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116-400: In April 2021, DC comics announced that a new Asian superhero would be introduced in the commemorative anthology comic DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration (released in the following month) to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month , in a twelve-page story written by Gene Luen Yang and illustrated by Bernard Chang . The character was conceived during

232-525: A Kryptonite blade. Following the " Flashpoint " story arc, Bruce Wayne was returned by writers as being the only Batman in 2011's the New 52 relaunch of DC Comics. Dick Grayson was returned to his previous role as Nightwing , and Damian still serves as his father's vigilante partner Robin . After reading the letter written by his father from an alternate timeline, the Dark Knight decides that it

348-514: A DNA test on Damian. Alfred says Bruce intended to tell him the results when the time was right. At this, Tim realizes that Damian is indeed Bruce's son, and exclaims "The son of Satan is my brother?" Prior to the start of Grant Morrison's "Batman R.I.P." story arc in Batman #675, Damian senses that someone is out to get Batman. In response to this, Talia begins formulating a plan involving Commissioner James Gordon , whom Talia and Damian rescue from

464-528: A Lazarus Pit, leaving Batman in dread of Damian's fate. The resurrections fail, leaving Ra's to realize his arrogance for allowing the Heretic to kill his grandson and regret allowing Talia to clone Damian. After defeating Ra's in combat, Batman reclaims Damian's body and threatens his son's maternal grandfather that if he steals his son's body again, he will kill him in retaliation. They later encounter Darkseid 's elite member Glorious Godfrey , setting in motion

580-556: A booby-trapped Wayne Manor while in search of Batman, who is insane and has gone missing. Damian and Alfred race to aid Batman against the Black Glove in a commandeered Batmobile . Damian, who is driving, knocks an ambulance off a bridge without any sign of remorse or even concern. When Alfred reprimands him, Damian retorts with a backhanded threat. The only occupant of the ambulance was the Joker . In Nightwing #153 (2009), Damian

696-582: A certain dilution) when it achieved widespread recognition. In this model, which derives from Chinese tradition, the object of compiling an anthology was to preserve the best of a form, and cull the rest. In Malaysia , an anthology (or antologi in Malay ) is a collection of syair , sajak (or modern prose), proses , drama scripts, and pantuns . Notable anthologies that are used in secondary schools include Sehijau Warna Daun , Seuntai Kata Untuk Dirasa , Anak Bumi Tercinta , Anak Laut and Kerusi . In

812-586: A full recovery. Beginning in Batman Annual #26 ("Head of the Demon") , Talia takes Damian to the Australian Outback , where he is tutored in the secret history of his grandfather Ra's al Ghul. Talia is unaware that White Ghost, a former servant of Ra's, plans to use him to resurrect Ra's, which would kill him in the process. Talia is able to save her son from his fate at the last minute. Ra's

928-571: A globe-spanning journey to forge his own destiny and make amends for all of his wrongdoings in his own series, titled Robin: Son of Batman . Along his journey, he crosses paths with Ra's and Talia al Ghul, Deathstroke, and a new character named Maya Ducard, daughter of the late villain, Nobody. Damian plays a particular role in Batman and Robin Eternal when the Bat-Family is pitted against Mother,

1044-481: A grudging truce for the remainder of Damian's appearances in the series. Dick suggests changing the hit list password to Cousin Oliver , as Damian has little to no interest in pop culture references and would never guess it. Dick notes that his name is not on the list and Tim asserts it is because Dick is the only one who Tim trusts implicitly. After Bruce's skull was taken from his grave, Damian and Dick decide to bring

1160-594: A meeting between Yang, Chang and DC editor Jessica Chen to expand Asian representation within the DC Universe. Being Chinese American , the three had childhood memories of the Monkey King , who Yang noted shared many similarities with American superheroes . Wanting to create a unique story distinctive from previous depictions of the Monkey King , the new hero would be the son of the Monkey King rather than

1276-429: A more flexible medium than the collection of a single poet's work, and indeed rang innumerable changes on the idea as a way of marketing poetry, publication in an anthology (in the right company) became at times a sought-after form of recognition for poets. The self-definition of movements, dating back at least to Ezra Pound 's efforts on behalf of Imagism , could be linked on one front to the production of an anthology of

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1392-477: A murderous figure appears stating that he is Batman (later revealed to be Jason Todd). Although shot by Todd, Damian recovers and saves Tim Drake from falling to death inside Jason's Batcave. When Grayson hangs up his Nightwing mantle to become the newest Batman, he chooses Damian to assume the mantle of Robin by his side. Despite becoming Robin to Grayson's Batman, Damian reveals that he cares little for his older brother and has no respect for him as Batman and that

1508-546: A path that defies her so blatantly, and he is therefore no longer welcome and will be considered an enemy of the House of al Ghul. Damian defiantly replies that he hopes to be a worthy one. Damian (as Robin) is then seen teaming up with Dick and Alfred to begin their own search for Bruce Wayne. During a confrontation with a returned minor villain, the Getaway Genius, Damian is initially angry that Grayson failed to capture

1624-655: A person, and admits that there was more to him than Batman. After Grayson's confidant, Oberon Sexton, is revealed to be the Joker in disguise, Damian tortures the villain by savagely beating him with a crowbar to get information, considering it to be self-defense since the Joker planned to attack him. However, the Clown Prince of Crime's apparent helplessness is revealed to be another ruse and he incapacitates Damian with his hidden Joker venom. The villain intends to use Damian and Dick in his fight against their common enemies:

1740-597: A possible future to the canon of the time, this child of Batman and Talia is named Ibn al Xu'ffasch ( Arabic : ابن الخفّاش), literally "Son of the Bat", and is a member of Lex Luthor 's inner circle. He works as a double agent for Batman in Luthor's organization, and thus aligned with his father instead of his maternal grandfather. In the Elliot S! Maggin novelization of Kingdom Come , al Xu'ffasch tells Bruce that his mother Talia

