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Warning : Contains spoilers forBatman : Dark years # 2 !
In a fascinating revision ofBatman ’s origin , Bruce Wayne is drafted to the Vietnam War and joins a ranger team go by one of his iconic villains . InBatman : Dark Age , Ra ’s al Ghul is a legendary expert on insurgent warfare and lead up a group in Vietnam that includes Bruce , teaching him scheme . Under the guidance of the Head of the Demon , Batman ’s League of Assassins training is redefined .
While Bruce Wayne has been depicted as train by the League of Shadows in Christopher Nolan’sBatman Begins , this was never really an component of Batman ’s laughable line of descent . However , Batman : Dark Age#2 by Mark Russell , Michael Allred , and Laura Allred gives Bruce and Ra ’s al Ghul a new mentorship dynamic . beam to warfare after turn 18 , Bruce becomes part of a group that is whipped into bod and lead into action by the supervillain .
Dubbed “ the Bats ” because they act in the shadows , the group moves through the night and strikes venerate into their enemies . Bruce uses his lessons in war from the tactical chemical group moderate by the villain Ra ’s al Ghul to inform his training as Batman .
He ’s the Head of the Demon and one of Batman ’s greatest opposition , but did you also cognise that Ra ’s al Ghul is a widower , a grandfather , and a soldier ?
Batman: Dark AgeEstablishes Bruce Wayne’s Training During the Vietnam War
The international grouping that Bruce Wayne connect when he ’s blueprint into the warfare gives him a reason to fight with a aim , but he does n’t let their loss leader compromise his morals . Batman : Dark Age#2begins with Bruce Wayne ’s eighteenth natal day in the year 1965.Rewriting Bruce Wayne ’s origin in a historical context , he is obligated to fight in the Vietnam War as he hail of - age in this era . Although he requests a low-pitched - responsibleness placement , Bruce is push up into an elite police squad of soldier led by his future antagonist , Ra ’s al Ghul .
This reading of Ra ’s al Ghul fought as a Gurkha in World War II , and his fabled tactics in guerrilla warfare have led to him take shape this team of soldiers , which includes Bruce . He train them to expertly attack targets and extract information , skills that Bruce will use as Batman later on . The drawing card ’s rules about not using gun and always have a partner play into famous parts of Batman lore , pay new significance to them in this macrocosm . When Bruce refuse Ra ’s al Ghul ’s request to kill a prisoner , they go their disjoined ways and establish their unwavering difference in ideology .
Green Arrow Also Trains With Batman Under Ra’s al Ghul
A surprising addition to Ra ’s al Ghul ’s police squad is another fertile male child with a superhero destiny : Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow . While Green Arrow has not been link up to the villain much in the comics , the Arrowverse saw Oliver rail by Ra ’s al Ghulas that version of the case also borrowed from Batman traditional knowledge . Pairing Batman and Green Arrow together in this universe and yield them very training under an iconic supervillain is a unparalleled development . As they notably deal similarity , how the two heroes could one by one evolve from their incumbency on the Commando Operations squad is worth dissecting .
Though not explicitly reveal , it ’s also suggest that Justice League friend and Wonder Woman rogue Maxwell Lord is in the squad in this cosmos . With a tiptop team including Lord , Oliver Queen , and Bruce Wayne on tactical missions fighting under the Head of the Demon , the chemical group does a lot of damage oversea until Bruce is send back to Gotham in 1968 . After rail under one of his most dastardly villain with a war - rupture backcloth , Bruce leaves the team a raw military personnel and hisBatmanjourney in theDark Ageofficially begins .
Batman : Dark Age # 2is uncommitted now from DC Comics .
Batman : Dark Age#2 ( 2024 )
