DC is home to the "World's Greatest Super Heroes," including SUPERMAN, BATMAN, WONDER WOMAN, GREEN LANTERN, THE FLASH, AQUAMAN and more. Damian pursues Deathstroke and attempts to kill him, but the Titans again intervene. They too had chosen targets that they must hunt down in order to ascend to the League. Deadman then possesses and leaves Damian's body, subsequently passing his knowledge of the attack of the Black Lanterns onto him. I'm either your partner in this or I'm not. Damian, as a preadolescent, was left by his mother in the care of his father, who had been unaware of his existence. In turn, the character is revealed to have originally been intended to "kill and replace his famous father,"[13] as well as serving as a host body for Ra's al Ghul,[14][15] thus, in theory, unifying the Wayne and Demon factions as intended by the al Ghuls. As the Dynamic Duo, they faced new threats such as Doctor Hurt, Professor Pyg and Flamingo.[2]. Dick suggests changing the hit list password to Cousin Oliver, as Damian has little to no interest in pop culture references and would never guess it. Following this, various alternate universe stories dealt with the character's life, giving him various names. Minutes after Damian's death, Batman arrives and sees Damian's dead body. "There is no Child in the world like Damian Wayne" -Batman/Bruce Wayne[src] Damian Wayne is the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul and the grandson of Ra's al Ghul, the founder and former leader of the League of Assassins. Damian passes out from Joker venom and Batman is revealed to be a fake; as Damian recovers from the toxin, the Joker presents him with a cloche. [10], Batman and Robin began working together against Damian's mother Talia al Ghul, revealed as the head of Leviathan. [20] After the events of Batman R.I.P. If Damian did not retire, his actions would lead to a plague that would force the President to nuke Gotham. [41] However, the Clown Prince of Crime's apparent helplessness is revealed to be another ruse and he incapacitates Damian with his hidden Joker venom. [23] He was later unwillingly recruited by Damian to help him investigate a series of break-ins at LexCorp. Damian has a strong love for animals. Morrison, Grant. At this, Tim realizes that Damian is indeed Bruce's son, and exclaims "The son of Satan is my brother?"[29]. [63], After Batman and Frankenstein locate Ra's and the bodies, they are too late as Ra's has successfully had them placed in a Lazarus Pit, leaving Batman in dread of Damian's fate. [81], In this book, Robin teams up with Superman's ten-year-old son Jonathan Kent, who he befriended previously during a test facilitated by Batman and Superman. Damian also leaves a note for the Teen Titans, which contains a set of coordinates leading them into a meeting with Nightwing. During the tournament, he discovers that the host of the tournament is his paternal great grandmother, Ruh al Ghul, who was imprisoned on this island by her son, Ra's al Ghul. Dick notes that his name is not on the list and Tim asserts it is because Dick is the only one who Tim trusts implicitly. [91], This event concludes with Shadow War between The League of Assassins and Deathstroke Inc, which ends with Talia killing Slade in a one-on-one battle, but shortly afterward the Deathstroke imposter reveals himself to be Geo-Force, who plotted this whole war in hope of having both Slade and Talia killing each other. That I was groomed to be a new body for my grandfather so that he may sidestep death and continue his mission to reduce the swollen population of the Earth." After stealing Jason Todd's Robin tunic and mask from his memorial case, Damian's unofficial appearance as Robin was wearing them over his black and white League of Assassins bodysuit with a grayish hood and cape. [3] Damian began showing restraint, which Bruce commended, although Alfred still criticized him for not being supportive enough. Batman and Ra's go in search of the fountain, leaving Tim, Damian, Nightwing, Alfred, and Talia to battle the Sensei. However their lack of teamwork and animosity toward each other caused them to fail every challenge. [17] He flew his exo-skeleton into the center of the battle, where Leviathan had taken over Wayne Tower. However, Damian's badly injured body requires transplants of harvested organs, which his mother orders her physicians to carry out. After Tim leaves, Damian starts engaging in chess games with Hush, visiting him secretly against Dick's orders. His size makes perfect sense with his acrobatic background. The solicitation for Truth and Justice mentions a birthday party for him, but all of that is irrevelant because the story is out of continuity. While searching for a tree for Christmas,[20] Jonathan Samuel Kent accidentally torched some woodlands near a swamp in Hamilton. [44] Although Wonder Girl objects to this decision, Grayson convinces her to let Damian stay on the team as he needs Damian to learn that he can trust others not to betray him, only for his temper to jeopardize his first mission with the team when he attacks an opponent just