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Batman Who Laughs
The Batman Who Laughs (Bruce Wayne) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, he is an evil counterpart and alternate version of Batman within the Dark Multiverse. He is depicted as a hybrid of both Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Batman's arch enemy Joker, and is a member of the Dark Knights and the overarching antagonist of the Dark Multiverse Saga, alongside cosmic deities Perpetua and Barbatos, from 2017 to 2021, following DC Rebirth. His first appearance was in the crossover storyline '' Dark Nights: Metal'', before receiving his own series and serving as the main antagonist in '' Batman/Superman'' in 2019 and DC Comics' '' Year of the Villain'' alongside Lex Luthor. His name is an allusion to the original Batman's seriousness and to the 1928 film ''The Man Who Laughs'', which served as inspiration for the Joker. Publication history The Batman Who Laughs was created by Scott Snyder and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, the first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its published stories are set in the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous List of DC Comics characters, culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash; as well as famous fictional teams, including the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad, and the Legion of Superheroes. The universe contains an assortment of well-known supervillains, such as Lex Luthor, the Joker (character), Joker, Darkseid, and the antihero Catwoman. The company has published non-DC Universe-related mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman/Superman
''Superman/Batman'' is a monthly American comic book series published by DC Comics that features the publisher's two most popular superheroes: Superman and Batman. ''Superman/Batman'' premiered in August 2003, an update of the previous series, ''World's Finest Comics'' (1941–1986), in which Superman and Batman regularly joined forces. ''Superman/Batman'' explores the camaraderie, antagonism, and friendship between its title characters. Jeph Loeb, the series' first writer, introduced a dual-narrator technique to present the characters' often opposing viewpoints and estimations of each other, which subsequent series writers have maintained. Prior to the events of Batman and the Outsiders #1 (1983), the two iconic characters were depicted as the best of friends. Frank Miller's landmark series ''The Dark Knight Returns'' subsequently depicted the heroes as adversaries in a future timeline. This dynamic became standard with John Byrne's '' The Man of Steel'', a Superman reboot publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
