[69], However, before the team can celebrate, the Boom Tube used to return to Earth was not closed and Darkseid's son Kalibak arrives and attacks the team. He neutralized the child soldiers, and teamed up with Dick Grayson to take down the remaining assassins. Despite becoming Robin to Grayson's Batman, Damian reveals that he cares little for his older brother and has no respect for him as Batman and that the latter would have to earn it. Mara had been made leader of a group known as the Demon's Fist, which was originally supposed to be led by Damian but became hers when he chose to leave the League. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Minutes after Damian's death, Batman arrives and sees Damian's dead body. It's not often that something takes Batman by surprise. Damian is skilled in mimicking voices and speech patterns of others accurately, as he was able to imitate his father's and Tim Drake's voices to bypass the Batcave's voice-recognition security systems.[20]. They later encounter Darkseid's elite member Glorious Godfrey, setting in motion the Robin Rises story arc. Damian Wayne. Eventually, Kid Flash discovers the secret prison,[77] and Crush, who has fallen for Djinn, kisses her, showing her the kind of genuine affection which Damian in his grimness never really did. In a tribute to a classic comic book cover, the publisher accidentally showcased the precarious situation involving its two current Robins, Tim Drake and Damian Wayne. Damian possessed superpowers similar to that of Superman following his resurrection, though this was short-lived. Though he sometimes struggles with his past and the legacy of his mother and grandfather, Damian now wants nothing more than to be a hero to the people of Gotham, just like his father. The Heretic got in a battle with Damian, and killed him. However, because of his possible paternity to Damian, Batman, on some levels, is optimistic about the chance of fatherhood. [15] Batman Incorporated fought Leviathan in the streets, while Damian was forced to stay inside. But against his father's wishes, he escapes, donning a new costume under the name of Redbird.[54]. A dark experience shows that underneath it all, even Robin can be shaken to his core. Morrison, Grant. Due to the extreme training from his mother and grandfather has, Damian has the skills and stealth of that of an extremely trained assassin. 3. Ra's flees with the bodies afterward. Damian aided in fighting the Dark Knights upon their invasion, forming the Gotham Resistance with Green Arrow, Killer Croc, Nightwing and Harley Quinn. As Batman's official heir, Damian has a lot to live up to. The child was born and given the name Damian. In the comic, Damian is fighting hordes of Leviathan henchmen in the lobby of Wayne Tower when Nightwing comes to rescue him. These events cause Hush to escape, causing Damian to grow a further hatred for the criminal. Damian Wayne - Born To The Purple In Infinite Frontier? [37] Dick and Tim send Damian with the Gordons to their underground base while they battle the Black Lanterns. The choices are Tim or Damian. O'Neil, Dennis. Grant Morrison's story titled Batman and Son (2006) expands upon the Son of the Demon storyline as part of a remodeling of Batman's personality after the events of Infinite Crisis. Ra's to Batman. Pets he has owned include. Damian Wayne may have had problems with empathy in his early days as Robin, but now he's one of the best gift-givers in the whole DC Universe. Damian Wayne, the fourth Robin and . In the climax, the Court manipulates Damian into joining them so they can use him to recruit Agent 37. Of all the Robins, only Damian Wayne is actually related to Billionaire Bat. "Did he do a paternity test on Damian? Is Selina Kyle older than Bruce Wayne? Morrison, Grant. Damian's birth was a bit messy, and so is his claim to the Wayne Dynasty. Near the end of the comic. Named after the Shakespeare character, Titus is Damian Wayne's pet, a Great Dane, given to him by his father, Bruce. Seeley, Tim. They worked together with Batman Incorporated to take down the League of Assassins' top killers. Damian Wayne (DC) | Heroes Wiki | Fandom Damian, as a preadolescent, was left by his mother in the care of his father, who had been unaware of his existence. Bruce's first protg Dick Grayson took over the mantle of Batman, and Damian, not giving up on his father's missions, agreed to continue on as Grayson's Robin. Still, it is highly doubtful that anyone expected literal gods to show up and abduct Damian in the middle of the celebration. Another column in "Detective Comics #494" stated that Batman's birthday was now February 19. While their fathers were discussing the lab tests that Damian had performed on Jon, the two boys went off to look at Damian's pets. When the Heretic arrives and knocks Nightwing out, Damian bravely fights him. ", "DC Comics & Deathstroke Inc. #8 Spoilers & Review: Why Does Batman Pick a Side He Doesn't Want to in Shadow War Part 3?! Batman then arrives, having learned of his son's actions, declaring that the Teen Titans are finished. Because of the deaths of his parents at Ra's's hands, Tallant has completed following his father's tragic path as Batman. March 5th, 2013. [84] Despite the book's cancellation, the characters have subsequently appeared as a team in other series.