The Black/Grey - Earth 2: Worlds End (2014)

The embodiment of Entropy and decay, The Grey (also known as the Black) was one of the five spirit beings that oversaw the running of the world. They were at odds with the other spirits, viewing humanity as failure and often leading to their Avatar Grundy clashing with the Green's Jade Warrior Alan Scott (The Green Lantern).

Having failed to destroy the world shortly after Scott was made champion of the Green, the Grey remained silent until Apokolips declared invasion on Earth.


"Drums of War"

The Grey travelled the the Parliament Enclave, where they and the other spirits declared that they would not allow the Furies of Apokolips to destroy the Earth, having sensed their arrival to the planet.

They put aside their differences with each other to forge this alliance, planning to unite the Avatrs together and act as a team.


"Arrival"

Following the death of Famine, the Grey continues their mission to guide the Avatars to each other, witnessing from the Parliament Enclave as both Grundy and Alan Scott are introduced to the Avatar of the White - Alan Scott's deceased lover Samuel Zhao.


"Sacrifice"

Due to their physical connection to their Avatar, the Grey suffered immense pain as Grundy was brutally attacked by the Huntress (who had been made into a Fury by DeSaad) and the other three Furies of Apokolips. Despite this, he was spurred by the Blue to fight through the agony to give their champions more strength.


"Birth"

The Grey remarked that their champions were no match for the Four Furies, declaring that their union had resulted in failure and that the world was doomed. However, the Red reassured them that there was hope that would turn the tide in their favour.


"The Last Gasp"

Following Deathspawn's breach of the Parliament Enclave, the Grey was grievously wounded by the creature, who had torn great gashes into through their belly. The injuries sustained by them were also felt by Grundy.

After Deathspawn broke through the floor and breached the core of the planet, the Green called for herself and Green Lantern to aid the Black.


"Survival"

Realising that Deathspawn was too powerful for them, The Black suggested to Alan that if he combined his abilities with the other Avatars, they may find the strength to bring him down before he can finish terraforming Earth into a power source for Apokolips. Using his power, he sent Lantern back to the planet's surface to enact their counter-strike.

Speaking to the assembled Avatars, they warned them that a larger threat was coming. As the Avatars merged as one, the Black declared that they were one for the first time in history.


"God Flesh" 

As Alan morns over losing Sam once again, absorbing him into his body along with his fellow Avatars, The Black reassures Alan that his lover and the power of every element was his to control.


Appearances:

1. "Drums of War" - First Appearance (of the series)
2. "Arrival"
3. "Sacrifice"
4. "Birth"
5. "The Last Gasp"
6. "Survival"
7. "God Flesh" - Final Appearance 

The Grey/Black - Earth 2 - Earth 2 (2012)

One of the five elements that make up the Parliament of Earth, the Grey - also known as the Black -was the embodiment of death and decay. Like their fellow elemental spirtis, the Grey chose an organic host to represent them as their champion, granting them power.

Millions of years ago, before the Apokolips War that was tearing across the planet, the Grey and the other spirits joined forces to stop a threat from destroying the planet. That had been the only time that the Grey worked with the Parliament.

The Grey selected a deceased butcher to become their Avatar,who eventually took on the name Solomon Grundy. They had chosen their Avatar first.

After sensing that the world was weakened, the Grey decided that it was time for the planet to die, so that a new and stronger world could be born. To this end, they released Grundy and watched as he began to choke the world, starting with Washington D.C.


"Welcome to the Grey"

The Grey telepathically communicated to Green Lantern Alan Scott during his attempt to stop Grundy, recognising him as the "Jade Warrior" of the Green and expressing their stance that they would not negotiate with him. Remarking that they could not or would not stop Grundy from destroying the world, they added that their paladin was so powerful that even the Avatar would not be able to call him off.

The Grey explained their plan to remake the world from the dead, calling out that the Lantern would not be able to change their mind and that any attempt would be useless. Seeing that he would not give up without a fight, they proposed that that they could stay with him, promising Alan that he could be reunited with his deceased lover Samuel Zhao. To prove their point, they summoned the physical shape of Sam to tempt Alan into his surrender.


"End Times"

Witnessing Alan destroy Sam's construct, the Grey coldly informed the Green's Champion that Grundy would kill him and fulfil their wish. However, they are silenced by Scott's revelation that they had inadvertently revealed Grundy's weakness, witnessing their champion being banished to the moon and preventing them from continuing their destruction.


"Avatars"

The Grey gathered at the Parliament Enclave with The White, Green, Red, and Blue, doing their best to instruct their Avatars in how best to prevent the world from falling to the forces of Apokolips.


Appearances:

1. "Welcome to the Grey" - First Appearance
2. "End Times" 
3. "Avatars" - Final Appearance (of the Series/First Appearance of the Spirit/First Called The Black)

Kyle Nimbus - Earth 2 - Earth 2: Society (2015)

A refuge from Earth 2 who made his home on the newly colonised planet, Kyle Nimbus was the C.E.O of Nimbus Solutions, based in New Gotham. He was a meta-human with the ability to become intangible, even transforming into a mist-like substance.

Nimbus also had ties to the black market, with his enforcers running operations. He was a genius intelect with a background in chemistry, able to replicate the Miraclo formula with an additional component that would make the user become his mindless servant. Nimbus supplied this formula to Hourman, making him his unwilling security officer.


