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141-598: Warhawk ( Rex Stewart ) is a fictional character created for the DC Animated Universe , voiced by Peter Onorati . In the Batman Beyond two-part episode "The Call", Warhawk is a member of Justice League Unlimited (the Justice League of the future) alongside Big Barda , Green Lantern (Kai-Ro) and Aquagirl (Mareena). He was initially at odds with Batman (Terry McGinnis) because Superman recruited him into

282-705: A Batman Beyond series had been planned. In January 2015, DC published The Multiversity Guidebook which revealed a universe inspired by the DCAU is Earth-12 in the DC Multiverse , and currently in the Batman Beyond era, while the Justice Lords Earth from those Batman Beyond comics has also been added to the canon as Earth-50. Ra%27s al Ghul Ra's al Ghul is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , commonly as an adversary of

423-410: A Catwoman direct-to-video feature film as a tie-in with the 2004 live-action film . Although the script was written, the project was soon scrapped after the poor reception of the live-action film. Also, a direct-to-video feature-length animated film entitled Justice League: Worlds Collide was planned to connect Justice League with its follow-up Justice League Unlimited , but the production

564-574: A "Fountain of Essence", which contains the qualities of a Lazarus Pit, Batman is confronted with the sight of the Sensei , who is revealed to be Ra's' father. After defeating Ra's, Sensei fights and impales Batman with a cane. Determined to win, Batman drags the Sensei into the Fountain, where he is killed for not being a pure soul. Ra's, meanwhile, has taken over the body of a Nanda Parbat monk and departs. Healed by

705-574: A better position at the company. Winema Wazzo is the mother of Legionnaire Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo). She was created by writers Tom and Mary Bierbaum , and first appeared in Secret Origins vol. 2 #42 (July 1989). In post- Zero Hour continuity, she becomes president of the United Planets after Ra's al Ghul kills President Leland McCauley. Originally, Winema was married to Bgtzl native Byzjn Wazzo. However, post- Zero Hour , her husband

846-449: A birth to his children Val-El and Tro-El, both who later became a noted explorers. Wedna is an ancestor of Kal-El, also known as Superman, and died several centuries before the destruction of Krypton. Wedna, renamed Wedna-El , appears in a flashback in the Krypton episode "Zods and Monsters", portrayed by Toni O'Rourke. This version is a scientist who helped create Doomsday . The Weeper

987-467: A blue opera cape , a top hat , and carries a small walking stick and tear gas bombs. He also drives a hearse and is accompanied by his henchmen called the Bittermen. The second Weeper is his son. Formerly known as the "Crying Clown" or "Weeping Willie," Mortimer Gloom is fired for dishonesty from his work as a circus performer. Sometime afterward, he commits several acts of revenge. He then takes on

1128-560: A costume with sharp claws, he stalked the campus grounds and brutally murdered Arnold Lintel, Linda Walters, and a night guard named Chuck Gherkin. When Martin Stein (one half of Firestorm ) shows up for a job opening as a physics professor, Monroe made two attempts on Stein's life. After a fight, Firestorm unmasked Weasel and sent him to jail. Weasel was later recruited into the Suicide Squad for their ill-fated mission to rescue Hawk . During

1269-530: A deadly virus by sending him contaminated fabrics. He then ambushes the Sultan when he leads soldiers to the tribe, murders him and his son, and proceeds to massacre the inhabitants of the city before razing it to the ground. Subsequently, Ra's declares himself "Ra's al Ghul", the "Demon's Head". Batman: Birth of the Demon provides a rough figure of 500 years for Ra's al Ghul's age. Due to living so long and being so old, he

1410-403: A debt for easing his mother's suffering during her last few hours. Ra's and the son head into the desert to seek the tribe of Ra's' birth. Ra's convinces the head of his tribe, his uncle, to follow Ra's in his quest for revenge by promising the downfall of the oppressive Sultan. By understanding the germ theory of disease hundreds of years before anyone else, Ra's is able to infect the prince with

