Damian Wayne
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| Damian | |
 Damian in Batman #658. Art by Andy Kubert. |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Batman #655 (Sept. 2006) |
| Created by | Grant Morrison Andy Kubert |
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| Alter ego | Damian Wayne |
| Supporting character of | Batman |
| Notable aliases | Robin, Batman |
| Abilities | exceptional martial artist, trained by the League of Assassins, access to high tech equipment. |
Damian Wayne is a fictional character in the DC Universe. He is the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul from a brief marriage in the previously non-canon story Batman: Son of the Demon. Still, Grant Morrison does not acknowledge the origin of Damian as a result of the events of Son Of The Demon. [1] Damian is characterized by primal feelings brought about by rigorous martial arts training. The character was created by Grant Morrison for his run on Batman beginning with issue #655, "Batman & Son", loosely based on concepts by Mike W. Barr (writer of Son of the Demon).
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[edit] Fictional character biography
His existence is unknown to Batman. Genetically perfected and grown in an artificial womb (making him a test tube baby and not the result of a Batman-Talia union), Damian was intended to be a formidable warrior. He is raised by Talia and the League of Assassins. He becomes a talented martial artist by the time he is a pre-teen, at which time Talia reveals Damian's existence to his father and leaves him in Batman's custody in an effort to disrupt his work. Precocious, spoiled, and violent, Damian battles Robin (Tim Drake), whom he wants to replace as his father's sidekick, and sucker punches him off the T. rex of the batcave when Tim stops fighting to help him. Grounded by Batman, he escapes, dons a variant Robin costume made of Jason Todd's old tunic and assorted League of Assassin gear, and gets into a fight with and decapitates the villainous Spook. Although misguided and malicious, Damian seems to genuinely want to aid his father's war on crime.
Eventually, Batman confronts Talia, but both Talia and Damian are soon caught in an explosion. They survive the explosion, but a badly injured Damian requires transplants of harvested organs, which his mother orders her physicians to carry out. He made a full recovery.[2].
In Batman Annual: Head of the Demon Talia takes Damian to the Australian Outback where he is tutored in the secret history of his grandfather, Ra's al Ghul. Talia is unaware that a former servant of Ra's, named White Ghost, plans to use Damian as a shell for the soul of Ra's to return to Earth. This process would, of course, kill Damian. Talia is able to save her son from his fate at the last minute.
However, Ra's is still able to return, as a rotting, shambling undead corpse, still needing Damian to stabilize his form. Damian flees to alert Batman, but he's still pursued by his evil grandfather. Upon entering Wayne manor, Damian attempts to relay to Robin the fact that Ra's has returned. However, Robin, suspicious of Damian's intentions, does not believe his story and begins a fist fight. Damian flees and encounters Alfred. Before he can effectively relay his news he is attacked by Robin, who perceives Damian's attempt to help a tripping Alfred as an attack, and renews their battle. As they fight, members of the League of Assassins approach the manor with the intention of killing all others within and bringing Damian back to Ra's alive. Damian and Robin (Tim) fight side-by-side against Ra's and his minions. However, their collaboration is hindered by their very different philosophies of battle, not to mention their strong dislike - even hatred - of each other. Damian is willing to betray Tim at any moment for his own safety. Ra's captures the two and tells Batman that he will use one of them for his own body. Batman offers his own body instead.
Ra's refuses the offer, feeling that he needs someone of a younger age. The choices are Robin or Damian. Batman offers a third alternative: "Fountain of Essence," which contains the qualities of a Lazarus Pit. Batman and Ra's go in search of the fountain, leaving Tim, Damian, Nightwing, Alfred, and Talia to battle the Sensei. Damian leaves his mother and Tim to an unknown fate, while he goes off to be with his father. He ends up captured by Ra's and nearly loses his life. Batman and the others manage to save him, and Talia takes her son and escapes.
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[edit] Other versions of Damian
Batman #666 features an adult Damian Wayne as Batman. He takes on the mantle after he is unable to save his father from an unknown assassin as Robin. This Batman is darker than his father, more willing to injure and kill opponents if he judges it necessary to do so. He also has a pet cat he calls Alfred. He seems to have developed a rivalry with Commissioner Barbara Gordon and possesses some form of supernatural ability (most visibly, the ability to heal catastrophic wounds in moments).
[edit] Other versions of Batman's son
Damian is the first canonical appearance of the Batman-Talia child presented in Son of the Demon, but DC Comics has made other uses of the individual:
- In Kingdom Come (1996) by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, the child of Batman and Talia is Ibn al Xu'ffasch, literally "Son of the Bat", a member of Lex Luthor's inner circle. He falls in love with Nightstar, the daughter of Dick Grayson and Starfire. There is some suggestion that he is Batman's spy in Luthor's camp [1].
- In a Batman Annual story, "Tales of Dead Earth", their son is Talon.
- In the Elseworlds story, The Brotherhood of the Bat (and its sequel The League of Batmen), a variation named Tallant appears who crusades against his grandfather, Ra's al Ghul.
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