"One Nation Indivisible Chapter Three: Running on Empty"

Whilst working late in his office, he was unphased by Batman smashing through the roof, sarcastically asking if he had not considered using the front door. Asked to identify himself to the vigilante, he mockingly claimed to recognise him, listing off several heroes before telling the unamused Batman that he knew that all along and was just trying to make a joke. Demanding to know why Batman was there, adding that he was going to be charging him for a replacement skylight, he listened coldly as the hero told him that his company was to be shut down.

He retorted to Batman's claims that his monoploly over power cells was leading to an increase in crime in Gotham by reminding him that it was a free market, remarking that all he did was produce an item that was needed by all and had no control of what happened to it after trading. He sneered at the hero, musing that he was providing a service to the people, no matter how dangerous the power cells were.

Stating that Batman had no authority to shut down his company, Kyle called for the meta-human Hourman to come in, adding that since had suspected one of the Wonders would try and disrupt his operations, he would form a partnership with Tyler as his own security officer to protect him.

Nimbus sat back and watched as Hourman and Batman fought with each other, however soon got bored and decided he would get out of the crossfire. As he left, he casually told Batman that Hourman was working for him because of mind control, before demanding that the meta-human cleaned up his office after he had killed the vigilante.

He smirked at Batman's reaction to the discovery of his meta-human abilities, throwing the batarang that went straight through him back at the hero and piercing his arm.


"One Nation Indivisible Chapter Four: Together Alone"

Fighting back against Red Arrow and Ted Grant, who had followed him on Batman's instructions, he arrogantly belittled them for not being able to hit him. With a powerful right hook, he sent Grant hurtling across the room, before continuing to mock them in his gaseous form.

Knocking Red Arrow down to the ground, Nimbus began punching Ted continuously, remarking that his increased tolerance for pain from his boxing days was impracticable and stupid. However, he was so focused on Grant that he allowed could not avoid a taser arrow being fired into his back by Red Arrow.

Left unconscious by the two heroes, Nimbus was taken into the custody.


Appearances:

1. "One Nation Indivisible Chapter Three: Running on Empty" - First Appearance
2. "One Nation Indivisible Chapter Four: Together Alone" - Final Appearance 

Arcanis - Prime Earth - Earth 2 (2012)

The Lore Keeper of  the Hall of Apokoliptian Lore, Arcanis was a loyalist to Darkseid and aided the conqueror in his planetary subjugation.

He was a member of the Court of Apokolips.


"Fate and Fury"

Hiding in the shadows as Doctor Fate investigated the Hall, Arcanis revealed himself to the mage, introducing himself to Nabu. Laughing at Fate as he brought forth Thrall on a chain, he explained the history of the conquered mage, adding that the fallen warlock had been willingly chosen by the Helmet of Fate to become Nabu's new host.

Watching as Thrall became the new host of the sorcerer, he angrily snapped at him for allowing Khalid to escape. However, he suddenly grows agitated by the warlock's apparent pain, demanding to know what was happening to them. Spotting Khalid using magic on Thrall, he gleefully stated that the human would die a slow and painful death on Apokolips. Horrified by Khalid's decision to murder the warlock in cold blood, he cursed him, angrily questioning whether he thought that Doctor Fate could really escape the planet.

He is thrown backwards by the mage, smashing his head against a rock as the hero made his escape. Arcanis was seemingly crushed when Fate brought the Hall of Lore crashing down on top of him.


Appearances:

1. "Fate and Fury" - First and Only Appearance (Of this Series)

Arcanis - Prime Earth - Earth 2: Worlds End (2014)

A high ranking member of the Court of Apokolips, Arcanis was the Keeper of Lore and had memorised the entire blood soaked history of Apokolips and its rulers.

He was loyal to Darkseid, helping to rule the planet while his master gathered his strength within the Mobius Chamber.

He was seemingly crushed in the Hall of Lore after a violent confrontation with Khalid Ben-Hassin, who fought to regain the Helmet of Fate that was stolen from him by Arcanis and the warlock Thrall.


"Drums of War"

Interrupting the rest of the squabbling Court, Arcanis angrily snapped at them to be careful, comparing them to children with no capability to remember the past. He went on to remind the others about the true nature of Apokolips, adding that the Avatar for the planet will rise as it had done long ago and help the New Gods conquer.


"Gods and Monsters"

Assembling the other members of the Court to speak with the envoy of the planet, he remarked that Apokolips' plan to do nothing and hold off to allow the Furies to bring Earth to its knees. He smirked as Apokolips murdered one of the court in cold blood for the suggestion of fleeing.


"Arrival"

Upon hearing the Hornblower ring out, Arcanis inquired to know what the sound meant. He listens in silence as Apokolips declared that the planet will soon feast on Earth.


"Release"

Arcanis and The Lowlest reported back to Apokolips about Fury, Big Barda and Mister Miracle's attack on the planet and Paternus, as well as the assault on the Mobius Chamber.


"Father's Day"

Met by Fury, Arcanis was wary of the young New God/Amazon, declaring that he did not trust her. However he went on to question her allegiance and loyalty to Darkseid, pressing to learn about the death of her mother Diana and her campaign with her father Steppenwolf. He was pleased to learn of how she had murdered her Amazon sisters with great zeal, accepting that she was telling the truth. He promised to take down these records so her name can live on in Apokolips lore.

He was summoned to the throne room to stand by Darkseid, as the later met with Terry Sloan to negotiate the destruction of Earth 2 only.