1856-434: A private funeral for the fallen Boy Wonder, Bruce vows to avenge his son's death. The later storyline, Requiem , deals with the aftermath of Damian's death and Batman's thirst for revenge against Talia as well as his own increasingly unbalanced mental state resulting from this loss. He is buried next to Bruce Wayne's parents, Damian's paternal grandparents. Batman is also unwilling to accept his son's death, and begins seeking

1972-519: A robotic duplicate of the Calculator attempts to murder his close friend, Tam Fox , and decides to rejoin the team once the mission is completed. Damian chooses to leave the team upon Drake's return, reasoning that the Teen Titans do not need two Robins, and realizing that his teammates prefer to work with Tim. Upon returning to Gotham, Damian tells Dick that even though he had been brought to

2088-411: A ruthless woman who believes that she can make her 'children' stronger by putting them through intense trauma. Returning to assist his fellow Robins as the crisis reaches its conclusion, Damian helps Dick, Jason, and Tim regain confidence in themselves after Mother decimates their initial efforts against her by recalling a conversation he had with Bruce where Bruce noted that he is proud of how all three of

2204-440: A secret. When Batman and Nightwing finally re-confront Heretic, they overpower him, and the clone suffers a brutal beating from both in retaliation for Damian's death. Batman, despite desiring to kill his son's murderer more than anything and Nightwing making no attempts of stopping his mentor, spares the villain's life after seeing his resemblance to Damian, realizing the clone is what is left of his son. However, Talia later kills

2320-475: A series of cases in Gotham, Batman begins his attempt to reclaim Damian's body despite Ra's claim that he wishes to resurrect his daughter and grandson. Batman continues his pursuit out of his distrust towards Ra's. After defeating Damian's half-aquatic clones with Aquaman , Batman seeks Wonder Woman 's help in chasing Ra's to Themyscira . Though Ra's attempts to resurrect Damian alongside Talia in what he thought

2436-410: A stakeout mission, Damian severs Tim's line, causing him to fall from a great height. He survives, and Tim pulls Damian into an all-out brawl that begins with their quarry escaping and ends in front of the theater where Bruce Wayne's parents were killed. The two are stopped by Dick Grayson as Batman, who chastises them both for fighting in front of the theater where Batman was born. The two then enter into

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2552-546: A thunderstorm to interrogate Winston and Laura, but flees after seeing Marcus. The experience leaves Marcus with a fear of bats, storms and water and a hatred for superheroes, which periodically cause him to suffer from panic attacks. When Marcus is fifteen, the Shugel-Shens move back to Gotham due to his parents' work. After Marcus is tormented by several bullies at his high school, the school janitor Mr. Zhu encourages him to face his fears, prompting him to jump into

2668-742: A variety of ways. These clouds can be used as modes of transportation that he can use for himself and others to fly on, move objects at a distance, or put people to sleep. The clouds can also be created underwater. In addition to changing between his human and monkey forms, the Monkey Prince can also shapeshift into any being he chooses. Much like his father, the Monkey Prince can create clones of himself from his own hairs. Originally creating misshapen clones, exposure to Lazarus Resin allowed him to create perfect but miniature duplicates of himself. Loose hairs shed from his body are involuntarily transformed into clones. After some training from his father,

2784-501: A villain called Professor Pyg , who has created an army called Dollotrons. Dick and Damian take the entire army down and begin to form a brotherly relationship. Damian blames himself for being unable to save a single Dollotron, a girl named Sasha, but unbeknownst to him, the girl is taken in by Jason Todd, who had shot Damian. She therefore becomes the new Robin's opposite in Red Hood's no-holds-barred war against crime (Red Hood's maxim

2900-504: Is "let the punishment fit the crime"). Damian and Dick then attack Firefly, who is attempting to kill Black Mask. Victor Zsasz defeats Robin and rescues Black Mask while Dick takes down Firefly. These events cause Hush to escape, causing Damian to grow a further hatred for the criminal. Damian is present when Dick is inducted into the JLA; upon hearing this, Damian demands to be inducted along with Dick but his demands are promptly ignored. Damian

3016-474: Is attacked by Tim, who perceives Damian's attempt to help a tripping Alfred as an attack, and renews their battle. As they fight, members of the League of Assassins approach the manor with the intention of killing everyone within and bringing Damian back to Ra's alive. Damian and Tim fight side by side against Ra's and his minions. Their collaboration is hindered by their very different philosophies of battle. Damian

3132-463: Is captured by Nezha , King Fire Bull's archenemy and adoptive father. King Fire Bull and the Horned Kings attack LexCorp to consume several Bizarro clones, mortally wounding Laura. Unable to take her to a hospital, Winston brings Marcus and the comatose Laura to her estranged father Gerard Shugel (Ultra-Humanite), who nurses her in his secret laboratory outside of Metropolis. While investigating

3248-671: Is his son, the Monkey King orders the Monkey Prince to deal with Nezha and King Fire Bull and once successful to seek out his mentor, the Sandalwood Buddha , as he could help Wukong escape the Phantom Zone. As the Monkey Prince returns to Earth, Ultra-Humanite deduces his identity and injects nanobots into his body, which will torture him unless he obeys Ultra-Humanite's commands. The Monkey Prince helps Robin and Alice fight King Fire Bull before more heroes arrive to fight him and witnesses Alice seemingly sacrifice herself to help

