In the comic, Damian is fighting hordes of Leviathan henchmen in the lobby of Wayne Tower when Nightwing comes to rescue him. During a fight in a meat factory, Damian converted to vegetarianism and adopted a pet cow who he named Bat-Cow. Damian Wayne is the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul. Ra's to Talia. Ra's even sent the clone to murder his own daughter. The boys finally managed to put aside their differences and worked together in order to save their fathers from an apparent threat in the Batcave, but this later turns out to be a ruse. Nearly a month ago, the world said goodbye to Damian Wayne - son of Batman and the latest character to hold the mantle of Robin. This character has been a member of the Justice League of America, or the Justice League in any of its various incarnations, sworn by a duty to act as guardians of America and the world by using their skills and/or superpowers to protect Earth from the clutches of both interstellar and domestic threats.This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Justice League of America members" category. They worked together with Batman Incorporated to take down the League of Assassins' top killers. After defeating Damian's half-aquatic clones with Aquaman, Batman seeks Wonder Woman's help in chasing Ra's to Themyscira. Since Talia is the daughter of Ras al Ghul, the leader of the League of Assassins and one of the Dark Knight's greatest enemies, there have always been tensions between her and Batman, despite their romantic feelings for one another. Alfred says Bruce intended to tell him the results when the time was right. Damian Wayne is the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul. He dies an absolute hero".[55][56]. In the climax, the Court manipulates Damian into joining them so they can use him to recruit Agent 37. The two heroes then prepare for the Black Lanterns' assault on Gotham. [17] He flew his exo-skeleton into the center of the battle, where Leviathan had taken over Wayne Tower. The investigation leads to Gotham Zoo where Damian is captured by Joker. He was subsequently rescued by Maya Ducard, the daughter of the villain Nobody, and Damian's pet dragon-bat Goliath. 3. And because my precious daughter loves you." Still, it is highly doubtful that anyone expected literal gods to show up and abduct Damian in the middle of the celebration. Elaborating his plan in transferring his consciousness into Bruce's. After holding a private funeral for the fallen Boy Wonder, Bruce vows to avenge his son's death. 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. His cape is now black on the outside with the cape and hood having a yellow trim. Contents 1 History 1.1 Early Childhood 1.2 Becoming Robin 1.3 New 52 1.3.1 Born to Kill 1.3.2 Batman Incorporated A dark experience shows that underneath it all, even Robin can be shaken to his core. Over the course of his more than eight decades of serving the people of Gotham, Bruce Wayne has adopted many young men into not only his battle against the villains of Gotham but also . Around fifteen minutes into the film. Upon entering Wayne Manor, Damian attempts to relay to Tim Drake the fact that Ra's has returned. They, too, have chosen targets that they must hunt down to ascend to the League. Because of the deaths of his parents at Ra's's hands, Tallant has completed following his father's tragic path as Batman. [52] However, despite Bruce's attempts to build a relationship with his son, Damian remains distant from his father, which Alfred worries about. Ra's to Batman. He neutralized the child soldiers, and teamed up with Dick Grayson to take down the remaining assassins. Damian Wayne is the fifth character to assume the role of Robin, Batman's vigilante partner. His teammates are also unaware that he is working with Jason Todd, who goes by the alias Outlaw. DCComics.com: Welcome to the Official Site for DC. Ra's flees with the bodies afterward. I would have thought he'd call it a stupid and useless past time. The Heretic flew Grayson aside, and challenged Damian to a sword-fight. 18 followers. In Batman and Robin vol. Mara had 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. [92], Having been trained by the League of Assassins since birth, Damian is already an expert in martial arts and wielding a wide range of weaponry. 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 . [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. while at the Tropic of Cancer, Damian's mother, Talia al Ghul, drugged Bruce Wayne and, several months later, Damian was born. [12] Robin was shown to have faked his death, and is confined to the Batcave at Batman's orders. A subsequent conversation between Tim and Alfred implies that Batman has carried out a DNA test on Damian. It is unknown if Damian was actually Buddhist or if this was just creativity on behalf of his father. In Nightwing #153 (2009), Damian is shown being left in Alfred's care and trained by Dick Grayson (alias Nightwing). Damian then escapes, dons a variant Robin costume made of Jason Todd's old tunic and mask and assorted League of Assassin gear, and fights and kills the villainous Spook. In her grief, she gathered all the members of the League of Assassins and put a hit on Deathstroke as well as all of his associates in revenge for killing her father. He's now 19. By Justin Epps. Although misguided, Damian seems to genuinely want to aid Bruce's war on crime as he is Bruce's son and wants his approval. [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. This character is or was an incarnation of or an ally of Batman, and a member of the Batman Family. 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. [50] During the battle, Robin destroys one of Prime's evil Superboy doppelgngers by using a Kryptonite blade.[51]. 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. Following this, various alternate universe stories dealt with the character's life, giving him various names. 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. When the Heretic arrives and knocks Nightwing out, Damian bravely fights him. A Bizarro counterpart of Robin, named Robzarro, first appeared in the four-part story "Boyzarro Re-Death". 