I vilken serie Serie är Batman faktiskt Thomas Wayne?

The Batman encountered in the Flashpoint universe, the lead-up to the New 52 reboot is actually Thomas Wayne, Bruce having been killed on that fateful night instead of Thomas, which explains his motivation for fixing whatever created the Flashpoint universe.

I Flashpoint. Spoilers (men du vet redan det)!

Basically, Flash changed the timeline to save his mama. So instead of Thomas and Martha Wayne getting shot, Bruce got shot. So Thomas, out of veagneance, became Batman. The difference is that Thomas is not afraid to kill, and is darker. Extra: the Joker here is Martha.

Om du är intresserad av att se denna Thomas Wayne på skärmen som Batman, föreslår jag att du kolla in den animerade filmen heter Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.

Flashpoint är den komiska händelsen som födde den nya 52-niverse (eller dödade det ursprungliga DC-universet, om du är negativ om det). Här är den officiella synopsisen, om du inte är orolig för förstörare:

When time travel allows a past wrong to be righted for Flash and his family, the event’s temporal ripples prove disastrous, creating a fractured, alternate reality where the Justice League never formed, and even Superman is nowhere to be found. Amidst a new world being ravaged by a fierce war between Wonder Woman’s Amazons and Aquaman’s Atlanteans, Flash must team with a grittier, more violent Batman and government agent Cyborg to restore the continuity of Flash’s original timeline.

Jag älskar att Thomas Wayne är Batman, för det mesta för att jag älskar tanken att alla medlemmar i Wayne-familjen är genetiskt utsatta för att bekämpa brott medan de klär sig som fladdermöss. Anyway, Flashpoint har en ganska episk röstgjuten:

Primetime television stars Justin Chambers (Grey’s Anatomy) and Kevin McKidd (Grey’s Anatomy), the voices of Barry Allen/Flash and Thomas Wayne/Batman, respectively, unite with numerous greats of television and film to fashion the famed animated roles. Adding to the celebrity-laden voice cast and providing thrilling additions to the Justice League series are Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale, Friday Night Lights, Chronicle) as Cyborg, C. Thomas Howell (Southland, The Outsiders) as Thawne/Professor Zoom, Nathan Fillion (Castle) as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Ron Perlman (Hellboy) as Slade and Deathstroke, Dana Delany (Body of Proof) as Lois Lane, Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) as Aquaman, Danny Huston (Magic City) as General Lane, Sam Daly (The Office, The Daly Show) as Superman, and Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) as Batman.

För att se Thomas Wayne i all sin ära som Batman, finns det två väsentliga saker du borde få. Jag har gett Amazon-länkar till båda här för din bekvämlighet. Den första är trade paperback versionen av Flashpoint, händelsen som leder fram till DCs nya 52 universums lansering. Den andra är den animerade filmversionen av evenemanget.

• Flashpoint
• Justice League: Flashpoint-paradoxen

Här är spoilerns (ish) sammanfattning av vad som händer i båda:

Barry Allen (aka The Flash) uses the Speed Force to go back in time and prevent his mother from being murdered. This single change causes ripples throughout time, such that when Barry returns to the present, he never became The Flash and there is no Justice League. The world is being ravaged by a war between Atlantis & Themyscira, and it appears that humanity may be destroyed regardless of the victor. Barry sets out to gather his former colleagues, beginning with Batman (now Thomas Wayne instead of Bruce), in an attempt to fix the timeline before the world is destroyed. And even if Barry DOES manage to fix his mistake, things may never be the same again.

Det är tillräckligt att säga att det finns mycket mer till historien - inklusive vem som äntligen är bakom allt, hur kriget verkligen började, etc. men jag vill inte ge allt bort här.

Det verkar som alla vet att Thomas Wayne var Batman i Flashpoint, men han var också Batman i den nya 52-serien Earth 2.

In this universe the attack on the Waynes was a mob hit. Thomas survived but faked his death went into hiding. Bruce, not knowing his father was alive, became the Batman, but he died when the forces of Darkseid invaded. Thomas Wayne then took up the mantle of the Batman to honor his son and atone for his own misdeeds.