"Betrayals"

Arcanis bowed before his master as Apokolips gladly relinquished the throne for Darkseid, informing the lord of the planet that the destruction of the moon was preparing Earth for its subjugation. He went on to add that the since the Hornblower had sounded, the planet's rebirth cycle would begin shortly.


"Sacrifice"

Staying close to Darkseid in the Tower of the Court, he witness as Barda was ordered to return to Earth and awaken the Parademons for a final assault on humanity.


"Hope"

Arcanis nervously recounted the news that Red Tornado and the other Kryptonians had breached the Tower, just moments before the furious team erupted through the floor and attacked the assembled members of the Court. He screamed in terror as he backed away from Power Girl, panicked that they were ambushed.

Seeing Darkseid overpower Val Zod and Power Girl, he gleefully added that they should dispose of them.


"Grounded"

He and other members of the Court, stayed to watch Darkseid battle the numerous heroes of the world.


"End Times"

Arcanis helped Darkseid and his forces destroy several escape shuttles, stopping thousands of people from escaping from the dying Earth. Despite best efforts, he was unable to stop all the crafts from escaping the planet before it was engulfed by Apokolips.

Darkseid assembled him and the rest of the court to discuss plans to conquer a new Earth.


Appearances:

1. "Drums of War" - First Appearance 
2. "Gods and Monsters"
3. "Arrival"
4. "Release"
5. "Father's Day"
6. "Betrayals"
7. "Sacrifice"
8. "Hope"
9. "Grounded"
10. "End Times" - Final Appearance

The Healer's Daughter - Earth 2 - Earth 2 (2012)

A young Green Martian child born to a healer on Earth 2's Mars, the Healer's daughter had the power of precognition, able to see not only her own fate, but also the fate of her home and her mother. She witnessed her own death and burial, as well as her mother's promise to Darkseid that she would join his Furies of Apokolips as the bringer of Death, in return for a child she would call her own.

She also saw that her half-brother would become a threat to any planet that his father wanted, damning any planet to destruction and hellfire in the name of Darkseid and Apokolips.


"Origins"

Cradled by her mother beneath a tree, her mother happily played with her, until she was distracted by the arrival of the Apokoliptian legions. Carried off by the healer into the woods, she eventually died from starvation after her mother's milk dried up.

Her body was laid to rest in a grave beneath the clay of a tree that had managed to survive the purge, an effort which took almost all her mother's remaining strength and resolve to dig.

Her death had a deep impact on the healer, causing her longing to hold her once again. When Darkseid offered her the chance to bare his child, she eagerly accepted, believing that although she had lost one daughter, she would ensure that nobody would claim her blood again.


Appearances:

1. "Origins" - First and Only Appearance

The Healer - Earth 2 - Earth 2 (2012)

A Green Martian healer was renowned over Mars for her love of animals and her people, the unnamed Martian was the mother of a young baby girl, who she used to nurse beneath the trees and the nearby river on her homeworld. She was said to sing to her patients and she healed them, songs that many would consider to be nonsense but comforting.


"Origins"

One day whilst nursing her child, the healer witnessed the arrival of DeSaad, Darkseid and the forces of Apokolips. Fleeing into the forest, she kept her baby close as she hid, going on the run from invaders.

However, over time she began to grow ill from starvation and hunger, becoming frailer and unable to produce milk for her daughter. Forced to watch as her people were slaughtered as warriors and slaves alike, her spirit was broken even further when her own baby died. Barely strong enough to bury her child beneath "a withered red tree", she weeped over the grave with such grief that Darkseid sensed her pain.

Taken as a slave, she was soon brought before the ruler of Apokolips by Barda and Steppenwolf. Keeping silent at first as he remarked on how, despite being starved, beaten, and tortured by forced to walk to the "pits" by climbing over the corpses of the slain Martians, did not eat, drink or speak she managed to survive, the Healer told him that her daughter was dead and that she would live to keep her memory intact. He went on to muse that she was strong enough to be on the edge of death and lived. Impressed by her resilience, he offered her the chance to be a mother again, promising that her child will be the destroyer of worlds and would be hers to love, but only if she became his harbinger of Death. Overjoyed by his promise and the chance to hold her own child again, she quickly agreed, kissing him on the lips.

At some point in time, the Healer became pregnant with Darkseid's child, joining his fellow champions of War, Pestilence and Famine to become Death, the final Fury in the elite strike force the Four Furies of Apokolips.

Upon hearing what she had done, the remaining martians labelled her "traitor, coward and whore", cursing her for becoming a part of the legion that conquered them all. However she and her sisters crushed any resistance and opposition to the rule of the Lord of Apokolips. She eventually became the last Martian.


Appearances:

1. "Origins" - First and Only Appearance

Deathspawn - Earth 2 - Earth 2 (2012)

The son of Apokolips and the unnamed martian who would take on the mantle of Death, Deathspawn killed his mother as he was born, tearing through her stomach.

Although new to the world, he had already mastered speech, capable of speaking English. He had inherited his mother's abilities, as well as abilities of his own that were capable of destroying worlds.

Following his assault on the Parliament of Earth and diving into the core of the Earth, Deathspawn completed his primary mission and "seeded" the planet. He returned to the surface to admire his handiwork as the planet began to change around him.


