When he first appeared in the Dark Nights: Metal comic books, he was part of a larger existential threat to the entire DC universe. Since then, we have seen his footprints in all DC titles. He was even featured directly in front of his original DC counterpart in his exclusive series.

Now, in this article, we are going to take a look at the history of the character “Batman Who Laughs” and find out his role in the DC universe.

Who is “Batman Who Laughs”?

The character “Batman Who Laughs” was introduced in 2017. in comic number one of “Dark Days: The Casting” by Scott Snyder and Greg Campolo. He is a terrifying shape of Bruce Wayne in one of the many Dark Multiverse worlds.

In Earth-22, the Joker successfully identifies Batman and kills Gordon. He also caused many children to be orphaned by the horrific attacks on Gotham. Batman then clashes with the Joker. This battle ends with the death of the Joker. When the Joker dies, the poison leaves his body and enters the body of the Dark Knight.

When this poison penetrates Bruce Wayne’s body, it distracts his mind and soul. Under the influence of this poison, Bruce finds a Joker-like temperament and has an infinite desire to kill. He brutally kills all his allies (including most of the Batman family and members of the Justice League group) before they know what has happened to him.

He even corrupts his son Damian and several of Gotham’s new orphans.

Dark Nights: Metal

In this crossover, “Batman Who Laughs ” leads the Dark Knights (other evil versions of Bruce Wayne, who have changed to look like members of the Justice League). In the Dark Multiverse, he quickly defeats the original DC Batman and Superman and takes control of Gotham City. He then uses the legendary metals of the DC world, such as Nth Metal, to build his headquarters on Mount Challengers.

In this comic, we first see the complete reign of Batman’s greatest enemies. But then batman who laughs fans are systematically defeated by their Justice League counterparts, while Batman and Superman return to DC. Bruce decides to enlist the help of the Joker. The two make peace with each other for a while to thwart the plans of this villain.

After defeating the villain, Batman takes him as a security prisoner under the supervision of the Justice League headquarters in Washington D.C.

Year of the Villain

Despite the Joker’s warnings, Lex Luthor decided to use the character “Batman Who Laughs” to carry out his evil plans. He wanted to defeat the members of the Justice League group forever. When the evil Batman finds a new opportunity for revenge, he decides to bring different injuries to Bruce and his relatives. Batman also has to take different measures to confront him. But batman who laughs corrupts Commissioner Gordon and uses poison to turn him into one of his allies. The villain’s plans do not end here. He continues to corrupt characters such as Billy Batson (Shazam) and Donna Troy with the poison of the Dark Multiverse.

“Batman Who Laughs” does not stop trying to form his Justice League group. To achieve his goals, he constantly corrupts other familiar faces and adds them to his group.

This villain shows what a terrible thing he can do if Batman breaks his moral rules in the DC world and approaches the Joker character.

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First published in 2003, the comic book, now turned into a cartoon series, by the same comic book house that brought us titles like The Walking Dead, LightHouse, Sweet Paprika, and Killadelphia, Image Comics‘s adult theme Superhero title, Invincible. The story follows the growing pains of a teen who discovers that he has superpowers shortly after his 17th birthday.

Invincible Comic book

Mark Grayson, the protagonist, takes on the pseudonym Invincible and joins the ranks of Earth’s, and the galaxy’s superheroes following his discovery of the fact that he is the half-human son of the Earth’s most powerful superhero, Omni-Man. Going by the name Nolan Grayson, his father is from the planet Viltrum.

The Viltrumite are super-powered beings who are on a mission to guide the galaxy’s development, through benevolence, and enlightenment. Under the mentorship of Omni-Man, Invincible meets and joins forces with Atom Eve, Dupli-Kate, Rex Splode, and Robot as a member of the Teen Team.

The comic book series, although drawn and colored in a style that gives the impression of a lighthearted tale, is rather graphically violent. The Invincible comic book title was written by Robert Kirkman, and drawn by Robert Ottley, and Corey Walker.

Ottley provided the title’s art from issue 1 to 7 and from issue 117-132. Walker was responsible for the issues between Ottley’s run as the title’s artist, as well as later issues. The Invincible comic book series reached the end of its lifespan in February of 2018 with the double-sided final issue, having run since 2003.

The TV Series

Available for streaming over Amazon Prime Video, the animated television series, which is now in its second season, remains true, in terms of style and theme, to the original comic series. The 8 episode-long first season of the animated series covers Mark’s discovery of his powers under his father’s wing, as a crusader for good.

Though the television adaptation of the Invincible franchise is handled by Skybound, the title’s creator, Robert Kirkman is still involved as one of the executive producers of the animated adaptation of the story. Other notable names attached to the series are Sandra Oh, and Seth Rogan, among other stars.

Differences between the show and the comic book

As with any book-to-screen adaptation of a tale, there are some differences between how certain events and characters are depicted differently. Mark’s (Invincible’s) love interest, Amber, is depicted as a person of color in the animated adaptation, offering a more diverse set of characters.

Some gender-swapping also takes place, as Shrinking Rae, and Green Ghost, are of different genders, between the comic books, and animated shows. The funeral of Guardians is also carried out differently in the animated series, which alters chunks of the overall storylines. Only time will tell how the show’s developers aim to fill the plot holes that are created by the different takes on events.

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Following his life being spared by Maggie (the late Glenn’s window), and a brief appearance in the finale. It seemed that fans would never get to enjoy his antics ever again.

However, Kirkman and Adlard decided to give the fans a once off – insightful – view into the life of our charismatic anti- hero.

The Negan Lives story opens with him laying down flowers over the grave of his trusty baseball bat as a tribute to his wife, who he believes is still shuffling out there with the others who fell victim to Kirkman’s zombie apocalypse.

This view of Negan in this special is quite different from the once heavy handed leader. He’s tired of being alive, but simply won’t take his own life. He suffers from depression, while having to survive on mostly palty veggies.

Upon returning to his hideout, he is shocked to find an intruder in his kitchen. A woman, she seems sociable and introduces herself to him as Lucy. A name similar enough to his late wife’s to make him doubtful.

However, Negan and Lucy sit down for some grilled rabbit and a conversation about life in a world full of zombies and how easily the “new normal” became the norm. There were very few options.

Time passes and the two become more comfortable around each other. However, Negan grows suspicious of the girl’s true intentions and believes she might be part of a bigger group looking to trap him. Upon confronting this possibility, he is immediately attacked by her accomplices who spring from the darkness.

*Not going to spoil the rest*

The book closes with a little tease regarding Negan’s future. Unfortunately for fans though, Kirkman confirmed at Comicon @ home 2020 that the Negan Lives series would not see a continuation.

Even though he himself admits that the issue “ends in a way that pretty much tells you that it is not a one-shot” , he justifies not continuing the series by explaining that in Walking Dead #193, Negan places flowers over a grave that is not the same one he places flowers over in Negan Lives. This shows that he eventually finds, and properly buries his wife. Following him on this journey would not be the best thing, because we know he finds her and doesn’t die trying to.

Conclusion

This is a great book for all fans of The Walking Dead comic book series and fans of comic  books in general. This I say because Kirkman and crew have opted to channel all their proceeds from this release back to the comic book stores. This makes it one of the most entertaining fundraisers one could ever participate in.

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