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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The new portayal of Starro as an unpleasent {{Troll}} with a mindset akin to [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] has become quite the hit with fans.
* EvilIsCool: Of the Dark Knights, many fans just ''love'' the designs for the Red Death, the Drowned and the Batman Who Laughs for being cool and different, while still taking enough inspiration to be identifiable as evil counterparts.
* HilariousInHindsight: This is not the first time that Batman and metal are in the same sentence together, with WebAnimation/Batmetal becoming an internet sensation in Youtube and the Internet just before this book is conceived. Although here, Batman is actually singing to [[WesternAnimation/Metalocalypse Dethklok]] songs instead.
* EvilIsCool: Of the Dark Knights, many fans just ''love'' the designs for the Red Death, the Drowned and the Batman Who Laughs for being cool and different, while still taking enough inspiration to be identifiable as evil counterparts.
* HilariousInHindsight: This is not the first time that Batman and metal are in the same sentence together, with WebAnimation/Batmetal becoming an internet sensation in Youtube and the Internet just before this book is conceived. Although here, Batman is actually singing to [[WesternAnimation/Metalocalypse Dethklok]] songs instead.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The new portayal portrayal of Starro as an unpleasent unpleasant {{Troll}} with a mindset akin to [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] has become quite the hit with fans.
* EvilIsCool: Of the Dark Knights, many fans just ''love'' the designs for the Red Death,the The Drowned and the Batman Who Laughs for being cool and different, while still taking enough inspiration to be identifiable as evil counterparts.
* HilariousInHindsight: This is not the first time that Batman and metal are in the same sentence together, with WebAnimation/Batmetal becoming an internet sensation in Youtube and the Internet just before this book is conceived. Although here, Batman is actually singing to[[WesternAnimation/Metalocalypse [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse} Dethklok]] songs instead.
* EvilIsCool: Of the Dark Knights, many fans just ''love'' the designs for the Red Death,
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** Most people thought the Batman Who Laughs was scary-looking while some fans instead laughed at the character design. He wears what looks like a metal spiked dog collar over his eyes which looks too much like Batzarro's design to be taken seriously. He wears tight restricting leather and heavy Cenobiteish chains which would restrict his moments in combat. He never closes his mouth so his gums looks inflamed and puffy and his teeth have filed to points, on top of wearing red lipstick. He looks like a combination of a parody of various 90s DorkAge villains, some kind of concept art for a Hellraiser Batman, and a transvestite S&M stripper all rolled into one. He also has a bunch of cannibal Jokerized Robins who continuously chant "Crow!" This has earned him the fan nickname "Laughable Bats."
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** Most people thought the Batman Who Laughs was scary-looking while some fans instead laughed at the character design. He wears what looks like a metal spiked dog collar over his eyes which looks too much like Batzarro's design to be taken seriously. He wears tight restricting leather and heavy Cenobiteish chains which would restrict his moments in combat. He never closes his mouth so his gums looks look inflamed and puffy and his teeth have filed to points, on top of wearing red lipstick. He looks like a combination of a parody of various 90s DorkAge villains, some kind of concept art for a Hellraiser Batman, and a transvestite S&M stripper all rolled into one. He also has a bunch of cannibal Jokerized Robins who continuously chant "Crow!" This has earned him the fan nickname "Laughable Bats."
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** ''The Batman Who Laughs #1'', written by Creator/JamesTynionIV: ComicBook/TheJoker of Earth-22, after discovering the chemicals that made him into what he is are also killing him, decided to start his endgame, and began by butchering his fellow rogues, along with [[HeroKiller Commissioner Gordon]]. Taking Batman hostage after learning his identity, Joker razes Gotham, [[ForcedToWatch making him watch]] as Gotham General Hospital crumbles. Then he begins to reenact Batman's origins by forcing children to walk through Crime Alley with their parents, shooting the parents dead, and [[DrivenToMadness driving the children mad]] with Joker toxin. This causes Batman to snap, break free from his bounds and finally kill The Joker by snapping his neck, allowing his corrupting gas to turn Batman into the next Joker after inhaling it. [[OneSceneWonder Despite his limited page time]], The Joker of this Earth is responsible for every life The Batman who Laughs has taken.
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** ''The Batman Who Laughs #1'', written by Creator/JamesTynionIV: ComicBook/TheJoker of Earth-22, after discovering the chemicals that made him into what he is are also killing him, decided to start his endgame, and began by butchering his fellow rogues, along with [[HeroKiller Commissioner Gordon]]. Taking Batman hostage after learning his identity, Joker razes Gotham, [[ForcedToWatch making him watch]] as Gotham General Hospital crumbles. Then he begins to reenact Batman's origins by forcing children to walk through Crime Alley with their parents, shooting the parents dead, and [[DrivenToMadness driving the children mad]] with Joker toxin. This causes Batman to snap, break free from his bounds and finally kill The Joker by snapping his neck, allowing his corrupting gas to turn Batman into the next Joker after inhaling it. [[OneSceneWonder [[SmallRoleBigImpact Despite his limited page time]], The Joker of this Earth is responsible for every life The Batman who Laughs has taken.
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* CompleteMonster: The dark god [[BigBad Barbatos]], one of the first beings in all creation, turned on and killed his master the Forger, allowing a multiverse of worlds to decay and rot, eventually forming the Dark Multiverse. [[ManipulativeBastard Influencing Earth]] to spread evil and cause bloodshed and destruction, Barbatos developed a fixation on Bruce Wayne after encountering him on his trip through time. Barbatos proceeded to allow countless worlds to die to torment each Bruce Wayne and [[TheCorrupter corrupt him]] in a myriad of realities, choosing the seven most twisted and evil incarnations of Batman as his Dark Knights. Invading the Multiverse and coldly having his loyal servants, the Court of Owls, disposed of, Barbatos has the Dark Knights wreak death and destruction on a global scale, having countless innocents corrupted to serve as a power source for his machines in order to eventually bring the Dark Multiverse into reality, [[OmnicidalManiac completely wiping out most of the Multiverse]] and killing or corrupting everything there while Barbatos reigns over it like {{a god|Am I}}. One of the most evil beings to ever grace the Multiverse, Barbatos shows himself utterly devoted to making everything that lives suffer until it is a reflection of his own twisted self.