"Grounded"

Whilst heroes were either missing or presumed dead, Deathspawn set about terraforming the planet into a source of energy for Apokolips. By the time Commander Sato of the World Army could assemble and mobilise a team to counter the Apokoliptian drill heading towards the surface of the Earth, he had destroyed numerous cities and covered a large percentage of the globe in "molten metal".


Appearances:

1. "Grounded" - First and Only Appearance (Of this series)

Deathspawn - Earth 2 - Earth 2: Worlds End (2014)

A New God/Martian hybrid, Deathspawn was the son of Death and Darkseid who was born in the final days of Earth 2.

He had the power to poison the world and transmute both organic and inorganic matter into molten metal.


"Rebirth"

Following the defeat of his mother and her fellow Furies, Deathspawn erupted from her chest, killing Death as he proclaimed that he had been born to conquer the planet in the name of his father and Apokolips. Stating that the heroes were beneath him, he easily withstood a combined assault before burying deep into the ground, travelling towards the Parliament of Earth and the source of the Avatars power.


"Run"

Succeeding the seemingly impossible and breaching the Parliament Enclave - a place with no physical location tangible to the planet - Deathspawn set about attacking the Red, Grey, White and the Blue, physically hurting their Avatars on the planet's surface as he went on his rampage. Turning his attention to the Green, he grabbed them by the throat as they made an urgent plea for Green Lantern to help save them.


"The Last Gasp"

Deathspawn was attacked by Green Lantern and his ring, forcing him to drop the Green and fight their Avatar. As he grabbed Alan, he roared that he would use his powers to seed the planet and make Earth an energy source for Apokolips, throwing him to the ground. Leaving the Parliament for dead, he tunnelled deeper through the mantle and towards the core.


Appearances:

1. "Birth" - First Appearance (Cameo/Just his hand)
2. "Rebirth" - (Full Appearance)
3. "Run"
4. "The Last Gasp" - Last Appearance

Chanya - Earth 2 - Earth 2 (2012)

Millions of years before the Apokolips invasion of Earth Two, Chanya was an Atlantean living in the underwater kingdom of Atlantis with the rest of her people.

She was a priestess to the Blue, who communed with his representative to find their champion for them.


"Avatars"

Watching as "The Vortex" formed above Atlantis - created strong maelstroms through the sea water - Chanya declared to her people that if the will of the Gods of Atlantis was for their destruction, she would seek out a new God to help them.

Using the power of an ancient relic, Chanya summoned forth the primordial force Azathoth, begging them to help save her people. Witnessing the ancient being destroy the threat, she bowed in respect of her lord as the The Blue arrived to enlist Azathoth as their paladin. Praised for her loyalty and her part in procuring the Blue's enforcer, Chanya watched as the Blue bound them in chains, forcibly taking the leviathan for himself.


Appearances:

1. "Avatars" - First and Only Appearance

Richard Sionis - Prime Earth - Catwoman (2011)

The father of Roman Sionis, Richard Sionis was the president and head of Sionis Investments, having run the company for years before his health took a turn for the worse. He was reported to have had ties to criminal organisations, however their was no proof to corroborate these accusations. Richard was the founder of the False Face Society. He had a very estranged relationship with his son, however both shared a fascination for masks, hoarding a vast collection in his mansion. He was said to be "the premier collector of masks in the world."

Sionis wanted to expand the False Face Societies' operations across Europe for many years, however did not allow Roman to lead this mission. Instead he set about looking for the perfect candidates; people who were hungry for power and had no connections to Sionis should the outpost fall.

Several years before he was taken ill, Selina Kyle and her former boyfriend David Franco stole Richard's credit card, using it to make numerous purchases. Upon discovering this, he tracked down the couple - after members of the Society kept tabs on them - and corned them in an alleyway. Getting out of his car, he mockingly interrupted Selina as she threatened her attackers, demanding to know what he intended to do to them. Calmly taking a punch to the face, Sionis' mask slipped off his face, introducing himself to the defiant thief. He remarked that he knew who they both were and what they had done with his stolen card.

Bringing the couple back to his home, Richard boasted about his collection, looking for a book - The History of Gotham - as David demanded to know what the collection had to do with them. Opening the book on the Faceless Mask, he began to explain that the object was as old as Gotham, adding that there were legends about it being cursed. Musing on the mask's return to Gotham, he coldly remarked that he wanted them to steal it from the Gotham Museum of Crime. Interrupting David's objection to the plan, he ordered his men to turn guns on them, reminding the couple that they had stolen from him - reasoning that he would overlook their transgression if they complied with his demand. Amused by Selina's demand to get paid for willingly accepting his boon, Richard humoured her explanation, finding all her points to be very compelling - that as they were two streets kids with no past connection to Sionis, as well as being highly talented thieves, thirty thousand dollars would allow them both to leave Gotham, whilst he got the Faceless Mask. Agreeing to her terms, he remarked that he liked her spirit. He let them go, satisfied by Selena's promise that the mask would be in his collection by the next morning.

Watching the news, Richard smirked at the breaking reports of a burglary at the Museum of Crime, he sarcastically remarked at the anchor's comment that nobody knew the culprits of the crime. He is approached by a society member, who notified the boss that Selina and David were there to see him with the stolen mask. When David knocked out the henchmen and turned the gun on him - much to the surprise of Selina - Richard warned him not to make threats. He smiled as he watched David was shot by a hidden loyalist, remarking how beneficial it was to work with an underground network that had experience in hiding and secrecy, since no one could see them coming. Turning to Selina, Richard gave her the choice, to leave now David to die and live, or to stay and be caught by the authorities for trespassing and stealing from Sionis. He is satisfied by her choice to leave without a fuss, allowing her to say - what she thought would be - her final farewell.