3364-561: Is once again saved by Dick, with the assistance of Azrael, after a man named Amon tries to sacrifice him. Sasha, now dubbed Scarlet by Todd, returns and attacks Robin, as Jason attacks Dick. The two duos battle it out until the arrival of the Flamingo, who temporarily paralyzes Damian by shooting his back. Talia replaces Damian's spine, but puts in a monitor connected to his brain allowing her to control his every movement. As Dick and Damian go through various events together, such as against

3480-407: Is resealed back in his prison by Pigsy. Coming to terms with his identity, Marcus reunites with Winston and Laura, who has fully recovered, but now has to contend with Gerard knowing his secret. Despite being the son of the Monkey King , Marcus Sun possesses little to none of his father's powers or abilities in his human form. Through the use of a magic circlet provided by Shifu Pigsy , Marcus says

3596-478: Is revealed to have originally been intended to "kill and replace his famous father," as well as serving as a host body for Ra's al Ghul, thus, in theory, unifying the Wayne and Demon factions as intended by the al Ghuls. Damian is Bruce's youngest and only biological child in mainline DC continuity, with him having four older adopted siblings: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Cassandra Cain. A prototype of

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3712-527: Is shown being left in Alfred's care and trained by Dick Grayson (alias Nightwing). Upon the start of Batman: Battle for the Cowl , it appears that Damian is now residing in Gotham, and living under the command of Nightwing (to an extent). Where before Damian portrayed an arrogant and vicious personality, it appears the "death" of his father has regressed him to a more childlike mindset, as demonstrated when he takes

3828-442: Is still able to return, but as a rotting, undead corpse, still needing Damian to stabilize his form. Damian flees to alert Batman but is pursued by his evil grandfather. Upon entering Wayne Manor , Damian attempts to relay to Tim Drake the fact that Ra's has returned. Tim, suspicious of Damian's intentions, does not believe his story and begins a fistfight. Damian flees and encounters Alfred. Before he can effectively relay his news, he

3944-593: Is still alive and working as a Mother Superior in Cairo, one of Mother Teresa 's successors. al Xu'ffasch reappears in Waid's 1999 sequel The Kingdom . The Kingdom: Son of the Bat shows flashbacks that shed new insights into Ibn al Xu'ffasch's history: that he was reared by Ra's al Ghul to be the heir to his empire, that he eventually murdered his grandfather (cutting off his head to prevent yet another regeneration), and that he sought therapy from psychiatrist Dr. Gibson. He

4060-522: Is targeted by the most dangerous and skilled assassins, Bruce fakes Damian's death and secluded him in the Batcave to protect him while he goes undercover to confront Talia and her minions. But against his father's wishes, Damian escapes, donning a new costume under the name of Redbird. Along with the mysterious Wingman and most of the Bat-family, Damian manages to rescue his father and defeat most of

4176-510: Is the biological son of Bruce Wayne/Batman. His mother is Batman's love interest Talia , and his grandfather is the Batman villain Ra's al Ghul . With the al Ghuls citing Bruce Wayne as the optimal successor to their empire, after faking a miscarriage to his father and calling off their marriage, Talia has kept his existence hidden from Batman until Batman #656 (2006). In turn, the character

4292-402: Is time to take steps to put his past behind him. He tries to teach Damian the same values his parents have instilled within him as he finally assumes his role as a father. However, despite Bruce's attempts to build a relationship with his son, Damian remains distant from him, which Alfred worries about. Although this relationship is further strained when Damian seemingly leaves Wayne Manor to join

4408-452: Is visiting him behind the Bat-family's back, Damian shrugs it off as a desire to keep Elliot company. Elliot surmises that Damian is rather using the resemblance to Bruce to "spend time with [his] old man". Later, Tim—who has been keeping a hit list of criminals and tasks—attracts Damian's fury when the latter hacks the hit list and discovers a hidden layer of allies to the Bat-family considered potential threats by Tim, including Damian. During

4524-425: Is willing to betray Tim at any moment for his own safety. Ra's captures the two and tells Batman that he will use one of them for his own body. Batman offers his own body instead. Ra's refuses the offer, feeling that he needs someone of a younger age. The choices are Tim or Damian. Batman offers a third alternative: the "Fountain of Essence" which contains the qualities of a Lazarus Pit. Batman and Ra's go in search of

4640-542: The Bat-Family , Pigsy, Zatanna and Enchantress free Batman from Nezha's spirit in Gotham City. While cleaning up Metropolis with Pigsy, Supergirl and Shellestriah, the Monkey Prince defends the city from skeletal soldiers sent by their demoness master to capture Supergirl to replenish the weakened King Fire Bull. The soldiers reveal that the Monkey Prince is the Monkey King's clone rather than his son, causing

4756-591: The Batcave and investigates Alfred's kidnapping. The investigation leads to Gotham Zoo where Damian is captured by Joker. Joker accuses Damian and the other members of Batman's family of being a burden that prevents Batman from being the best foe for Joker. Joker tells Damian that his and Batman's greatest fear is being responsible for the other's death. Joker then presents Damian with Batman in Joker makeup, and states that Damian must kill Batman before Batman kills him. Unwilling to kill his father, Damian chooses death, but

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4872-717: The Buddhist chant " amituofo " to tighten the circlet whenever the Monkey Prince needs to be disciplined or restrained. The Monkey Prince possesses superhuman strength, durability, agility and reflexes. Due to his demigod status, the Monkey Prince is immortal, allowing him to survive from fatal injuries that can kill a normal being and possesses a regenerative healing factor to quickly recover from wounds. The Monkey Prince's demigod status also allows him to breathe underwater and adapt to harsh underwater environments. The Monkey Prince can separate his limbs from his body, which he can control telepathically. Due to his immortality,