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**The dark god [[BigBad Barbatos]], one of the first beings in all creation, turned on and killed his master the Forger, allowing a multiverse of worlds to decay and rot, eventually forming the Dark Multiverse. [[ManipulativeBastard Influencing Earth]] to spread evil and cause bloodshed and destruction, Barbatos developed a fixation on Bruce Wayne after encountering him on his trip through time. Barbatos proceeded to allow countless worlds to die to torment each Bruce Wayne and [[TheCorrupter corrupt him]] in a myriad of realities, choosing the seven most twisted and evil incarnations of Batman as his Dark Knights. Invading the Multiverse and coldly having his loyal servants, the Court of Owls, disposed of, Barbatos has the Dark Knights wreak death and destruction on a global scale, having countless innocents corrupted to serve as a power source for his machines in order to eventually bring the Dark Multiverse into reality, [[OmnicidalManiac completely wiping out most of the Multiverse]] and killing or corrupting everything there while Barbatos reigns over it like {{a god|Am I}}. One of the most evil beings to ever grace the Multiverse, Barbatos shows himself utterly devoted to making everything that lives suffer until it is a reflection of his own twistedself.self.
** ''The Batman Who Laughs #1'', written by Creator/JamesTynionIV: ComicBook/TheJoker of Earth-22, after discovering the chemicals that made him into what he is are also killing him, decided to start his endgame, and began by butchering his fellow rogues, along with [[HeroKiller Commissioner Gordon]]. Taking Batman hostage after learning his identity, Joker razes Gotham, [[ForcedToWatch making him watch]] as Gotham General Hospital crumbles. Then he begins to reenact Batman's origins by forcing children to walk through Crime Alley with their parents, shooting the parents dead, and [[DrivenToMadness driving the children mad]] with Joker toxin. This causes Batman to snap, break free from his bounds and finally kill The Joker by snapping his neck, allowing his corrupting gas to turn Batman into the next Joker after inhaling it. [[OneSceneWonder Despite his limited page time]], The Joker of this Earth is responsible for every life The Batman who Laughs has taken.
**The dark god [[BigBad Barbatos]], one of the first beings in all creation, turned on and killed his master the Forger, allowing a multiverse of worlds to decay and rot, eventually forming the Dark Multiverse. [[ManipulativeBastard Influencing Earth]] to spread evil and cause bloodshed and destruction, Barbatos developed a fixation on Bruce Wayne after encountering him on his trip through time. Barbatos proceeded to allow countless worlds to die to torment each Bruce Wayne and [[TheCorrupter corrupt him]] in a myriad of realities, choosing the seven most twisted and evil incarnations of Batman as his Dark Knights. Invading the Multiverse and coldly having his loyal servants, the Court of Owls, disposed of, Barbatos has the Dark Knights wreak death and destruction on a global scale, having countless innocents corrupted to serve as a power source for his machines in order to eventually bring the Dark Multiverse into reality, [[OmnicidalManiac completely wiping out most of the Multiverse]] and killing or corrupting everything there while Barbatos reigns over it like {{a god|Am I}}. One of the most evil beings to ever grace the Multiverse, Barbatos shows himself utterly devoted to making everything that lives suffer until it is a reflection of his own twisted
** ''The Batman Who Laughs #1'', written by Creator/JamesTynionIV: ComicBook/TheJoker of Earth-22, after discovering the chemicals that made him into what he is are also killing him, decided to start his endgame, and began by butchering his fellow rogues, along with [[HeroKiller Commissioner Gordon]]. Taking Batman hostage after learning his identity, Joker razes Gotham, [[ForcedToWatch making him watch]] as Gotham General Hospital crumbles. Then he begins to reenact Batman's origins by forcing children to walk through Crime Alley with their parents, shooting the parents dead, and [[DrivenToMadness driving the children mad]] with Joker toxin. This causes Batman to snap, break free from his bounds and finally kill The Joker by snapping his neck, allowing his corrupting gas to turn Batman into the next Joker after inhaling it. [[OneSceneWonder Despite his limited page time]], The Joker of this Earth is responsible for every life The Batman who Laughs has taken.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The comic has been given it's own soundtrack, and as expected with a comic named "Dark Nights: Metal" the soundtrack is made up of amazing heavy metal pieces.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyt4a8Ystg0 "Red Death"]] a theme for the titular Dark Knight, "Red Death" it's an song so awesome it was even used for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRKj2YQwSlw comic book's trailer!]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyt4a8Ystg0 "Red Death"]] a theme for the titular Dark Knight, "Red Death" it's an song so awesome it was even used for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRKj2YQwSlw comic book's trailer!]]
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: The Batman Who Laughs was a hit in the ''Metal'' event, but he's gotten more contentious with each subsequent appearance, the editorial logic behind it being, ''Joker and Batman are both popular, right? Let's combine them!'' More baffling is his lack of resemblence to Bruce... or his [[CaptainErsatz stronger resemblence]] to ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' mainstay Judge Death...or the fact that The Grim Night was a more-accurate depiction of how a morals-free Batman would act. (It doesn't help that ''Joker in an edgy outfit'' is [[RecycledScript 90% of what Scott Snyder knows how to write.]]) Other people thought TBWL was some sort of [[{{Deconstruction}} meta-commentary]] on the Bat Family. The [[FridgeHorror ethics]] of having a kid sidekick is clearly something which preoccupies Snyder: TBWL's chained Rabid Robins, his murder of the Bat fmFamily, his breaking of Damian and turning him into dark Robin; all of these seem like a critique of Batman's involvement in the lives of Dick, Jason, Damian, or even Duke and Cassandra. All five had their lives destroyed by outside forces, and many feel Bruce should have just raised them like normal kids--not put them in costumes. Whether that's true or not is subjective, but TBWL is more of a statement than the other demented Dark Knights.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: The Batman Who Laughs was a hit in the ''Metal'' event, but he's gotten more contentious with each subsequent appearance, the editorial logic behind it being, ''Joker and Batman are both popular, right? Let's combine them!'' More baffling is his lack of resemblence to Bruce... or his [[CaptainErsatz stronger resemblence]] to ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' mainstay Judge Death...or the fact that The Grim Night was a more-accurate depiction of how a morals-free Batman would act. (It doesn't help that ''Joker in an edgy outfit'' is [[RecycledScript 90% of what Scott Snyder knows how to write.]]) Other people thought TBWL was some sort of [[{{Deconstruction}} meta-commentary]] on the Bat Family. The [[FridgeHorror ethics]] of having a kid sidekick is clearly something which preoccupies Snyder: TBWL's chained Rabid Robins, his murder of the Bat fmFamily, Family, his breaking of Damian and turning him into dark Robin; all of these seem like a critique of Batman's involvement in the lives of Dick, Jason, Damian, or even Duke and Cassandra. All five had their lives destroyed by outside forces, and many feel Bruce should have just raised them like normal kids--not put them in costumes. Whether that's true or not is subjective, but TBWL is more of a statement than the other demented Dark Knights.
