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word of advice ! Spoilers ahead for Batman # 140!There are hundred ofBatmanvariants across legion unlike funnies , films , game , and more , but only one Dark Knight stand out above the rest . While facing off against an army of invaders in his chief , the Prime Bruce Wayne give away what it is that assist him stand out above the rest .
InBatman # 140by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez , Bruce is trapped in his own mind and fightingseveral Zur - En - Arrh Batman variantsfrom across the multiverse . The blend might of the numerous twisted doppelgangers is almost too much for Bruce to bear until he hears some salvia advice from an erstwhile mentor .
Batman turns the mesa on his opponentsand takes the Zur - En - Arrhsdown one by one . When facing off with a corruptedDark Knight ReturnsBatman , Bruce reminds him that these transcript are stale , unfeeling and completely miss humans . But Prime Batman boasts that he ’s " more than Batman " and that his evil variants will never be capable to beat him .
The Prime Bruce Wayne is the Greatest Batman
Batman has been struggle to get a grasp of himself ever since his backup personality , the Batman of Zur - En - Arrh , bulge taking a greater presence in Bruce ’s mind . The devious alter ego involve advantage of the stresses Bruce had been under and commence directing the hero ’s actions . During " Gotham War " , the personality influence Batman to brainwash Jason Todd and put several of Bruce ’s ally ' identities at jeopardy . Zur - En - Arrh even managed to isolate Bruce from the Bat - Family , giving the alter ego a chance to take over Bruce ’s soundbox and do what Batman never would : Kill the Joker .
For some prison term now , Zur - En - Arrh has been endeavor to convince Bruce that he can be well if he got rid of everything that was n’t Batman . And it seemed like Zur - En - Arrh was actually in a position to get ahead given how easily Bruce began falling deeply and deeper under Zur - En - Arrh ’s use . But at his core , Bruce ca n’t so easily give up what make him who he is . Zur - En - Arrh might have been created to be a Batman without humanity , but Batman ca n’t shed the experiences that make him Bruce Wayne . The humanity Bruce has is always going to give him an edge , even over other , potentially more hefty versions of himself .
Batman’s Soul is What Makes Him a Great Hero
The DC Universe is fill with several mighty variant of Batman and as the conflict in Batman ’s mind read , they ’d be even more intimidating stripped of their humans . While Bruce seemed hopelessly outgunned by the multiversal Zur - En - Arrhs , he managed to pull through because he ’s not an inhuman teras . He experience that he ’s campaign for more , such as the phratry and friends he know and the people of Gotham , and that give way him the resolve to fight back hard . Zur - En - Arrh thought he had a way of defeating his counterpart , but as long asBatmanhas his vivid determination , no other Dark Knight has a shot at beating him .
Batman # 140is on sale now from DC Comics .
