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In the nightmarish , dystopian Neo - Gotham , Nightwinghas brokenBatman’smission far worse than any villain ever could . Nightwing is one of the column of the Bat - Family , but inBatman Beyond the White Knight#2 , readers learn he has connect a militaristic natural law - enforcement agency , one that perverts Batman ’s original mission in a unspeakable way . The issue is on sale now in print and digital .
Batman Beyond the White Knightis the latest entry in author / artist Sean Murphy’sWhite Knightuniverse , which kicked off withBatman : The White Knight . The mini - series , herald by critic and sports fan likewise , presented a skewered take on the Batman mythos , flipping the script on the Batman / Joker moral force . A follow - up miniskirt - series , Curse of the White Knight , see the Dark Knight take on Azrael . At its conclusion , Bruce Wayne realized that Batman had failed in his missionto save Gotham , and decide to turn himself in to the authorities , donate his vast fate to the city to help fund social betterment programme . However , as see in the first consequence ofBatman Beyond the White Knight , readers encounter the money was co - choose by Derek Powers , who impart it into creating a paramilitary jurisprudence enforcement bureau , independent of the Gotham PD , hollo the GTO — and its led by Dick Grayson .
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NowBatman : Curse of the White Knight # 2comes written and illustrate by Sean Murphy , colored by Dave Stewart and letter by Andworld Designs . Bruce Wayne has broken out of prison house , dismay at what his money has aid create . He con that Dick Grayson is in charge of the GTO , which has helped deform Gotham into a fascistic police land . As Bruce fight Dick , he realise Dick has taken “ the wrong lessons from everything ” Bruce tried to teach him ; he declare if “ you want to protect Gotham , you remand the malefactor , not the entire urban center . ” later on , after apprehending Terry McGinnis , Dick is confronted by Barbara Gordon , late of the Gotham PD ; after a heated exchange , Barbara storms off , telling Dick he has now taken on the role once held by the villains of Gotham — pall the citizen into submission .
Both Batman and Barbara are right : Dick Grayson has strayed from the path his wise man lay out for him . As the drawing card of the GTO , Dick has helped refashion Gotham into a police force state , one that , according to Barbara Gordon , has no exemption and no seclusion ; and while superintendent - criminals like the Joker are gone , Barbara points out that Gotham is still invade with crime . The oppressive tactics of Derek Powers , Dick Grayson , and the GTO have robbed Gotham of hope . Dick Grayson not only demoralize Batman ’s mission , he fail it . Batman Beyond the White Knightis not the only recent publication that picture Nightwing stimulate virtuously refutable decisions . In the pages ofFuture State Department : Gotham , Nightwing , takes an illegal substancederived from Bane ’s Venom that raise his brainpower . In this context , Nightwing was doing it to tumble a fascist government activity , whereas inBeyond the White Knighthe is a fascistic drawing card . While these two unlike stories are give unlike scenario , the mutual ribbon merge them is Nightwing making determination that would not sit well with Batman — no matter the aim .
Batman ’s mission from daylight one has been simple : salve Gotham City . Over the year , he has muster in a modest army to help him carry out this goal , but in the penny-pinching hereafter , Nightwing , one his staunchest ally , has corrupt this mission , using it to create a fascist police force state of matter .
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Batman : Beyond the White Knight # 2is usable now from DC Comics !