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* BaseBreaker: The Batman Who Laughs was a hit in the ''Metal'' event, but he's gotten more contentious with each subsequent appearance, the editorial logic behind it being, ''Joker and Batman are both popular, right? Let's combine them!'' More baffling is his lack of resemblence to Bruce... or his [[CaptainErsatz stronger resemblence]] to ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' mainstay Judge Death...or the fact that The Grim Night was a more-accurate depiction of how a morals-free Batman would act. (It doesn't help that ''Joker in an edgy outfit'' is [[RecycledScript 90% of what Scott Snyder knows how to write.]]) Other people thought TBWL was some sort of [[{{Deconstruction}} meta-commentary]] on the Bat Family. The [[FridgeHorror ethics]] of having a kid sidekick is clearly something which preoccupies Snyder: TBWL's chained Rabid Robins, his murder of the Bat family, his breaking of Damian and turning him into dark Robin; all of these seem like a critique of Batman's involvement in the lives of Dick, Jason, Damian, or even Duke and Cassandra. All five had their lives destroyed by outside forces, and many feel Bruce should have just raised them like normal kids--not put them in costumes. Whether that's true or not is subjective, but TBWL is more of a statement than the other demented Dark Knights.
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* BaseBreaker: BaseBreakingCharacter: The Batman Who Laughs was a hit in the ''Metal'' event, but he's gotten more contentious with each subsequent appearance, the editorial logic behind it being, ''Joker and Batman are both popular, right? Let's combine them!'' More baffling is his lack of resemblence to Bruce... or his [[CaptainErsatz stronger resemblence]] to ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' mainstay Judge Death...or the fact that The Grim Night was a more-accurate depiction of how a morals-free Batman would act. (It doesn't help that ''Joker in an edgy outfit'' is [[RecycledScript 90% of what Scott Snyder knows how to write.]]) Other people thought TBWL was some sort of [[{{Deconstruction}} meta-commentary]] on the Bat Family. The [[FridgeHorror ethics]] of having a kid sidekick is clearly something which preoccupies Snyder: TBWL's chained Rabid Robins, his murder of the Bat family, fmFamily, his breaking of Damian and turning him into dark Robin; all of these seem like a critique of Batman's involvement in the lives of Dick, Jason, Damian, or even Duke and Cassandra. All five had their lives destroyed by outside forces, and many feel Bruce should have just raised them like normal kids--not put them in costumes. Whether that's true or not is subjective, but TBWL is more of a statement than the other demented Dark Knights.
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* BaseBreaker: The Batman Who Laughs was a hit in the ''Metal'' event, but he's gotten more contentious with each subsequent appearance, the editorial logic behind it being, ''Joker and Batman are both popular, right? Let's combine them!'' More baffling is his lack of resemblence to Bruce... or his [[CaptainErsatz stronger resemblence]] to ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' mainstay Judge Death...or the fact that The Grim Night was a more-accurate depiction of how a morals-free Batman would act. (It doesn't help that ''Joker in an edgy outfit'' is [[RecycledScript 90% of what Scott Snyder knows how to write.]]) Other people thought TBWL was some sort of [[{{Deconstruction}} meta-commentary]] on the Bat Family. The [[FridgeHorror ethics]] of having a kid sidekick is clearly something which preoccupies Snyder: TBWL's chained Rabid Robins, his murder of the Bat family, his breaking of Damian and turning him into dark Robin; all of these seem like a critique of Batman's involvement in the lives of Dick, Jason, Damian, or even Duke and Cassandra. All five had their lives destroyed by outside forces, and many feel Bruce should have just raised them like normal kids--not put them in costumes. Whether that's true or not is subjective, but TBWL is more of a statement than the other demented Dark Knights.
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-->'''Devastator''': I really...loved you, Clark. I believed in the world you promised us. You made me hope for a better future. But now, I know it was all a lie. And I won't let you hurt me anymore.
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** After killing his world's Joker, the Batman of Earth -22 inhaled a dose of his latest toxin, which causes him to express Joker-esque mannerisms, as demonstrated when he laughs when Superman tells him that one of the children affected in the Joker incident tore out a psychologist's throat. Both are alarmed.\\
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** After killing his world's Joker, the Batman of Earth -22 inhaled a dose of his latest toxin, which causes him to express adopt Joker-esque mannerisms, as demonstrated when he laughs when Superman tells him that one of the children affected in the Joker incident tore out a psychologist's throat. Both are alarmed.\\
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'''Instead:''' They don't.
'''Result:''' Batman's condition continues to worsen, culminating in his meeting with the rest of the Bat-Family at the apogee of his infection. He tells them about the toxin's effects on him and admits that he didn't call
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'''Instead:''' They don't.
don't.\\
'''Result:''' Batman's condition continues to worsen, culminating in his meeting with the rest of the Bat-Family at the apogee of his infection. He tells them about the toxin's effects on him and admits that he didn'tcallcall them over to help him, but to ensure that no one finds out about his condition.\\
'''You'd Then Expect:''' The Bat-Family to realize that Bruce is a threat and attempt to restrain Batman as quickly as possible, ensuring that he is in a position where they can help him regardless of if he wants it or not.\\
'''Instead:''' They do nothing besides staying where they are.\\
'''Result:''' A completely-Jokerized Batman catches them off-guard with a pair of machine guns, killing them before doing the same to the Justice League and the entire world, completing his transformation into The Batman Who Laughs and turn to evil.
'''Result:''' Batman's condition continues to worsen, culminating in his meeting with the rest of the Bat-Family at the apogee of his infection. He tells them about the toxin's effects on him and admits that he didn't
'''You'd Then Expect:''' The Bat-Family to realize that Bruce is a threat and attempt to restrain Batman as quickly as possible, ensuring that he is in a position where they can help him regardless of if he wants it or not.\\
'''Instead:''' They do nothing besides staying where they are.\\
'''Result:''' A completely-Jokerized Batman catches them off-guard with a pair of machine guns, killing them before doing the same to the Justice League and the entire world, completing his transformation into The Batman Who Laughs and turn to evil.
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* {{Wangst}}: The Dawnbreaker seems to be Batman's usual angst and brooding taken UpToEleven, his solo issue having a large focus on how he is "filled with darkness inside" and how he wants everyone to feel as bad as he does. Considering that not only is he a teenage version of Bruce Wayne who had been granted the power of a Green Lantern at an inappropriate time but he's also a personification of one of Batman's greatest fears and regrets, all of this might be intentional.
