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+ | | Image = Dark Knights Rising The Wild Hunt Vol 1 1 Textless.jpg |
| OfficialName = Dark Knights |
| OfficialName = Dark Knights |
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| − | | Aliases = [[Bat-Family]], Nightmare Batmen |
+ | | Aliases = [[Bat-Family]], Nightmare Batmen, Dark Council |
| Status = Active |
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| Alignment = Bad |
| Alignment = Bad |
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| Universe = Dark Multiverse |
| Universe = Dark Multiverse |
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| − | | BaseOfOperations = [[Dark Multiverse]] |
+ | | BaseOfOperations = [[Dark Multiverse]]; [[Challengers Mountain]] ([[Earth 0]]); [[Bruce Wayne (Dark Multiverse: This Man. This City.)|Castle Bat]] |
| − | | TeamLeaders = [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -22)|The Batman |
+ | | TeamLeaders = [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -22)|The Batman Who Laughs]] |
| + | | CurrentMembers = [[Ark (Dark Multiverse)|Ark]], [[Bathomet (Dark Multiverse)|Bathomet]], [[Batmazo (Dark Multiverse)|Batmazo]], [[Black Monday (Dark Multiverse)|Black Monday]], [[Bruce Wayne (Dark Multiverse: This Man. This City.)|Castle Bat]], [[Chiroptor (Dark Multiverse)|Chiroptor]], [[Darkfather (Dark Multiverse)|Darkfather]], [[Bruce Wayne (Dark Multiverse: The Grim Knight)|Grim Knight]], [[Kull (Dark Multiverse)|Kull]], [[Mindhunter (Dark Multiverse)|Mindhunter]], [[The Pearl (Dark Multiverse)|The Pearl]], [[Warbat (Dark Multiverse)|Warbat]] |
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| − | | CurrentMembers = [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -32)|Dawnbreaker]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -12)|Merciless]] |
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| − | | FormerMembers = [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -1)|Devastator]], [[Bryce Wayne (Earth -11)|The Drowned]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -44)|Murder Machine]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -52)|Red Death]] |
+ | | FormerMembers = [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -32)|Dawnbreaker]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -12)|Merciless]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -1)|Devastator]], [[Bryce Wayne (Earth -11)|The Drowned]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -44)|Murder Machine]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -52)|Red Death]], [[Doctor Arkham (Dark Multiverse)|Dr. Arkham]], [[Batmage (Dark Multiverse)|Batmage]], [[B-Rex (Dark Multiverse)|B-Rex]], [[Beyonder (Dark Multiverse)|Beyonder]], [[Bruce Wayne (Dark Multiverse: Road Warrior)|Batmobeast]], [[Batom (Dark Multiverse)|Batom]], [[Collector (Dark Multiverse)|Collector]], [[Batrocitus (Dark Multiverse)|Batrocitus]], [[Night Glider (Dark Multiverse)|Night Glider]] |
| − | | Allies = [[Barbatos (Dark Multiverse)|Barbatos]] |
+ | | Allies = [[Barbatos (Dark Multiverse)|Barbatos]], [[Perpetua (Sixth Dimension)|Perpetua]], [[Robins (Earth -22)|Robins]], [[Bruce Wayne (Dark Multiverse: King of Pain)|Robin King]] |
| − | | Enemies = [[Batman (Bruce Wayne)|Batman]], [[Flash (Barry Allen)|Flash]], [[Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)|Green Arrow]], [[Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)|Green Lantern]], [[Harleen Quinzel (Prime Earth)|Harley Quinn]], [[Justice League (Prime Earth)|Justice League]], [[Michael Holt (Prime Earth)|Mister Terrific]], [[Richard Grayson (Prime Earth)|Nightwing]], [[Damian Wayne (Prime Earth)|Robin]], [[Barry Allen (Earth -52)|The Flash]] |
+ | | Enemies = [[Batman (Bruce Wayne)|Batman]], [[Flash (Barry Allen)|Flash]], [[Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)|Green Arrow]], [[Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)|Green Lantern]], [[Harleen Quinzel (Prime Earth)|Harley Quinn]], [[Justice League (Prime Earth)|Justice League]], [[Michael Holt (Prime Earth)|Mister Terrific]], [[Richard Grayson (Prime Earth)|Nightwing]], [[Damian Wayne (Prime Earth)|Robin]], [[Diana of Themyscira (Prime Earth)|Wonder Woman]], [[Barry Allen (Earth -52)|The Flash]] |
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| + | | Quotation = '''You want Bruce Wayne? Look around.''' |
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| + | | Speaker = [[Barbatos (Dark Multiverse)|Barbatos]] |
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| + | | QuoteSource = Dark Nights: Metal Vol 1 2 |
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| ⚫ | | Overview = The '''Dark Knights''' are a team of "warriors of the darkness" assembled by [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -22)|The Batman Who Laughs]] for [[Barbatos (Dark Multiverse)|Barbatos]]. These warriors are evil and twisted versions of [[Batman]] from the [[Dark Multiverse]] who were willing to fight to keep their worlds alive. |
