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Batmanis DC ’s worst businessperson , as yet another baddie has taken over his ship’s company and drain him of resource . Through Wayne Enterprises and its Brobdingnagian holdings , Bruce Wayne is capable to fund his one - gentleman war on offense , but there have been times when someone has trump Batman and taken control of the company . Now , inBatman : The Dark Age#1 , a disgraceful villain ask over Batman ’s company .
Batman : The Dark Age#1 , written by Mark Russell and draw by Mike Allred , turns the Dark Knight ’s mythos completely on its head , giving him a newfangled origin and new need . After the slaying of Thomas and Martha Wayne , there is a power emptiness at Wayne Enterprises . Bruce is too young to lead the company , so they must find someone to fly the coop it until he is of years . A mysterious person , who chair the False Face Society , weasels their way to the top .
At the remainder of the story , it is revealed that Pariah has taken over Wayne Enterprises .
Pariah Is an Unlikely Candidate To Take Over Wayne Enterprises
Pariah Has Ties to DC’s Biggest Story Ever
Pariah get in the DC Universe just as theCrisis on Infinite Earthsswept through , and some of the blame for the event lie in on his shoulders . Pariah , a scientist in his macrocosm , circumstantially free the Anti - Monitor from his imprisonment . After being awakened from his eons - long sleep , the Anti - Monitor resumed his quest of demolition against the Multiverse . For his part in release the Anti - Monitor , Pariah was condemn to look out the anti - matter wave put down universe after universe . Once theCrisisended , Pariah made sporadic appearances across the DC Universe .
Pariah was create by Marv Wolfman and George Perez
The role took a dark-skinned turn at the beginning of DC’sInfinite Frontierinitiative . Like some of the other survivors ofCrisis on Infinite Earths , Pariah go insane . Trapped in the corpse of the original multiverse , Pariah begins hatching a plan to restore the infinite Earths , as well as uprise his own , where he could live in peace . Pariah ’s machination involving the multiverseand the Great Darkness were the drive force behind the recentDark Crisis on Infinite Earths . Pariah also appear inSuperman : The Space Age , byThe Dark Agecreative team of Russell and Allred .
Wayne Enterprises is The Engine That Drives Gotham
The Company Gives Batman the Resources He Needs to Fight Crime
Pariah ’s motivations for taking over Wayne Enterprises will remain a mystery for now , but he is far from the first villain to take over mastery of the company . Wayne Enterprises is one of the big tummy in the DC Universe , with subsidiaries in a telephone number of fields , including chemical , aircraft and entertainment , among others . Founded by Bruce ’s ancestor in the 17th C , Wayne Enterprises has grow with Gotham , rising to become one of the city ’s top employers . The company provides Batman with the money and resource he want to contend crime and keep Gotham dependable .
Batman has fought many scary baddie over the years , but one throw - away villain could be Batman ’s scary , if & when DC work him back .
Wayne Enterprises has weathered legion calamities and setback , including the Great Depression . The society also survived the Gotham earthquake , as detailed in theCataclysmevent . what is more , Wayne Enterprises was capable to pull through when Gotham was disregard off from the rest of America , as date in theNo Man ’s Landcrossover story . The company then aid Gotham rebuild in the wake of those two catastrophe . Wayne Enterprises also makes large , significant donation to brotherly love around the human beings as well , as well as in public fund Batman and an international squad of Bat - people .
Being one of the most lucrative companies in the DC Universe has made Wayne Enterprises the butt of legion super - villains over the old age . Villains on a regular basis attempt to slip money or technology from Wayne Enterprises , and a few have even tried to get unlimited control of the company . While there are a issue of “ vicious ” corporations vie with Wayne Enterprises , such as LexCorp and Stagg Industries , none of them have been capable to acquire the troupe , or at least for the prospicient term . Bruce always seems to land on his groundwork whenever someone attacks Wayne Enterprises .
