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Over the years , Batmanhas taste to saveGotham Citythrough a miscellanea of method , and DC has now bid out why he is fate to neglect . In last year’sBatman : Curse of the White Knight , Bruce Wayne abdicatedthe role of Batman , donating his vast luck to help better Gotham — but it has only made the problem worse , as seen in the follow - upBatman : Beyond the White Knight # 1 , on sale now in print and digital .
In 2017 , writer / artist Sean Murphy’sBatman : The White Knighttreated fans to a vision of Batman never seen before . After being cure of his madness , the Joker becomes a hero who exposes the foils of Gotham City — including Batman . In the sequel , Curse of the White Knight , a shaken - up Batmanhas to postulate with not only Azrael , but the Wayne Family bequest as well . At the destruction of that miniseries , Batman settle to ill-use down and turn himself in . Feeling that the honest way to keep open Gotham is to address the social ills that top to crime , he donate the totality of his fortune to societal betterment programs . All seems well , but years later on , Gotham has somehow become even bad , showing why Batman will never be able to salve it . Batman : Beyond the White Knightis write and instance by Sean Murphy , color by Dave Stewart and lettered by Andworld Designs .
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Bruce Wayne is service time in Stonegate , breaking up riots leave by the Sons of Azrael . Jason Todd and Duke Thomashelp Bruce during the riot . Back in his cell , Bruce learns the horrifying truth that Derek Powers , CEO of Wayne Motors , has make command of the company . Powers funnel the money from Wayne ’ charity to create a para - military force head by Dick Grayson . Bruce Wayne learns the social betterment programme he had figure never came to pass , and instead Powers has used the money to essentially become Gotham into a law state , and sprain Wayne Enterprises into a weapons producer . Bruce burst out of jail in a bid to set matters right .
Batman has adjudicate to save up Gotham in a variety of ways , beit as the Batman , or by donating money to social well-being programs — and now DC has shown that disregardless of how intemperately he tries , Batman is doom to give out . As the Dark Knight , he is seemingly stuck in a loop-the-loop , agitate the same villains over and over with no substantial progress ; furthermore , criminal offense is a constant in Gotham , an evilness he can never stomp out . Batman is savvy enough to know that simply punching a problem will not solve it , and Creator throughout time have present Bruce Wayne using his fortune to combat social ills . He has invested in youth centers , shelters and other programs that help the most vulnerable — yet again , he is destine to fail , as see here . Bruce Wayne had thebest intention when he donated his money , but his intentions tend up against human nature . Derek Powers take Bruce ’s money and lined his own coffers with it and turned Gotham into a fascist police state .
Thanks to his wealthiness , Batmanis the best positioning to ostensibly saveGotham City , and he has strain in multiple way . Now , DC has shown why , no matter which way he locomote , he will never succeed .
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