Summary

Warning ! hold Spoilers For Batman # 141!Batmanis known for his crimefighting gadgets – and one villain thinks the Caped Crusader ’s over - trust on engineering science could inadvertently pass to the conclusion of the world . The villain Failsafe , in its own right a creative activity of Batman ’s throw out of kilter back - up personality Zur - En - Arrh , could be perhaps in the best post of anyone in the DC Universe to fence that Bruce Wayne ’s technology poses a threat to civilisation .

Whether it ’s Bat - shark repellent or rocket - propelled at-bat ears , Bruce Wayne always has a gadget to fall back on . However , this trust on applied science could become a major threat in its own right , as Batman ’s backup personality , Zur - En - Arrh , note inBatman#141 .

Batman#141 – by Chip Zdarsky , Jorge Jimenez , Tomeu Morey , and Clayton Cowles – finds the Caped Crusader currently fighting the android Zur - En - Arrh , after the personality isembodied in the android Failsafe ’s strain .

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While hunting down Batman , Zur calls out Bruce ’s propensity for relying on convenience , suggest to his prey:“you’ll finally succumb to your technology , becoming me in the process . " While many readers might initially write this off as Zur simply taunting Batman , it has actually been testify in one dark universe that Batman ’s love life of applied science and gizmo could in fact bring about the end of the world .

In the latest issue of DC Comics ' Batman , Bruce Wayne ’s Dark Knight finally converge his mates with a enemy no amount of preparation time will be able to tucker .

Zur-En-Arrh States Batman’s Tech Will Be His Undoing

Whether it’sBat - shark repellentor skyrocket - propelled bat spike , Bruce Wayne always has a gizmo to fall back on . However , this trust on applied science could become a major threat in its own right , as Batman ’s backup personality , Zur - En - Arrh , mark inBatman#141 . It was Zur - En - Arrh that created the android Failsafe , which has become a pregnant threat in the DC Universe . At one point , it easily conquered Gotham City , defeating the entire Justice League in the summons . Failsafe was design by Batman , to be used against Batman – and the result was a devastating new opposer far beyond the Dark Knight ’s own power level .

There is further precedent for Zur - En - Arrh ’s commentary inBatman#141 . In one of the many worlds in the Dark Multiverse , Batman ended up becoming the Murder automobile . The Murder Machine was a sinewy cyborg , bear when an AI that Bruce based on the deceased Alfred Pennyworth went rogue pick out over Batman ’s physical body . InAll - Star Batman , Alfred cite the fact he ’s aware of plans Batman has to recreate him as an AI if he should ever snuff it . This is the exact same event that eventually led Batman to become the Murder Machine . Left to his own devices , Batman ’s aptitude for creating might very well precede him to finish the Earth .

Batman Might Eventually Become The Murder Machine

Batman isknown for his gadgetsand his contingency plan , but time and time again , these gadgets have gone out of control . When Batman could n’t permit go of Alfred , he ended up being transformed into the Murder Machine , becoming a dupe of the AI he make . When Batman ’s trustfulness in the Justice League was shattered , he createdBrother Eye , which eventually tried to take over the Earth . Now , Batman has created the android Failsafe , which has put the animation of him and the Justice League at risk of infection . As Failsafe points out , eventually , Batman’sreliance on gismo might convey about the end of himself or the end of the world .

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Batman # 141

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Featured Image: Batman (foreground) looking determined, as ever, with the ambiguous figure of the android Failsafe looming behind him against a firey backdrop

Batman #141, Batman stumbles into an old wood shed and thinks, “So this is where I’ll make my final stand”

Batman #141, Zur-En-Arrh, as the android Failsafe, tries to bait Batman into exposing himself by taunting his reliance on technology

Batman as the Murder Machine (left) and AI Alfred Pennyworth (right), from DC’s Dark Multiverse

Cover for Batman #141 (by Jorge Jimenez) featuring a split image of Batman in his classic costume (left) and his villainous Zur-En-Arrh personality in purple and yellow (right)

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