Line #11 YMMV/TalesFromTheDarkMultiverse


1	* CatharsisFactor: For those sick of The Batman Who Laughs's overexposure and him somehow managing to be forty steps ahead of everyone while being a smug bastard, they'll be pleased by the ''Dark Nights: Metal'' issue having him still be a smug bastard, [[SmugSnake but letting this get the better of him, leading to him getting outsmarted by a basic ruse and incinerated by a Joker Dragon.]]
2	* CompleteMonster: See [[Monster/TheDCU here]].
3	* ContinuityLockout:
4	** ''[[ComicBook/TheJudasContract Teen Titans: The Judas Contract]]'' is very accurate to the original story, but also assumes the audience is equally familiar and thus makes the original required reading to understand it fully.
5	** Unless you're familiar with ''ComicBook/LastDaysOfTheJusticeSociety'', you'll be completely confused as to why the Dark Multiverse take on ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' is entirely focused on a battle with a figure from Myth/NorseMythology.
6	* HilariousInHindsight: ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' opens with Barry Allen dying in a failed attempt to restore his powers by Thomas Wayne. In the miniseries ''ComicBook/FlashpointBeyond'', a sequel to the event the one-shot was based on, [[spoiler:the Flashpoint timeline's Barry suffers the exact same fate when a sniper tries to kill Thomas]].
7	* MagnificentBastard:
8	** ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' retelling: [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]], known here as [[GeniusCripple Batman the Broken]], proves himself to be far more competent that everyone expects from him. After being reduced to a head and torso by [[ComicBook/{{Azrael}} Saint Batman]], Bruce refuses to give him the validation he seeks, instead calmly explaining why he is doomed to fail in his goal. Upon being rescued by Tourne and Lady Shiva, Bruce attacks the former Batcave with them, tricking one of Jean-Paul's CoDragons into killing the other before killing him himself. When Jean-Paul is defeated, Bruce reveals that he's come to realize that he can't save Gotham through the methods he previously tried and kills his two allies on the spot, going on to publicly display Jean-Paul's body so he can begin [[WellIntentionedExtremist rebuilding Gotham from the ground up]].
9	** ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'' retelling: [[BestServedCold Batman the Silenced]], real name [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]], upon learning that [[EvilFormerFriend Thomas Elliot]] orchestrated the death of his parents and the downfall of his family, decided to enact his revenge. After Thomas imprisoned him in a mental asylum, Bruce hired [[ComicBook/TheJoker Jack Napier]] to help him pretend to be dead, after which he dressed as a Bat and hunted down people who had any hand in the corruption of Gotham and the fall of his family. Stalking and [[MindRape tormenting Thomas]] through the story, Bruce lured him to the abandoned Wayne Manor and dragged him to his basement, where he kept his foes in inhumane conditions, and revealed that he knows Thomas' involvement in the death of his parents. Making Thomas suffer for his sins, Bruce ended up victorious, with the ownership of Wayne Industries going to Alfred, who is loyal to him, and Court of Owls being unable to beat him.
10	* UnexpectedCharacter:
11	** More of an unexpected ''story'', but the ''War of the Gods'' story is much less high-profile than other stories featured in the oneshots, which tended to be universe-shattering events or key character moments.

Context YMMV / TalesFromTheDarkMultiverse