4988-560: The Greek Anthology . Florilegium , a Latin derivative for a collection of flowers, was used in medieval Europe for an anthology of Latin proverbs and textual excerpts. Shortly before anthology had entered the language, English had begun using florilegium as a word for such a collection. The Palatine Anthology , discovered in the Palatine Library , Heidelberg in 1606, is a collection of Greek poems and epigrams that

5104-526: The Robin Rises story arc. Later, Godfrey's reason for coming to Earth is revealed; to retrieve the Chaos Shard, a powerful crystal that once belonged to Darkseid which Ra's revealed was hidden inside the sarcophagus he crafted for Damian. After detecting a trace signature of the shard coming from inside Damian's body, Godfrey escapes with Damian's corpse back to Apokolips , despite assistance from

5220-533: The Son of the Demon storyline as part of a remodeling of Batman's personality after the events of Infinite Crisis . In Morrison's version, the child Damian Wayne is the result of a tryst between Batman and Talia, during which the Dark Knight claims he was drugged when they were at the Tropic of Cancer , though Morrison later admitted the claim of drugging was a canonical error on their part. Since then however in issues of

5336-489: The " Batman and Son " story arc. Damian Wayne is the fifth character to assume the role of Robin , Batman's vigilante partner. Damian, as a preadolescent, was left by his mother in the care of his father, who had been unaware of his existence. He is violent, self-important, and was trained by the League of Assassins , learning to kill at a young age, which troubles the relationship with his father who refuses to kill. However,

5452-467: The Bat features a future in which Ra's al Ghul discovers the Batcave following Bruce Wayne 's death, and outfits the League of Assassins in variant Batman costumes based on Wayne's rejected designs . Talia and Bruce's son joins the Brotherhood in his father's costume, to destroy it from within. In another Elseworlds story, Kingdom Come (1996) by Mark Waid and Alex Ross , which functioned as

5568-417: The Bat-Family. Damian finally stands up for his Robin mantle, telling Talia that being Robin was the best thing that he had ever done, and Talia does not need to save him from something he chooses to be. Talia then shows Damian a cloned version of himself, whom she sees as Damian's younger brother. Talia admits to Damian that even though she loves him, she is too much of a perfectionist to admire him for choosing

5684-457: The Batmobile joy-riding with an older girl. This is discovered by Oracle , who ejects the girl and takes control of the Batmobile, intent on taking Damian home. The car is blindsided by Killer Croc and Poison Ivy , who prepares to kill Damian. The older girl (Damian's companion) is later eaten by Killer Croc. Damian is saved by Nightwing who ends up being cornered by Black Mask 's men until

5800-564: The Black Glove. Help arrives in the form of the original Batman. After Bruce Wayne helps Dick and Damian defeat the Black Glove and the Joker, Wayne accepts his son in addition to his role as Robin. Despite Bruce's parental responsibilities to Damian, he decides that he prefers Damian to continue working with Dick (who maintains the Batman mantle and whom Bruce sees as a positive role model for his son) rather than being with himself primarily, due to his plans with Batman Inc. Damian joins

5916-647: The Black Lanterns' assault on Gotham. After raiding the Army Reserve National Guard Armory, Dick, Damian, and the arriving Tim Drake, are able to save Commissioner Gordon, Oracle, and the surviving police officers at Gotham Central from the reanimated versions of the original Dark Knight's deceased rogues gallery members. However, they then find themselves in a horrific encounter with the parents of Dick Grayson and Tim Drake reanimated as Black Lanterns. Dick and Tim send Damian with

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6032-556: The Black Mask, the Blackest Night, and a rogue Batman clone-corpse, the two bond even more, prompting Talia to give over control of the monitor to Deathstroke , who tries to use it to kill Dick. Working together, Dick and Damian manage to stop Deathstroke. As Dick cares little for the financial problems of Wayne Enterprises despite inheriting it from Bruce along with Tim, Damian decides to involve himself and manages to impress

6148-682: The Boom Tube and then closes the portal. Damian then reunites with his father and his family team. In the aftermath, Damian is tested by Batman on how to control his new power abilities before Damian returns to the role as Robin. With help from the Justice League, Batman discovers that Damian's new powers do not last, and he eventually relies on his natural abilities once more. After the events of Batman: Endgame that resulted in Bruce Wayne's disappearance, Damian, as Robin, sets out on

6264-444: The Boom Tube directly to the Batcave after successfully escaping the clutches of Darkseid and his Parademons. After this, Batman uses the Chaos Shard on his son's corpse, which has been infused with Darkseid's Omega Sanction. With Batman facing two choices of whether to resurrect Damian or his parents, he chooses his son, granting Damian's true resurrection. As Damian and Batman embrace, Batman collapses from exhaustion. However, before

6380-535: The Dark Knight does care for his lost progeny. After the events of Batman R.I.P. and Batman: Battle for the Cowl , he takes the role of Robin at ten years of age, becoming the fifth person to use the Robin persona. He first worked with Dick Grayson before going to work alongside his father, upon the original's return to the role of Batman. Damian appears in the 2023 Christmas-themed animated film, Merry Little Batman , voiced by Yonas Kibreab; and will return in

6496-586: The English language in the 17th century, from the Greek word, ἀνθολογία ( anthologic , literally "a collection of blossoms", from ἄνθος , ánthos , flower), a reference to one of the earliest known anthologies, the Garland ( Στέφανος , stéphanos ), the introduction to which compares each of its anthologized poets to a flower. That Garland by Meléagros of Gadara formed the kernel for what has become known as

6612-544: The Gordons to their underground base while they battle the Black Lanterns. Dick eventually orders Damian through their comm-links to send one of his Wingers with Mr. Freeze 's gun. Grayson uses the weapon to cryogenically suspend himself and Tim, forcing the Black Lanterns to retreat as they are unable to read any sign of life of them. Deadman later revives the former Boy Wonders. Talia begins to clone Damian as she realizes that her son has completely sided with Dick Grayson and