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| ⚫ | Taken from their Earths moments before their destruction, [[Bryce Wayne (Earth -11)|The Drowned]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -32)|The Dawnbreaker]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -12)|The Merciless]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -1)|The Devastator]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -44)|The Murder Machine]] and [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -52)|The Red Death]] first appeared when the Court Of Owls ambushed Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and a baby [[Uxas (Prime Earth)|Darkseid]]. Using the final metal required for the Mantling, the Court turned Batman into |
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| ⚫ | Taken from their Earths moments before their destruction, [[Bryce Wayne (Earth -11)|The Drowned]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -32)|The Dawnbreaker]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -12)|The Merciless]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -1)|The Devastator]], [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -44)|The Murder Machine]], and [[Bruce Wayne (Earth -52)|The Red Death]] first appeared when the Court Of Owls ambushed Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and a baby [[Uxas (Prime Earth)|Darkseid]]. Using the final metal required for the Mantling, the Court turned Batman into Barbatos' doorway to our Multiverse.<ref>{{c|Dark Nights: Metal Vol 1 2}}</ref> |
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The Dark Knights then systematically took control of the homes of the Justice League ([[Amnesty Bay]], [[Central City]], [[Coast City]], [[Detroit]], [[Gotham City]], [[Metropolis]], and [[Washington D.C.]]) and the [[Justice League Watchtower|Watchtower]]. After the interference of the Gotham Resistance, The Batman Who Laughs called the Dark Knights to Gotham, only for the Resistance to be taken away by Doctor Fate.<ref>{{c|Green Arrow Vol 6 32}}</ref> |
The Dark Knights then systematically took control of the homes of the Justice League ([[Amnesty Bay]], [[Central City]], [[Coast City]], [[Detroit]], [[Gotham City]], [[Metropolis]], and [[Washington D.C.]]) and the [[Justice League Watchtower|Watchtower]]. After the interference of the Gotham Resistance, The Batman Who Laughs called the Dark Knights to Gotham, only for the Resistance to be taken away by Doctor Fate.<ref>{{c|Green Arrow Vol 6 32}}</ref> |
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| − | The Dark Knights assembled again when Superman and Wonder Woman escaped from |
+ | The Dark Knights assembled again when Superman and Wonder Woman escaped from Barbatos's conduit tower in Metropolis. The Devastator attacked Superman but was quickly stopped by the intervening of The Flash and Doctor Fate. With Earth's remaining heroes now revealing their location to the Dark Knights, they attacked the [[Oblivion Bar]] and killed [[James Rook (Prime Earth)|Nightmaster]].<ref>{{c|Dark Nights: Metal Vol 1 3}}</ref> |
| − | After finding out that Steel and Flash sent Superman into the Dark Multiverse on a rescue mission for Batman, Murder Machine and Devastator attacked them and stole the Anti- |
+ | After finding out that [[John Henry Irons (Prime Earth)|Steel]] and Flash sent Superman into the Dark Multiverse on a rescue mission for Batman, Murder Machine and Devastator attacked them and stole the Anti-Monitor's cosmic tuning fork from the Fortress of Solitude. After fighting off Lobo, Devastator moved the tuning fork to Gotham. The remainder of Earth's heroes were transported to pseudo-Batcave by the Murder Machine. Each Leaguer was taken to their matching Dark Knight in their home city, while Dr. Fate, Mr. Terrific, Kendra Saunders and Deathstroke were attached to the tuning fork with the Teen Titans and Suicide Squad. |
| − | The Batman Who Laughs |
+ | The Batman Who Laughs told everyone that the Dark Knights' ultimate goal was to unleash the horrors of all -51 Earths from the Dark Multiverse and completely destroy the Positive Multiverse. After being defeated by the Dark Knights, the League was going to be added to the tuning fork, until Cyborg partially merged with his Mother Box and freed himself, Raven and the League. Barbatos worried that Cyborg is a wildcard, but the Batman Who Laughs assured his master that everything was still going to plan as the Justice League were unknowingly spreading his darkness across the galaxy. |
The next time the Knights were seen, they split up to intercept the heroes searching for traces of [[Nth Metal]]. Despite resistance on their, the groups were captured, the exception being Wonder Woman, who the Batman Who Laughs spared so she could struggle in vain against the darkness. |
The next time the Knights were seen, they split up to intercept the heroes searching for traces of [[Nth Metal]]. Despite resistance on their, the groups were captured, the exception being Wonder Woman, who the Batman Who Laughs spared so she could struggle in vain against the darkness. |
