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Warning : spoiler for Batman # 52
Bruce Wayne is facing his smashing challenge yet : publically proving thatBatmanisn’t a hero . To make matters worse , Bruce Wayne will have to convert some of the most splendidly stubborn people in the humanity .
That ’s because his audience is a jury of his match who trust in Batman as a force out for good , and who just want to convict a fink crook and go home with their life . But Bruce ? He ’s the only one who be intimate in his centre that this time , the Dark Knight run too far .
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Batman , obviously , is never in a bang-up mood . Yet the current arc of Tom King’sBatmanseries finds the Dark Knight in a particularly dour place . Catwoman has leave him at the altar , Dick Grayson has taken over as Batman , andBruce Wayne is help panel duty , presiding over a trial for Mr. Freeze ( who Batman helped apprehend ) . Bruce , though , is n’t convinced that Batman ( or himself ) did the veracious thing . Bruce Wayne needs to convert everyone that Batman ’s not in his right mind - and Mr. Freeze should go free .
The second part of the " Batman on jury duty " plot line is structured A LOT like12 Angry Men . Everyone on the jury is ready to convict Mr. Freeze for the death of three women base on almost nothing but Batman ’s belief in Freeze ’s guilt . But Bruce Wayne has his doubts , which are retain him from wanting to convict . He convinces his fellow jurors to give him an hour or two ( displacement : two comic book issues ) to convince them that Batman is in the damage . Mr. Freeze is innocent … of this offense , at least .
As can be think , Batman # 52is a very introspective story , seeing Bruce Wayne launch into a long monologue about the " hypothetical " state of affairs that Batman is rattle , allowing someone to use his emotional exposure to their vantage . As a result , Batman think Freeze is guilty because someone want him to consider it .
found on theheartbreaking wedding issue between Batman and Catwoman , fans would take up the mastermind behind Bruce ’s current partitioning is Bane . For the second , Bruce seems in the dark about that piece of information . Right now , all he bang is that Batman feels more mad than ever .
Batman # 52is hardly the first prison term that Bruce Wayne has doubt that Batman is righteous , or even necessary . And in the issue ’s flashbacks , Batman ’s gaining control of Mr. Freeze is brutal , crimson , and basically out - of - control . This is n’t a hoagie that Gotham should want protecting their street .
This leads up to the freehanded sweetener ofBatman # 52where Bruce Wayne tells his fellow jurors that he ’s go to essay that Batman is n’t a hero . The man that Gotham believes is protect them is n’t the human who ’s actually behind Batman ’s mantle and cowling … at least not any longer . Batman did n’t just lose Catwoman at his wedding . Batman has lose his way , and he ’s no longer act like a paladin , or even a semi - decent person .
The destruction ensue to Bruce ’s Bat - life story crisis will probably not be Earth - shattering . Bruce Wayne will come out of jury responsibility and suit up as Batman once again , if for no other intellect than to receive the secret mastermind ( A.K.A. Bane ) who made him so skeptical of himself . Yet even if Bruce Wayne suits up as Batman , he could still argue very in effect that Batman is n’t a hero and that could have huge ramifications for that character move forrard .
DC Comics has always been very deliberate about Batman toeing the line between anti - hero and hero . However , in a post - Catwoman break - up world , the scales might be tip to the morally ambiguous side .
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Batman # 52is usable now fromDC Comics .