after Raven had convinced him to calm down, provoking their new foe into starting his wave of destruction again. . "It's true that I was gestated in a laboratory. Damian berates Black bat and mocks her for being sent to Hong Kong by his father, but she ultimately saves his life by rescuing him from the exploding Iceberg Lounge. On his 13th birthday Damian was sent a package by his grandfather Ra's al Ghul, which contained a dead robin. Though the two were originally contentious of one another, they bonded closely, forming a brotherly relationship. Dick is probably the most normally built person in the Bat-Fam. Bruce tried teaching Damian, still a cold-hearted assassin, about the sanctity of life, but had trouble relating with his son. Alfred Pennyworth got him a cat to take care of, who he also named Alfred. [53] Unwilling to kill his father, Damian chooses death, but the Joker kills Batman before he can deal a fatal blow. Alfred says Bruce intended to tell him the results when the time was right. [13] This allowed him to team up with Jason Todd, who was using the Wingman identity. The two young adults fell for each other and, after a brief fling, they conceived a child. Near the end of the episode. By Justin Epps. exceptional martial artist, trained assassin, brilliant deductive skills, intelligence, gymnastic ability. "Tim Drake. [42] Despite Bruce's parental responsibilities to Damian, he decides that he prefers Damian to continue working with Dick (who maintains the Batman mantle and whom Bruce sees as a positive role model for his son) rather than being with himself primarily, due to his plans with Batman Inc.[43], Damian joins the Teen Titans when Dick Grayson concludes that the team needs a Robin, while also feeling that Damian would benefit from the friendship of other heroes, having progressed to the point where he can be trusted not to kill if left 'unsupervised'. He is violent, self-important, and was trained by the League of Assassins, learning to kill at a young age, which troubles the relationship with his father who refuses to kill. Ours is a love story remember? Arrogant, cold and undeniably lethal, Damian found the transition from the unforgiving world of the League to Batmans staunch moral code to be a long and trying process, but a worthwhile one, as Damian ultimately proved himself worthy of becoming Robin at his fathers side. [9], Though deeply shaken by the killing, Bruce reacted with compassion rather than anger. Victor Zsasz defeats Robin and rescues Black Mask while Dick takes down Firefly. After reading the letter written by his father from an alternate timeline, the Dark Knight decides that it is time to take steps to put his past behind him. While their fathers were discussing the lab tests that Damian had performed on Jon, the two boys went off to look at Damian's pets. Despite his intense training to become a remorseless assassin, Damian was sympathetic to his father's vigilantism in Gotham and volunteered to become his next sidekick. Damian and Dick then attack Firefly, who is attempting to kill Black Mask. Beginning of comic. [83] Changes made to Jon's character make the future of this team uncertain. However, Talia later kills the Heretic for his failure to kill Batman and challenges Batman to a duel to the death in the Batcave. [4] Bruce bought Damian a dog named Titus. "Your admirable mind has reasoned all save the obvious that my darling Talia loves you! Damian decides to collect the other Demon's Fist's targets to form the new Teen Titans; this includes Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven and Kid Flash. DCComics.com: Welcome to the Official Site for DC. The two are stopped by Dick Grayson as Batman, who chastises them both for fighting in front of the theater where Batman was born. This leads to a new version of the Titans forming, consisting of Nightwing, Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy, Troia, Crush, Roundhouse, Red Arrow, and Kid Flash. Dick does join to save Damian and end the war. Grayson uses the weapon to cryogenically suspend himself and Tim, forcing the Black Lanterns to retreat as they are unable to read any sign of life of them. -- Damian Wayne (Prime Earth) I'm not like Tim, or Jason, or even Dick. Upon returning to Gotham, Damian tells Dick that even though he had been brought to the Titans to find friends, he did not need to, as he already had one, Grayson himself. Talia and Bruce's son joins the Brotherhood in his father's costume, to destroy it from within.