1551-604: A different note, issue #22 of DC Comics' Superman/Batman series, which explores alternate realities, had Bizarro transported to an alternate version of Gotham City that was patrolled by a Batman using the Batman Beyond version of the costume. A version of the future of Batman Beyond made an appearance in Countdown to Final Crisis #21, as part of the new Multiverse in the wake of the Infinite Crisis and 52 series, and

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1692-545: A different team than the animated crew, such as the Ty Templeton penned The Batman Adventures comic series. However, some of the comics, such as the Batman: The Adventures Continue comics were written by the animated series writers, Paul Dini and Alan Burnett . Per the opinion of Bruce Timm , who has commented about the canonicity of the DCAU comics previously, said "we didn't have any direct input on

1833-603: A dominant phenotype of fair complexion, Ra's has also been able to opportunistically be involved in Western world global exploits such as the Age of Exploration ( Year One: Batman/Ra's al Ghul #2 (2005) by Devin K. Grayson and Paul Gulacy ) and the Third Reich ( Batman: Death and the Maidens #5 (2004) by Greg Rucka and Klaus Janson ). Ra's al Ghul's adoptive use of Arabic monikers and

1974-515: A follow-up for Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero , and Boyd Kirkland was attached to write and direct; but the project was soon scrapped. A second Batman Beyond movie was planned for release but was finally scrapped due to the dark tones and controversies of Return of the Joker in 2001. Around 2003, during the production of Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman , Warner Bros. approached Kirkland to write

2115-765: A former prostitute from Gotham City who the Penguin equipped with one of Weather Wizard 's Weather Wands and recruited into the New Rogues . In the Final Crisis tie-in Rogues' Revenge , Libra tasks the New Rogues with forcing the original Rogues to rejoin the Secret Society of Super Villains . Due in part to Weather Witch's inexperience with her Weather Wand, the Rogues defeat and kill

2256-577: A gift after their fight. Ra's refuses to believe his enemy's passing despite the evidence, leading him to be involved in the Red Robin's (Tim Drake) quest concerning the fate of the original Dark Knight. After Drake finds proof that Wayne is still alive but lost in time after his battle with Darkseid, the former Boy Wonder cripples Ra's' organization, the League of Assassins , from within. In response, Ra's returns to Gotham to begin his attack to destroy every legacy of

2397-476: A hose. While binding and gagging her, the Weeper talked about how he wept for Mary. The two villains carried the two heroines into a cell which they made airtight and left. Bulletgirl was able to remove Mary's gag with her helmet, allowing her to transform into Mary Marvel, free Bulletgirl, and break open a cell wall. The two superheroines found a riddle in the asylum and deciphered it, showing the duo were planning to rob

2538-672: A jointly produced, six-issue miniseries comic titled Batman/TMNT , where the New 52 Batman encounters the IDW incarnation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . The success of this miniseries inspired a similar crossover story, with Batman's DCAU incarnation meeting the Amazing Adventures comic version of the 2012 CGI series' Turtles. Titled Batman/TMNT Adventures , the concept was first announced in late July 2016 and scheduled for

2679-609: A later time. The White Canary reluctantly concedes, but promises that the Black Canary has not seen the last of her. White Dragon is the name of four different characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first White Dragon is a gang leader and enemy of Whip on Earth-Two . Wu Cheng is a combat pilot who works as a member of the Blackhawk Squadron under the alias of White Dragon. William Heller

2820-473: A machine gun. Bulletman and Bulletgirl stop them, but they escape. The Weeper goes second. His plan is for the Murder Prophet to pretend to be a psychic at a carnival after kidnapping the real psychic. The Murder Prophet tells a rich woman to move her money so it will not be stolen. They are going to steal the money while it is being moved. Bulletman and Bulletgirl stop them after realizing their plot. They lift