In reality, Richard had made a deal with David that would ensure he became the head of the Societies European Division, if he sold Selina out and fake his own death. Due to being sexist, he did not deem Selina to be high up in the organisation due to her being female.

In his guise as the Black Mask, both he and his son have been in a war that had splintered the organisation in two.  In an effort to end this, he hired Franco to take on the mantle of the White Mask, steal The Faceless Mask and run the organisation in his image.

Richard was administered in the Gotham Hospital, where he was in chronic pain. The news of his terminal illness was reported on Gotham News.


"Faceless, Part One"

On the evening that the Faceless Mask had been stolen from his house, Richard suffered from a particularly painful attack, screaming for a nurse to tend to him. Begging her to give him anything that can relieve him of his pain, he let the nurse inject an unknown compound into his intravenous drip. Thanking her for the assistance, he suddenly yelled in horror as his whole body convulsed, opening his eyes wider as the substance took effect on him. As he looked into the nurse's face, he is panicked by the sight of her, realising that it was in fact his son disguised as an employee at the hospital. Pressing down on the panic button, he attempted to summon aide, pleading for somebody to help him.

Richard implored his son to stop, acknowledging that although they had a history that was far from amicable, he was still his father. However, Roman remarked that all he wanted from him was to see him die. He finally fell silent, breathing his last breath.

As a final insult to injury, Roman put his father's old mask on his corpse, boasting that he would now take control of the False Face Society.


Appearances:

1. "Faceless Part One" - First Appearance (Flashback and main story/Dies in present)
2. "Faceless Part Two" - Final Appearance (Flashback Only/Flashback prior to main story events) 

Joseph Chilton - Earth-32 - Batman: The Dawnbreaker (2017)

A resident of Gotham City, Joseph Chilton - also known as Joe Chill - was an armed criminal responsible for holding up the Gotham socialites Thomas and Martha Wayne, as well as their young son Bruce. He proceeded to shoot and kill his marks, taking Thomas' wallet for himself.


"Fear of the Dark" 

Turning the gun on Bruce, Joe remarked that he had got what he had come for, ordering the boy to get on his knees and close his eyes. Warning Bruce that he would get hurt if he tried anything heroic, the mugger ran off and left the grieving boy by his parents' bodies.

Stopping to catch his breath, Joe flicked through the stolen wallet. However, he is interrupted by Bruce, who has been granted the power of flight through a Green Power Ring. Stunned by the furious youth, he began to back away as he was called a "bastard," dropping the stolen wallet and begging Bruce to take the money, so long as he was saved.

He tried to flee as Bruce's Ring struggled to deliver a killing strike, looking slightly relived as he heard the device tell the young teen that he could not use lethal force. However, before he can get away, Bruce's will to avenge his parent's death overpowered the ring, allowing him to dismiss the First Law of the Green Lantern and engaging deadly weapons. He is bathed in a burning green light, screaming as his flesh is seared off, reducing the mugger into a smoking skeleton.


Appearances:

1. "Fear of the Dark" - First and Only Appearance

Batman - Earth-22 - Dark Nights: The Batman Who Laughs (2017)

After his parents were shot and killed in an ally one evening, Bruce Wayne trained to fight his fears and become a symbol of Justice for the city of Gotham.

Over the years, Batman worked with the G.C.P.D to capture numerous costumed individuals, eventually taking in several people under his wing and training them to become members of the Bat Family. Inviting them all back to the Batcave and trusting them with his secret identity, he put them through vigorous simulations to keep them at the peak physical health.

Batman was also one of the founding members of the Justice League and the main petitioner for the armoury - wishing to study the confiscated weapons to understand how they worked and build defences against them. He mastered how to use all of them.


"The Batman Who Laughs"

Racing off to confront the Joker, Batman was overpowered by the Clown Prince of Crime and drugged, keeping him paralysed but fully conscious of all the chaos that the villain was causing across Gotham. He listened in fury as his nemesis gloated about all the crimes he had committed. However his anger turned to loathing and ferocity as he watched the Joker begin shooting several parents in the head, infecting their traumatised children with Joker Toxin and turning them lose on the burning city. He managed to break free from his bonds, overcoming immobility and pouncing on top of Joker, punching him several times with enough force to knock out teeth. In a brutal frenzy, Batman repeatedly told the Clown that he would not be allowed to repeat his actions, breaking his neck. However as he breathed in, panting from such a display of aggression and force, Bruce inhaled a nanotoxin strain that had been released upon the Joker's last breath.

Taking time to run an autopsy on the Joker's corpse, Batman discovered that the Joker was dying from the chemicals that altered his appearance, slowly killing him from the inside out.

Two days after he killed the Clown, he met with Superman in a warehouse, reporting his findings to Clark. He went on to reassure his friend that he would not become a killer, explaining that the only reason why he had committed the act was because he had not been given any other choice. Batman went on to muse that the children that the Joker had contaminated may be unable to save. Upon hearing that one of the young children attempted to tear out the throat of a psychologist, he let out small laugh, quickly composing himself and apologising for the outburst, declaring that he was sorry and that what he had heard was "not funny."

