Batman: Son of the Demon (2006) #1

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Damian Wayne is small, dangerous, and unafraid to kill. James Gunn described him as "a little son of a bitch," and admitted that Damian is his favorite Robin. When Talia finally allowed Damian to meet his father, selfishly hoping to through Batman off his game, Bruce takes Damian in. Despite his assassin past, Damian wants to be Robin and agrees to Batman's rules. The young vigilante struggles to find his place as both a Wanye and an al Ghul, as the two families are often at odds.

After observing how happy both his daughter and grandson are while living a peaceful life without killing, the now reformed Ra's al Ghul decides that he wants to turn himself in to the authority to atone for all the crimes he committed as well as publicly share all the secrets he kept hidden over the centuries, this decision has sparked a huge interest in both the superhero community and the villain community due the amount of knowledge the immortal Demon's Head has about the world, so all eyes were on him during a press conference he held before his incarceration. However, as soon as the conference started, Ra's was immediately shot by a sniper wearing a Deathstroke-looking costume, who also threw a bomb that turned his body to ashes to insure that there would be nothing left of him that can be resurrected through the Lazarus Pit. [98]Damian Wayne appears in one of the alternate storylines of the interactive film Batman: Death in the Family. In one ending, Damian appears as an infant with his mother Talia meeting Jason Todd after he has taken on a new identity similar to Hush. Talia wishes for Jason to help raise his adoptive brother, an offer he accepts while secretly planning to turn Damian against both of his parents. Your admirable mind has reasoned all save the obvious that my darling Talia loves you! My organization is vast... I had to satisfy myself that you are a worthy successor to me!" —Ra's to Batman. End of the comic. O'Neil, Dennis. Batman (1940) #232. DC Comics, Inc., 1971. In League of Batmen (2001), the sequel to Brotherhood of the Bat, Tallant leads his own team of variant Batmen to combat the plague that was al Ghul's legacy. During the battle, Tallant discovers that his grandfather is the one who murdered his father and then cloned him. Ra's even sent the clone to murder his own daughter. Because of the deaths of his parents at Ra's's hands, Tallant has completed following his father's tragic path as Batman. The new Dark Knight desires justice for his parents along with trying to stop his grandfather while having to battle his father's murderous double. Talia was eventually drawn to Gotham City after she learned that the international terrorist known as Qayin was operating in the city. While in Gotham, Talia came across Batman and the two of them worked together to bring down the criminal. Their quest brought them to meet with Ra's, and Batman learned that Qayin was the man who murdered Talia's mother. BLEURGH! Nothing to see here guys, move on, really. I thought I’d turned a corner with Mike Barr’s Batman comics after being pleasantly surprised with both The Wrath and Son of the Demon - and then I read Bride of the Demon. And while it’s not as offensively bad as Year Two, it’s still absolute garbage.

In the aftermath, Batman and Talia al Ghul fight over Damian's body, with Talia stealing his remains from their resting spot alongside Bruce's parents. Through the course of Batman and Talia's conflict, Darkseid and the minions of Apokolips become involved, and Damian is resurrected by the power of an artifact called the Chaos Shard.Strength: Damian possesses all the strength of a normal human male who engages in intense regular exercise. Did he do a paternity test on Damian? You know, like a DNA test... He had to, right? Alfred?"—Tim Drake.