admonition ! spoiler forBatman#121 by DC Comics

The newest villain to the DC Universe has proven he’sBatman’sdark reflection , as Abyss demo how tragedy could have take Bruce Wayne in a much dark-skinned direction . InBatman#121 , the Dark Knight takes on Abyss and get wind how his tragic past and desire to become more like Batman ultimately shape him into becoming the villain . However , unlike Batman , Abyss has succumbed to the darkness .

In the current ongoingBatmanseries by DC Comics , the Caped Crusader ended up in Bahdnisia , a country that has been plagued by several kidnappings by a villain named Abyss . When Batman arrived , he learned Abyss had been down , and Batman Inc. was arrest for polish off him . However , Bruce Wayne cursorily discovered that Abyss was n’t actually dead , and that the Batman Inc. squad he constitute years ago was truly working with Abyss as their loss leader - not Lex Luthor as previously conceive . So now , Batman is face up Abyss as the villainfurther reveals he ’s a dark reflection of the Dark Knight .

Comic book art: Batman faces the four Robins: Nightwing Dick Grayson, Red Hood Jason Todd, Red Robin Tim Drake, and Robin Damian Wayne.

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InBatman#121 by Joshua Williamson , Jorge Molina , Mikel Janin , Tomeu Morey , and Clayton Cowles , Batman takes on Abyss and the Batman Inc. team as they want to take down Lex Luthor . In the battle , it ’s revealed Batman Inc. was on an undercover mission as they ferment against Abyss . As a fight break out , Abyss shares like Batman Inc. , he wanted to become Batman and was commonplace of being a victim . So , when Lex Luthor come with an offering to make him a new kind of Batman , he accepted . However , after being experiment on , Abyss was abandon by Luthor and leave behind to sail the darkness alone . In Abyss ' subsequent competitiveness against Batman , he reveals he model himself after Batman and " only wanted to be like " the torpedo .

Abyss disappears after tell Batman that he ’s always been skirt in the dark   since being turn into a monster . Abyss ultimately rise to beBatman ’s dark reflexion , as the villainwas everything Bruce Wayne could have become but did n’t after suffer his parent .

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Abyss is one of the worst - case scenarios for Batman , as the scoundrel represents a disconsolate path that Bruce Wayne could have taken after falling into iniquity in his own life-time . Fortunately , instead , Batman overcame the darkness and channeled his rage , sadness , and frustration into becoming a hero . Abyss could n’t do the same and was drown by what he had become . Batman#121 by DC Comics is in comic account book stores now .

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