WhileBatmanmay be the World ’s Greatest Detective and one of the most brilliant mind inDC Comics , there is one whodunit that even he has not solved . When black power ring are used to upraise the utter , among those who return is an imposter Batman whose reliable identity has never been revealed . Even the Dark Knight has not figured it out .

During the massive 2009 - 10 crossoverBlackest Night , the incarnation of dying Nekron unleash a architectural plan to eradicate life throughout the Galax urceolata . Black power rings are diffuse far and extensive to revive someone   who have died . Powerful beings such as Superman , Wonder Woman , andGreen Lantern ’s predecessor , Abin Sur , fall under their control and join Nekron ’s United States Army of the undead . Even Batman is brought back to biography when Bruce Wayne ’s skull is take from his tomb .

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The only problem is that this is n’t really Bruce ’s skull . After contend   Darkseid in 2008’sFinal Crisis , Batman was believe dead . In realism , he was launch through time   via the Omega Sanction to live over his retiring lives . Eventually , Bruce Wayne rejoin and resume his mantlepiece of Batman . But before that happen , Black Lantern Batman play havoc duringBlackest Night , which was written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Doug Mahnke . Who this Batman is and how he is resurrect is a mystery that has yet to be work out or even given much credence in the DC Universe .

What ’s strange is that the real Bruce Wayne later has another fundamental interaction with a black power ring during theDark Nights : Death Metalstoryline . While wearing the band , Batman seems to have more control of his cognitive facultiesthan the fake Batman and is not merely a puppet of Nekron . In fact , he becomes a Black Lantern and is capable to have a honest amount of control over his ability . He even utilise this power heroically in decree to vote down the vicious Batman Who express mirth . But while all this take   place , it never dawns on   Bruce Wayne to figure out who the previous Black Lantern Batman fraud is .

And it has n’t been as if Batman is n’t concerned in solving mysteries . In the time since Blackest Nighttook berth , Batman has been enchant with other whodunit of the DC Universe . Most conspicuously , he has assay to figure out the connection betweenFlashpoint , Superman , and the Watchmen universe , specifically Doctor Manhattan   and the event that play out stunningly inDoomsday Clock . So whileBatmanhas been preoccupied with other mysteries , he has altogether ignored the deep   one inDC Comicsinvolving someone take in his spot as an undead 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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