Bruce Wayne (Earth -22)

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 * Image                  = The Batman Who Laughs Vol 1 1 Textless.jpg
 * RealName               = Bruce Wayne
 * CurrentAlias           = The Batman Who Laughs
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 * Alignment              = Bad
 * Identity               = Secret
 * Affiliation            = Barbatos; The Dark Knights
 * Relatives              = unnamed parents (deceased) Damian Wayne (son, deceased) numerous unnamed sons
 * Universe               = Earth -22
 * BaseOfOperations       = Dark Multiverse, Challengers Mountain
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 * Gender                 = Male
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 * Occupation             = Dark Knight, Serial Killer
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 * Origin                 = Dark Multiverse
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 * Creators               = Scott Snyder; Greg Capullo
 * First                  = Dark Days: The Casting Vol 1 1


 * Quotation              = To win you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back. You see... a Batman who laughs... is a Batman who always wins.
 * Speaker                = The Batman Who Laughs
 * QuoteSource            = The Batman Who Laughs Vol 1 1


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Assembling the Knights
The Batman Who Laughs was the doppelganger of Batman chosen by Barbatos to assemble the most twisted versions of Batman in the Dark Multiverse to aid in conquering the main Multiverse. Traveling to each of the Knights' worlds minutes before they were erased from existence, he appealed to their desire not only to live, but to bring their unique brands of truth and justice to worlds beyond their own. Each Batman jumped at the opportunity, and they awaited their moment to travel to Earth 0. Once the Court of Owls summoned them, his first act was to have his warped Robins slaughter the Court's leaders. He then set the Knights loose upon the hometowns of each member of the Justice League.

This Batman was next seen aiding the other Knights in defeating Cyborg aboard the Watchtower. Once Victor was down, the Batman Who Laughs explained that they had been called into this universe because of a great ringing, and that despite their nightmarish nature, they were needed to save the world.

Control of Gotham
In the following days, The Batman Who Laughs took control of Gotham, ruling over it from Challengers Mountain. To cause havoc, The Batman who Laughs gave Cards made of Cosmic Metallurgy to some of Batman's greatest foes including The Riddler, Poison Ivy, Mad Hatter, Bane, Mister Freeze and Firefly. The cards allowed the villains to alter reality, and with them the villains ruled over different sections of the city.

The Resistance
When Batman's son entered Gotham looking for his father, he managed to take down the Riddler with the help of Green Arrow, Harley Quinn and Killer Croc. The Batman Who Laughs then ordered his favoured son to join the fray, since Barbatos's tower had yet to be completed. After finding Nightwing, the resistance was also able to overthrow Mister Freeze and his ice monsters, but as they did so, The Batman Who Laughs's "most favoured son" Jokerized the Teen Titans and gave them cards. Despite the obstacles and the loss of Killer Croc, the resistance managed to get close to the heart of the city. At that point, the Batman Who Laughs personally confronted the resistance with the rest of the Dark Knights. Before he could take them out, they were pulled out of the city by Doctor Fate.


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 * Nth Metal: denizens of his universe vibrate at a different frequency to Nth Metal, and are particularly badly harmed upon contact with it.
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 * Dark Metal Cards
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 * Dark Metal Cards
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