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The last chapter of Tom King’sBatmanepic is fast come on , with Bruce set up for the terminal battle against his own father , Thomas Wayne . Now the secrets surroundingthe restoration of the Flashpoint Batmanhave all been serve … revealing just how long he ’s been watching his Word ’s rise and fall .
It ’s a query that has lurk ever since the two - part crossing involving " The Button , " allowing Batman and The Flash to travel to theFlashpointtimeline . That head trip meantBruce finally get to forgather his fatheras an adult – and that interlingual rendition of Thomas run into the man his Logos never got to become . So it came as a monumental surprisal when he somehow returned to break Batman as an ally of Bane . Thanks toBatman # 84that surprise is largely explain . Not only who is responsible for saving Thomas from the end of theFlashpointtimeline , but what cause him to become against his own son .
The twist fall so long ago , andBane ’s plan to destroy Batmanhas escalated so much since , many fan may have forgotten that Thomas Wayne ’s return was n’t actually explain . After the two Batmen got their reunion , Bruce and Barry were push to return as theFlashpointtimeline finally begin to be erased from existence . It was then that Thomas gave his final words of advice –“Let the Batman die with me . “– before he presumably ceased to survive , as well . So how did he not just survive , but emerge asthe true villain pull Bane ’s strings ? Get that answer in our preview below :
The prevue reveals the turn of the Flashpoint Batman clearly enough , but for those who may be thrown by the rearward parliamentary procedure of the news report , we ’ll simplify . It turns out Thomas did n’t pop off along with his universe following the case of " The Button , " but was pluck gratuitous by Eobard Thawne , the Reverse - Flash . It seems it ’s an act of revenge , after Thomas ran a sword through Thawne ’s thorax inFlashpoint . The enactment was also presume to have pop Thawne , but due to the unpredictability of the Speed Force ( asFlashreaders have since learn ) , killing Thawne simply shook him loose from the limits of his own reality . The only silver lining is that fans knowThawne was vote out by Dr. Manhattannot long after stranding Thomas in the main DC Universe .
From there the Flashpoint Batman watched and wait , following Batman and Superman ’s double date , the suit and marriage offer to Catwoman , and every other cardinal result right along with readers . Now that he ’s block being merely an observer , andended the terror of Banefor good , andused Alfred ’s demise to further break Bruce , the straight fight can set out . And Wednesday ca n’t get here soon enough .
Batman # 84will be available at your local comic Quran shop on December 4th , 2019 .
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