Batman Is About to Take His Worst Beating Since Bane
When Batman first encountered Bane, he endured a beating so bad he was put on the shelf for over a year, and new cover art reveals the Dark Knight may be facing an equally brutal fate. In a newly revealed cover for Batman #126, Batman looks to be in a bad way as Nightwing looks on in horror. Bruce Wayne has taken his fair share of beatings over the years, but this epic cover teases a truly devastating fight that could leave him worse off than Bane ever left him.
In Batman #497, by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench and Jim Aparo, Bane wreaks havoc on Bruce, breaking into Wayne Manor, discovering the Batcave and ultimately snapping Batman's back over his knee. The iconic moment sent shockwaves through Batman's mythos, marking the biggest defeat the Dark Knight ever endured. But now, with his fate already sealed, Bruce is facing down the barrel of an even more devastating end. The upcoming event Dark Crisis by Joshua Williamson and Daniel Sampere will have the DC Universe reeling from the loss of their most iconic super team, the Justice League. The gruesome state of Batman in this cover is a big hint to fans that this event is also going to shatter what fans know about the Dark Knight.
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As the Dark Crisis event marks the death of the Justice League and a shake-up of DC's heroic landscape, fans are highly anticipating what the future holds. On his personal Substack newsletter, comics great and new writer for the ongoing Batman series Chip Zdarsky revealed the covers for Batman #126, including the main cover by series artist Jorge Jimenez. The cover is a gruesome scene, with Batman silhouetted in a pool of blood, with a horrified Nightwing reflected in
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