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As the Batman in theFlashpoint Beyondreality appears to accidentally recruit his ownRobin , Bruce Wayne ’s alt - macrocosm father is spoil the one mortal he ’d reject of most .
The Flashpoint universe was create when the Flash went back in clip and prevent his female parent ’s slaying at the hands of the Reverse - Flash . This triggered an alternate world where Bruce Wayne go bad in offence skittle alley or else of his parent . His founding father , Thomas Wayne , eventuallybecame a murderous Batman . He aid the Flash restitute the proper timeline , but somehow the Flashpoint universe has come back , and Thomas has to figure out why and who is behind its restoration ,
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Harvey Dent is n’t the district attorney here but a justice - one who wants Thomas Wayne prosecuted for murder , but was kill before he had a chance to engineer it . His son Dexter was with him when it happened , and Thomas deal the boy in . While Thomas is lay claim it ’s because he ’s the spectator to a crime , it ’s suggest his existent motivation is that Dexter is the same age as Bruce was when he croak , and he ’s subconsciously replace his son . In Tim Sheridan , Geoff Johns , Jeremy Adams , Xermanico , and Mikel Janin’sFlashpoint Beyond # 1,Thomas leaves Dexter in the care of this reality ’s Oswald Cobblepot , leave to some unorthodox preparation that seems set tocreate the next Robin .
In the Flashpoint population , Oswald is Bruce ’s shady correct - hand human being , and tutor Dexter on using a gun , just like Thomas ' Batman . While Thomas is presently too implicated with the fate of his globe to care about consciously recruiting a Robin , Dexter is following the classic path , as he begin training with the implication of wanting to revenge his murdered family . Tragically , however , this is a choice that would outrage the mainstream Bruce Wayne . Bruce has consecrate never to use a hitman , consider them"the weapon of the enemy,“and one of his most tragic losses was Harvey Dent’stransformation into the Gotham villain Two - Face . To know that any version of his male parent is turn Dent ’s son into a gun - summate killer would moil Batman ’s origin like small else .
Making things worse , Thomas ' current missionary station is to once again erase the Flashpoint reality , and so he ’s carrying out his mission as if none of his action will have actual consequences . Allowing Dexter Dent to join him as a crime - fighting pal wouldmean nothing to Thomas Wayne , even as it seems his reality is now part of the multiverse and is n’t going anywhere . As Thomas Wayne ’s Batman accidentally allow Harvey Dent ’s Logos to be check as a hardcore newRobin , he ’s making the one pick that Bruce Wayne would never forgive .
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