[23]. The final issue of 52 (2008) designates the Kingdom Come alternate universe as Earth-22, thus making the Ibn al Xu'ffasch version part of the DC Multiverse. Batgirl. Damian is killed battling a brutal enemy, the Heretic (an adult Damian clone) in issue number 8 of the second volume of the Batman, Inc. comic book, which went on sale February 27, 2013. Nevertheless, Grayson would be awarded for redeeming Damian. Damian is quite shaken by the sight of the bones of his family. Talia is able to save her son from his fate at the last minute. It also allows Damian to naturally age instead of grown in a lab, as he was born when Bruce was 29. An adult version of Damian Wayne appears in, Damian Wayne makes his television debut in the, Damian is the current Robin in the adult animated series, A Feudal Japan version of Robin appears in the anime film, Damian Wayne makes a non-speaking appearance in, Damian Wayne makes his final appearance in the, Damian Wayne appears in one of the alternate storylines of the, Damian Wayne appears in the animated film, Damian Wayne will appear as Robin in the live-action, Damian Wayne appears as a summonable character in, Damian Wayne appears as a playable character in, Damian Wayne was supposed to make his debut in the, Damian also appears as a playable character in, This page was last edited on 18 February 2023, at 20:37. [74] However, what Damian does not tell his teammates is that a deep cellar of the Titans' headquarters, a former juvenile detention facility, serves him as a secret dungeon to lock away the most dangerous criminals he captures for good, including Deathstroke, Gizmo, Brother Blood, Black Mask, and Atomic Skull.[75]. Despite becoming Robin to Grayson's Batman, Damian reveals that he cares little for his older brother and has no respect for him as Batman and that the latter would have to earn it. References in current continuity have been made to the future of Bruce and Talia's son. On the way to the cave, Dick's body is possessed by Deadman, at whom Damian lashes out in confusion. It's not often that something takes Batman by surprise. He is raised by his mother Talia al Ghul and the League of Assassins. However, the Heretic eventually gains the upper hand and impales Damian through the chest, the sword piercing Damian's heart and resulting in Damian dying almost instantly. He may be the most violent Robin, but even Damian Wayne has moments of humanity that shine . Nightwing. Narration by Damian Wayne via introductory pages of the comic book. He'll probably be heavier than Jason, and taller than Bruce in his prime. Around fifteen minutes into the film. Damian Wayne is the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul. Damian's second year as Robin begins when he initiates a fight against his predecessor Red Robin. The only occupant of the ambulance was the Joker. Damian makes a full recovery.[28]. Damian flees to alert Batman but is pursued by his evil grandfather. Although this relationship is further strained when Damian seemingly leaves Wayne Manor to join the villain Nobody, it turns out this was a ruse by Damian to bring down Nobody. Damian became the fifth Robin, working alongside his father as Batman. Damian Wayne Was Never Heartless, & Batman's Death Proves It. Damian became the fifth Robin, working alongside his father as Batman. Ra's even sent the clone to murder his own daughter. That is now proven beyond any doubt. He's now 19. This resulted in another argument and a short fight, before Alfred arrived. Nearly a month ago, the world said goodbye to Damian Wayne - son of Batman and the latest character to hold the mantle of Robin. [69], However, before the team can celebrate, the Boom Tube used to return to Earth was not closed and Darkseid's son Kalibak arrives and attacks the team. & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Damian_Wayne&oldid=1140173963, DC Comics characters with accelerated healing, Fictional genetically engineered characters, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from August 2017, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Trained computer scientist and security hacker, Uses high-tech equipment and weapons (similar to, Damian Wayne is also featured in the prequel comic to the game. After defeating Damian's half-aquatic clones with Aquaman, Batman seeks Wonder Woman's help in chasing Ra's to Themyscira. Damian Wayne, otherwise known to the world as Robin, the Boy Wonder, was the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul. This earns him Djinn's trust, which gradually begins to turn into a mutual romantic attraction. Elaborating his plan in transferring his consciousness into Bruce's. They worked together with Batman Incorporated to take down the League of Assassins' top killers. With Batman facing two choices of whether to resurrect Damian or his parents, he chooses his son, granting Damian's true resurrection. When Damian regained consciousness, they talked about how difficult it is for Damian to adjust from the life of an assassin. He was the optimum man You and your detective will yield the ultimate child. [47], When Blackbat, Stephanie Brown's predecessor, returns to Gotham, she and Damian are partnered together during a stake-out to catch the Architect, a new villain obsessed with destroying Gotham landmarks. With Superman's and Batman's permission, the two boys would be allowed to go on their own, provided that they would do so together. while at the Tropic of Cancer, Damian's mother, Talia al Ghul, drugged Bruce Wayne and, several months later, Damian was born. Ra's al Ghul, while in Talia's body, to Bruce Wayne. Near the end of the comic. In the aftermath, Robin forms an unlikely partnership with his mother Talia. Damian Wayne is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman. Damian and Bruce arrive shortly soon and help Talia defeat Geo-Force, with Damian managing to convince his mother to not kill Geo-Force afterward because his grandfather believed that their family could be better than this. Damian (as Robin) is then seen teaming up with Dick and Alfred to begin their own search for Bruce Wayne. 