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* {{Wangst}}: The Dawnbreaker seems to be Batman's usual angst and brooding taken UpToEleven, his solo issue having a large focus on how he is "filled with darkness inside" and how he wants everyone to feel as bad as he does. Considering that not only is he a teenage version of Bruce Wayne who had been granted the power of a Green Lantern at an inappropriate time but he's also a personification of one of Batman's greatest fears and regrets, all of this might be intentional.intentional.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** After killing his world's Joker, the Batman of Earth -22 inhaled a dose of his latest toxin, which causes him to express Joker-esque mannerisms, as demonstrated when he laughs when Superman tells him that one of the children affected in the Joker incident tore out a psychologist's throat. Both are alarmed.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For either Bruce or Clark to realize that something is very wrong and seek help immediately.\\
'''Instead:''' They don't.
'''Result:''' Batman's condition continues to worsen, culminating in his meeting with the rest of the Bat-Family at the apogee of his infection. He tells them about the toxin's effects on him and admits that he didn't call
* WhatAnIdiot:
** After killing his world's Joker, the Batman of Earth -22 inhaled a dose of his latest toxin, which causes him to express Joker-esque mannerisms, as demonstrated when he laughs when Superman tells him that one of the children affected in the Joker incident tore out a psychologist's throat. Both are alarmed.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For either Bruce or Clark to realize that something is very wrong and seek help immediately.\\
'''Instead:''' They don't.
'''Result:''' Batman's condition continues to worsen, culminating in his meeting with the rest of the Bat-Family at the apogee of his infection. He tells them about the toxin's effects on him and admits that he didn't call
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** Most people thought the Batman Who Laughs was scary-looking while some fans have laughed at the character design of the Batman Who Laughs. He wears tight restricting leather and heavy Cenobiteish chains which would restrict his moments in combat. He wears what looks like a metal spiked dog collar over his eyes which looks too much like Batzarro's design. He never closes his mouth so his gums looks inflamed and puffy and his teeth have filed to points, on top of wearing red lipstick. He looks like a combination of a parody of various 90s DorkAge villains, some kind of concept art for a Hellraiser Batman, and a transvestite S&M stripper all rolled into one. He also has a bunch of cannibal Jokerized Robins who continuously chant "Crow!" This has earned him the fan nickname "Laughable Bats."
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** Most people thought the Batman Who Laughs was scary-looking while some fans have instead laughed at the character design. He wears what looks like a metal spiked dog collar over his eyes which looks too much like Batzarro's design of the Batman Who Laughs.to be taken seriously. He wears tight restricting leather and heavy Cenobiteish chains which would restrict his moments in combat. He wears what looks like a metal spiked dog collar over his eyes which looks too much like Batzarro's design. He never closes his mouth so his gums looks inflamed and puffy and his teeth have filed to points, on top of wearing red lipstick. He looks like a combination of a parody of various 90s DorkAge villains, some kind of concept art for a Hellraiser Batman, and a transvestite S&M stripper all rolled into one. He also has a bunch of cannibal Jokerized Robins who continuously chant "Crow!" This has earned him the fan nickname "Laughable Bats."
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** Most people thought the Batman Who Laughs was scary-looking while some fans have laughed at the character design of the Batman Who Laughs. He wears tight restricting leather and heavy Cenobiteish chains which would restrict his moments in combat. He wears what looks like a metal spiked dog collar over his eyes which looks too much like Batzarro's design. He never closes his mouth so his gums looks inflamed and puffy and his teeth have filed to points, on top of wearing red lipstick. He looks like a combination of a parody of various 90s DorkAge villains, some kind of concept art for a Hellraiser Batman, and a transvestite S&M stripper all rolled into one. He also has a bunch of cannibal Jokerized Robins who continuously chant "Crow!" This has earned him the fan nickname "Laughable Bats."
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since intentional Hate Sink can't count as Scrappy this trope is more correct.
* CatharsisFactor: After establishing himself as a despicable HateSink with a {{Wangst}} filled origin, fans cheered when The Dawnbreaker got the tar kicked out of him by Hal Jordan [[spoiler: even if Hal still ultimately lost]].
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* TakeThatScrappy: After establishing himself as a despicable HateSink with a {{Wangst}} filled origin, fans cheered when The Dawnbreaker got the tar kicked out of him by Hal Jordan [[spoiler: even if Hal still ultimately lost]].
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** Clark carrying Bruce bridle-style, with this look of utter sincerity on his face as he ''pleads'' with Bruce to let the League help him, while noting that he knows Bruce's heartbeat ''almost as well as Lois'''.
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* CounterpartComparison:
** You will be forgiven if you take a look at the Dark Knights, especially Batman Who Laughs, and think of [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd Judge Death and the Dark Judges]].
** In his one-shot Batman who became the Red Death showed behavior quite similar to a [[ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder certain other Batman]], only played up to terrify readers with how mad he has become.
** The series portayal of Starro has drawn comparisons to [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]]. Helps that both are cycloptic.
** You will be forgiven if you take a look at the Dark Knights, especially Batman Who Laughs, and think of [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd Judge Death and the Dark Judges]].
** In his one-shot Batman who became the Red Death showed behavior quite similar to a [[ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder certain other Batman]], only played up to terrify readers with how mad he has become.
** The series portayal of Starro has drawn comparisons to [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]]. Helps that both are cycloptic.
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Darkness Induced Audience Apathy is when all factions involved in the main conflict are equally unlikeable or when the heroes' efforts ultimately amount to nothing and the universe still sucks. If the story features clearly defined heroes and villains and a positive outcome is achieved in the end, then the trope doesn't apply. Ensemble Darkhorse is about minor characters that become popular despite not doing much in the main narrative, not any popular character that isn't the protagonist.
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* AngstAversion: It's not uncommon to find readers who are turned off by some of the story elements in this series, which can come across as overly {{Grimdark}} to some readers.
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** After a bunch of AU focusing on an Evil Superman, some fans are pleased that DC is balancing it with a story that focuses on a group of Evil AU Batmen instead.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: It's not uncommon to find readers who are turned off by some of the story elements in this series, which can come across as overly {{Grimdark}} to some readers.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** The Batman Who Laughs is currently the most popular of all the Dark Knights, attributed to how supremely twisted his character design and his Robins are, and also how utterly ridiculous they are. Fans have taken to drawing a lot of fan art of him and his Robins.
** Red Death is likely the second most popular of the Dark Knights, due to coll design, abilities and being a unique kind of a TragicMonster. At New York Comi-Con 2018, just a few months after the end of ''Metal'', fans were asking for his return alongside classic Flash characters like Max Mercury.
** The new portayal of Starro as an unpleasent {{Troll}} with a mindset akin to [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] has become quite the hit with fans.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** The Batman Who Laughs is currently the most popular of all the Dark Knights, attributed to how supremely twisted his character design and his Robins are, and also how utterly ridiculous they are. Fans have taken to drawing a lot of fan art of him and his Robins.
