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Warning ! mollycoddler ahead for Batman # 149!Big changes have come forBatmanand the Bat - Family as they ’ve get a young al-Qaeda that ’s go to be farbetter than the Batcave or Wayne Manor . It ’s been quite some time since Batman has had a big plate for his extended folk , but a new development is change that .
After months of running and distancing himself from his fellowship , Batman has finally come out the other side . With Zur - En - Arrh kill and Bruce ’s school principal finally on square , he ’s reuniting with his family and he ’s switching up his mythology with a new base that could be the home the Batcave never was .
The Pennyworth Manor is the Bat-Family’s New Home
InBatman # 149by Chip Zdarsky , Steve Lieber , Michele Bandini , Nick Filardi , and Clayton Cowles , Crime Alley is beingpatrolled by Zur - En - Arrh ’s Robin , aka a clone he made from Bruce ’s DNA . Batman finds the young man and take him back to Bruce ’s brownstone to give him the fear he needs . Unfortunately , Bruce discovers that Zur - En - Arrh speedily age the clone but did n’t put any safeguards in place to keep him from aging too fast . With the clone ’s spirit on the transmission line , Batman take up seek for a way to save him .
Bruce invites the Bat - Family over to a dilapidate manor house and reveals that he ’s purchase up multiple attribute across Old Gotham …
Batman tries to access Zur - En - Arrh ’s computer storage to recover some fashion of salve the clone Bruce . Batman goes to Wayne Enterprises look for any clew his backup personality may have left behind . While searching , Bruce discover a secret dialog box and discovers thatZur - En - Arrh had several hole-and-corner bank accounts and billions of clam hidden aside , money that is now Batman ’s . Bruce endow some of the money into technical school to lay aside his dead ringer ’s life , but nothing works and the clone Bruce wind up choke away from natural causes .
With more money than he ’s had in some meter , Batman embarks on a new project . Bruce invite the Bat - Family over to a dilapidated manor house and reveal that he ’s grease one’s palms up multiple properties across Old Gotham with the intention of creating affordable housing and charities . Batman also reveals that the building he ’s work on ( Pennyworth Manor , as he calls it ) is meant to be a home for the entire Bat - Family . Bruce admitswhile there ’s not a Batcave under Pennyworth Manor , Batman is already work on musical theme for the squad ’s unexampled place .
How Batman Lost His Old Home (And What Happened to It)
Batman has face a mint of difficult test in his animation , but the Joker go above and beyond to make the Dark Knight suffer during the crossover event “ Joker War ” . After deciding that stealing Batman ’s chance would be an excellent way of messing with his adversary , the Clown Prince of Crime venture on a deputation that involved tricking and torturing several Batman allies . His efforts pay off asthe Joker wound up stealing not only Batman ’s chance , but Wayne Enterprises , his armory , and even the Batcave .
Joker ransack Bruce Wayne ’s billions inBatman # 94 ( 2020 ) !
Batman was able-bodied to stop the Joker from using the Wayne fortune to finance the biggest crime wave ever . However , Bruce fall back access to his funds after the government activity put Lucius Fox in charge of Wayne ’s account . With far less money than he was used to and no admission to the Wayne Manor or the Batcave , Batman scaled down his operation considerably . Bruce was able to line up to endure with more mild way , but before he know it , Batman ’s old home would fall into evil paw .
During “ Gotham War ” , Batman made the horrendous discovery that someone had purchase Wayne Manor when he was n’t count . The Dark Knight ventured to his old home plate only to find that the edifice had been purchased by the immortal Vandal Savage . Savage had no intention of staying in Gotham for long , having only traveled to the city to fix his waning immortality . However , once Savage became cuss to last out within Gotham ’s boundary , his residence became a permanent one and to this day , Savage still possess Batman ’s kinsperson domicile and the Batcave .
Why Pennyworth Manor is a Major Improvement for the Bat-Family
Batman had to draw back on how he operate considerably after what the Joker pulled . Rather than have a sprawl stead for his allies to gather and a cavern filled with hi - technical school equipment , Bruce ’s fiscal situation ask him to bind the pocketbook string compressed . His brownstone , while quite nice , was only prominent enough for himself and Damian to share and they had to make do with a smaller hideout within the edifice . It was effective for a few heroesbut not exactly spacious enough for the Bat - Family .
… Bruce wants his loved ace to know that they are the most crucial part of his exertion as Batman .
While the Pennyworth Manor emphatically needs a fiddling TLC , this is the gross opportunity for Batman to reinvent his base . When Batman began his crusade , his plate and groundwork grew out of the things Bruce had before . But that was decades ago and in the time since , Bruce ’s operation has grown , as has his crime syndicate . It ’s only the right way that as Batman enters this new phase of his life that he designs a base anda home base that reflects the person that Batman is now : A father figure of speech and family man .
Bruce has been in a intemperate home lately and allowed himself to be pushed away from his family line thanks to Zur - En - Arrh . But the trial showed him how important mob was and Bruce want his love ones to bonk that they are the most of the essence part of his campaign as Batman . The last several month were punishing on all the Bat - Family member , but this fresh place and base isthe perfect place for Batman and his allies to start over and create even unassailable bonds with one another .
Batman and His Family Are Coming Together with Their New Home
Naming the Bat - Family ’s raw home Pennyworth Manor is a not bad way of life of honoring a beloved friend . Alfred Pennyworth was the first one who express Bruce that family was more than blood and the strength one could draw from roll in the hay ones . Now that Batman has a chance to initiate over , he ’s rebuild everything around his ally instead of himself . It ’s a howling direction for theBatmanmythos and hopefully something that will take out the best of the Bat - Family .
Batman # 149is available now from DC Comics .
Batman # 149 ( 2024
One of DC ’s most iconic heroes , Batman is the vigilante superhero part of billionaire Bruce Wayne . Forged by tragedy with the demise of his parents , Bruce give his life to becoming the existence ’s conduce warriorlike artist , detective , and tactician . Recruiting an integral family of ally and sidekicks , Bruce waggle warfare on iniquity as the dark knight of his hometown , Gotham City .
One of DC’s most iconic heroes, Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Forged by tragedy with the death of his parents, Bruce dedicated his life to becoming the world’s leading martial artist, detective, and tactician. Recruiting an entire family of allies and sidekicks, Bruce wages war on evil as the dark knight of his hometown, Gotham City.
One of DC’s most iconic heroes, Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Forged by tragedy with the death of his parents, Bruce dedicated his life to becoming the world’s leading martial artist, detective, and tactician. Recruiting an entire family of allies and sidekicks, Bruce wages war on evil as the dark knight of his hometown, Gotham City.