3 #22 (2009) reveals that he would eventually marry Nightstar with whom he would have a daughter and son, and his family has inherited the Wayne Estates after Batman's death. March 5th, 2013. League of Assassins memberThis character is or was a member of the League of Assassins, a international organization of the world's greatest killers, operating both for hire and their own agenda, in any of its various incarnations. "Assassins plan to take over Ra's' organization led by a man who Father believes could be his successor, until my father became aware of you." Damian is also a capable businessman despite his young age, being involved with Wayne Enterprises and its board members. He particularly clashes with Tim Drake, who he wants to replace as. He had also stolen the Amazo Armor from LexCorp and had planned to use it and the abilities of the Super Sons to lure the Justice League into a trap. After Bruce's skull was taken from his grave, Damian and Dick decide to bring the rest of his skeleton, along with those of Damian's paternal grandparents, to their base beneath Wayne Tower. Unfortunately, because of how he was raised, Damian lacks any sort of common sense in regards to social behavior and believes that to be accepted by his father, he must kill any rivals, which included Tim Drake. Batman And Superman. Damian is shown to have highly advanced engineering skills, as he was able to complete his father's plans of building a flying Bat-mobile, the construction of which Alfred described as "being an endless source of frustration to Damian's father". He tries to teach Damian the same values his parents have instilled within him as he finally assumes his role as a father. They defeat him and Damian decides to train Jon, but Jon's desire to join the Teen Titans against Damian's wishes creates ongoing conflict between the boys. But wait, didn't that happen just a few weeks ago? This troubles his relationship with Batman, who vows never to kill. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "League of Assassins members" category. This character is or was an incarnation of or an ally of Batman, and a member of the Batman Family. Damian Wayne, born Damian Al Ghul is the only biological son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul with Damian's parents having been married before his birth around the time of Bruce's training with the League of Shadows however before Damian was born Bruce had departed shortly after while Bruce wasn't aware of Talia's pregnancy while . When Alfred reprimands him, Damian retorts with a backhanded threat. During a case in which Gizmo nearly detonates a nuclear device, Robin uses the ring to which Djinn is bound to grant her the use of her full powers to avert the crisis, and returns it afterwards, refusing to assume mastery over her. It is unknown if Damian was actually Buddhist or if this was just creativity on behalf of his father. [76] Due to a miscommunication, Damian can no longer trust him, which ultimately leads them to cut ties. His teammates are also unaware that he is working with Jason Todd, who goes by the alias Outlaw. [82] Together, they form the Super Sons. and Batman: Battle for the Cowl, he takes the role of Robin at ten years of age,[21] becoming the fifth person to use the Robin persona. He's got an above average height, and a good, lean ass - I mean weight. [deleted] 2 yr. ago [removed] [deleted] 2 yr. ago Priest, Christopher. He becomes a talented martial artist before his teenage years, at which time Talia reveals Damian's existence to Bruce Wayne and leaves him in his custody in an effort to disrupt his work. The Kingdom: Son of the Bat shows flashbacks that shed new insights into Ibn al Xu'ffasch's history: that he was reared by Ra's al Ghul to be the heir to his empire, that he eventually murdered his grandfather (cutting off his head to prevent yet another regeneration), and that he sought therapy from psychiatrist Dr. Gibson. Ra's to Batman. This makes him an heir to the world's greatest crime-fighter, and its greatest super-villain Ra's al Ghul. Brotherhood of the Bat features a future in which Ra's al Ghul discovers the Batcave following Bruce Wayne's death, and outfits the League of Assassins in variant Batman costumes based on Wayne's rejected designs. [38], Talia begins to clone Damian as she realizes that her son has completely sided with Dick Grayson and the Bat-Family. One of Darkseid's minions stole his body and took him to Apokolips, and Batman, determined to revive his son, followed. He encouraged Robin's darker side and tried to take him as an apprentice. Damian has declared himself a vegetarian. While Damian fights Kalibak, Batman remotely controls