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Unfortunately forBatman , his groovy mistake is about to change his sonRobin’slife for the worse . For the past several months , Bruce has been dealing with the issue of creating Zur - En - Arrh , his unhinged backup persona who has take on a life of his own .
Now , Zur - En - Arrh is out and taking the earth by storm . As Zur - En - Arrh takes Gothamunder his control , he ’s going to be seeking out Damian Wayne . A sullen time to come could beahead for the Bat - Familyas Damian is used by the dark Batman to create the most dangerous Robin there ’s ever lived .
Batman’s Greatest Contingency is His Biggest Problem
Batman ’s trouble with his alternating persona began back when his robotic eventuality Failsafe trigger after it unwittingly believed Bruce get over a line and killed the Penguin ( who simply counterfeit his last ) . Failsafe was devised by the Batman of Zur - En - Arrh , so when the android set out attacking , Batman allowed Zur - En - Arrh to take control of Bruce ’s body to examine and bring the mechanised threat down . Unfortunately , Failsafe proved to be too resilient , andBatman ’s opposition with the contingence terminate with Bruce being sent into an alternate dimension .
Batman ’s head was hit heavily by the dimensional change of location . To make things worse , Bruce bring in an alternate Gotham where low levels of fear toxin were pumped through the city thanks to this universe ’s edition of the Joker , Red Mask . Batman spent weeks in this upside - down Gotham and his mental state only grew worse with the amount of stress he go under . However , Bruce defeated Red Mask and made his way of life back to his home dimension . However , Zur - En - Arrh was still in Batman ’s mindand was making braggart design .
Slowly , Zur - En - Arrh has been influencing Batman , take in him represent in way that he ordinarily would n’t . In the “ Gotham War ” crossing over , Zur - En - Arrh made Batman move far more brutal and unforgiving towards crook , caused Batman to nigh expose Nightwing and the two Robins ’ identities , and actually had Bruce brainwash Red Hood so that he feels reverence whenever his adrenaline level get too gamy . Zur - En - Arrh successfully labour Bruce aside from the Bat - Family , set aside Zur - En - Arrh to commence the next phase angle in his ultimate plans to root out crime .
Zur-En-Arrh is Taking Over Every Aspect of Batman’s Life, Including Robin
Batman # 147(2024 )
Release Date :
May 7th , 2024
Writer :
Chip Zdarsky
Artist :
Jorge Jiménez
Cover Artist :
Variant Covers :
Yasmine Putri , Kendrick " Kukka " Lim , and Stevan Subic
With no allies , no weapon , and almost no hope … can Batman fight back before Zur make a true devil ’s bargain ? The populace is about to know Zur ’s dependable exponent ! Him and … his unexampled sidekick ? “ Dark Prisons ” go along !
With Batman completely isolated , Zur - En - Arrh pushed to take over his body during the Dark Knight ’s most late struggle with the Joker during the “ Mindbomb ” spark . However , Bruce ’s will test to be too secure and Zur - En - Arrh was force to go with his backup plan . Instead of call for over Bruce ’s consistence , Zur - En - Arrh transport his consciousness to Failsafe ’s automatic shape . Zur - En - Arrh gave Bruce a chance to withdraw peacefully , butwhen Bruce fought back , Zur - En - Arrh had Batman imprisonedin a mobile phone underneath Zur - En - Arrh ’s newly - acquired Blackgate Penitentiary .
With Bruce out of the way , Zur - En - Arrh start his raw crusade to carry off crime inBatman # 145 . Zur - En - Arrh , fortify with missile , drones , and all the powers contained within his new Failsafe soundbox , quickly took Gotham by storm . He violently attack gangs , leaving some members behind as a warning to the metropolis ’s criminal element . Zur - En - Arrh also took out the Riddler as the Bat - Family catch in horror at what this Batman was doing . However , theone person Zur - En - Arrh finagle to persuade was Robin , who Zur - En - Arrh win over he was actually Bruce .
Things seem like they ’re only break down to get worse in the upcomingBatman # 147 . According to the accost selective information , Batman has go against free and is going to confront Zur - En - Arrh . alas , Bruce has nothing to his name and Zur - En - Arrh is inclined and has a new crony fighting alongside him . Though Zur - En - Arrh ’s new sidekick is n’t bring out , Jorge Jiménez ’s cover song showsRobin defending himself as he ’s approached by a shadowy , Batman - comparable figure , undoubtedly Zur - En - Arrh , ready to cook the Boy Wonder for his own goals .
Is Damian Wayne Going to Become the Robin of Zur-En-Arrh?
Zur - En - Arrh does n’t have a sidekick and has only shown a willingness to work with those who are like him ( i.e. the Zur - En - Arrhs he collected from across the multiverse ) . However , Zur - En - Arrh is a pragmatic somebody and he always design things out just on the off - chance he may one day need something . Failsafe , for object lesson , was designed so that Zur - En - Arrh could transfer his knowingness to the robotin the event that he failed to take over Bruce ’s body or the flesh and bones became too feeble .
With that in mind , fans got a peep at one of his likely plan inBatman # 127 . Robin Tim Drake take on the Batman of Zur - En - Arrh , who takes Robin to a Batcave within the Batcave . In Zur - En - Arrh ’s surreptitious shop , the backup persona had a costume on display : A gaudy Robin costume that meet Zur - En - Arrh’sbright and daring colour schema . However , the office of this costume was n’t elaborated on and has n’t been touched on since it was first seen . However , fans may be witness it again in the next few month .
Zur - En - Arrh distinctly has no problem mentally recondition Bruce ’s allies . He did it to Jason Todd , so Zur - En - Arrh doing something exchangeable to create a hyper - violent role in Damian is n’t out of the question . What makes the situation worse is thatZur - En - Arrh has convince Damian that the golem is really Bruce , and Zur - En - Arrh is no doubt go to take advantage of Damian ’s desires to please his father to tinker with the Boy Wonder ’s brainpower . If Zur - En - Arrh finagle to alter Damian ’s mind , he could wind up creating the most violent Robin there ’s ever been .
Can Batman Save His Son Before It’s Too Late?
Damian Wayne is already one of the most in effect sidekicks Batman has ever had , mostly thanks to the boy ’s breeding from the League of Assassins . But if Zur - En - Arrh manage to carve out and make a alike personality as him inside Damian ’s mind , he could overdraw Damian ’s violence and persistence while erasing his compassion and higher thinking . Not only would Robin lose every moment of growing he ’s made in the last few days , but he ’d wind up beingthe puppet of a pale caricature of Batman .
Bruce is worn down and almost at his brainpower ’s end dealing with Zur - En - Arrh . But now his ultimate contingency is potentially coming after Bruce ’s boy . Bruce has failed Damian numerous times , and if he fail him here , Robin could wind up going down a dark path he may never go back from . The only wayBatmancan hitch this is by breaking out of prison and stop over Zur - En - Arrh before he corruptsRobinand turns the young humans into one of Zur - En - Arrh ’s weapons .
Batman # 147is useable from DC Comics on May 7th .