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. At that moment, a revived Deathstroke attacks the Titans and Batman with the intent to kill them all. [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. Although shot by Todd, Damian recovers and saves Tim Drake from falling to death inside Jason's Batcave. Elliot surmises that Damian is rather using the resemblance to Bruce to "spend time with [his] old man". Damian is quite shaken by the sight of the bones of his family. He seemed to always be eager to take on the Joker and repeatedly assumes that bad things happening in Gotham are related to the Joker in some way, in hopeful anticipation of an encounter with him. The older girl (Damian's companion) is later eaten by Killer Croc. Damian Wayne Was Never Heartless, & Batman's Death Proves It. At the height of his anger and frustration, Damian rips the Robin insignia off his chest and gives it to Batman. [6] Robin angrily left the Batcave to work with Nobody, who asked him to execute a criminal. This troubles his relationship with Batman, who vows never to kill. Talia is able to save her son from his fate at the last minute. Damian Wayne, the fourth Robin and . [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. In League of Batmen (2001), the sequel to Brotherhood of the Bat, Tallant leads his own team of variant Batmen to combat the plague that was al Ghul's legacy. Near the end of the comic. However, because of his possible paternity to Damian, Batman, on some levels, is optimistic about the chance of fatherhood. Ra's captures the two and tells Batman that he will use one of them for his own body. Morrison, Grant. "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. Nightwing. But next week's Batman #106 - and I Not wanting to explain themselves, Robin and Superboy quickly left the area and headed back to Hamilton. The car is blindsided by Killer Croc and Poison Ivy, who prepares to kill Damian. [45] Robin eventually begins to develop a friendship with Ravager, who initially reaches out to Damian due to their similar upbringings (Ravager's father being the notorious assassin, Deathstroke). Batman, despite desiring to kill his son's murderer more than anything and Nightwing making no attempts of stopping his mentor, spares the villain's life after seeing his resemblance to Damian, realizing the clone is what is left of his son. "Your admirable mind has reasoned all save the obvious that my darling Talia loves you! 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. One of Darkseid's minions stole his body and took him to Apokolips, and Batman, determined to revive his son, followed. Talia then used the League's extensive scientific resources to inorganically speed up the child's aging - giving him the physiology of a ten year old in less than five years. Dick Grayson was returned to his previous role as Nightwing, and Damian still serves as his father's vigilante partner Robin. The son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul, Damian Wayne was born to a life of adventure, but he struggles daily against the lesser angels of his nature. He may be the most violent Robin, but even Damian Wayne has moments of humanity that shine . Talia al Ghul Near the end of the comic. [80] Djinn defeats him by altering his memory, and proceeds to do so with the other criminals Damian captures, giving them new, harmless identities. For the first Robin, see Dick Grayson. The century's greatest crimefighter, the daughter of its greatest crimelord. You're not a king. With Batman facing two choices of whether to resurrect Damian or his parents, he chooses his son, granting Damian's true resurrection. Although Damian eventually kills Nobody in front of Bruce, they are able to work through the incident by beginning to actively understand and respect one another as father and son. On his 13th birthday Damian was sent a package by his grandfather Ra's al Ghul, which contained a dead robin. In Super Sons, it was a running joke that he was frequently mistaken as younger than ten-year-old Jon Kent. In another Elseworlds story, Kingdom Come (1996) by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, which functioned as a possible future to the canon of the time, the child of Batman and Talia is named Ibn al Xu'ffasch (Arabic: ), literally "Son of the Bat", and is a member of Lex Luthor's inner circle. The two young adults fell for each other and, after a brief fling, they conceived a child. Damian has declared himself a vegetarian. Damian possessed superpowers similar to that of Superman following his resurrection, though this was short-lived. A dark king for a new age." Eventually, when Talia deemed that Damian was ready, she allowed him to go to Gotham and meet his father - the Batman. Just because Damian is tough doesn't mean he's completely cold. [15] Batman Incorporated fought Leviathan in the streets, while Damian was forced to stay inside. Damian decided to collect the other Demon's Fist members' targets in order to form the new Teen Titans; comprised of Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven and Kid Flash. In order to properly discipline their sons and teach them the value of working together, Superman and Batman had them undergo a series of challenges. Another column in "Detective Comics #494" stated that Batman's birthday was now February 19. 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. Batman and the others manage to save him, and Talia takes her son and escapes. Batman and Superman construct an underwater base for the Super Sons, which Jon refers to as the "Fortress of Attitude," much to Damian's chagrin. They survive the explosion. They were later joined by Batman and Superman, and worked out their differences. Damian Wayne. They were both targeted by a super-villain named Nobody. Damian and Dick then attack Firefly, who is attempting to kill Black Mask. Where before Damian portrayed an arrogant and vicious personality, it appears the "death" of his father has regressed him to a more childlike mindset, as demonstrated when he takes the Batmobile joy-riding with an older girl. 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. Jon later awakened in the Batcave and found out that Robin had been keeping him under surveillance for a long time. Ace has been reintroduced in the Batman books, as a German Shepard/Great Dane mix bought by Bruce Wayne for his son Damian. Damian Wayne. However, the Dark Knight does care for his lost progeny. Batman was surprised to learn he had a secret son with a supervillain but sought to learn more about the boy anyway. Talia admits to Damian, that even though she loves him, she is too much of a perfectionist to admire him for choosing a path that defies her this blatantly, and he is therefore no longer welcome and will be considered an enemy of the House of al Ghul. Help arrives in the form of the original Batman.
