Batman Who Laughs

Unnamed cameo in shadow; dark figures say the seal is broken and the Dark Knights are coming

Statement by Dark figures, not a demonstration

Full debut. Batman exchanges places with Barbatos and seven dark versions of himself from the Dark Multiverse; he is one of the seven

He visits the Riddler at Arkham; his leashed Robins appear; the Teen Titans enter the Riddler's labyrinth

Near Barbatos's mountain he appears and mocks Superman; Devastator, not he, attacks; Superman is caught by the Dark Knights, who plan to use his cells to power their device. He later turns up at the Oblivion Bar with Dark Robins

Statement; speaker not identified; not a demonstration

He meets Luthor, who offers him a place in the Legion of Doom. DC Database (lead): he let himself be captured to share what he knew of the Totality and Perpetua

Statement by Lex Luthor, not a demonstration

Knives inflict severe cutting injuries

Subject stands over a wounded Batman

Statement; speaker not identified; not a demonstration

His familiarity undermines Bruce's expected plans

The copy changes perception and reveals portals

Earlier in the issue the Grim Knight nearly drowns Gordon in infected water; the closing page reveals Gordon infected (red eyes) despite his capture

Infected Shazam attacks the investigating heroes

King Shazam fights Batman and Superman in his cave and had planned to turn Superman with an Nth Metal batarang and his serum. Superman instead pretends to be infected, breaks into his prison beneath the Hall of Justice and is greeted warmly

Further corruption is revealed while subject remains imprisoned

His Dark Multiverse Watchtower is stopped: Superman beats King Shazam and Kara, then throws the satellite into the sun, and Batman depowers it with Scarab technology

Sky Tyrant and Deathbringer, two of his Infected, violently break him out of his prison

He calls himself the "child of unreality", reveals he has captured the Phantom Stranger and tells Perpetua she needs a right-hand man, not a pet. Luthor attacks; Perpetua turns him from Apex Lex back to human and sends him through a portal. Bleeding Cool reads Justice League #39 as making him her r…

Rebuilt as the Darkest Knight with Doctor Manhattan's powers, the Batman Who Laughs fought Perpetua in space, trapped her in fragments of the Source Wall that once imprisoned her and killed her, taking the last of her power; he was later defeated by Wonder Woman in #7. Conditions: Done as the Darke…

Done as: The Batman Who Laughs (as the Darkest Knight)