Batman’s Newest Ally Has Changed His Comics Lore Forever
Warning: spoilers for Batman Beyond: Neo-Year #3 are ahead.
The identity crisis at the heart of Batman's character in DC Comics is oft-explored, with stories offering different interpretations for what Bruce Wayne's true personality is. For many human superheroes, the split between their private and public identities is pronounced, but in Bruce Wayne's case, it is even greater due to the fact that he is a public figure outside of his Batman identity. Given that Bruce Wayne is a notoriously lonely man outside of his immediate family, it is fair to say that few people even know the «real» him. That said, recent Batman comics have introduced a new character, Ghost-Maker, whose long-standing relationship with Batman is quietly shaking up the Batman/Bruce Wayne dichotomy.
Ghost-Maker was created by James Tynion IV and Jorge Jiménez, debuting in Batman #100. Also known as Minhkhoa Khan, Ghost-Maker has known Batman since they were teenagers training together in North Korea. This origin story has been expanded in Chip Zdarsky and Carmine Di Giandomenico's Batman: The Knight series, covering Bruce Wayne's training prior to becoming Batman. Tynion's introduction of the character emphasized how Ghost-Maker knew the details of Bruce's plan to fight crime as a vigilante long before anyone else did, making him one of Batman's oldest allies. But the interesting twist about Batman and Ghost-Maker's relationship is that Bruce originally introduced himself as «Jack,» deliberately hiding the details of his personal life while still opening up about topics he never discusses with anyone else.
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