The Brave and the Bold
Summary
The Dark Knight ’s big challenge yet wait in theDCU ’s Batman reboot , The Brave and the Bold , and it is n’t a supervillain . Batman ’s power to go toe - to - toe with divine entities like Superman , despite let nothing but deadly brains , muscle , and inordinate wealth on his side , is part of what makes him one of DC ’s most compelling superheroes . Batman ’s proficiency in planning for every eventuality , however , does not preclude him from facing the same challenge that any deadly can face , specially when it comes to his nearly secure strength of will .
The Brave and the Boldis scant on detailsas yet , asSupermanis balance to kick off thenew DC Universe , preceding Batman ’s DCU entry by some time . Of the few details that have emerged , one of the gravid is thatThe Brave and the Boldwill feature more than just Batman going up against Gotham ’s underbelly . DC Studios Co - CEO , Peter Safran , reassert the movie will boast the Bat - Family , with the foremost among these being Bruce ’s Word , Damian Wayne , as Robin . It is with Damian Wayne ’s involvement that Batman will face up his tough challenge .
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Batman’s Son Is A Major Challenge To His One Rule
Bruce Wayne ’s wizard , strength , and riches are match only by his willpower , which is instance by his biggest and most famous rule : no killing . Despite come up against the world ’s most virtuously deprave individuals , Batman is resolute in his unwillingness to dole out lethal Department of Justice . The fact that he , like many of the world ’s most beloved heroes , give-up the ghost to such duration to preserve spirit in the expression of extreme danger is what makes him a paragon of justice in a rampantly unjust macrocosm .
Batman has kill enemy throughout his comic account book career - include Darkseid and Dracula - but these occasion often take place in Elseworlds spinoff stories .
regrettably , Damian Wayne is not quite as invested in his father ’s righteous ethical codification . The son of Bruce Wayne and Talia Al Ghul is decidedly more brainish and merciless than his father after having been raised in the League of Assassins with his mother . This led to Damian ’s launching as Batman ’s crime - fighting sidekick , in which he severed the caput of a nonaged baddie without a 2nd thinking . This places Bruce in a hard position , both in the comics and inThe Brave and the Bold .
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Working alongside a murderous sidekick complicates things for Bruce , whose plans will require added contingence to cater to his central rule . Convincing Robin of this formula is another factor that Bruce will involve to take himself with when hold the streets of Gotham and beyond . Damian is the 5th person to hold the Robin mantle , and will probably be the one to give Bruce the most cause for business . The fact that he is also his biological boy channel more pregnant implications .
Robins In Order Of Appearance
First Appearance
Dick Grayson
1940
Jason Todd
1983
Tim Drake
1989
Stephanie Brown
1992
Damian Wayne
2006
Damian Wayne Makes Batman More Vulnerable
Batman ’s paternal instinct will be kicked into overdrive as he fights crime alongside Damian , threatening to sway his willpower to its core . Damian ’s DC Comics upbringing nurture a recklessness that has put him in harm ’s way on several occasions , which will no doubt manifest inThe Brave and the Bold- it is an candid goal when it comes to upping the interest , after all . Having his boy out in the field and try peril with relish order Bruce Wayne in a far more vulnerable position than he was with more measured and level - head brother .
Bruce has endured many tragedies and emerged the bragging serviceman , but with Damian in the release line of business , Bruce is in danger of enduring one too many . resist the will to lethally harm a baddie who has commit any atrocity is one thing , but to do so against a villain who endangers Bruce ’s own soma and blood is another . Batman ’s bevy of calculative nemeses should n’t take long to ascertain this weakness and tap it . Where they have give way to " break off the bat " in the past tense , Damian portray a raw weapon for them to maintain on the psychological battleground .
This may cause Bruce to act more recklessly than he would if he were operating unaccompanied . Whether Damian is used as a bargaining poker chip or as a spark to ignite Bruce ’s willingness to deliver lethal retribution , Damian mystify a substantial threat to Batman ’s moral code . This case law has , after all , been mark in cinema , asBen Affleck ’s Batmanwas amenable to the idea of lethal justice in the viewing of his brother ’s death . Thankfully , the DCU ’s Batman will likely take a different road as he follows a more mirthful - accurate track .
Why Batman Is Unlikely To Kill In The DCU
One of the most dominant criticism charge against Ben Afleck ’s ill - fated interpretation of Batman concerned his savagery . InBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justiceand beyond , Batfleck is get wind deliver fatal blows ( and unlimited shot ) his enemies , and comparatively inconsequential ones at that . While a murderous vendetta against Joker , who is the one who wipe out the DCEU ’s Robin , is more explicable , Batman ’s wanton rampage in the world are less so .
This was a direct outcome of Zack Snyder ’s creative visual modality reverse Batman ’s cardinal rule from the funnies . With James Gunn and Safran leading DC Studios andThe Flashdirector Andy Muschietti at the helm for the DCU ’s edition of the Caped Crusader , however , this is far less likely . Gunn has a proven book of laughable book accuracy in his superhero back catalog , and is therefore more potential to aid develop a Batman that is more morally righteous and faithful to his comic Word origins . Not only that , but the Elseworlds trilogy of movies featuring Robert Pattinson has the nighttime and brood Batman market cornered for the second .
The Batmanis one of the dark versions of Batmandepicted in celluloid , and the trilogy will probably continue to shield very close to the release of the DCU ’s Batman reboot . The DCU is already under press to separate its connected universe from the Elseworlds projects that comprise Matt Reeves ' Batman trilogy and Todd Phillips’Joker , and render a murderous adaptation of Batman inThe Brave and the Boldwon’t help to distance him from the dark-skinned tones . Regardless , with comic book buff clamoring for a faithful adaption , it is likely that Batman ’s DCU debut will not see him kill .
