Bruce Wayne is famously one of many richest characters in popular culture, however now Batman‘s private wealth is extra excessive than ever earlier than. The Darkish Knight has achieved a brand new stage of wealth, nevertheless it took a seismic reboot to make it occur.
In Immortal Legend Batman #1 – from Kyle Higgins, Mat Groom, Dan Mora, Erica D’Urso, Tamra Bonvillain, Igor Monti and Becca Carey – DC confirms that Bruce Wayne is formally “a trillionaire.” Whereas Batman is usually depicted as a billionaire in DC Comics, this makes him richer than any fashionable real-world particular person.
Whereas Batman has all the time been comparable to Marvel’s Iron Man when it comes to wealth, this makes him extra like Black Panther – a personality who guidelines a complete nation and possesses whole management over a singular pure useful resource. The change is feasible as a result of, within the actuality of Immortal Legend Batman, humanity’s attain has expanded past Earth, with numerous planets being mined for his or her sources.
Batman Will Want Trillions to Tackle a Galaxy of Villains
Combating One other Dimension and Combating Threats on Different Planets, Batman Is Extra Formidable Than Ever
Immortal Legend Batman takes place in a brand new actuality impressed by Japanese tokusatsu media. On this world, humanity has unlocked new expertise powered by Darkish Matter. Sadly, connecting to the Shadow Realm this power comes from has invited the eye of extradimensional demons, resulting in the emergence of the heroes Immortal Legend Batman, Robin and Nightwing.
On this actuality, Batman has a near-magic Batsuit powered by the “binding power” that connects the traditional and shadow realms. He additionally has his personal interstellar ship which he is utilizing to scour the galaxy for villainy, having seemingly deserted his position on Earth. As ever, Bruce Wayne’s cash goes into preventing crime wherever he finds it, however now his fortune has turned him right into a galaxy-scale hero.
Batman’s Cash Has Turn out to be a Main Problem for the Character
It is fascinating that DC is presenting this new model of Batman as a trillionaire, provided that latest Batman’s comics stripped Bruce Wayne of his fortune, turning him right into a millionaire after the occasions of Joker Warfare. Given public controversy surrounding billionaires, followers speculated that this may be the brand new established order for Batman. That is the case for the lately launched Absolute Batman continuity, the place Bruce is a working engineer and Joker is the character with unbelievable wealth.
Whereas the mainstream Batman is now again to his common established order as a billionaire, it is clear DC is experimenting with the diploma to which huge wealth is a necessary a part of the character. Within the case of Absolute Batman, the Darkish Knight is a child from the Gotham streets who constructed his repute along with his personal two fingers. In Immortal Legend Batman, he is a trillionaire who travels from planet to planet in a private spaceship. Finally, these completely different variations of Batman present how elastic the property actually is, and why DC’s alt-universe tales are so standard with followers.
Immortal Legend Batman #1 is out there now from DC Comics.
- Created By
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Bob Kane, Invoice Finger
- Alias
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Bruce Wayne
- Alliance
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Justice League, Outsiders, Batman Household
- Race
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Human
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D.C.