Batman began running tests on himself, horrified to find that he was succumbing to the nanotoxin, becoming the person who, over the corse of his life, had taken so much from his city. He was unable to cure his condition, which was quickly taking hold of him, desperately trying to ensure that no one else would find out his secret. He doused his own son Damian in a chemical concoction that would turn him into a maddened version of himself - transforming in a similar way to that of the surviving children of the Joker's final attack.

Three Days later, Batman stalled the rest of his family with a three hour training programme as he waited to determine the results of tests he ran on himself. Realising that he was turning into his worst enemy with no cure to the effects, Batman resigned himself to his fate, wanting to eliminate his family so they would not discover the truth and report him to the Justice League.

He told them the truth, explaining that even if they were to lock him in the Phantom Zone, he would still be a threat to the world. He added that he brought them there for a specific reason, laughing manically as he turned on them with a pair of machine guns - murdering Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood and Red Robin in cold blood.

Batman began producing a potent strand of Black Kryptonite to use against Superman, targeting Supergirl as a trail run. Satisfied with the results, he set about planning the downfall of the Justice League.

A week the slaughter of his loved ones, Batman travelled to the Watchtower, where he butchered every last member of the League with the assembled weapons from their rogues gallery. He left Superman till last, exposing both himself and his son to a sample of Black Kryptonite as he gloated to his former friend that he was doing this because he wanted to, adding that it was fun killing them. He assured Superman that people would try to oppose him, growing excited at the prospect as means to exercise his new drive to ravage the world in the name of chaos. He mockingly suggested that Superman try to reassure his family that all was going to be alright, callously remarking that Clark could lie to his family, since the Krytponian would not comply. He introduced them to the New Bat Family, made up of the kids the Joker had tortured and infected, as well as Damian Wayne. He reprimanded Damian for interrupting, pointing out that he was speaking with Superman and Lois. He casually replied that not only did Damian willingly joined his side, but also helped Batman devise how to kill the League and the Man of Steel. Agreeing with Lois that he didn't have to do this, Batman tossed the Kryptonite at both Superman and Jon, smiling as the Kryptonians tore Lane to pieces before dying themselves.

As a final act of the Batman of his world, Bruce smeared blood on the window in the shape of a smile. Turning his back on his role as Gotham vigilante, he became known as The Batman Who Laughed, a servant of Barbatos and the leader of the Dark Knights.


Appearances:

1. "The Batman Who Laughs" - First and Only Appearance (As Batman/Origin)

The Joker - Earth-22 - Dark Nights: The Batman Who Laughs (2017)

Known as one of Batman's most dangerous adversaries, the Joker both loved and hated his nemesis, always wanting to push Wayne to his limits and make him a better hero. They had been enemies for years, often being committed to the Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane.

At some point during their fight against each other, Joker learned the identity of his nemesis as Bruce Wayne. He has had numerous encounters with both Batman and the Bat Family, causing them much pain

Discovering that the chemicals in his system - responsible for transforming him into the villain - were quickly killing him, the Joker set about devising a plan to preserve his memory and pass on the mantle to a new successor - believing that no host would be more perfect that Batman himself, since he had the potential to force the hero to abandon his rule about not killing in the process. The cells in his body underwent a process of autophagy.

Before his confrontation with Batman in his final endgame, the Clown Prince of Crime spied on Commissioner James Gordon, enjoying his demand for him to be arrested "by the book." He slaughtered his way through the G.C.P.D, leaving Gordon to last. Using a highly corrosive acid, the Joker hurled the substance in his face, enjoying the sight of his enemy dissolving in front of him as he begged for his daughter Barbara. He decided to take Gordon's pipe, glasses, coat, bullet riddled badge and trench coat as a means to goad Batman.

He went on to murder Batman's allies and enemies alike, going so far as to butcher Penguin, Killer Croc, the Ventriloquist, Scarface and Catwoman. He deemed this as "Burning the Book" and preparing for the "joke too far."


"The Batman Who Laughs"

Detonating multiple bombs to destroy buildings around Gotham, Joker mockingly asked the bound and drugged Batman which hospital he had destroyed - "Mercy Hospital or Gotham General?". He demanded that Batman fight back and stop him, noting that the stimulant he had been doused with only paralysed his body, keeping his brain functioning. He boasted that he had been planning his operations for months, musing over the ease of "systematically killing a whole city."

Joker gleefully recounted how he murdered Gordon, slipping the Commissioner's coat over his own, noting that they did not have left. He went on to add that their battle would not last forever, so that they would need to adapt to survive, or die in the conflict.

In a sick and twisted ploy to push Batman over the edge, he proceeded to force families with young children to walk towards the pair, shooting the parents though the head in a style similar to of the Waynes. Going to the girl's side, he told her not to be afraid, welcoming her to his new city as he infected her Joker Venom. He repeated the process, shooting over a dozen sets of parents before Batman could finally overcome paralysis and fight back. As the vigilante beat him to a bloody pulp, he kept bragging that Batman would not stop him, pushing him so far over the edge that the Dark Knight broke his neck.

In his final gasp of breath Joker gained his final victory over his nemesis, infecting him with a concentrated version of a Joker Nanotoxin that would alter Batman's brain and personality to create a new and far more dangerous version of himself. The virulent strain laid dormant in his body, only becoming harmful if the carrier suffered from "necrosis."

His final plan ended with victory, resulting in the creation of a new and far more violent version of Batman.