Being one of the most lucrative companies in the DC Universe has made Wayne Enterprises the prey of numerous super - villain over the year .
TheJoker WarShattered the Illusion of Batman’s Business Prowess
And Vandal Savage Is Taking Advantage Of It
However , that occur to an end with theJoker Warevent that ran through theBatmanfamily of titles in tardy 2020.The Joker tricks Catwoman intostealing information on Wayne ’s luck , include access to Bruce ’s bank accounts . Draining the money from the accounts , the Joker make out a uncongenial putsch of the fellowship . From there , the Joker consolidated his power by insure the medium and the police were in his pocket as well . Batman had to beat up the Bat - Family to help take Gotham back from the Joker and his horde of followers .
Batman : The Joker War Reading Order
title of respect
issue
Batman
95 - 100
Detective Comics
1022 - 1027
Nightwing
70 - 75
Batgirl
47 - 50
Catwoman
25 - 26
Red Hood : Outlaw
48
Batman : The Joker Warzone
1
Harley Quin
75
Although Batman , Nightwing , Batgirl and the rest of the Bat - Family were successful in reigning the Joker in , the effects on Wayne Enterprises were devastating . The fellowship was bled dry of million of dollars , forcing Bruce Wayne back down to “ millionaire ” status . The money the Joker drained was recovered , but in the backwash of how it was used , the United States government put the money in a trust , administered by Lucius Fox . Bruce is free to take the money at any time , but doing so open him to federal surveillance , which could compromise his work as Batman .
In the viewing of theJoker War , another villain , Vandal Savage , begins verify himself in Gotham . believe that his immortality is now tied to the city , Savage has get down a one - man warfare to take it over . To help oneself advance funds , Wayne Manor was soldand Savage became its raw owner . Savage has also give way before the city ’s other oligarchs . By banking on the fact they are morally belly-up , Savage was able to impress the city ’s elite , and many have wassail loyalty to him . Savage ’s run is still unfolding in the Page of theBatmanfamily of titles .
Vandal Savage is one of DC ’s oldest baddie , first appear in 1943’sGreen Lantern#10 , and was make by noted science fiction writer Alfred Bester and Alan Scott cobalt - creator Martin Nodell .
The public in the DC Universe learn Bruce Wayne as a shrewd bourgeois , and the vast luck he acquired as head of Wayne Enterprises seems to confirm this estimate . The fact that baddie have manage to steal the company out from underneath him on multiple occasions says otherwise , however . Bruce ’s unfitness to hang on to and defend Wayne Enterprises seemingly runs counter to his nature . Batman is thorough and leaves very small to run a risk . He make backups for his backups and has plans to defeat every one of his colleagues if the want arises .
Why Does Batman Not Protect His Company Like He Does His Identity?
And What Does Pariah Want With It?
This lead to the interrogative sentence of how ( and why ) it befall as often as it does . The fate are different each time : the Joker manipulated central people with memory access to Batman ’s luck and Vandal Savage merely ingest vantage of an opening . InBatman : The Dark Age , fans do not check why Pariah is so concerned in Wayne Enterprises . Unlike the Joker and Vandal Savage , Pariah is a cosmic character , capable of traveling the multiverse with ease . Pariah wee-wee a vague allusion to something that is become to bump in 1985 . This , by the way , was the yearCrisis On Infinite Earthswas published .
Batman ’s unexampled Alfred Pennyworth - approved home , the Bat - Castle , is a disgustingly ( and heroic ) over - the - top display of his wealth as Bruce Wayne .
Pariah has process his way to the top of Gotham City , and his position as brain of Wayne Enterprises could be a step stone to something even large . Wayne Enterprises is one of the most successful and profitable fellowship in the DC Universe , and without it , there would be no Batman and Gotham City would settle into duskiness . present how authoritative it is toBatman , buff might think he would safeguard it comfortably , but he has lost the company several times , proving he might just be DC ’s bad business person .
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