** Red Death is likely the second most popular of the Dark Knights, due to coll design, abilities and being a unique kind of a TragicMonster. At New York Comi-Con 2018, just a few months after the end of ''Metal'', fans were asking for his return alongside classic Flash characters like Max Mercury.
** The new portayal of Starro as an unpleasent {{Troll}} with a mindset akin to [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] has become quite the hit with fans.
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** The Batman Who Laughs is currently the most popular of all the Dark Knights, attributed to how supremely twisted his character design and his Robins are, and also how utterly ridiculous they are. Fans have taken to drawing a lot of fan art of him and his Robins.
** Red Death is likely the second most popular of the Dark Knights, due to coll design, abilities and being a unique kind of a TragicMonster. At New York Comi-Con 2018, just a few months after the end of ''Metal'', fans were asking for his return alongside classic Flash characters like Max Mercury.
**EnsembleDarkhorse: The new portayal of Starro as an unpleasent {{Troll}} with a mindset akin to [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] has become quite the hit with fans.
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** The Batman Who Laughs is currently the most popular of all the Dark Knights, attributed to how supremely twisted his character design and his Robins are, and also how utterly ridiculous they are. Fans have taken to drawing a lot of fan art of him and his Robins.
** Red Death is likely the second most popular of the Dark Knights, due to coll design, abilities and being a unique kind of a TragicMonster. At New York Comi-Con 2018, just a few months after the end of ''Metal'', fans were asking for his return alongside classic Flash characters like Max Mercury.
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* NightmareFuel: Oh, God. Where do we start?
** The Dark Multiverse in general. Imagine a multiverse where unstable universes that shouldn't exist do. A multiverse where the worst possible scenario that ''could'' happen ''did'' happen. A multiverse based off of a person's fears, hopes and regrets. A multiverse where these unstable universes eventually start to rot and decay. And the monstrous inhabitants of the these universes serve a giant bat dragon under the false pretense of having their worlds restored.
** The Batman Who Laughs' origin: a Batman who did the one thing everyone wanted him to do: Kill the Joker. Unfortunately, this caused a special Joker toxin to be absorbed into him that changes his moral code into that of the Joker's while keeping Bruce Wayne's orderly mind. What's one of the things he does when the transformation is beginning? He calls upon Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood and Red Robin to explain what has happened to him. They tell him they'll do everything in their power to save him. But then he reveals that the real reason he called them was because he knew they would be the first people to realize something different about him and alert the other heroes...something he cannot allow to happen. And then he guns them all down like dogs. Then we cut to a scene where ''all the Justice League except Superman are massacred! Not dead, massacred!'' And then he proceeds to kill Superman, Superboy and Lois Lane by exposing the former two with a special strain of Black Kryptonite, which mutates them into monsters and kill Lois before they die themselves. Oh, and he somehow "convinced" his version of Damian into becoming a Joker himself.
** The Dawnbreaker's origin: A child Bruce Wayne who was given a Green Lantern ring immediately after the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne. His will alone overrides the ring's no kill rule and he destroys Joe Chill with it. He attempts to bring his parents back, only for them to be reanimated into zombies before he kills them. Then he goes on a massacre, killing every single criminal in Gotham. When the Green Lantern Corps tries to arrest Bruce, he shows off a new move: Black Out, which sucks the light out of an area before he slaughters them all with his ring's constructs.
** The Drowned's origin: Bryce Wayne, a gender bent Bruce Wayne, gets her lover, Sylvester Kyle (the gender bent Catwoman) killed by metahumans, resulting in Bryce becoming a racist towards all metahumans and goes on a rampage killing them all. When the Atlanteans tried to make a peace treaty, Bryce killed them too, resulting in a war starting. Bryce then painfully experiments on herself to give herself metahuman powers, resulting in her gaining not only Atlantean abilities, but also the ability to corrupt anything she comes into contact with into aquatic monsters.
** The Murder Machine's origin: A Batman who was forced to watch Alfred die at the hands of Bane, he worked with Cyborg to create an Artificial Intelligence based on Alfred to protect him, mentor him and heal him. Unfortunately, the Alfred AI worked too well in its program to keep Bruce safe and began killing all of Batman's enemies. When Cyborg told Bruce it has gone too far and must be deleted, the AI, sensing itself in danger, assimilated itself with Bruce, turning him into a robot version of Batman capable of controling nanotechnology and the ability to create copies of himself. After this, Batman killed the entire Justice League leaving Cyborg for last. Cyborg begged him not to become this "Murder Machine" and that there must be some humanity in him. The Murder Machine asked why would he ever want to be human again and that he doesn't consider Thomas and Martha Wayne is parents anymore, but Alfred. Or rather, the Alfred AI. And then he killed Cyborg by ripping his head and spinal cord out of his body.
** The Merciless' origin: A Batman whose girlfriend Wonder Woman was killed by Ares. With revenge on his mind, he stole Ares' helmet and became the new God of War, killing him in the process. What he didn't know was that Wonder Woman wasn't killed, but knocked out. When she saw Batman wearing Ares' helmet and armour, she begged him to take it off only for him to refuse. When she decided to fight him to get it off, he killed her.
** The Devastator's origin: The Superman of his world suddenly became evil and began attacking everything. Batman attempted to stop him with a Kryptonite spear, only to have his arm ripped off. With no choice and with all hope lost in his mind, Batman injected himself with the Doomsday virus, regenerating his arm and turning him into a Doomsday monster while keeping Bruce Wayne's mind. He kills Superman easily and then proceeds to infect everyone with the Doomsday virus, turning them into mindless Doomsday monsters.
** The Red Death's origin: A Batman who, after losing his entire family, kidnapped the Flash in an attempt to go back in time and save them. Flash tells him to stop, but Batman doesn't listen and straps him to the Batmobile and uses the Speed Force, but instead of going back in time, Batman and the Flash fused into a singular being with Flash trying to regain control but can't. The Red Death then learns to use the Speed Force to age people to death if he could, slaughtering all the world's enemies. And the Flash can only watch and beg Batman to stop.
** The Dark Multiverse in general. Imagine a multiverse where unstable universes that shouldn't exist do. A multiverse where the worst possible scenario that ''could'' happen ''did'' happen. A multiverse based off of a person's fears, hopes and regrets. A multiverse where these unstable universes eventually start to rot and decay. And the monstrous inhabitants of the these universes serve a giant bat dragon under the false pretense of having their worlds restored.