2961-462: A master of many forms of combat, notably fencing. He also builds up vast wealth and creates The Demon , a huge international organization. According to Justice League of America (1st series) #94: It has been whispered in the darkest places for 500 years that a cartel of criminals has slowly sucked its way into the rich veins of the Earth. Many are its names spit from the mouths of men, but most often it

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3102-460: A murderer decades later. The grown John Monroe became a teacher at Vandemeer University in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . A number of his fellow students from Stanford University held prominent positions. To rationalize killing three of them, he considered them threats to getting tenure at Vandemeer. Taking on the costumed identity of Weasel, displaying great agility, expertise at hand-to-hand combat, and

3243-413: A noose and the Weeper tries to stab her also, but Mary Marvel stops them, as she was with Susan when the villains attacked. The villains escape while Mary frees Susan from the noose and she changes to Bulletgirl; however, a riddle left behind allows the two to track the villains to an abandoned asylum on the outskirts of town. The Weeper saw Bulletgirl outside, but Riddle said that was part of his plan. First

3384-677: A number of DCAU tie-in video games released to correspond with the various animated television series and films. Some of these games have original plots, while others follow previous stories; their status in DCAU canon is unknown. The games are: Six of these games feature voice acting from the casts of the original shows. These are: The Adventures of Batman and Robin (SEGA CD/Mega CD version), Superman , Batman Vengeance , Superman: Shadow of Apokolips , Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu , and View-Master Batman Animated VR . The SEGA CD/Mega CD game, The Adventures of Batman and Robin , also features animation from one of

3525-412: A parade in a hearse and tossing tear gas into the crowd. This causes a stampede which kills a great many people. The Weeper drives through the street littered with dead bodies, weeping at that horrible tragedy. The Weeper and the Bittermen commit a series of ghastly acts which attracts the attention of Bulletman and Bulletgirl . He succeeds in capturing Bulletgirl. However, Bulletman is able to save her and

3666-429: A person that lived in the world. How do you make a person unique? And then I realized there are people that look unique, that present their personality with their physiognomy - like Jack Palance , for example. Jack Palance is incredible to look at." Raʼs al Ghul is an international criminal mastermind whose ultimate goal is a world in perfect environmental balance. He believes that the best way to achieve this balance

3807-801: A plane carrying gold bullion, and one of them would wait on the ground as the gold would be dropped. Mary Marvel flies after the plane after Riddle has knocked out the two pilots. Dr. Riddle is able to escape from the plane by parachute as Mary saves the plane, and knock out Bulletgirl by landing on her just as she has met Weeper II, but Mary Marvel then captures him and Bulletgirl gets the Weeper. They are then jailed. The second Weeper teams up with Joker of Earth-Two , Doctor Light of Earth-One, and Shade of Earth-One during King Kull 's plan to wipe out humanity on three Earths . Members of Earth-One 's Justice League and Earth-Two's Justice Society of America travel to Earth-S and meet Shazam's Squadron of Justice —Bulletman and Bulletgirl, Mister Scarlet and Pinky

3948-654: A plot where he tries to separate Batman from his heir, Dick Grayson , shortly before Wayne officially adopts his former ward as his son. The plan fails, and Wayne and Grayson proceed with the adoption. Ra's is also featured in Birds of Prey #31–35, where he has a romantic fling with the Black Canary . The superheroine is injured and healed in the Lazarus Pit, which also restores the Canary Cry she lost years earlier. In Death and

4089-464: A radio broadcast to lure Bulletman to an abandoned shack. They set up a dummy of the Black Rat. Bulletman and Bulletgirl go inside the shack. The Revenge Syndicate goes inside and beats up Bulletman. To their surprise, Bulletman has set up a dummy of his own. Bulletman and Bulletgirl beat them up and a fire is started when the radio is broken. The Weeper returns a few months later on Thanksgiving Day and

