After Nyssa's apparent death at the hands of Cassandra Cain, Talia became the sole Demon's Head. However, the League of Assassins had apparently splintered and Cassandra Cain had gained partial control. It's not my place to say, young sir. Forgive me." —Alfred "The son of Satan is my brother?" —Tim Drake. Dialogue post-midway through a comic book ("son of Satan" likely in reference to The Omen franchise). Morrison, Grant. Batman #676. DC Comics, Inc., 2008 Damian Wayne is the only son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul, and the only grandson of Ra's al Ghul. The character was created by Mike W. Barr, and first appeared in Batman: Son of the Demon (1987). Melissa, Billie (November 14, 2023). "Luke Wilson Is Bruce Wayne in Merry Little Batman". Men's Journal | Streaming . Retrieved November 14, 2023. For the first few years of his life, Damian was raised among the League of Assassins, molded by his mother and her greatest agents to become the world's most deadly assassin before he was even 10 years old and using secret technology to speed up his physical aging process to make him stronger and faster than other children.

This incident has deeply hurt both Damian and his mother, Talia, who had to watch her father get murdered even though he finally made the right choice for the first time in his life and was willing to turn a new leaf for his family's sake. In her grief, she gathered all the members of the League of Assassins and put a hit on Deathstroke as well as all of his associates in revenge for killing her father. On the other hand, Damian has teamed-up with his father, who wasn't fully convinced that it was the real Deathstroke that killed Ra's al Ghul, to investigate the murder and find out who was really behind it. [99] I also want to add that I want to isolate the art & narrative innovations of Event comics from the wider world of art and literature (at least for now). This is to simplify the analysis and to avoid getting bogged down in excavating the non-comics origins of the various art & narrative techniques deployed in comics. For example, some of the artistic or narrative innovations were simply borrowed from other places, from literature, illustration, art, etc. But in the context of comics they were new and different. Still, I reserve the right to occasionally ignore this guideline.Couch, Aaron (July 21, 2021). "DC's 'Injustice' Sets Cast for Animated Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 21, 2021. Damian's body is taken by Darkseid minion Glorious Godrey to their hellish world of Apokolips. Batman wanting to find a way for his boy to live again, follows them there with the rest of the Bat-family, he and Darkseid have a face off with the Dark Knight in his "Hell Bat" suit After defeating Doomsday, Batman and the others returned to the Batcave using a Boom Tube. Batman uses the Chaos Shard to heal Damian. The shard revives Damian and also temporarily gives the resurrected boy wonder new super powers too.

While Batman was successful in preventing the assassination of Superman, he was unable to stop Nyssa from killing Ra's. This, in turn, was actually part of a greater plan concocted by Ra's, who wanted to ensure that his daughters would accept their destinies as his heirs, and take up his genocidal campaign. Realizing and accepting this, Nyssa and Talia become the heads of The Demon and led the League of Assassins, with Talia disavowing her love for Bruce Wayne as another result of her torture at Nyssa's hands. The two sisters both declared Batman their enemy. During the " Leviathan" story arc, when his mother Talia puts a price on his head and is targeted by the most dangerous and skilled assassins, Bruce faked Damian's death and secluded him in the Batcave to protect him while he goes undercover to confront Talia and her minions. But against his father's wishes, he escapes, donning a new costume under the name of Redbird. [62] BSOTD was not originally conceived as an "Elseworlds" type story. 3 It was supposed to be canon. But various forces in the DC editorial and corporate structure hated the idea of Batman having a son. As a result, the story was demoted to non-canon status. 4 Even though it acquired this status only post-publication and by editorial diktat, due to its deluxe format and its stand-alone story, BSOTD is now seen as a prototype for the Elsewords titles that came a few years later. A prototype of the character originally appeared as an unnamed infant in the 1987 story Batman: Son of the Demon, [18] [19] which at the time was not considered canon. Following this, various alternate universe stories dealt with the character's life, giving him various names. In 2006, the character was reinterpreted as Damian Wayne by Grant Morrison, and introduced into the main continuity in Batman #655, the first issue of the " Batman and Son" story arc. Damian Wayne is the fifth character to assume the role of Robin, Batman's vigilante partner. Kit, Borys (January 31, 2023). "DC Slate Unveiled: New Batman, Supergirl Movies, a Green Lantern TV Show, and More from James Gunn, Peter Safran". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023 . Retrieved January 31, 2023.Ra’s Al-Ghul and the Ozone Layer - Barr barely attempts to connect the two into something resembling a plot but completely fails so forget that noise! Instead, here’s a bunch of unrelated boring rubbish to fill up space instead: a dull scientist and his brat, Ra’s and an actress (she’s the “bride” of the title - Ra’s wants her to give him an heir because I guess Talia’s not penis-y enough?), and Talia and Batman’s corny relationship. Faaaaaarrrrttt. And that’s Bride of the Demon.