** The Batman Who Laughs' origin: a Batman who did the one thing everyone wanted him to do: Kill the Joker. Unfortunately, this caused a special Joker toxin to be absorbed into him that changes his moral code into that of the Joker's while keeping Bruce Wayne's orderly mind. What's one of the things he does when the transformation is beginning? He calls upon Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood and Red Robin to explain what has happened to him. They tell him they'll do everything in their power to save him. But then he reveals that the real reason he called them was because he knew they would be the first people to realize something different about him and alert the other heroes...something he cannot allow to happen. And then he guns them all down like dogs. Then we cut to a scene where ''all the Justice League except Superman are massacred! Not dead, massacred!'' And then he proceeds to kill Superman, Superboy and Lois Lane by exposing the former two with a special strain of Black Kryptonite, which mutates them into monsters and kill Lois before they die themselves. Oh, and he somehow "convinced" his version of Damian into becoming a Joker himself.
** The Dawnbreaker's origin: A child Bruce Wayne who was given a Green Lantern ring immediately after the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne. His will alone overrides the ring's no kill rule and he destroys Joe Chill with it. He attempts to bring his parents back, only for them to be reanimated into zombies before he kills them. Then he goes on a massacre, killing every single criminal in Gotham. When the Green Lantern Corps tries to arrest Bruce, he shows off a new move: Black Out, which sucks the light out of an area before he slaughters them all with his ring's constructs.
** The Drowned's origin: Bryce Wayne, a gender bent Bruce Wayne, gets her lover, Sylvester Kyle (the gender bent Catwoman) killed by metahumans, resulting in Bryce becoming a racist towards all metahumans and goes on a rampage killing them all. When the Atlanteans tried to make a peace treaty, Bryce killed them too, resulting in a war starting. Bryce then painfully experiments on herself to give herself metahuman powers, resulting in her gaining not only Atlantean abilities, but also the ability to corrupt anything she comes into contact with into aquatic monsters.
** The Murder Machine's origin: A Batman who was forced to watch Alfred die at the hands of Bane, he worked with Cyborg to create an Artificial Intelligence based on Alfred to protect him, mentor him and heal him. Unfortunately, the Alfred AI worked too well in its program to keep Bruce safe and began killing all of Batman's enemies. When Cyborg told Bruce it has gone too far and must be deleted, the AI, sensing itself in danger, assimilated itself with Bruce, turning him into a robot version of Batman capable of controling nanotechnology and the ability to create copies of himself. After this, Batman killed the entire Justice League leaving Cyborg for last. Cyborg begged him not to become this "Murder Machine" and that there must be some humanity in him. The Murder Machine asked why would he ever want to be human again and that he doesn't consider Thomas and Martha Wayne is parents anymore, but Alfred. Or rather, the Alfred AI. And then he killed Cyborg by ripping his head and spinal cord out of his body.
** The Merciless' origin: A Batman whose girlfriend Wonder Woman was killed by Ares. With revenge on his mind, he stole Ares' helmet and became the new God of War, killing him in the process. What he didn't know was that Wonder Woman wasn't killed, but knocked out. When she saw Batman wearing Ares' helmet and armour, she begged him to take it off only for him to refuse. When she decided to fight him to get it off, he killed her.
** The Devastator's origin: The Superman of his world suddenly became evil and began attacking everything. Batman attempted to stop him with a Kryptonite spear, only to have his arm ripped off. With no choice and with all hope lost in his mind, Batman injected himself with the Doomsday virus, regenerating his arm and turning him into a Doomsday monster while keeping Bruce Wayne's mind. He kills Superman easily and then proceeds to infect everyone with the Doomsday virus, turning them into mindless Doomsday monsters.
** The Red Death's origin: A Batman who, after losing his entire family, kidnapped the Flash in an attempt to go back in time and save them. Flash tells him to stop, but Batman doesn't listen and straps him to the Batmobile and uses the Speed Force, but instead of going back in time, Batman and the Flash fused into a singular being with Flash trying to regain control but can't. The Red Death then learns to use the Speed Force to age people to death if he could, slaughtering all the world's enemies. And the Flash can only watch and beg Batman to stop.
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** The Devastator's origin: The Superman of his world suddenly became evil and began attackinv everything. Batman attempted to stop him with a Kryptonite spear, only to have his arm ripped off. With no choice and with all hope lost in his mind, Batman injected himself with the Doomsday virus, regenerating his arm and turning him into a Doomsday monster while keeping Bruce Wayne's mind. He kills Superman easily and then proceeds to infect everyone with the Doomsday virus, turning them into mindless Doomsday monsters.
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** The Devastator's origin: The Superman of his world suddenly became evil and began attackinv attacking everything. Batman attempted to stop him with a Kryptonite spear, only to have his arm ripped off. With no choice and with all hope lost in his mind, Batman injected himself with the Doomsday virus, regenerating his arm and turning him into a Doomsday monster while keeping Bruce Wayne's mind. He kills Superman easily and then proceeds to infect everyone with the Doomsday virus, turning them into mindless Doomsday monsters.
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** The Murder Machine's origin: A Batman who was forced to watch Alfred die at the hands of Bane, he worked with Cyborg to create an Artificial Intelligence based on Alfred to protect him, mentor him and heal him. Unfortunately, the Alfred AI worked too well in its program to keep Bruce safe and began killing all of Batman's enemies. When Cyborg told Bruce it has gone too far and must be deleted, the AI, sensing itself in danger, assimilated itself with Bruce, turning him into a robot version of Batman capable of control over nanotechnology and the ability to create copies of himself. After this, Batman killed the entire Justice League leaving Cyborg for last. Cyborg begged him not to become this "Murder Machine" and that there must be some humanity in him. The Murder Machine asked why would he ever want to be human again and that he doesn't consider Thomas and Martha Wayne anymore, but Alfred. Or rather, the Alfred AI. And then he killed Cyborg by ripping his head and spinal cord out of his body.
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** The Murder Machine's origin: A Batman who was forced to watch Alfred die at the hands of Bane, he worked with Cyborg to create an Artificial Intelligence based on Alfred to protect him, mentor him and heal him. Unfortunately, the Alfred AI worked too well in its program to keep Bruce safe and began killing all of Batman's enemies. When Cyborg told Bruce it has gone too far and must be deleted, the AI, sensing itself in danger, assimilated itself with Bruce, turning him into a robot version of Batman capable of control over controling nanotechnology and the ability to create copies of himself. After this, Batman killed the entire Justice League leaving Cyborg for last. Cyborg begged him not to become this "Murder Machine" and that there must be some humanity in him. The Murder Machine asked why would he ever want to be human again and that he doesn't consider Thomas and Martha Wayne is parents anymore, but Alfred. Or rather, the Alfred AI. And then he killed Cyborg by ripping his head and spinal cord out of his body.
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** The Murder Machine's origin: A Batman who was forced to watch Alfred die at the hands of Bane, he worked with Cyborg to create an Artificial Intelligence based on Alfred to protect him, mentor him and heal him. Unfortunately, the Alfred AI worked too well in its program to keep Bruce safe and began killing all of Batman's enemies. When Cyborg told Bruce it has gone too far and must be deleted, the AI, sensing itself in danger, assimilated itself with Bruce, turning him into a robot version of Batman. After this, Batman killed the entire Justice League leaving Cyborg for last. Cyborg begged him not to become this "Murder Machine" and that there must be some humanity in him. The Murder Machine asked why would he ever want to be himan again and that he doesn't consider Thomas and Martha Wayne anymore, but Alfred. Or rather, the Alfred AI. And then he killed Cyborg by ripping his head and spinal cord out of his body.
** The Merciless' origin: A Batman who lost his girlfriend Wonder Woman to Ares. With revenge on his mind, he stole Ares' helmet and became the new God of War, killing him in the process. What he didn't know was that Wonder Woman wasn't killed, but knocked out. When she saw Batman wearing Ares' helmet and armour, she begged him to take it off only for hom to refuse. When she decided to fight him to get it off, he killed her.
** The Merciless' origin: A Batman who lost his girlfriend Wonder Woman to Ares. With revenge on his mind, he stole Ares' helmet and became the new God of War, killing him in the process. What he didn't know was that Wonder Woman wasn't killed, but knocked out. When she saw Batman wearing Ares' helmet and armour, she begged him to take it off only for hom to refuse. When she decided to fight him to get it off, he killed her.
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** The Murder Machine's origin: A Batman who was forced to watch Alfred die at the hands of Bane, he worked with Cyborg to create an Artificial Intelligence based on Alfred to protect him, mentor him and heal him. Unfortunately, the Alfred AI worked too well in its program to keep Bruce safe and began killing all of Batman's enemies. When Cyborg told Bruce it has gone too far and must be deleted, the AI, sensing itself in danger, assimilated itself with Bruce, turning him into a robot version of Batman.Batman capable of control over nanotechnology and the ability to create copies of himself. After this, Batman killed the entire Justice League leaving Cyborg for last. Cyborg begged him not to become this "Murder Machine" and that there must be some humanity in him. The Murder Machine asked why would he ever want to be himan human again and that he doesn't consider Thomas and Martha Wayne anymore, but Alfred. Or rather, the Alfred AI. And then he killed Cyborg by ripping his head and spinal cord out of his body.
** The Merciless' origin: A Batmanwho lost his whose girlfriend Wonder Woman to was killed by Ares. With revenge on his mind, he stole Ares' helmet and became the new God of War, killing him in the process. What he didn't know was that Wonder Woman wasn't killed, but knocked out. When she saw Batman wearing Ares' helmet and armour, she begged him to take it off only for hom him to refuse. When she decided to fight him to get it off, he killed her.
** The Merciless' origin: A Batman
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** The Merciless' origin: A Batman who lost his girlfriend Wonder Woman to Ares. With revenve on his mind, he stole Ares' helmet and became the new God of War, killing him in the process. What he didn't know was that Wonder Woman wasn't killed, but knocked out. When she saw Batman wearing Ares' helmet and armour, she begged him to take it off only for hom to refuse. When she decided to fight him to get it off, he killed her.
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** The Merciless' origin: A Batman who lost his girlfriend Wonder Woman to Ares. With revenve revenge on his mind, he stole Ares' helmet and became the new God of War, killing him in the process. What he didn't know was that Wonder Woman wasn't killed, but knocked out. When she saw Batman wearing Ares' helmet and armour, she begged him to take it off only for hom to refuse. When she decided to fight him to get it off, he killed her.
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** The Red Death's origin: A Batman who, after losing his entire family, kidnapped the Flash in an attempt to go back in time and save them. Flash tells him to stop, but Batman doesn't listen and straps him to the Batmobile and uses the Speed Force, but instead of going back in time, Batman and the Flash fused into a singular being with Flash trying to regain control but can't. The Red Death then learns to use the Speed Force to age people to death if he could, slaughtering all the world's enemies. And the Flash can only watch and beg Batman to stop.
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** The Murder Machine's origin: A Batman who was forced to watch Alfred die at the hands of Bane, he worked with Cyborg to create an Artificial Intelligence based on Alfred to protect him, mentor him and heal him. Unfortunately, the Alfred AI worked too well in its program to keep Bruce safe and began killing all of Batman's enemies. When Cyborg told Bruce it has gone too far and must be deleted, the AI, sensing itself in danger, assimilated itself with Bruce, turning him into a robot version of Batman. After this, Batman killed the entire Justice League leaving Cyborg for last. Cyborg begged him not to become this "Murder Machine" and that there must be some humanity in him. The Murder Machine asked why would he ever want to be himan again and that he doesn't consider Thomas and Martha Wayne anymore, but Alfred. Or rather, the Alfred AI. And then he killed Cyborg by ripping his head and spinal cord out of his body.
** The Merciless' origin: A Batman who lost his girlfriend Wonder Woman to Ares. With revenve on his mind, he stole Ares' helmet and became the new God of War, killing him in the process. What he didn't know was that Wonder Woman wasn't killed, but knocked out. When she saw Batman wearing Ares' helmet and armour, she begged him to take it off only for hom to refuse. When she decided to fight him to get it off, he killed her.
** The Devastator's origin: The Superman of his world suddenly became evil and began attackinv everything. Batman attempted to stop him with a Kryptonite spear, only to have his arm ripped off. With no choice and with all hope lost in his mind, Batman injected himself with the Doomsday virus, regenerating his arm and turning him into a Doomsday monster while keeping Bruce Wayne's mind. He kills Superman easily and then proceeds to infect everyone with the Doomsday virus, turning them into mindless Doomsday monsters.
** The Merciless' origin: A Batman who lost his girlfriend Wonder Woman to Ares. With revenve on his mind, he stole Ares' helmet and became the new God of War, killing him in the process. What he didn't know was that Wonder Woman wasn't killed, but knocked out. When she saw Batman wearing Ares' helmet and armour, she begged him to take it off only for hom to refuse. When she decided to fight him to get it off, he killed her.
** The Devastator's origin: The Superman of his world suddenly became evil and began attackinv everything. Batman attempted to stop him with a Kryptonite spear, only to have his arm ripped off. With no choice and with all hope lost in his mind, Batman injected himself with the Doomsday virus, regenerating his arm and turning him into a Doomsday monster while keeping Bruce Wayne's mind. He kills Superman easily and then proceeds to infect everyone with the Doomsday virus, turning them into mindless Doomsday monsters.
