Summary

Warning ! contain spoiler For Outsiders # 3!Batmanis doubtless one of the most popular type to ever exist in the risible account book sensitive , and this popularity signify more tarradiddle are made about him than most other characters . Now , one scoundrel is call in out Batman for becoming a " narrative virus " that will eventually ruin the DC Universe .

Outsiders#3 – by Jackson Lanzing , Collin Kelly , Robert Carey , Valentina Taddeo , and Tom Napolitano – continues the story of Kate Kane and Luke Fox , who have started a new version of The Outsiders to investigate the dreary mysteries around the DC Universe .

In this issue , readers are shown a unusual villain , who been pulling the Outsiders strings so far in the series ; the mysterious raw resister refers to Batman as a " narrative virus , " a news report that consume everything he touches , a sentiment shared by the Final Knight variant of Duke Thomas , who plays a polar theatrical role in the issue as well .

Featured Image: Close up of the Joker, as Batman, laughing maniacally

There are tons of interlingual rendition of Joker across the Multiverse , and almost all of them are malign , but the unexampled smile Bat is Joker at his most epic .

A Mysterious Villain Remarks On Batman’s Popularity

One of the first mystery that they investigate is a serial publication of mysterious coordinates that bringthe Outsiders into the Batman dimension . It ’s here that Luke and Kate see a proportion where various batman meet in their subconscious mind to discourse plans and better their criminal offence - fighting ability . Batman is an absurdly popular risible Scripture character , and as a outcome , he dominate much of DC ’s publication slate . He ’s often used to sell books or getting citizenry interested in him . He ’s drink down up in places likeThe Questionand several other place to assist boost a book ’s initial sales . While this is a well - love tactic DC utilize , it ’s never really been address in - universe , until now .

Both Duke Thomas andOutsidersnew orphic villain agree that Batman infects multitude with his ideals , have them to join his narrative , and doing this may very well lead to the ending of the world . Duke originates from DC’sDark Nights : Metalevent . This story saw Batman as the focal point for thedark god Barbatostrying to enter the DC Multiverse . In one reality , Barbatos succeeds and destroys everything , as witnessed by the Final Knight version of Duke Thomas . There are several other realities where Batman becomes a substantial threat as well , such as theBloodstormuniverse , or his transmutation intothe Murder Machine .

Kate Kane Has Already Been Infected By Batman

However this is n’t just limited to Batman , even the people he ’s " infected " have terminate up causing tons of problems , such as Damian Wayne becoming a demonic Batman inBatman : 666,or Nightwing end the macrocosm of superheroes inNightwing : The New Order . Batman has recruited oodles of citizenry into his crusade over the old age , and in some alternate universes , these masses terminate up destroy the reality because of the training Batman gave them . This is see across several population , such asDC vs Vampires . So , whileBatmanis one of DC ’s great paladin , his popularity might also be a nett negative for everyone involve .

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Outsiders # 3 ( 2023 )

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Duke Thomas Blames Batman For Ruining Everything

Someone Calls Batman A Narrative Virus

Kate Kane Is Infected By Bats

Luke Fox, Batwoman, and Drummer walk through an M.C. Escher landscape of twisting, impossible staircases as Batman after Batman wanders through the spaces around them.

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