop him. Deadman later revives the former Boy Wonders. 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. Named after the Shakespeare character, Titus is Damian Wayne's pet, a Great Dane, given to him by his father, Bruce. Biography: (Written by Oracle) [] Damian Wayne: 2001 - 2015 []. [38], Talia begins to clone Damian as she realizes that her son has completely sided with Dick Grayson and the Bat-Family. He neutralized the child soldiers, and teamed up with Dick Grayson to take down the remaining assassins. In the Elseworlds story, The Brotherhood of the Bat (1995), a version named Tallant Wayne appears, who crusades against his grandfather Ra's al Ghul. In Batman-related issues of the New 52 taking place after Batman issue #14 (the Joker's return to comics), Damian was portrayed as being very interested in fighting his father's arch-foe. Talia then shows Damian a cloned version of himself, whom she sees as Damian's younger brother. [46] Tim Drake eventually comes to the Titans for help after a robotic duplicate of the Calculator attempts to murder his close friend, Tam Fox, and decides to rejoin the team once the mission is completed. Damian makes a full recovery.[28]. I'm not like Tim, or Jason, or even Dick. The choices are Tim or Damian. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! The only occupant of the ambulance was the Joker. [22] At this point, Alfred declared them to be the Super Sons. This character has been a member of the Justice League of America, or the Justice League in any of its various incarnations, sworn by a duty to act as guardians of America and the world by using their skills and/or superpowers to protect Earth from the clutches of both interstellar and domestic threats.This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Justice League of America members" category. [23] He was later unwillingly recruited by Damian to help him investigate a series of break-ins at LexCorp. [39], During a confrontation with a returned minor villain the Getaway Genius, Damian is initially angry that Grayson failed to capture the foe as well as the implication that his father failed as well during the Genius' original run back when Grayson was Robin but when Dick explains to him that Bruce let the Genius go because he discovered that the Genius' robberies were only him stealing medicines that he needed so that he could live long enough to see his daughter grow up, Damian realizes that he never really knew his father as a person, and admits that there was more to him than Batman. [deleted] 2 yr. ago [removed] [deleted] 2 yr. ago Tim, suspicious of Damian's intentions, does not believe his story and begins a fistfight. After meeting with his mother Talia, he discovered that it was a warning from his cousin Mara al Ghul, who had chosen him as her prey as part of an initiation ritual she must undertake in order to properly join the League of Assassins. During this time, Damian was raised by Talia and trained by the League of Assassins; Damian became a skilled assassin by an early age. Just because Damian is tough doesn't mean he's completely cold. The Kingdom: Son of the Bat shows flashbacks that shed new insights into Ibn al Xu'ffasch's history: that he was reared by Ra's al Ghul to be the heir to his empire, that he eventually murdered his grandfather (cutting off his head to prevent yet another regeneration), and that he sought therapy from psychiatrist Dr. Gibson. Batman offers his own body instead. Joker tells Damian that his and Batman's greatest fear is being responsible for the other's death. After Tim leaves, Damian starts engaging in chess games with Hush, visiting him secretly against Dick's orders. Talia fixes Damian's spine but puts in a monitor connected to his brain allowing her to control his every movement. Damian is present when Dick is inducted into the JLA, upon hearing, Damian demands to be inducted along with Dick, but his demands are promptly ignored. Joker then presents Damian with Batman in Joker makeup, and states that Damian must kill Batman before Batman kills him. His teammates are also unaware that he is working with Jason Todd, who goes by the alias Outlaw. Damian's birth was a bit messy, and so is his claim to the Wayne Dynasty. Although misguided, Damian seems to genuinely want to aid Bruce's war on crime as he is Bruce's son and wants his approval. Though the two were originally contentious of one another, they bonded closely, forming a brotherly relationship. DC is home to the "World's Greatest Super Heroes," including SUPERMAN, BATMAN, WONDER WOMAN, GREEN LANTERN, THE FLASH, AQUAMAN and more. Nevertheless, Grayson would be awarded for redeeming Damian. Victor Zsasz defeats Robin and rescues Black Mask while Dick takes down Firefly. Spaulding, Ethan, director. This makes him an heir to the world's greatest crime-fighter, and its greatest super-villain Ra's al Ghul. This was also put down quickly as Batman and Superman looked down on them in furious silence.