6728-523: The Heretic for his failure to kill Batman and challenges Batman to a duel to the death in the Batcave. But Talia is killed following the duel by Kathy Webb , and it is later revealed that Damian's body was stolen from the Manor cemetery by the League of Assassins along with Talia's for plans against Batman in addition to making their resurrections. It has also been shown that Ra's al Ghul has begun to engineer more clones of Damian. After being preoccupied with

6844-577: The Ibn al Xu'ffasch version of Bruce and Talia's son part of the DC Multiverse . Justice Society of America vol. 3 #22 (2009) reveals that he would eventually marry Nightstar with whom he would have a daughter and son, and his family has inherited the Wayne Estates after Batman's death. Damian's origin was unknown to Batman. Damian was genetically perfected and grown in an artificial womb to be

6960-464: The Joker kills Batman before he can deal a fatal blow. Damian passes out from Joker venom and Batman is revealed to be a fake; as Damian recovers from the toxin, the Joker presents him with a cloche. The Joker is eventually defeated by Batman, but the trust between Batman and the Batman Family is shattered. During the " Leviathan " story arc, when his mother Talia puts a price on his head and

7076-603: The Justice League. Angered, Batman once again vows to retrieve his son's corpse. Batman enters and accesses the Justice League Watchtower to use his unstable exosuit known as the Hellbat armor designed by Batman himself and the Justice League members to engage large-scale threats. He then activates the Boom Tube to Darkseid's homeworld, Apokolips, to retrieve Damian's corpse. Batman successfully retrieve his son's corpse as he and his team return to Earth via

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7192-488: The League of Shadows. However, Batman explains that the temporary defeat of the League will not stop a larger force to attack later and destroy the city, so he comes to the extreme decision that the only solution possible is for Damian to return to his mother, a decision that causes an emotional reaction from Damian like never before. Damian is killed battling a brutal enemy, the Heretic (an adult Damian clone) in issue #8 of

7308-422: The Monkey King himself, resulting in the Monkey Prince. The Monkey Prince was also given a secret human identity to be similar to other DC characters. While designing the Monkey Prince, Chang created a costume that was inspired by the Monkey King's rebellious "attitude" and incorporated elements of traditional mythological hero and modern superhero designs, which included Chinese armor and sneakers . The " M " on

7424-528: The Monkey Prince assists Supergirl in quelling the chaos in Metropolis and accompanies her to the abandoned Hall of Justice where Supergirl puts out a call to all available heroes to deal with the current crisis. Several heroes gather at the Hall, where Robin takes charge of the group and debriefs them on King Fire Bull and the events that transpired on Lazurus Island. As Robin dispatches the heroes to deal with

7540-413: The Monkey Prince can survive being dismembered and use his healing factor to reattach his limbs. However if the Monkey Prince's body parts are separated when reverting back to human form, he will die. The Monkey Prince possesses aerokinesis, or the ability to generate and manipulate forms of air and gas. The Monkey Prince typically utilizes this to create magical clouds from his breath that can be used in

7656-462: The Monkey Prince cooperates with them to help defeat demons and realizes the true meaning of being a hero. The Monkey Prince's newfound heroism allows him to claim a duplicate of his father's Ruyi Jingu Bang and even earns him the grudging respect of the second Trench King and his daughter Shellestriah . During the Monkey Prince's adventures, the Golden and Silver Horned Kings are released from

7772-475: The Monkey Prince help him overcome his fears. Anthology In book publishing , an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and genre-based anthologies. Complete collections of works are often called " complete works " or " opera omnia " ( Latin equivalent). The word entered

7888-403: The Monkey Prince is able to create fully grown clones of himself. While the clones cannot replicate his powers, the Monkey Prince can create clones of other beings. Due to his training under Pigsy and his simian physiology, the Monkey Prince is proficient in martial arts and acrobatics. He also possesses a duplicate of his father's legendary Ruyi Jingu Bang , which has the same abilities as

8004-443: The Monkey Prince not to rescue him and to help the other heroes. The Monkey Prince leaves the Hall to give Alice some time alone, but while he is away King Fire Bull attacks Robin and destroys the Hall. The Monkey Prince returns to find the Hall in ruins and Ultra-Humanite and Winston attempting to open a portal to the Phantom Zone to capture the Monkey King. Despite Winston being knocked unconscious, Ultra-Humanite successfully opens

8120-418: The Monkey Prince overcomes his fears to awaken and control his abilities while discovering more about his father's history. Coincidentally, several of the Shugel-Shens' supervillain employers come across and are possessed by malevolent Chinese demons, forcing the Monkey Prince to repeatedly rescue his parents and defeat their employers by exorcising the demons possessing them. Due to their bosses getting defeated,

8236-399: The Monkey Prince to have a nervous breakdown, allowing the soldiers to capture Supergirl due to her vulnerability to magic. While pursuing the soldiers, Pisgy reassures the Monkey Prince that he is indeed the Monkey King's son as no clone could experience or accomplish what he achieved, allowing Marcus to accept himself as real. The Monkey Prince rescues Supergirl and defeats King Fire Bull, who

8352-523: The Monkey Prince's chest was inspired by the emblems used by Superman and Aquaman , which were also letters from the English Alphabet that also represented a different function; for the Monkey Prince, the "M" was a graphic representation of Flower Fruit Mountain . The Monkey Prince later starred in his own self-titled limited series , beginning with the digital only issue #0 in October