Appearances:

1. "The Batman Who Laughs" - First and Only Appearance 

Thomas Wayne - Reanimated Corpse - Earth-32 - Batman: The Dawnbreaker (2017)

Having been gunned down in a dark alley during a mugging, Thomas Wayne's death had a terrible impact on his son Bruce, filling him with a void of darkness, despair and loneliness.

Bruce tried in vain to bring his father back, only for the process to reveal that it was impossible by Oan technology to revive his parents, forcing him to look for extreme measures and make a deal with the "Man Who Laughs". 

"Fear of the Dark" 

Believing that his Green Power Ring was capable of being the most powerful weapon in the Universe, Bruce demanded that the device brought his parents back to life so that he could continue living with them. He mused that he would even give up the ring if he could successfully carry out the resurrection. 

However, despite the Power Ring being corrupted by its new owner to operate far beyond the capabilities of previous Lanterns, the symbol of will was unable to completely bring back Thomas Wayne. Instead, what was produced was a reanimated corpse barely capable of performing human speech, quickly severing the ties to the ring and collapsing back into a heap on the floor. 

Appearances:

1. "Fear of the Dark" - First and Only Appearance

Martha Wayne - Reanimated Corpse - Earth-32 - Batman: The Dawnbreaker (2017)

Murdered in front of her own son by Joseph Chilton, Bruce Wayne was left feeling hopeless and depressed by the death of Martha. However his lack of fear earned him a Green Power Ring and the beacon of willpower for the entire space sector 2814.

His desire to bring his mother back properly compelled the newly christened Dawnbreaker to join the Dark Knights as a warrior and emissary of Barbatos.


"Fear of the Dark" 

Having avenged Martha and Thomas by killing Joe Chill in cold blood, Bruce tried to use the damaged Power Ring to reanimate the corpse of his mother, hoping that they could all continue to function as a family. He went on to conclude that he would not need the ring, only desiring to have his parents love and support.

Although the ring was able to partially restore her corpse, Martha was not whole, trying desperately to express her love for her son. But she could only hold consciousness for a few minutes, collapsing at her sons feet and leaving him to start his crusade against crime and injustice in Gotham City.


Appearances:

1. "Fear of the Dark" - First and Only Appearance

Thomas Wayne - Earth-32 - Batman: The Dawnbreaker (2017)

A famous surgeon in Gotham City, Thomas and his wife Martha were famous throughout numerous social circles for their philanthropy. He was the father of Bruce.

Cutting down an alleyway one night on their way back home, Thomas and his family were cornered by a street mugger and held up at gunpoint. The assailant - Joseph Chilton (Joe Chill) - proceeded to kill both him and his wife right in front of their son, running off with his wallet and leaving him to bleed out onto the pavement.


"Fear of the Dark" 

In response to his father's death, Bruce enacted vengeance on Chilton, using the Green Power Ring he had obtained to murder the thug in cold blood. He went one step further when he tried to use willpower to resurrect both Thomas and Martha from the grave, bringing forth malformed copies of the two that were quick to die.

Green Lantern devised a code to use lethal force in retaliation against crimes in Gotham, believing that criminals should die, so that the innocent can live without fear or pain.

Due to the darkness that had corrupted both his ring and his heart since the loneliness and guilt of being powerless to save both his parents, Bruce decided he would commit suicide by walking into his own central power battery, musing that soon they would be reunited. However this was in fact the birth of a new persona in the form of the Dawnbreaker.

Seeing how much Thomas and Martha meant to Bruce, Barbatos sent his spokesperson the "Man who Laughs" to Earth -32 with the condition that he would use his powers to properly restore them back to their original forms, only if Dawnbreaker joined his Dark Knights.


Appearances:

1. "Fear of the Dark" - First and Only Appearance

Martha Wayne - Earth-32 - Batman: The Dawnbreaker (2017)

The wife of Thomas Wayne and mother of Bruce, Martha Wayne was a prominent member of the Gotham City community.

One evening while walking home down an alleyway, the whole Wayne family are held up at gunpoint by a mugger. She was shot at medium range and killed instantly, falling down to join her husband, to the horror of her son. 

"Fear of the Dark" 

The murder of Martha Wayne caused a deep psychological trauma within the young Bruce Wayne, causing him to feel an empty void of helplessness and loneliness within him. 

After a failed attempt to resurrect her from the dead, Bruce became the Green Lantern of Sector 2814 and began killing criminals, wanting them to pay for their sins and ensure that nobody else would feel the loss that he did. 

Bruce tried to commit suicide after he killed Jim Gordan, multiple members of the Guardians of the Universe and Green Lantern Corps, stating he could not live without his parents, however this only transformed him into the being known as Dawnbreaker. 

On the condition that Martha would be properly restored to life, Dawnbreaker joined the "Man who Laughs" and the Dark Knights as a servant of Barbatos, wanting to make the people of Prime Earth's Coast City feel the pain he had felt. 

Appearances:

1. "Fear of the Dark" - First and Only Appearance

Green Lantern - Earth-32 - Batman: The Dawnbreaker (2017)

Sensing the potential to overcome great fear, a Green Power Ring was sent to the planet Earth in sector 2814, where it bonded with a young Bruce Wayne. Overpowering the device with his will for revenge and escaping the loneliness he was feeling, having just witnessed his parents being murdered right in front of him in a mugging, Wayne used the ring to kill Joseph Chilton and get revenge for their deaths. Trying and failing to bring them back, Bruce kept the ring for himself, setting out to honour his parents and fight to ensure that people would not feel the same loss and pain that he did.

