Batman: Son of the Demon (2006) #1

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Did he do a paternity test on Damian? You know, like a DNA test... He had to, right? Alfred?"—Tim Drake. Her betrayal was caused out of necessity and Talia helped Batman escape from Ra's traps, regretting her previous actions. One of Ra's henchmen shot Talia, almost killing her because of her meddling. Ra's killed the thug and then took his daughter to the Lazarus Pit, where Talia was revived, but her defection from her father's side caused a final confrontation between Batman and Ra's, in which Ra's apparently died. Talia and Batman escaped Ra's headquarters in Infinity Island, just as the whole island was destroyed during a volcanic eruption. After these events, Talia decided to leave Bruce and find her place in the world, alone. [18] Justice League: Generation Lost #14 shows another alternate future for Damian Wayne, this time taking place over 100 years in the future. On the surface Batman is in charge. In reality Batman—"the detective," as Ra’s fondly likes to call him—is completely in the dark about almost every event that unfolds. For almost the entire story, he’s expertly manipulated by Ra’s and Talia. Ra’s has always wanted Batman as his heir. Here he gets his wish. He easily manipulates Batman into: This incident has deeply hurt both Damian and his mother, Talia, who had to watch her father get murdered even though he finally made the right choice for the first time in his life and was willing to turn a new leaf for his family's sake. 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. On the other hand, Damian has teamed-up with his father, who wasn't fully convinced that it was the real Deathstroke that killed Ra's al Ghul, to investigate the murder and find out who was really behind it. [99]

DC Comics & Robin #14 Spoilers & Review: Fake Deathstroke Unmasked with Ties to Batman in Shadow War Part 7!". May 24, 2022. Genetically perfected, and grown in an artificial womb, Damian was engineered to kill and replace his famous father," —Narrator. Beginning of comic. Morrison, Grant. Batman (1940) #666. DC Comics, Inc., 2007

The Story

Donal is tortured, and murdered, for information regarding the location of the Demon's Head. Qayin storms the Demons' Head. The Batman, and Talia, attempt to repel the first wave of Qayin's insurgents. The Batman pushes Talia out of the conflict, to protect their unborn baby. The Batman declares his intention to abandon the conflict with Qayin. The Batman's only concern is Talia's safety, and the safety of their child. Qayin makes a play for the Lazarus Pit, but Ra's Al Ghul destroys it. Qayin retreats with his forces. The weather controlling satellite reaches maximum orbit, allowing it to be put through a test run. After a successful test, Yossid, and Qayin, seize control of the satellite.

BLEURGH! Nothing to see here guys, move on, really. I thought I’d turned a corner with Mike Barr’s Batman comics after being pleasantly surprised with both The Wrath and Son of the Demon - and then I read Bride of the Demon. And while it’s not as offensively bad as Year Two, it’s still absolute garbage.Terror, Jude (January 21, 2022). "Robin #10 Preview: Dysfunctional Family Reunion". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors . Retrieved April 4, 2022. Talia was prompted to read the history of Ra's al Ghul to her son, Damian, by a mysterious figure from Ra's past: the White Ghost, who was in fact Talia's half-brother, Dusan al Ghul. Unbeknownst to Talia, the White Ghost planned to use Damian as a vessel for Ra's' return. However, Talia and Damian managed to escape before the plan was completed. After the escape, Batman confronted the White Ghost; he fought Batman, but ended up falling into a Lazarus Pit. [28] Batman R.I.P. 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. During the battle, Tallant discovers that his grandfather is the one who murdered his father and then cloned him. Ra's even sent the clone to murder his own daughter. Because of the deaths of his parents at Ra's's hands, Tallant has completed following his father's tragic path as Batman. The new Dark Knight desires justice for his parents along with trying to stop his grandfather while having to battle his father's murderous double. In the Elseworlds story, The Brotherhood of the Bat (1995), a version named Tallant Wayne appears, who crusades against his grandfather Ra's al Ghul. Brotherhood of the Bat features a future in which Ra's al Ghul discovers the Batcave following Bruce Wayne's death, and outfits the League of Assassins in variant Batman costumes based on Wayne's rejected designs. Talia and Bruce's son joins the Brotherhood in his father's costume, to destroy it from within. [23]

How did Ra’s al Ghul become the villain that he is? How would a union between his daughter Talia and the Dark Knight benefit him? Why would he want to father an heir? We were told to never use that child ever again, he does not exist in continuity anymore." Chris Sims, Mike W. Barr On Batman: The Comics Alliance Interview, Part One. Comics Alliance. As of age 13, Damian was short for his age and had few other markers of impending puberty. In Super Sons, it was a running joke that he was frequently mistaken as younger than ten-year-old Jon Kent. After Bane entered the League of Assassins, Talia's father, Ra's al Ghul, considered Bane a potential heir to his empire and wanted his daughter to marry Bane. However, Talia rejected the international brute, regarding him as merely a cunning animal compared to the more cultured intelligence of his predecessor. After Batman defeated Bane, Ra's agreed that Bane was unworthy of his "only" daughter.Damian is killed battling a brutal enemy, the Heretic (an adult Damian clone) in issue number 8 of the second volume of the Batman, Inc. comic book, which went on sale February 27, 2013. According to the story's writer, Grant Morrison: "He saves the world. He does his job as Robin. He dies an absolute hero". [63] [64] It has been revealed that Ra's has stolen his body from Wayne Manors graveyard as well as producing multiple clones of Damian to use in his war against Batman. For the first few years of his life, Damian was raised among the League of Assassins, molded by his mother and her greatest agents to become the world's most deadly assassin before he was even 10 years old and using secret technology to speed up his physical aging process to make him stronger and faster than other children.