8468-579: The Morrison penned Batman Incorporated , the drugging is reaffirmed and is once again part of Damian's origin. However, Batman and Talia's tryst was later shown as consensual in Peter J. Tomasi 's Batman and Robin , thus the circumstances of Damian's conception can vary depending on the writers. The final issue of 52 (2008) designates the Kingdom Come alternate universe as Earth-22, thus making

8584-440: The New 52 taking place after Batman issue #14 ( the Joker 's return to comics), Damian was portrayed as being very interested in fighting his father's arch-foe. He seemed to always be eager to take on the Joker and repeatedly assumes that bad things happening in Gotham are related to the Joker in some way, in hopeful anticipation of an encounter with him. In Batman and Robin vol. 2, #15, Damian defies his father's orders to remain in

8700-432: The Shugel-Shens repeatedly move to find new employment while Pigsy secretly follows them to continue Marcus' training. Although Marcus discovers his parents' criminal backgrounds, the Shugel-Shens remain unaware of his identity as the Monkey Prince. Due to his dislike of superheroes, the Monkey Prince comes into conflict with them during his adventures, including Batman, Robin , Aquaman and Shazam . At Pigsy's urging,

8816-475: The Teen Titans when Dick Grayson concludes that the team needs a Robin, while also feeling that Damian would benefit from the friendship of other heroes, having progressed to the point where he can be trusted not to kill if left 'unsupervised'. Although Wonder Girl objects to this decision, Grayson convinces her to let Damian stay on the team as he needs Damian to learn that he can trust others not to betray him, only for his temper to jeopardize his first mission with

8932-545: The Titans to find friends, he did not need to, as he already had one, Grayson himself. When Black Bat , Stephanie Brown 's predecessor, returns to Gotham, she and Damian are partnered together during a stake-out to catch the Architect, a new villain obsessed with destroying Gotham landmarks. Damian berates Black Bat and mocks her for being sent to Hong Kong by his father, but she ultimately saves his life by rescuing him from

9048-511: The World's Greatest Diarists , published in 2000, anthologises four centuries of diary entries into 365 'days'. [REDACTED] Media related to Anthologies at Wikimedia Commons Damian Wayne Damian Wayne is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , created by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert , commonly in association with Batman . Damian Wayne

9164-420: The attack on LexCorp, Supergirl flies close to Gerard's lair, causing Marcus to think she is after his parents and transforms into his monkey form to confront her. Gerard mistakenly believes the two are working together and confronts them in his Ultra-Humanite body. Concurrently, King Fire Bull causes the volcano on Lazarus Island to erupt , causing magical storms worldwide. After dealing with Ultra-Humanite,

9280-572: The board of directors. While he does not file a lawsuit against Dick, due to Grayson not being named the heir of Wayne Enterprises but rather a high-ranking member, he does against Tim, who was named the heir to Wayne Enterprises. In a flashback, Damian mocks Tim Drake (now Red Robin) after Dick has taken the role of Robin from Tim and given it to Damian. This prompts Tim to attack Damian, only to be stopped by Dick. After Tim leaves, Damian starts engaging in chess games with Hush , visiting him secretly against Dick's orders. When Elliot asked why Damian

9396-415: The character originally appeared as an unnamed infant in the 1987 story Batman: Son of the Demon , which at the time was not considered canon . Following this, various alternate universe stories dealt with the character's life, giving him various names. In 2006, the character was reinterpreted as Damian Wayne by Grant Morrison, and introduced into the main continuity in Batman #655, the first issue of

9512-531: The defense. When the Heretic arrives and knocks Nightwing out, Damian bravely fights him. However, the Heretic eventually gains the upper hand and impales Damian through the chest, the sword piercing Damian's heart and resulting in Damian dying almost instantly. Minutes after Damian's death, Batman arrives and sees Damian's dead body. Angered, he and a revived Nightwing battle the Heretic, but are eventually forced to retreat with Red Robin and Damian's body. After holding

9628-451: The exploding Iceberg Lounge . Afterward, the two work together to stop the bomber from destroying a massive bridge, saving dozens of lives in the process. Robin and a group of other ex-Titans later head to Titans Tower to help the team during a battle against Superboy-Prime and the Legion of Doom . During the battle, Robin destroys one of Prime's evil Superboy doppelgängers by using

9744-484: The first edition of Arthur Quiller Couch 's Oxford Book of English Verse (1900). In East Asian tradition, an anthology was a recognized form of compilation of a given poetic form . It was assumed that there was a cyclic development: any particular form, say the tanka in Japan , would be introduced at one point in history, be explored by masters during a subsequent time, and finally be subject to popularisation (and

9860-457: The foe – as well as the implication that his father failed as well during the Genius' original run back when Grayson was Robin – but when Dick explains to him that Bruce let the Genius go because he discovered that the Genius' robberies were only him stealing medicines that he needed so that he could live long enough to see his daughter grow up, Damian realizes that he never really knew his father as

9976-547: The form of a human infant and gestates inside a rock. Centuries later, Ultra-Humanite opens a portal to the Phantom Zone. The clone is transported to Earth, where Ultra-Humanite's daughter Laura Shugel and her lover Winston Shen adopt him and name him Marcus. Marcus grows up in a loving household while remaining oblivious to his origin and his parents' criminal backgrounds. During Marcus' childhood, when his family lives in Gotham City , Batman breaks into their home during

10092-451: The fountain, leaving Tim, Damian, Nightwing , Alfred, and Talia to battle the Sensei . Damian leaves his mother and Tim to an unknown fate, while he goes off to be with his father. He ends up captured by Ra's and is nearly killed. Batman and the others manage to save him, and Talia takes her son and escapes. A subsequent conversation between Tim and Alfred implies that Batman has carried out