Over the next three years, he would go on to become the hero known as Green Lantern, working with the police in order to rid Gotham City of crime. However, his methods were violent, believing that all criminals needed to die so that innocence could live.


"Fear of the Dark" 

Green Lantern was summoned to the rooftop of the G.C.P.D by Commissioner Gordon, who lit the Green Power Battery. The hero told Gordon to watch his tone as the latter remarked that he wasn't expecting to see him, musing that the last police officer who showed him disrespect ended up paying for it. He listened as the Commissioner mentioned a few reports for missing people and a manhunt for the criminal known as the Scarecrow.

Before the villain could strike the city with a missile, Green Lantern used a construct to catch the weapon and send it hurtling to space, taking Scarecrow out of Earth's atmosphere and allowing the pressure to make him explode.

Green Lantern returned to Gordon a few days later, ignoring the latter's attempt to question the whereabouts of the Scarecrow, before getting a tip off that the Penguin and a few of his henchmen where operating illegally within Gotham.

Smashing through the roof of the Penguin's establishment, he used his power ring to cause a massive black out, using shadow constructs to slaughter Penguin's henchmen and disarm their boss. Green Lantern flew out of Earth's atmosphere, telling Penguin that he had had enough of his criminal operation and wasn't going to stand for it anymore, calling him "stupid" and "disgusting." He left Penguin to die, before seeking out Commissioner Gordon.

The Commissioner demanded to know what he had done to Penguin, defiantly declaring that the G.C.P.D would no longer work with Lantern because of his methods - repulsed by Bruce's actions against Detective Harvey Bullock, as well as the most recent murder of Penguin, which the hero treated as a joke. Angered by Gordon's endeavour to appeal to his former life and the realisation that he knew who he was, Lantern used his ring to obliterate Jim, noting that it was "sad" that he had been pushed to that and adding that now his daughter would have to grow up without her "father".

Before he can fly away, he is confronted by a handful of Green Lanterns and the Guardians of the Universe, who tell the renegade Lantern that he had to be stopped for his repeated abuse of his power ring and the violation of the first law of the Corps - No killing. They also expressed their concern that he could infect the whole Green Lantern Corps with his darkness, achieving something that no other Lantern could ever do. He excitedly tells them that he is not alone and had friends he could call upon to help him fight them, activating a blackout and using his shadow constructs to tear through the Corps and their founders. After decapitating the only surviving member of the onslaught, Green Lantern expressed how he could no longer cope with the loss of his parents, willing to kill himself in order to join them.

But as he walks into the lantern,  he is surrounded by a colony of bats, inspiring himself to become something new. Altering the words of his former Green Lantern Oath, he took on the identity of the Dawnbreaker.


Appearances:

1. "Fear of the Dark" - First and Only Appearance (As Green Lantern/Origin)

Bruce Wayne - Earth-32 - Batman: The Dawnbreaker (2017)

The son of a prominent family within Gotham City, Bruce Wayne watched as his parents were gunned down right in front of him by a mugger. He was unmoved by their deaths, feeling as though he had been swallowed up by a "dark void" and making him incapable of feeling fear as he chased after Joseph Chilton (Joe Chill) - the man responsible for killing Thomas and Martha Wayne. A Green Power Ring appeared before him and welcomed him into the Green Lantern Corps as it flew onto his finger.


"Fear of the Dark" 

Mastering the ability to fly, Bruce pursued Chill, coming across the mugger as he was flicking through Thomas' stolen wallet. He yelled that he was no longer a helpless kid, promising the older man that he was going to kill him.  However, Bruce's ring tells him that due to the First Law of the Green Lantern Corps, a Green Power Ring is unable to be used as a hostile weapon.

Due to Bruce's inner darkness, the young boy is able to corrupt his ring, creating a skeletal alien construct to hunt down and kill Chill as he attempted to flee. He justified the action saying that Joe needed to die for what he had done to his parents.

Returning to the alleyway where the two were gunned down, Bruce attempted to resurrect his dead parents. He mused that he would give up his power ring, describing it as the "most powerful weapon in the Universe" for his parents to be alive. However, he could only bring their corpses back to life for mere minutes, allowing him to see that what he had brought back were only the shells of Thomas and Martha. His hope began to waver and he felt alone. He allowed the press to believe that he was dead, turning his back on his birth name and old life and setting out to bring his own brand of Justice to his home town.

Bruce took on the mantle of the Green Lantern, becoming known as a hero throughout Gotham. However he believed that criminals should die, particularly since innocent people like his parents were dying all the time by their hands. He had been operating for three years since his parents had been gunned down.

Having eventually murdered a small portion of the Green Lantern Corps and the Guardians of the Universe, Bruce tried to commit suicide by walking into Green Power Battery he set up on the roof of the G.C.P.D Building - believing that his life was full of darkness and that he was still the scared little boy that had fallen into a cave full of Bats beneath Wayne Manor.

However when he emerged from the Lantern he shed both his identity as Bruce Wayne and Green Lantern, taking on the mantle Dawnbreaker, joining the "Man who Laughs" as a servant of Barbatos on the condition that he would have the power to bring his parents back. The void in his heart was so intense that he began hating the rest of the world, wanting to make the Multiverse feel as lonely and helpless as he had been.


Appearances:

1. "Fear of the Dark" - First and Only Appearance (As Bruce Wayne/Origin)