the Batwing and sends it crashing into Kalibak, sending him back through the Boom Tube and then closes the portal. As Dick and Damian go through various events together, such as against the Black Mask, the Blackest Night, and a rogue Batman clone-corpse, the two bond, even more, prompting Talia to give over control of the monitor to Deathstroke who tries to use it to kill Dick. Returning to assist his fellow Robins as the crisis reaches its conclusion, Damian helps Dick, Jason and Tim regain confidence in themselves after Mother decimates their initial efforts against her by recalling a conversation he had with Bruce where Bruce noted that he is proud of how all three of the other Robins have different strengths, Bruce wanting his partners to find their own paths rather than blindly follow his own example.[72]. -Talia al Ghul to Batman. After meeting with his mother Talia, he discovered that it was a warning from his cousin Mara al Ghul, who had chosen him as her prey as part of an initiation ritual she must undertake in order to properly join the League of Assassins. Seeley, Tim. Sasha, now dubbed Scarlet by Todd, returns and attacks Robin, as Jason attacks Dick, the two duos battle it out until the arrival of the Flamingo, who temporarily paralyzes Damian. "Outlaw, Part One", Patrick Gleason, Peter J. Tomasi(w),Patrick Gleason, Doug Mahnke(p). I'm light-years ahead of all the past Robins in skill and training. Tim, suspicious of Damian's intentions, does not believe his story and begins a fistfight. [80] Djinn defeats him by altering his memory, and proceeds to do so with the other criminals Damian captures, giving them new, harmless identities. The investigation leads to Gotham Zoo where Damian is captured by Joker. Joker then presents Damian with Batman in Joker makeup, and states that Damian must kill Batman before Batman kills him. He carried a pair of brass knuckles, which he incorporated as part of this costume, and would also carry a sword. He is buried next to Bruce Wayne's parents, Damian's paternal grandparents. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Teen Titans members" category. [40], After Grayson's confidant, Oberon Sexton is revealed to be the Joker in disguise, Damian tortures the villain by savagely beating him with a crowbar to get information, considering it to be self-defense since the Joker planned to attack him. Ace has been reintroduced in the Batman books, as a German Shepard/Great Dane mix bought by Bruce Wayne for his son Damian. In an act of defiance, Damian decides to make the Robin mantle independent from that of Batman and decides to stop Dr. Phosphorus from breaking into Project Cadmus, but fails miserably and is saved by Dick. According to the story's writer, Grant Morrison: "He saves the world. The Heretic got in a battle with Damian, and killed him. Nobody swore that he would return and kill their friends, so Damian killed him with a move Nobody had taught him. Freeze's gun. Dick and Damian take the entire army down and begin to form a brotherly relationship. 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[39], During a confrontation with a returned minor villain the Getaway Genius, Damian is initially angry that Grayson failed to capture the foe as well as the implication that his father failed as well during the Genius' original run back when Grayson was Robin but when Dick explains to him that Bruce let the Genius go because he discovered that the Genius' robberies were only him stealing medicines that he needed so that he could live long enough to see his daughter grow up, Damian realizes that he never really knew his father as a person, and admits that there was more to him than Batman. [59], When Batman and Nightwing finally re-confront Heretic, they overpower him, and the clone suffers a brutal beating from both in retaliation for Damian's death. He neutralized the child soldiers, and teamed up with Dick Grayson to take down the remaining assassins. [65], Later, Godfrey's reason for coming to Earth is revealed; to retrieve the Chaos Shard, a powerful crystal that once belonged to Darkseid which Ra's revealed was hidden inside the sarcophagus he crafted for Damian. Mara has been made leader of a group known as the Demon's Fist, which was originally supposed to be led by Damian, but became hers when he chose to leave the League. Nightwing explains that Damian encouraged him to have the remaining members of the Titans and Teen Titans work together in spite of the Justice League's disapproval. Talia al Ghul to Batman. Damian is brutal, egotistical, overly confident, selfish, reckless, and spoiled a pain in Batman and the Bat Family's butt. In the comic, Damian is fighting hordes of Leviathan henchmen in the lobby of Wayne Tower when Nightwing comes to rescue him. However, as soon as the conference started, Ra's was immediately shot by a sniper wearing a Deathstroke-looking costume, who also threw a bomb that turned his body to ashes to insure that there would be nothing left of him that can be resurrected through the Lazarus Pit.

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