4230-525: A six-issue release starting November 9, 2016. A comic book continuation of seven-issues of Justice League Unlimited , called Justice League Infinity , was released monthly between July 2021 and January 2022; the series is set after the show's finale and explores the consequences of Darkseid 's disappearance and the League clashing with alternate versions of themselves within the Multiverse. There have also been

4371-591: A skyscraper window and retreats from the battle. Later, in seclusion, Ra's reveals everything which happened was a test for Tim Drake, from the league, the council, the Men of Death, and the plot against Bruce Wayne. Learning of Bruce Wayne's return, Ra's muses that his next confrontation with the detective will be particularly interesting as he believes that Batman has at last had a taste of the immortality that Ra's himself enjoys. He goes after Vicki Vale and almost kills her. He spares her life only after she refuses to publish

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4512-418: A trail left by jewels on the pavement. Robin is unaffected by the Weeper's tear gas because he is wearing contact lenses and the villains are imprisoned. Thomas Weston is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Weston is the head of AmerTek Industries who uses his company to sell dangerous weapons. John Henry Irons used to work for him. Thomas Weston appears in

4653-513: A villain and he's equal to Batman." - Neal Adams, via SYFY WIRE Batman at 80: How To Craft The Perfect Batman Villain In the 21st century, Ra's has explicitly been established as being of Chinese (though this may no longer be canon) and Arab ancestry. In the 2007-2008 story The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul , his father was revealed to be the DC Comics character the Sensei, a warrior and combat instructor who

4794-569: A way to eliminate the Clench virus from an ancient "Wheel of Plagues" artifact whose knowledge has aided Ra's in the creation of the disease. The long-lived madman eludes justice again. In the " Tower of Babel " storyline, in JLA #43–46, Ra's discovers Batman's contingency plans for stopping the other members of the Justice League of America , should they turn or be turned evil, and uses them to try to destroy

4935-622: A whim, merely by making physical contact with his intended host. In the New 52 , Ra's temporarily gains vast magical powers after bathing in the Well of Sins, the first Lazarus Pit. The following are members of Ra's al Ghul's family: Created by Neal Adams in 1968, the Sensei was originally introduced as a high-ranking member of the League of Assassins . He was portrayed as an aged but highly skilled martial artist. During The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul , he

5076-457: Is Murl Wazzo, a Carggite , with that continuity's version of Tinya being a hybrid. Winema Wazzo appears in Legion of Super Heroes , voiced by April Winchell . This version began public service as a teenager, with her first assignment being a failed attempt to re-establish diplomatic ties with the planet Zerox, and is a well-intentioned, though occasionally overbearing mother towards Tinya. Weasel

5217-513: Is a Neo-Nazi and white supremacist who formed the Aryan Empire. While posing as a vigilante, William handed any Asian, Black or Latino criminals to the police while sending the white criminals to the Aryan Empire headquarters. White Dragon's actions attracted the attention of the Suicide Squad . Deadshot infiltrated the Aryan Empire as a man named William Hell. Using Chronos ' time machine,

5358-594: Is a member of the League of Assassins. The Sensei is a Chinese man originally from the Hong Kong region. However, Ra's' relation to the Sensei may no longer be canon due to the reveal of his father being a part of the Pre-Flashpoint/Post-Crisis DC continuity that ended in 2011. In 2021, DC introduced Ra's' mother Rúh al Ghul, an Arab woman. Ra's and the rest of the al Ghul's Arabic heritage and connection to Arabic culture has been given greater emphasis since

5499-414: Is all part of his greater plan to ensure that his daughters will realize that he is correct in his perceptions about the world and what needs to be done to it, and that they would come to accept their destinies as his heirs. Ra's' plan works: both Nyssa and Talia become the heads of The Demon and the League of Assassins. Talia disavows her love for Bruce Wayne, and both sisters declare Batman their enemy. It

5640-467: Is assumed to have lost track of how old he is. