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admonition ! spoiler forward for Batman # 147!There ’s a young Boy Wonder in town and thisRobincould be the most dangerous one yet . Zur - En - Arrh , DC ’s new Batman , has big plans to eradicate crime in all its forms and if he wants to see it through , he ’s going to ask a Robin by his side .
Zur - En - Arrh think Damian Wayne was the pal he call for and manipulated the young hero to work alongside him . But in a moment of uprising , Zur - En - Arrh swaps him out for a new Boy Wonder . WithAbsolute Poweron the horizon , this Robin could be a all-important asset in Zur - En - Arrh ’s plot of ground to control the Earth .
DC’s Twisted New Batman Reveals the Robin of Zur-En-Arrh
InBatman # 147by Chip Zdarsky , Jorge Jiménez , Tomeu Morey , and Clayton Cowles , Zur - En - Arrh continues to take Gotham under control . Robin come on Zur - En - Arrh , who is spying on every listening machine in Gotham . After see wind of an blackwash attempt on newly - appointed Police Commissioner Vandal Savage , Zur - En - Arrh guide out to stop it . However , Zur - En - Arrh ’s action mechanism catch Amanda Waller ’s attention and shedispatches a squad to Wayne Manor to bring this Batman in by any means necessary . Unfortunately , Waller ’s squad is greeted by Robin , who well takes them all down .
Waller warns Zur - nut - Arrhthat it wo n’t be long before DC ’s zep come after ' Batman ' .
At the same time , Zur - En - Arrh get in at Waller ’s al-Qaida on Gamorra to have a conversation regarding Waller ’s undercover work on him . Zur - En - Arrh threatens to imprison Waller if she does n’t leave him alone , but Waller tries to attract to Zur - En - Arrh ’s green goddess and narrate him that they both want control in the world . Zur - En - Arrh rebuff Waller over her seek to take down the heroes of the world , but Waller warns Zur - En - Arrhthat it wo n’t be long before DC ’s heroes come after ' Batman ' .
disturbed that Waller is right , Zur - En - Arrh informs Robin of the next stage of his plans : An army of Amazos , each one uploaded with the judgement of a Batman from the multiverse . Damian on the spur of the moment realizes that the Batman he ’d been take after is Zur - En - Arrh and not his father , stimulate Robin to attack Zur - En - Arrh . Unfortunately , Zur - En - Arrh had been planning for this . bring in that Waller was correct and full ascendence is the only option , Zur - En - Arrh reveals a new Robin , one dressed in a brassy costume , that Zur - En - Arrh has made .
Zur-En-Arrh Has Taken Over Every Part of Batman’s Life
As part of a shifty , long - terminus plan to help oneself Zur - En - Arrh take over Batman ’s dead body for good , the Joker convinced the Penguin to fake his death and underframe Batman for it . This stunt activated Failsafe , a contingence developed by Zur - En - Arrh in the event that Bruce ever claim a life . Failsafe relentlessly hunted Batman and the tension wind up bringing Zur - nut - Arrh to the surface . unluckily , eventhe more dangerous Batman was n’t enough to turn back the humanoid from fool away Bruce with a gas pedal that sent him to an alternate cosmos .
The Batman of Zur - En - Arrh return inBatman # 126 ( 2022 ) !
While Batman struggle to find a way family , Zur - En - Arrh was still in Bruce ’s mind . The Dark Knight ’s multiversal excursion saw him travel from world to world and along the way , Zur - En - Arrh plunk up version of the backup persona . After come home , the Prime Zur - En - Arrh had his awareness transfer into Failsafe ’s body , while also storing the extra Zur - En - Arrh judgement for late use . Now in a hefty , nearly indestructible body , Zur - En - Arrh offer up Batman the option to retire peacefully . ButBatman fought back and Zur - En - Arrh imprisoned him in Blackgate Prison .
With Batman out of the elbow room , Zur - En - Arrh hit Gotham City and begin catch any law - breaker in his path . The quietus of the Bat - Family jazz it was n’t Bruce , but Damian Wayne believe Zur - En - Arrh when he said he was what was left of his Father of the Church . Zur - En - Arrh and Robin begin taking down every criminal and supervillain in Gotham and sending them to Blackgate without trial . Robin eventually discovered that Zur - En - Arrh had bigger plan after he discoveredthe new Batman had acquire several Amazos to create an army .
What Zur-En-Arrh’s Robin Means for DC’s Future
The idea of a ‘ Robin of Zur - En - Arrh ’ might seem surprising , but it ’s been teased as far back asBatman # 127when Tim Drake discovered that Zur - En - Arrh ’s confidential Batcave . In a display case , Zur - En - Arrh had an fantastically gimcrack Robin costume , though there was no denotation as to who it was actually for . This costume afterward re-emerge inBatman # 136’sbackup level , a tale set in the past . The costume was check by Failsafe and it appear to set the mechanical man off , allege Batman had “ go too far ” .
Zur - En - Arrh almost certainly has design for his foul new Robin …
It ’s backbreaking to tell what on the dot this young Robin is precisely . Given his resemblance to Damian , he could be a clone that Zur - En - Arrh made . The newfangled buddy could also be an forward-looking humanoid , which would check in with the Amazo army that Zur - En - Arrh is make . Whatever this new Robin is , one thing is clear : Zur - En - Arrh has complete control of him andjudging by the look on the Robin of Zur - En - Arrh ’s face and the bladed weapon he ’s hold , he ’s far more grievous than the middling Boy Wonder .
While it remains to be seen what this new Robin can do , one must remember thatAbsolute Poweris just a few months away . Zur - En - Arrh is go to be leading his Amazo regular army to hound down the poor boy of the world . While this unexampled Robin has yet to come along in any promotional cloth forAbsolute Power , Zur - En - Arrh is one of the most hyper - prepared Batmen that has ever be . Zur - En - Arrh almost certainly has plans for his loathsome new Robin , whetherhe ’s entail to help Zur - En - Arrh take down DC ’s big heroes or assist him in other villainous ways .
The Robin of Zur-En-Arrh Could Be the Start of a Terrifying New Bat-Family
Zur - En - Arrh is quickly learning that he needs assistance if he require to eliminate crime on a worldwide plate . While the Amazo robots will go a prospicient path in doing that , Zur - En - Arrh knows he needs others the same mode that Bruce needs the Bat - Family . Zur - En - Arrh tried building such a team with Damian , but the new Batman postulate complete and stark control , which is what he has with the new Robin of Zur - En - Arrh . Though he has n’t shown what he ’s made of just yet , this intimidate newRobincould be just the first wafture of some big changes in the DC Universe .
Batman # 147is available now from DC Comics .
Batman # 147(2024 )