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** The Batman Who Laughs' origin: a Batman who did the one thing everyone wanted him to do: Kill the Joker. Unfortunately, this caused a special Joker toxin to be absorbed into him that changes his personality into that of the Joker's. What's one of the things he does when the transformation is beginning? He calls upon Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood and Red Robin to explain what has happened to him. They tell him they'll do everything in their power to save him. But then he reveals that the real reason he called them was because he knew they would be the first people to realize something different about him and alert the other heroes...something he cannot allow to happen. And then he guns them all down like dogs. Then we cut to a scene where ''all the Justice League except Superman are massacred! Not dead, massacred!'' And then he proceeds to kill Superman, Superboy and Lois Lane by exposing the former two with a special strain of Black Kryptonite, which mutates them into monsters and kill Lois before they die themselves. Oh, and he somehow "convinced" his version of Damian into becoming a Joker himself.
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** The Batman Who Laughs' origin: a Batman who did the one thing everyone wanted him to do: Kill the Joker. Unfortunately, this caused a special Joker toxin to be absorbed into him that changes his personality moral code into that of the Joker's.Joker's while keeping Bruce Wayne's orderly mind. What's one of the things he does when the transformation is beginning? He calls upon Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood and Red Robin to explain what has happened to him. They tell him they'll do everything in their power to save him. But then he reveals that the real reason he called them was because he knew they would be the first people to realize something different about him and alert the other heroes...something he cannot allow to happen. And then he guns them all down like dogs. Then we cut to a scene where ''all the Justice League except Superman are massacred! Not dead, massacred!'' And then he proceeds to kill Superman, Superboy and Lois Lane by exposing the former two with a special strain of Black Kryptonite, which mutates them into monsters and kill Lois before they die themselves. Oh, and he somehow "convinced" his version of Damian into becoming a Joker himself.
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** Scott Snyder co-writing has divided fans. While some who liked his Batman run are looking forward to the story, others are disappointed that Snyder is doing another Batman story and want someone else doing this instead. Others, who ''are'' Sndyer fans, would have preferred he instead write another ongoing and moved on from Batman. And then there are others who just don't want the story at all and would've preferred it not hijack other series.
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** Scott Snyder co-writing has divided fans. While some who liked his Batman run are looking forward to the story, others are disappointed that Snyder is doing another Batman story and want someone else doing this instead. Others, who ''are'' Sndyer fans, would have preferred he instead write another ongoing and moved on from Batman. And then there are others who just don't want the story at all and would've preferred it not hijack other series.
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** The Dawnbreaker crosses it when he murders his world's Jim Gordon just for calling him out on his unnecessarily violent deeds, which is what makes him cross the line from UnscrupulousHero to a straight-up villain.
** The Red Death got his powers by [[spoiler: forcibly merging himself with the Flash whose screaming at him to stop while both are ripped apart by the Speed Force. It’s also implied Batman murdered all the Rogues to get their tech to fight the Flash.]]
** The Red Death got his powers by [[spoiler: forcibly merging himself with the Flash whose screaming at him to stop while both are ripped apart by the Speed Force. It’s also implied Batman murdered all the Rogues to get their tech to fight the Flash.]]
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** The Dawnbreaker crosses it when he murders his world's Jim Gordon just for calling him out on his unnecessarily violent deeds, deeds (something he is also implied to have done to his Earth's Harvey Bullock), which is what makes him cross the line from UnscrupulousHero to a straight-up villain.
** The Red Death got his powers by[[spoiler: forcibly [[spoiler:forcibly merging himself with the Flash whose who is screaming at him to stop while both are ripped apart by the Speed Force. It’s also implied Batman murdered all the Rogues to get their tech to fight the Flash.]]
** The Red Death got his powers by
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** The Drowned's origin: Bryce Wayne, a gender bent Bruce Wayne, gets her lover, Sylvester Kyle (the gender bent Catwoman) killed by metahumans, resulting in Bryce becoming a racist towards all metahumans and goes on a rampage killing them all. When the Atlanteans tried to make a peace treaty, Bryce killed them too, resulting in a war starting. Bryce then painfully experiments on herself to give herself metahuman powers, resulting in her gaining not only Atlantean abilities, but also the ability to corrupt anything she comes into contact with into zombie monsters.
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** The Drowned's origin: Bryce Wayne, a gender bent Bruce Wayne, gets her lover, Sylvester Kyle (the gender bent Catwoman) killed by metahumans, resulting in Bryce becoming a racist towards all metahumans and goes on a rampage killing them all. When the Atlanteans tried to make a peace treaty, Bryce killed them too, resulting in a war starting. Bryce then painfully experiments on herself to give herself metahuman powers, resulting in her gaining not only Atlantean abilities, but also the ability to corrupt anything she comes into contact with into zombie monsters.aquatic monsters.
* OneSceneWonder: Starro only gets one scene in Issue 4, and is then defeated off-panel in Issue 5. Despite this, the reworking of his character was funny enough to make him an EnsembleDarkhorse.
* OneSceneWonder: Starro only gets one scene in Issue 4, and is then defeated off-panel in Issue 5. Despite this, the reworking of his character was funny enough to make him an EnsembleDarkhorse.
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** The Batman Who Laughs' origin: a Batman who did the one thing everyone wanted him to do: Kill the Joker. Unfortunately, this caused a special Joker toxin to be absorbed into him that changes his personality into that of the Joker's. What's one of the things he does when the transformation is beginning? He calls upon Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood and Red Robin to explain what has happened to him. They tell him they'll do everything in their power to save him. But then he reveals that the real reason he called them was because he knew they would be the first people to realize something different about him and alert the other heroes...something he cannot allow to happen. And then he guns them all down like dogs. Then we cut to a scene where ''all the Justice League except Superman are massacred! Not dead, massacred!'' And then he proceeds to kill Superman, Superboy and Lois Lane by exposing the former two with Black Kryptonite, which mutates them into monsters and kill Lois before they die themselves. Oh, and he somehow "convinced" his version of Damian into becoming a Joker himself.
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** The Batman Who Laughs' origin: a Batman who did the one thing everyone wanted him to do: Kill the Joker. Unfortunately, this caused a special Joker toxin to be absorbed into him that changes his personality into that of the Joker's. What's one of the things he does when the transformation is beginning? He calls upon Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood and Red Robin to explain what has happened to him. They tell him they'll do everything in their power to save him. But then he reveals that the real reason he called them was because he knew they would be the first people to realize something different about him and alert the other heroes...something he cannot allow to happen. And then he guns them all down like dogs. Then we cut to a scene where ''all the Justice League except Superman are massacred! Not dead, massacred!'' And then he proceeds to kill Superman, Superboy and Lois Lane by exposing the former two with a special strain of Black Kryptonite, which mutates them into monsters and kill Lois before they die themselves. Oh, and he somehow "convinced" his version of Damian into becoming a Joker himself.