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| − | The Knights were next gathered when they were hunting the team Cyborg took with him into [[The Bleed]]. Using a corrupted [[Carrier]], they tracked down their ship, the [[Ultima Thule]], and chased them. Though they failed to shoot down the Thule, they were able to damage it enough to allow a team to storm it. While Drowned, Dawnbreaker, and Murder Machine |
+ | The Knights were next gathered when they were hunting the team Cyborg took with him into [[The Bleed]]. Using a corrupted [[Carrier]], they tracked down their ship, the [[Ultima Thule]], and chased them. Though they failed to shoot down the Thule, they were able to damage it enough to allow a team to storm it. While Drowned, Dawnbreaker, and Murder Machine fought the heroes, the rest hung back to control the Carrier. However, the heroes repelled the Knights long enough for [[Flash (Barry Allen)|Flash]] to sabotage the Carrier's engine, which accidentally turned the Red Death good. The group reunited on the damaged carrier as Red Death's conversion began killing him. Laughs then revealed that their goal wasn't to shoot down the Thule: It was to charge it with dark energy and force it to crash into the |
| − | [[House of Heroes]], which it does. The Knights |
+ | [[House of Heroes]], which it does. The Knights stayed until right before the Thule crashes, then leave. |
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| ⚫ | With most of the resistance to Barbatos captured and his dark army on the move, the Knights saw to the captured heroes. However, Wonder Woman and Kendra Saunders managed to wake some of the captured heroes up, allowing Wonder Woman to reach the World Forge. When the forge lit up again, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman managed to harness Element X, and empowered some of the other Leaguers with the metal. With the power of the Tenth Metal, the League destroyed the Dark Knights, pulled the world out of the Dark Multiverse, and defeated Barbatos.<ref>{{c|Dark Nights: Metal Vol 1 6}}</ref> The only Knight who managed to avoid destruction was the Batman Who Laughs, who was captured by Lex Luthor and the Legion of Doom. |
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| + | When Perpetua and The Batman Who Laughs began to take over Prime Earth, Laughs assembled a new team of Dark Knights. |
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| ⚫ | With most of the resistance to Barbatos captured and his dark army on the move, the Knights |
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| + | * '''[[Carrier]]''' |
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| − | | Weapons = Each one of they use a specify way to defend him/herself. |
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| − | **The Batman Who Laughs – [[Bruce Wayne (Prime Earth)|Batman]] |
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| − | **The Dawnbreaker – [[Hal Jordan (Prime Earth)|Green Lantern]] |
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| − | **The Devastator – [[Kal-El (Prime Earth)|Superman]] |
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| − | **The Drowned – [[Arthur Curry (Prime Earth)|Aquaman]] |
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| − | **The Merciless – [[Diana of Themyscira (Prime Earth)|Wonder Woman]] |
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| − | **The Murder Machine – [[Victor Stone (Prime Earth)|Cyborg]] |
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| − | **The Red Death – [[Barry Allen (Prime Earth)|The Flash]] |
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| − | *Each member of the Dark Knights are a representation of Bruce Wayne's worst fears and regrets. |
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| − | **The Batman Who Laughs – His fear of the [[Joker (Prime Earth)|Joker]] and his own madness. |
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| − | **The Dawnbreaker – The fear of losing himself to absolute power and the darkness within himself. |
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| − | **The Devastator – The fear of a renegade Superman, broken trust and where it takes him. |
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| − | **The Drowned – The fear of losing [[Sylvester Kyle (Earth -11)|Selina Kyle]] (Sylvester in the Drowned's case), giving into his paranoid side, and losing his ability to trust. |
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| − | **The Merciless – The fear of breaking his own rules and letting revenge take control. |
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| − | **The Murder Machine – The fear of losing [[Alfred Pennyworth (Earth -44)|Alfred Pennyworth]], his dependence on technology turning against him, and losing his humanity. |
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| − | **The Red Death – The fear of losing the [[Bat-Family]] and not being fast enough to save anyone. |
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Revision as of 15:08, 11 September 2020
The Dark Knights are a team of "warriors of the darkness" assembled by The Batman Who Laughs for Barbatos. These warriors are evil and twisted versions of Batman from the Dark Multiverse who were willing to fight to keep their worlds alive.
