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Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Volume 2) #4 is an issue of the series Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Volume 2) with a cover date of October, 2023. It was published on August 22, 2023.
Synopsis for Batman: "Enter the Abyss"
Appearing in Batman: "Enter the Abyss"
Featured Characters:
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Also as an illusion)
Supporting Characters:
- Alfred Pennyworth (Also as an illusion)
- "Jane Smith" (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- The Shadows of the Dark Garden (First appearance)
- The Heretic (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
- Nightwing (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
- Robin (Damian Wayne) (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
- Superman (Clark Kent) (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Cullen Row
- The Darkness (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Harper Row (Mentioned only)
- The Source/"The Light" (Mentioned only)
- Miagani (Mentioned only)
- Vampires (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse
- Earth 0
- Gotham City (Flashback and main story)
- Wayne Manor (As an illusion only)
- Gotham City (Flashback and main story)
- Earth 0
- Overvoid (Flashback only)
- The Dark Garden (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Hypertime
- Timestream
- Dawn of Time (Mentioned only)
- Timestream
Items:
Concepts:
Synopsis for Stormwatch: "Down With the Kings, Part 4"
Appearing in Stormwatch: "Down With the Kings, Part 4"
Featured Characters:
- Stormwatch
- Core
- Flint
- Peacekeeper-01 (Sean Mahoney) (Cameo)
- Phantom-One
- Ravager (Rose Wilson) (Cameo)
- Shado
Supporting Characters:
- Director Bones (Cameo)
Antagonists:
- Insomnia (Behind the scenes)
- Nightmare creatures (In dream sequence only)
- The Tempest (Single appearance)
- Nightmare creatures (In dream sequence only)
Other Characters:
- Flint's family (First appearance) (In a photograph only) (Also in a dream sequence)
- Ghost-Maker (Mentioned only)
- Winter (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth 0
- Earth
- Star City
- Clark's Bar
- Star City
- Skywatch II
- Earth
- Sphere of the Gods
- The Dreaming
- The Nightmare Realm
- Stormwatch's Nightmare
- The Nightmare Realm
- The Dreaming
Items:
- Peacekeeper-01's Armor
- Phantom-One's Sword
- Ravager's Swords
- Shado's Bow
Concepts:
Synopsis for Harcourt: "Second Life, Part 1"
Appearing in Harcourt: "Second Life, Part 1"
Featured Characters:
- Emilia Harcourt (Flashback and main story) (Also as a spirit) (Resurrected)
Supporting Characters:
- Amanda Waller (Flashback only)
- Mr. Harcourt (First appearance; unnamed) (As an illusion only)
Antagonists:
- Emilia Harcourt's assassin (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
- Opal City Underworld
Other Characters:
- Bobby Edwards (Mentioned only)
Locations:
Items:
Concepts:
Synopsis for Batman Black & White: "My Family"
Appearing in Batman Black & White: "My Family"
Featured Characters:
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Also as an illusion)
Supporting Characters:
- Bat-Family (Single appearance)
- Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) (Single appearance)
- Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) (Single appearance)
- Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) (Single appearance)
- Nightwing (Single appearance)
- Red Hood (Jason Todd) (Single appearance)
- Robin (Damian Wayne (Single appearance)
- Robin (Tim Drake)(Single appearance)
- The Signal (Duke Thomas) (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Bane (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Hush (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Wayne Family (Single appearance) (As an illusion only)
- Martha Wayne (Single appearance) (Appears only as a corpse) (As an illusion only)
- Thomas Wayne (Single appearance) (Appears only as a corpse) (As an illusion only)
Locations:
- Unnamed Universe (Single appearance)
- Gotham City (Flashback and main story)
- Crime Alley (As an illusion only)
- Gotham City (Flashback and main story)
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- The "Enter the Abyss" story continues in Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic (Volume 1).
- Stormwatch's story takes place before the epilogue of Knight Terrors #4.
- The epilogue takes place after the events of Knight Terrors.
- Although it is not clearly mentioned in the issue, "Jane Smith" from the "Enter the Abyss" story is the "daughter" of the Great Darkness.
- "Enter the Abyss" is reprinted in Batman: Gotham After Midnight Deluxe Edition.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Batman: The Brave and the Bold series
- Images from Batman: The Brave and the Bold Vol 2 4

