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Warning ! pamperer ahead for Batman # 146!A secret way of bringingBatmandown reveals a much more sinister antagonist in the Dark Knight ’s aliveness than the Joker . Bruce Wayne has been losing restraint of his life for months and it all occur back to one blast from the past .
Batman has been chamfer to the oddment of the Earth , transported to switch worldly concern , and is currently fighting the most twisted version of himself . While the Joker playsa large part in the Caped Crusader ’s current troubles , everything can be traced back to a threat that holds a terrifying power over Batman .
Batman’s Old Teacher Has Manipulated the Dark Knight This Whole Time
InBatman # 146by Chip Zdarsky , Jorge Jiménez , Michele Bandini , Tomeu Morey , Alex Sinclair , and Clayton Cowles , Bruce is force to mind to hisold instructor Dr. Daniel Captio . Captio continues teaching Bruce about how Daniel help mold the Joker into the forcefulness of nature he is today . Batman notice Captio guided Joker to entrust his most heinous atrocities like kill Jason Todd or scud Barbara Gordon to stress Batman enough so that hispersonality would be supplanted by the Batman of Zur - En - Arrh .
However , Captio also reveals that when Bruce to begin with trained with Captio , he plant a parole in Bruce ’s subconscious .
Eventually , Joker ’s criminal offence grew fell enough to attack the Bat - Family directly during “ Death of the Family ” , which is when Joker identify the role Alfred played in Batman ’s Failsafe contingence . Joker would later discover the Failsafe golem during “ Endgame ” and relayed the information back to Captio . Batman and Joker ’s erstwhile instructor posited that Failsafe incorrectly set off would trigger Zur - En - Arrh and cause him to take over Batman ’s body . Joker finally convinced Penguin to bullshit his destruction and chassis Batman , kick off the strand of events Bruce is going through .
However , Captio also reveals that when Bruce originally discipline with Captio , he implanted a parole in Bruce ’s subconscious . During Batman ’s last competitiveness with the Joker , the clown express the dustup “ Arkho Tenenbrous ” , which activated a hidden command for Zur to get hold Daniel Captio . Upon officially get together one another , Zur - En - Arrh and Captio get down to work together . While Zur - En - Arrh start his crusade to eliminate offence from the world , Captio assisted him and became the new warden for Zur - En - Arrh ’s private prisonat the reformed Blackgate Penitentiary .
Dr. Daniel Captio Plans Long-Term Just Like Batman
Bruce Wayne jaunt the globe to get ahead the acquisition he ’d need to be the earth ’s bang-up reformer against criminal offense . During his travels , Bruce sought out Daniel Captio , the foremost expert on the human brain . Under Captio ’s tutelage , Bruce gained complete mastery of his thinker and even found ways to conquer pain . He also learned how to compartmentalize his mind and create alternate personas ( though Bruce never finish that example under Captio ) . Bruce go away Captio , butit was n’t too long before Captio find another promising educatee .
Bruce ’s grooming under Dr. Daniel Captio can be seen inBatman : The Knight ( 2022 ) !
Around the time the Joker emerge from his chemical tub , he was found by Captio , who was concerned in training the up - and - come in criminal . Captio put Joker through the same object lesson Bruce went through , helping translate the Joker from a meek coward who ran at the sight of Batman to a sure-footed and venturesome clown . Captio gave Joker the same example about constructing alternate personalities , resulting in the Joker creating three split personality . To repay Captio , Joker abduct him and kept his instructor locked upin a cell for years .
Captio attend as Joker ’s private confidante throughout his felonious vocation . But the Joker never pay his mentor any brain until the buffoon fall upon that , like Joker , Batman had a hidden personality in Zur - En - Arrh . Joker became obsess with Zur - nut - Arrh after his first meeting with him and Joker consulted Captio to find a direction to make Zur - En - Arrh the prevalent Batman personality . smell an chance to keep in line Joker , Captio told Joker that Zur - En - Arrh responds to emergencies and that creating morecould be Joker ’s way of getting to see his preferred Batman .
Captio Thinks Ahead So Much Better Than Batman or Joker
Captio is a Isle of Man who get laid what the human psyche is capable of , especially unique brain like Batman ’s and Joker ’s . As someone who intimately worked with the Dark Knight and the Clown Prince of Crime , he bonk exactly how they operate and that admit him to manipulate them in way they do n’t even see come . It ’s not percipient how long Captio was held captive by the Joker , but Captio knew he could fudge him once he regain out the Joker wanted to fight Zur - En - Arrh more than anything .
… while Zur - En - Arrh is an regular army unto himself , Captio ’s incredible intellect will no doubt aid Zur - En - Arrh .
While it appeared that Joker was secretly the architect behind getting Zur - nut - Arrh to slow emerge , this architectural plan all comes back to Captio . He was the one who played on Joker ’s desire to see Zur - En - Arrh again , but it was all so Captio could have Joker save the post - hypnotic command that would get Zur - En - Arrh to save Captio . Captio probably had no mind if the ' Arkho Tenenbrous ' command would ever be used , but that foresightfulness , combine with his masterful manipulation of the Joker evidence just how dangerous Captio really is .
Daniel Captio was able to manipulate Batman and Joker so that he could get out of Joker ’s cell and work alongside Zur - En - Arrh during his ambitious effort . Now that Captio is free , who know what he ’ll do next ? Captio seems to genuinely believe in Zur - En - Arrh ’s mission to rid the domain of criminal offence and while Zur - En - Arrh is an United States Army unto himself , Captio ’s unbelievable mind will no doubt aid Zur - En - Arrh . It ’s also going to be dangerous for Batman , because if Captio could disable Bruce with a word , Batman may have other out of sight weaknesses he is n’t aware of .
Does Batman’s Old Teacher Have Another Way of Beating Him?
Batman is a long - full term mind , but so is Captio . If he had the foresight to implant a initiation Bible in Bruce , did Captio implant anything else ? Or is ‘ Arkho Tenenbrous ’ effective at disabling Batman whenever he hears it ? Captio is like Bruce . Dangerously reasoning and someone who mold his mind to be a arm . Zur - En - Arrh might be the heavy threat at the moment , but Bruce should be thrifty . If Captio is anywhere near Bruce ’s level , Batman’sformer teacher could have another surprise waitress for him around the quoin .
Batman # 146is available now from DC Comics .
Batman # 146(2024 )