[21]. [9], Though deeply shaken by the killing, Bruce reacted with compassion rather than anger. DC Database is a FANDOM Comics Community. The two are stopped by Dick Grayson as Batman, who chastises them both for fighting in front of the theater where Batman was born. 2, #15, Damian defies his father's orders to remain in the Batcave and investigates Alfred's kidnapping. After the events of Justice League: No Justice, the Titans disband. "You have no intention of giving up your power to another, Father. [69], However, before the team can celebrate, the Boom Tube used to return to Earth was not closed and Darkseid's son Kalibak arrives and attacks the team. Trained by the League of Assassins all his life, Damian joined his father's side in the war against crime by becoming the fifth Robin. Beginning of comic. It is not directly revealed what was in the note, but it makes Superboy realize that wherever Damian is, they won't find him. Damian Wayne, otherwise known to the world as Robin, the Boy Wonder, was the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul. [36] After raiding the Army Reserve National Guard Armory, Dick, Damian, and the arriving Tim Drake, are able to save Commissioner Gordon, Oracle, and the surviving police officers at Gotham Central from the reanimated versions of the original Dark Knight's deceased rogues gallery members. Damian also leaves a note for the Teen Titans, which contains a set of coordinates leading them into a meeting with Nightwing. Contents 1 Background 1.1 History Dick and Damian take the entire army down and begin to form a brotherly relationship. He's now 19. [20] After the events of Batman R.I.P. A dark king for a new age." He dies an absolute hero".[55][56]. Along with the mysterious Wingman and most of the Bat-family, Damian manages to rescue his father and defeat most of the League of Shadows. 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. He was the optimum man You and your detective will yield the ultimate child. I'd say like 6'6", 260+. [65], Later, Godfrey's reason for coming to Earth is revealed; to retrieve the Chaos Shard, a powerful crystal that once belonged to Darkseid which Ra's revealed was hidden inside the sarcophagus he crafted for Damian. [37] Dick and Tim send Damian with the Gordons to their underground base while they battle the Black Lanterns. 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. 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. He survives, and Tim pulls Damian into an all-out brawl that begins with their quarry escaping and ends in front of the theater where Bruce Wayne's parents were killed. However, the father and son were not active together very long before Bruce was seemingly killed by Darkseid during a massive invasion. Damien Wayne Wayne Kostyal: Billed height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Billed weight: 220 lb (100 kg) Billed from: Hampton, Virginia: Trained by: Phil Brown Preston Quinn Tully Blanchard: Debut: August 10, 2002: Damien Wayne Kostyal (born December 18, 1971), better known by his ring name Damien Wayne, is an American professional wrestler. A dark experience shows that underneath it all, even Robin can be shaken to his core. However, the Heretic eventually gains the upper hand and impales Damian through the chest, the sword piercing Damian's heart and resulting in Damian dying almost instantly. Morrison, Grant. Posted: Mar 19, 2013 8:10 pm. It differs greatly from most Robin suits. How could you not? Seeley, Tim. A subsequent conversation between Tim and Alfred implies that Batman has carried out a DNA test on Damian. [7] Robin revealed that he was lying, and refused to betray his father. How ironic that your company and holdings will fund my new empire." 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. As Damian and Batman embrace, Batman collapses from exhaustion. He was also trained in the disciplines of forensics, acrobatics, criminology, disguise and escapology. During the tournament, he discovers that the host of the tournament is his paternal great grandmother, Ruh al Ghul, who was imprisoned on this island by her son, Ra's al Ghul. Coupled by his innate talent for the art and his lineage, Damian became a respected member of the League. However, their absences from their respective homes did not go unnoticed as they encountered both Lois Lane and Alfred Pennyworth while trying to sneak into Jon's home.[26]. & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Damian_Wayne&oldid=1140173963, DC Comics characters with accelerated healing, Fictional genetically engineered characters, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from August 2017, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Trained computer scientist and security hacker, Uses high-tech equipment and weapons (similar to, Damian Wayne is also featured in the prequel comic to the game. 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. However, Batman told Damian he had to quit crime-fighting altogether. [53] Unwilling to kill his father, Damian chooses death, but the Joker kills Batman before he can deal a fatal blow. His cape is now black on the outside with the cape and hood having a yellow trim. In 2006, the character was reinterpreted as Damian Wayne by Grant Morrison, and introduced into the main continuity in Batman #655, the first issue of the "Batman and Son" story arc. He's got an above average height, and a good, lean ass - I mean weight. The Heretic flew Grayson aside, and challenged Damian to a sword-fight. Damian pursues Deathstroke and attempts to kill him, but the Titans again intervene.
