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Warning ! Contains spoilers for Batman : The Brave and the Bold # 7 !
Summary
While the secret personal identity ofBatmanis a heavily sought - after secret , one version of Batman had his identity revealed in a spin so shocking that literally no one saw it come up . Amnesia struck a homo who happened to be break Batman ’s appurtenance — but his actual identity is not as simple as his wearable would make it appear .
The shocking personal identity of this amnesic Batman is revealed in " Pygmalion , " a story fromBatman : Brave and the Bold#7 , by Guillem March and Arif Prianto . After an amnesic Batman wakes up in the suburbs of Gotham , equip with nothing but a Batcowl and a utility whang , he begins training withhis Modern sidekick Hoopoeto relearn everything he had forgotten about being Batman . The shameful gimmick comes when Batman is summon to the GCPD — only to find Batman there waiting for him .
It turns out that this amnesic Batman is n’t Bruce Wayne at all , but rather Frank Freeman : a professional martial creative person and stealer who tried to steal from Batman and lose his memory board when the theft went wrong .
As Batman abandons the Bat - Family and invest to halt Joker for good , he says goodbye to Bruce Wayne and sweep up a raw secret identity
An Amnesiac Version of Batman Discovers His Real Name: Frank Freeman
Batman is an highly popular hero who has inspired a lot of people , peculiarly within the DC Universe . Several penis of the Bat - Family have learn on the mantle of Batman himself — some more willingly than others — and there are a number of possible futurity that admit revamped interlingual rendition of Batman . Other characters , like Jace Fox , have also taken on the mantle of Batman to fight criminal offence in their own way . But while there have been people under the hood other than Bruce , their identities are usually known to the lecturer — meaning Frank Freeman ’s bring out identity element is a fresh variety of lurid twist .
Frank Freemanis this version of Batman ’s secret identity , which add up as a surprisal to not only the characters , but also the readers . Usually , when a new character takes on the cowling , every reader knows who it ’s going to be . It was a major result when Dick Grayson became Batman , and fans can follow Jace Fox ’s dangerous undertaking as Batman over in New York . Their indistinguishability were never enigma to DC lecturer , but Frank Freeman is a special case . The fib stage him as Bruce Wayne but with amnesia , meaning the reveal of his on-key secret individuality — and just how he procured his Batman gear mechanism — come as a honest shock absorber toThe Brave and the Boldreaders .
The Real Batman Teams Up with Frank Freeman
While Batman first treats Frank as a criminal who require to be taken down , it seems that Frank ’s computer memory loss and feeling that he is Batman has switch him for the better . Instead of hold back Frank for his offence , the two Batmen are currently working together to save Frank ’s newfound family . While it ’s unclear what Frank ’s future tense will be after his family is save , there ’s no denying that Frank ’s identity asBatmanis a truly shameful twist .
BATMAN : THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD # 7 ( 2023 )
Batman : The Brave and the Bold#7is available now from DC Comics !