10208-496: The gourds the Monkey King previously imprisoned them in, but are foiled by the Monkey Prince and Pigsy with the help of the superheroes the Monkey Prince befriended. Despite their defeat, the Golden and Silver Horned Kings consume some of the qi of Batman and Aquaman, respectively, and are recruited by King Fire Bull as part of his plans to invade Earth. The Shugel-Shens relocate to Metropolis and are hired as scientists for LexCorp . While Marcus meets with some new friends, Pigsy

10324-400: The heroes defeat and imprison King Fire Bull. Afterwards, the Monkey Prince reunites with Pigsy in Metropolis where he vows to kill King Fire Bull for what he did to Laura, but Pigsy warns him about seeking revenge, revealing that undisciplined power and hate was what made King Fire Bull become a devil. When Nezha possesses Batman and captures Robin, the Monkey Prince rescues him and helps Robin,

10440-414: The latter would have to earn it. In an act of defiance, Damian decides to make the Robin mantle independent from that of Batman and decides to stop Dr. Phosphorus from breaking into Project Cadmus , but fails miserably and is saved by Dick. Dick then begins to train Damian as to how to properly become the new Robin and the two develop their own unique crime-fighting style. Dick and Damian soon encounter

10556-417: The like-minded. Also, whilst not connected with poetry, publishers have produced collective works of fiction and non-fiction from a number of authors and used the term anthology to describe the collective nature of the text. These have been in a number of subjects, including Erotica , edited by Mitzi Szereto , and American Gothic Tales edited by Joyce Carol Oates . The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of

10672-404: The magic word " biàn " ( Chinese : 變; "Transform"), which transforms him into the Monkey Prince, giving him a simian -like physiology including brown fur and a prehensile tail . While the circlet is always worn on his head for his transformations, it can appear on any part of Marcus' body-including his chest, waist, wrist and neck-and will always return to him when separated from him. Pigsy utters

10788-466: The means to resurrect Damian at the cost of his relationships with his friends and allies, and keeps his death a secret from the public in anticipation that his resurrection would succeed. Damian's absence has also been causing a conflict between his father and his acting instructor, Carrie Kelley , who is determined to find out what has happened to him, leading her to realize that the Waynes are harboring

10904-477: The original, including being able to alter its size, be recalled to its owner and exorcise demons and spirits. The Monkey Prince's powers are tied to his emotional state; extreme anger or arrogance turns his fur golden colored and sends him in a berserker-like rage while amplifying his powers while fear weakens him and reverts him back to his human form. Marcus' numerous phobias interfered with his early transformations, but his training under Pigsy and adventures as

11020-407: The perfect warrior. He is raised by his mother Talia al Ghul and the League of Assassins. He becomes a talented martial artist before his teenage years, at which time Talia reveals Damian's existence to Bruce Wayne and leaves him in his custody in an effort to disrupt his work. Precocious, spoiled, and violent, Damian battles Tim Drake , whom he wants to replace as Robin , and sucker punches Tim off

11136-411: The portal, but the Monkey Prince thwarts him by jumping into the Phantom Zone, where he encounters his father. Sun Wukong does not believe Marcus is his son, even after Marcus displays the same abilities as him and Wukong witnesses a memory from Marcus' birth. Marcus requests Wukong's help against Nezha and King Fire Bull but he refuses, as leaving the Phantom Zone will result in his death. To prove that he

11252-506: The rest of his skeleton, along with those of Damian's paternal grandparents, to their base beneath Wayne Tower. Damian is quite shaken by the sight of the bones of his family. On the way to the cave, Dick's body is possessed by Deadman , at whom Damian lashes out in confusion. Deadman then possesses and leaves Damian's body, subsequently passing his knowledge of the attack of the Black Lanterns onto him. The two heroes then prepare for

11368-529: The same year, with Yang and Chang returning. The limited series tied into the 2023 crossover storyline " Lazarus Planet ", which featured the Monkey Prince as a central character, written by Yang and Mark Waid . Following a war between Darkseid and the Heavenly Realm , the Monkey King and his clones flee to the Phantom Zone to recover. Unbeknownst to the Monkey King, one of his clones takes

11484-737: The school swimming pool. Marcus is transported to Flower Fruit Mountain , where Mr. Zhu tells him that his true father is the Monkey King and reveals himself to be Pigsy , his father's comrade. Appointing himself as Marcus' shifu , Pigsy warns Marcus of an upcoming threat to Earth and places a circlet on his head, transforming him into the Monkey Prince. The Monkey Prince becomes overconfident with his newfound abilities and initially uses his powers for selfish reasons, such as getting revenge on his bullies, but his inexperience and constant phobias interfere with his ability to maintain his transformation, forcing Marcus to accept Pigsy as his shifu and come to terms with his birthright. Under Pigsy's tutelage,

11600-450: The second volume of the Batman, Inc. comic book, which went on sale February 27, 2013. According to the story's writer, Grant Morrison : "He saves the world. He does his job as Robin. He dies an absolute hero". In the comic, Damian is fighting hordes of Leviathan henchmen in the lobby of Wayne Tower when Nightwing comes to rescue him. Behind cover, the two briefly reminisce about their time together as Batman and Robin before resuming

11716-411: The stuffed Tyrannosaurus in the Batcave when Tim stops fighting to help him. Damian then escapes, dons a variant Robin costume made of Jason Todd 's old tunic and mask and assorted League of Assassin gear, and fights and kills the villainous Spook. Although misguided, Damian seems to genuinely want to aid Bruce's war on crime as he is Bruce's son and wants his approval. Unfortunately, because of how he

