Batman & Son
Batman & Son is a comic book story arc that first appeared in Batman #655
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The story begins with The Joker who has just poison Commissioner Gordon and hovers over the body of a defeated Batman. As the Joker thinks he has won,Batman all of a sudden pulls out a gun and shoots Joker in the face. At that point,the real Batman shows up and ends the battle. Batman later visits Gordon at the Hospital where the commissioner explains who the fake Batman was. Moments later,Batman meets up with Alfred and Robin who both tell him that he needs a time away from being Batman. This leads to Batman taking time out by visiting the London Pop Art museum as Bruce Wayne. Meanwhile elsewhere,Talia al Ghul is threatening Kirk Langstorm who was once known as the Man-bat for his formula. If he doesn't give it up,Talia will poison his wife in which will result in a painful agonizing death with no cure. At the London museum,the League of Assassins arrive and throw Kirk and his wife out of the back of there van where Kirk reveals to Alfred that he reluctantly gave up the man-bat formula. The museum is attacked by the Man-bats and alfred quickly runs in and tosses Bruce his outfit. Batman engages in combat with the Man-bats. He takes out the first one with his grapple and a few of the rest with smoke pallets.However the Man-bat ninja's outnumber batman significantly and Batman is taken down. When he wakes up and realizes he is alive,he confirmed what he suspected that his captives had wanted him alive. Talia reveals her self to Batman and recounts a tale in which the both had spent the night together. Talia then leaves Batman saying that the event led to the birth of someone and as she walks away she tells Batman "not to let him cramp his style". Batman is surprised to find a young boy named Damian who says to him "father,i thought you'd be taller"
Batman brings Damian back to Gotham City and introduces him to the Batcave. Damian later meets Alfred and Tim Drake. Not long after Damian's arrogance and violent attitude gets him locked up in one of Wayne Manor's many rooms. Batman later leaves to take care of a the Spook who is terrorizing Blackgate Prison. Batman arrives just in time to save an undercover police officer from being shot by one of the spooks henchmen. The undercover cop then points Batman in the direction of the Spooks location. Batman then finds the Spook, but he finds that he has had his head cut off. Back at the Cave,Robin searchers for Alfred but finds Damian
instead. Tim talks to Damian and is shocked when Damian reveals the Spooks head. Damian and Tim then fight because Damian wishes to replace Tim at his fathers side.Damian then sucker punches Robin while they were both standing on the giant T-Rex model. Soon after,Batman confronts Talia and agrees to take Damian to save the prime ministers wife. However Damian reveals that he knows that Talia wishes to trade her hostage for control over Gibraltar. Soon the 3 are in a confrontation on Gibraltar as the British Navy bomb the Peninsula. Batman lives through it and finds that Talia and Damian are missing. Damian and Talia later are reviled to have survived and later resurface in The Return of Ra's al Ghul story arc.
Associated Issues
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Comic legends Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN, SEVEN SOLDIERS) and Andy Kubert (Ultimate X-Men, 1602) come together for Part 1 of "Batman and Son." After a harrowing battle with the Joker high atop Police Headquarters, Batman decides to let Bruce Wayne step into the light. But just who is watching billionaire Bruce Wayne? And what does their plan have to do with Man-Bat?
Overview
What do you get when you add one Batman, fifty Ninja Man-Bats and the British Prime Minister's wife? Welcome to a glittering night of mayhem among the rich and famous, as Batman faces down a whole army of winged horrors in a no-holds barred, bone-crunching superbrawl among the treasures of London's Pop Art museum. And when the Dark Knight's done, an even greater shock awaits, as we finally meet a startling NEW addition to the Batman family in "Man Bats of London," - Part 2 of the 4-part "Batman and Son," by comics legends Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN, SEVEN SOLDIERS) and Andy Kubert (Ultimate X-Men, 1602)! And don't miss the stunning New Printing of BATMAN: SON OF THE DEMON, solicited on page 60!
For someone who had to suffer his parents' murder as a child, having a family of his own should be a dream come true for Bruce Wayne. But then, he probably never envisioned a child like Damian. Neglected by his mother, and raised by Ra's al Ghul's League of Assasins, the boy is incredibly arrogant, and dangerously skilled for someone so young.Unsure if he is truly Damian's father, but unable to deny the possibility, Bruce takes the boy back to Gotham with him after Talia leaves. For perhaps the first time in his life, Damian isn't surrounded by people who will obey him. When he sees that Bruce won't simply let him run free, he decides to prove himself to his father. But Damian finds that there is an obstacle in his path... an adopted son who aids in his fathers' war on crime. And Damian knows only one way to deal with obstacles... very directly.
Damian's presence at Wayne Manor is proving quite the distraction for Batman. In his efforts to prove himself to his father, Damian has assaulted Alfred, murdered the Spook and nearly killed Robin. But Bruce still has to stop Talia from using an army of Man-Bats against the British government. Since leaving him at home is potentially too dangerous, Batman has no choice but to take his son into the fight with him.
