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word of advice ! Contains Spoilers For Batman and Robin # 4 !
Many of the enemy confront byBatmanandRobinover the long time have spent time as heroical , or at least anti - heroic characters , making it all the more tragic when they return to their nefarious ways – as late pass off with Man - Bat , a Gotham scalawag antecedently thought dead , who returned not only to life , but with a young , more concise alias : the Bat .
Batman and Robin#4 – by Joshua Williamson , Mikel Janin , Simone Di Meo , Jeromy Cox , Romulo Fajardo Jr , and Steve Wands – featured Man - Bat ’s shocking return , revealing his new sobriquet in the process . In the yield , Batman and Robin have been attacked and manipulated by a shadowed unexampled baddie named Shush , but it does n’t seem like Shush is the one draw the strings .
As Batman and Robin force further and further into the enigma , they are confronted by Kirk Langstrom , Man - Bat , who has seemingly revived after being killed . Kirk explains that he has pump his eubstance full of so many chemicals over the years that he no longer has to worry about death .
Batman has one of the greatest rogues gallery in all comic books , but with a rogues gallery so large , it ’s expected to leave a few here or there .
Man-Bat Reveals That He Can’t Be Truly Killed
Man - Bat has long been one of Batman ’s most tragic rogues . Man - Bat never intend to become a baddie , he but wanted to receive a cure for hearing loss , but this resulted in him unintentionally turn himself into a giant bat , subsequently rampaging across Gotham . Kirk would later regain his human sensory faculty and be able-bodied to use his Man - Bat persona to fight for good , which he did inJustice League Dark , and as one of Batman ’s allies at meter . Unfortunately , Man - Bat was killed in a heroic sacrificeand his tale seemed to end there . But not only is world - Bat back in Gotham City , he ’s convey a new name and ostensibly a newfangled outlook on aliveness .
Man - Bat first appeared in 1970’sDetective Comics#400 . He was created by Julius Schwartz , Frank Robbins , and Neal Adams .
Man - Bat has shortened his name to " the Bat , " claiming that Batman has corrupted Gotham , and that only one genuine Bat can save the city . The Bat has turnedBatman ’s symbol against himand is intent on taking both Batman and Robin out of the picture , so he can " save " Gotham City . It ’s not exactly clear what The Bat think to save Gotham from , or even how , but considering that the Bat seems to be a far dark variant of the Man - Bat he used to be , it ’s likely not plump to be pretty for anyone imply . Kirk Langstrom is an expert scientist , and his Man - Bat serum has caused issues for decades . result to his own devices , he could easily come up with something far worse .
Kirk Langstrom’s New Incarnation Promises A New Level Of Antagonism
plenteousness of Batman ’s villains have tried to be fighter in the decennium they ’ve been in Gotham City , but almost none of them did it as well as Kirk Langstrom . InJustice League Dark , Kirk helped save the world from the Upside - Down Man . He has been a military force for good for a long prison term now , which is why his return to villainy is so shocking to farseeing - timeBatmanreaders . Even more concerning is the fact the Bat posit that Kirk Langstrom is hold up eternally , meaningBatmanmight just have to fight this new scoundrel with no hope of redemption for his old friend .
Batman and Robin # 4is on sale now from DC Comics !