[85]. The son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul, Damian Wayne was born to a life of adventure, but he struggles daily against the lesser angels of his nature. Grant Morrison's Batman: Every Member Of The Bat-Family's Age - CBR . After the events of Justice League: No Justice, the Titans disband. This character has been a member of the Justice League of America, or the Justice League in any of its various incarnations, sworn by a duty to act as guardians of America and the world by using their skills and/or superpowers to protect Earth from the clutches of both interstellar and domestic threats.This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Justice League of America members" category. Priest, Christopher. He was the optimum man You and your detective will yield the ultimate child. He ends up captured by Ra's and is nearly killed. Damian Wayne is the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul. Batman's Birthday & His Secret Birthday Ritual - Batman Factor Despite his intense training to become a remorseless assassin, Damian was sympathetic to his father's vigilantism in Gotham and volunteered to become his next sidekick. Sometime after Batman became a public hero, he fought Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins. [64] The resurrections fail, leaving Ra's to realize his arrogance for allowing the Heretic to kill his grandson and regret allowing Talia to clone Damian. DC is home to the "World's Greatest Super Heroes," including SUPERMAN, BATMAN, WONDER WOMAN, GREEN LANTERN, THE FLASH, AQUAMAN and more. References in current continuity have been made to the future of Bruce and Talia's son. He first worked with Dick Grayson before going to work alongside his father, upon the original's return to the role of Batman. Damian Wayne is the fifth character to assume the role of Robin, Batman's vigilante partner. Through his father he has two half-brothers, Matthew . Damien Wayne Wayne Kostyal: Billed height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Billed weight: 220 lb (100 kg) Billed from: Hampton, Virginia: Trained by: Phil Brown Preston Quinn Tully Blanchard: Debut: August 10, 2002: Damien Wayne Kostyal (born December 18, 1971), better known by his ring name Damien Wayne, is an American professional wrestler. Damian has a strong love for animals. Damian is quite shaken by the sight of the bones of his family. DC Universe Calendar | The Five Earths Project April 7: Birthday of Bruce Wayne (golden age Batman) [Earth-2 version; February 19 for Earth-1 Bruce Wayne] April 8: Birthday of Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's butler April 9: Birthday of John Sargent (Sargon the Sorcerer) April 10: Birthday of Dinah Drake Lance (golden age Black Canary) April 11: "Birthday" of Linda Danvers (Supergirl). The only occupant of the ambulance was the Joker. [52] However, despite Bruce's attempts to build a relationship with his son, Damian remains distant from his father, which Alfred worries about. 2, #15, Damian defies his father's orders to remain in the Batcave and investigates Alfred's kidnapping. During the "Leviathan" story arc, when his mother Talia puts a price on his head and is targeted by the most dangerous and skilled assassins, Bruce faked Damian's death and secluded him in the Batcave to protect him while he goes undercover to confront Talia and her minions. The century's greatest crimefighter, the daughter of its greatest crimelord. [78] When the other Titans find out, and when Red Arrow kills Deathstroke,[79] conflict erupts within the team until Lobo, looking for Crush, crashes in. -- Damian Wayne (Prime Earth) I'm not like Tim, or Jason, or even Dick. The billionaire vigilante's son who made his official DC Comics debut in Batman #655 in September 2006, despite initially appearing as an infant in 1987's Batman: Son of the Demon was conceived. However, the Heretic eventually gains the upper hand and impales Damian through the chest, the sword piercing Damian's heart and resulting in Damian dying almost instantly. He becomes a talented martial artist before his teenage years, at which time Talia reveals Damian's existence to Bruce Wayne and leaves him in his custody in an effort to disrupt his work. & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Damian_Wayne&oldid=1140173963, DC Comics characters with accelerated healing, Fictional genetically engineered characters, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from August 