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Warning ! Spoilers ahead for Batman # 141!All ofBatman’sgadgets and thingumabob might be impressive , but they are n’t the greatest plus he has to his name . After calendar month of struggling , the Dark Knight is take on his sinister backup personality , the Batman of Zur - En - Arrh . And despite the groovy challenge ahead of him , Bruce Wayne has one advantage that may ultimately spell victory for him .
InBatman # 141by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiminez , Batman has been take hostageby the Batman of Zur - En - Arrh , his life-threatening backup personality . Nowinhabiting Failsafe ’s automatonlike body , Zur - En - Arrh contribute Bruce the opportunity to hit the sack , but Bruce opts to end Zur - En - Arrh ’s sovereignty of terror .
Batman manages to put some distance between himself and Zur - En - Arrh and formulates a plan of attack in his opponent ’s shop . Bruce pull a fast one on Zur - En - Arrh into walking into the shop and triggers an blowup . The Caped Crusader notes that Zur - En - Arrh may be invulnerable , but that makes him sloppy . Batman , however , is all too aware of his limitation as a human being , which keeps Bruce conservative and ever - prepared .
Batman’s Mortality is What Makes Him Great at What He Does
The last several months of Batman ’s life have been one high - octane thrill ride to the next . Ever since Batman give back from traveling the multiverse , he ’s been slow influenced by the Batman of Zur - En - Arrh , make him much more dangerous and irregular . After " Gotham War " came to an final stage , Bruce break up his ties to the Bat - Family and venture on a novel foreign mission : To last put a plosive consonant to the Joker . However , that adventure ended with Zur - En - Arrh assume control of Batman ’s trunk . Bruce managed to get control back , but by the time he come alive , Zur - En - Arrh hadtransferred his consciousness to Failsafe ’s body .
There are a lot of things that make Batman an telling hero . His preparation , his relentless decision , and , of course , his amazing memory cache of toys . But Zur - En - Arrh has all those same things . But now that Zur - En - Arrh is dwell a machinelike body that is impervious to pain , damage , or potentially even death , he ’s lacking a central part of who Batman is . Bruce has always been cognisant that so much as one bullet could end everything for him . But that noesis has kept him base during his superhero career . Zur - En - Arrh may have the upper hand for now , but without the menace of deathrate hanging over his chief , Batman is truss to ultimately beat him .
Zur-En-Arrh Lacks What Makes Batman Truly Effective
Zur - E - Arrh might be ahead properly now , but it does n’t make what Bruce allege any less reliable . Batman ’s effectiveness only work when he has his deathrate in the back of his mind . Without the risk of death , what incentive does Zur - En - Arrh have to be careful ? Bruce thrives in dangerous situations and his will to hold up motivates him to really think outside the box and come in up with the most cunning ways of beating his enemies . Yes , Bruce turn a loss this fight to his more graceful foe . But something like Zur - En - Arrh ca n’t keep winning without having the thing that makesBatmantruly special .
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