History
Taken from their Earths moments before their destruction, The Drowned, The Dawnbreaker, The Merciless, The Devastator, The Murder Machine, and The Red Death first appeared when the Court Of Owls ambushed Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and a baby Darkseid. Using the final metal required for the Mantling, the Court turned Batman into Barbatos' doorway to our Multiverse.[1]
The Dark Knights then systematically took control of the homes of the Justice League (Amnesty Bay, Central City, Coast City, Detroit, Gotham City, Metropolis, and Washington D.C.) and the Watchtower. After the interference of the Gotham Resistance, The Batman Who Laughs called the Dark Knights to Gotham, only for the Resistance to be taken away by Doctor Fate.[2]
The Dark Knights assembled again when Superman and Wonder Woman escaped from Barbatos's conduit tower in Metropolis. The Devastator attacked Superman but was quickly stopped by the intervening of The Flash and Doctor Fate. With Earth's remaining heroes now revealing their location to the Dark Knights, they attacked the Oblivion Bar and killed Nightmaster.[3]
After finding out that Steel and Flash sent Superman into the Dark Multiverse on a rescue mission for Batman, Murder Machine and Devastator attacked them and stole the Anti-Monitor's cosmic tuning fork from the Fortress of Solitude. After fighting off Lobo, Devastator moved the tuning fork to Gotham. The remainder of Earth's heroes were transported to pseudo-Batcave by the Murder Machine. Each Leaguer was taken to their matching Dark Knight in their home city, while Dr. Fate, Mr. Terrific, Kendra Saunders and Deathstroke were attached to the tuning fork with the Teen Titans and Suicide Squad.
The Batman Who Laughs told everyone that the Dark Knights' ultimate goal was to unleash the horrors of all -51 Earths from the Dark Multiverse and completely destroy the Positive Multiverse. After being defeated by the Dark Knights, the League was going to be added to the tuning fork, until Cyborg partially merged with his Mother Box and freed himself, Raven and the League. Barbatos worried that Cyborg is a wildcard, but the Batman Who Laughs assured his master that everything was still going to plan as the Justice League were unknowingly spreading his darkness across the galaxy.
The next time the Knights were seen, they split up to intercept the heroes searching for traces of Nth Metal. Despite resistance on their, the groups were captured, the exception being Wonder Woman, who the Batman Who Laughs spared so she could struggle in vain against the darkness.
The Knights were next gathered when they were hunting the team Cyborg took with him into The Bleed. Using a corrupted Carrier, they tracked down their ship, the Ultima Thule, and chased them. Though they failed to shoot down the Thule, they were able to damage it enough to allow a team to storm it. While Drowned, Dawnbreaker, and Murder Machine fought the heroes, the rest hung back to control the Carrier. However, the heroes repelled the Knights long enough for Flash to sabotage the Carrier's engine, which accidentally turned the Red Death good. The group reunited on the damaged carrier as Red Death's conversion began killing him. Laughs then revealed that their goal wasn't to shoot down the Thule: It was to charge it with dark energy and force it to crash into the House of Heroes, which it does. The Knights stayed until right before the Thule crashes, then leave.
With most of the resistance to Barbatos captured and his dark army on the move, the Knights saw to the captured heroes. However, Wonder Woman and Kendra Saunders managed to wake some of the captured heroes up, allowing Wonder Woman to reach the World Forge. When the forge lit up again, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman managed to harness Element X, and empowered some of the other Leaguers with the metal. With the power of the Tenth Metal, the League destroyed the Dark Knights, pulled the world out of the Dark Multiverse, and defeated Barbatos.[4] The only Knight who managed to avoid destruction was the Batman Who Laughs, who was captured by Lex Luthor and the Legion of Doom.
When Perpetua and The Batman Who Laughs began to take over Prime Earth, Laughs assembled a new team of Dark Knights.
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See Also
- 41 Appearances of Dark Knights (Dark Multiverse)
- 9 Images that include Dark Knights (Dark Multiverse)
- Team Gallery: Dark Knights (Dark Multiverse)
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