2017, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Trained computer scientist and security hacker, Uses high-tech equipment and weapons (similar to, Damian Wayne is also featured in the prequel comic to the game. "Who else in this world is like us, Bruce Wayne? Damian plays a particular role in Batman and Robin Eternal when the Bat-Family is pitted against Mother, a ruthless woman who believes that she can make her 'children' stronger by putting them through intense trauma. I'd say like 6'6", 260+. [45] Robin eventually begins to develop a friendship with Ravager, who initially reaches out to Damian due to their similar upbringings (Ravager's father being the notorious assassin, Deathstroke). [6] Robin angrily left the Batcave to work with Nobody, who asked him to execute a criminal. It is not directly revealed what was in the note, but it makes Superboy realize that wherever Damian is, they won't find him. This is discovered by Oracle, who ejects the girl and takes control of the Batmobile, intent on taking Damian home. While he does not file a lawsuit against Dick, due to Grayson not being named the heir of Wayne Enterprises, but rather a high-ranking member, he does against Tim, who was named the heir to Wayne Enterprises.[35]. After defeating Damian's half-aquatic clones with Aquaman, Batman seeks Wonder Woman's help in chasing Ra's to Themyscira. Eventually, when Talia deemed that Damian was ready, she allowed him to go to Gotham and meet his father - the Batman. Damian Wayne will make his live-action debut in the film The Brave and the Bold, produced by DC Studios.[22]. Batman has experienced a life changing event, and Gotham City will never be the same. After this, Batman uses the Chaos Shard on his son's corpse, which has been infused with Darkseid's Omega Sanction. Ra's to Talia. "[88][89], After observing how happy both his daughter and grandson are while living a peaceful life without killing, the now reformed Ra's al Ghul decides that he wants to turn himself in to the authority to atone for all the crimes he committed as well as publicly share all the secrets he kept hidden over the centuries, this decision has sparked a huge interest in both the superhero community and the villain community due the amount of knowledge the immortal Demon's Head has about the world, so all eyes were on him during a press conference he held before his incarceration. He encouraged Robin's darker side and tried to take him as an apprentice. Talia admits to Damian, that even though she loves him, she is too much of a perfectionist to admire him for choosing a path that defies her this blatantly, and he is therefore no longer welcome and will be considered an enemy of the House of al Ghul. Bat-family ages? : r/DCcomics - reddit Spoilers ahead for Robin #5 As part of the DC Rebirth, Damian is featured in three titles: Teen Titans, where he becomes the team's leader to defeat Ra's al Ghul and succeed Red Robin (Tim Drake) as leader, Super Sons, co-starring with Jonathan Kent, the son of Superman and the new Superboy and Nightwing, where he has a supporting role. Jon later awakened in the Batcave and found out that Robin had been keeping him under surveillance for a long time. He may be the most violent Robin, but even Damian Wayne has moments of humanity that shine . Who is the 4th Robin? -Talia al Ghul to Batman. [48] Afterwards, the two work together to stop the bomber from destroying a massive bridge, saving dozens of lives in the process. In an act of defiance, Damian decides to make the Robin mantle independent from that of Batman and decides to stop Dr. Phosphorus from breaking into Project Cadmus, but fails miserably and is saved by Dick. Damian finally stands up for his Robin mantle, telling Talia that being Robin was the best thing that he had ever done, and Talia does not need to save him from something he chooses to be. Damian then reunites with his father and his family team. Help arrives in the form of the original Batman. Damian Wayne is the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul. 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Upon returning to Gotham, Damian tells Dick that even though he had been brought to the Titans to find friends, he did not need to, as he already had one, Grayson himself. Paternity test/documentation via source material, proof of biological relation and established name of the character provided in last panels of comic book. Alfred says Bruce intended to tell him the results when the time was right. A new variant cover for Tim Drake: Robin #4 is shining an unfortunate light on an ongoing issue for DC. "You fell in love with the Detective that day, of course. Damian is also a major player in the Robin War event, where he, Agent 37 (Dick Grayson), Red Hood, and Red Robin organize a street gang called "Robins" to defeat the Court of Owls with reluctant aid from Jim Gordon, who is now Batman.