11832-515: The team can celebrate, the Boom Tube used to return to Earth was not closed and Darkseid's son Kalibak arrives and attacks the team. During the fight, Kalibak beats the team nearly to death, when suddenly Damian knocks out Kalibak with a powerful uppercut, discovering that due to the Chaos Shard he has gained superhuman abilities. While Damian fights Kalibak, Batman remotely controls the Batwing and sends it crashing into Kalibak, sending him back through

11948-411: The team when he attacks an opponent just after Raven had convinced him to calm down, provoking their new foe into starting his wave of destruction again. Robin eventually begins to develop a friendship with Ravager , who initially reaches out to Damian due to their similar upbringings (Ravager's father being the notorious assassin, Deathstroke ). Tim Drake eventually comes to the Titans for help after

12064-509: The twentieth century, anthologies became an important part of poetry publishing for a number of reasons. For English poetry , the Georgian poetry series was trend-setting; it showed the potential success of publishing an identifiable group of younger poets marked out as a 'generation'. It was followed by numerous collections from the 'stable' of some literary editor, or collated from a given publication, or labelled in some fashion as 'poems of

12180-591: The upcoming TV series, Bat-Family, with Kibreab reprising his role. He is also slated to make his live-action debut in the film The Brave and the Bold , produced by DC Studios . The child from Son of the Demon was used as a backup character in various stories before appearing as Damian Wayne. In the Elseworlds story, The Brotherhood of the Bat (1995), a version named Tallant Wayne appears, who crusades against his grandfather Ra's al Ghul. Brotherhood of

12296-445: The various threats affecting the world, he orders the Monkey Prince to remain at the Hall with him and Black Alice due to his lack of experience. The Monkey Prince befriends Alice and comforts her while she is still traumatized from her previous ordeal with Nezha. One of Pigsy's miniature clones visits the Monkey Prince and divulges Nezha's and King Fire Bull's origins and their corruption. Pigsy also informs him of his capture but orders

12412-492: The villain Nobody , it turns out this was a ruse by Damian to bring him down. Although Damian eventually kills Nobody in front of Bruce, they are able to work through the incident by beginning to actively understand and respect one another as father and son. Bruce goes so far as to conceal the event from Dick and Tim, leading Alfred to comment to Bruce that he has become "quite the overprotective parent". In Batman-related issues of

12528-492: The year'. Academic publishing also followed suit, with the continuing success of the Quiller-Couch Oxford Book of English Verse encouraging other collections not limited to modern poetry. Not everyone approved. Robert Graves and Laura Riding published their Pamphlet Against Anthologies in 1928, arguing that they were based on commercial rather than artistic interests. The concept of 'modern verse'

12644-459: Was a Lazarus Pit in the island, in addition, to brainwash his grandson into joining him afterward, instead Ra's discovers that it is a portal to a netherworld in the Pit's former location, of which both Wonder Woman and Batman were already aware. Ra's flees with the bodies afterward. After Batman and Frankenstein locate Ra's and the bodies, they are too late as Ra's has successfully had them placed in

12760-527: Was al Ghul's legacy. During the battle, Tallant discovers that his grandfather is the one who murdered his father and then cloned him. Ra's even sent the clone to murder his own daughter. Because of the deaths of his parents at Ra's's hands, Tallant has completed following his father's tragic path as Batman. The new Dark Knight desires justice for his parents along with trying to stop his grandfather while having to battle his father's murderous double. Grant Morrison's story titled Batman and Son (2006) expands upon

12876-462: Was based on the lost 10th Century Byzantine collection of Constantinus Cephalas, which in turn was based on older anthologies. In The Middle Ages, European collections of florilegia became popular, bringing together extracts from various Christian and pagan philosophical texts. These evolved into commonplace books and miscellanies , including proverbs, quotes, letters, poems and prayers. Songes and Sonettes , usually called Tottel's Miscellany ,

12992-462: Was eventually recruited by Rip Hunter to try to stop a madman named Gog from altering his history. He works with several other heroes of his generation – Kid Flash , the daughter of the Flash ( Wally West ); Nightstar and Offspring , the son of Plastic Man . In League of Batmen (2001), the sequel to Brotherhood of the Bat , Tallant leads his own team of variant Batmen to combat the plague that

13108-474: Was fostered by the appearance of the phrase in titles such as the Faber & Faber anthology by Michael Roberts in 1936, and the very different William Butler Yeats Oxford Book of Modern Verse of the same year. In the 1960s The Mersey Sound anthology of Liverpool poets became a bestseller, plugging into the countercultural attitudes of teenagers. Since publishers generally found anthology publication

13224-665: Was raised, Damian lacks any sort of common sense in regards to social behavior and believes that to be accepted by his father, he must kill any rivals, which included Tim Drake. This troubles his relationship with Batman, who vows never to kill. However, because of his possible paternity to Damian, Batman, on some levels, is optimistic about the chance of fatherhood. Eventually, Batman confronts Talia to confirm Damian's true identity, but both Talia and Damian are soon caught in an explosion which they survive. However, Damian's badly injured body requires transplants of harvested organs, which his mother orders her physicians to carry out. Damian makes

13340-483: Was the first of the great ballad collections, responsible for the ballad revival in English poetry that became a significant part of the Romantic movement. William Enfield 's The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces was published in 1774 and was a mainstay of 18th Century schoolrooms. Important nineteenth century anthologies included Palgrave's Golden Treasury (1861), Edward Arber 's Shakespeare Anthology (1899) and

13456-548: Was the first printed anthology of English poetry. It was published by Richard Tottel in 1557 in London and ran to many editions in the sixteenth century. A widely read series of political anthologies, Poems on Affairs of State , began its publishing run in 1689, finishing in 1707. In Britain, one of the earliest national poetry anthologies to appear was The British Muse (1738), compiled by William Oldys . Thomas Percy 's influential Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765),

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