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word of advice ! pamperer ahead forWonder Woman # 4!OnlyRobinhas a secret big businessman that allows him to deal with somethingSupermannever could . A glimpse into the future shows Damian Wayne and Jonathan Kent looking afterWonder Woman ’s girl Trinityonly for her to shine dupe to the insidious Black Mercy . Fortunately , Robin ’s got a limited power that render the malign plant inert .
InWonder Woman # 4’sbackup tale , " World ’s Finest Part 2 " by Tom King and Belen Ortega , Damian and Jon arein serious trouble when they discover Trinity has amount into contact with the Black Mercy . While the duo argues over whose faulting this is , trio imagines fight the two in armed combat .
Knowing that a Black Mercy feeds on positive feelings and that Damian has few of those , Jon comes up with a plan : He hasDamian take hold of the Black Mercyand pull him ( basically using Robin like a couple of gloves ) . After a abbreviated battle , the two manage to free their Quaker from the Mercy ’s grip .
Robin’s Negativity Beat the Plant That Once Trapped Superman
Fans may recall the Black Mercy from the Graeco-Roman story " For the human beings Who Has Everything " inSuperman Annual # 11 . The story saw the foreign autocrat Mongul apply his malign plant to trammel the Man of Steel in a fantasy world . Batman freed Superman from the Black Mercy , only to fall under the works ’s influence himself . It was n’t until Robin Jason Todd used Mongul ’s gauntlets to absent and contain the Black Mercy that the threat to the heroes passed . Since then , the Black Mercy has remain a recurring threat in the DC Universe and has frame otherpowerful hero like Green Lantern and Supergirl .
Most people who encounter a Black Mercy would n’t dare consider touching one without any sorting of protection . But as Jon points out , Damian does n’t outwardly exhibit the things that pull in Black Mercies . It ’s not that Robindoesn’tfeel convinced emotion like happiness or hope , it ’s just that his electronegativity masks it enough to disarm the psychic plant . Someone like Superman obviously never had a chance of not being trapped by the Black Mercy since he ’s one of the most exuberant citizenry in the DC Universe . ButDamian ’s cynicism gave him an advantagethat help him invalidate one of the worst destiny that ever befell Superman .
Robin’s Cynicism is Just as Useful as Superman’s Hope
Sure , Robin ’s not exactly a happy - go - lucky kind of guy , but in this instance , that ’s exactly what was needed . Superman might be able to move planets , but his , and other similar hoagy ' optimism is what arrive at them mark for something as sinister as the Black Mercy . But Damian ’s outward expression of glumness offset that just enough so that the flora does n’t even cross-file him as a threat or victim . While it ’s a very specific circumstance , Robin’shidden ' power ' helped him entirely forefend something that once have the better ofSuperman .
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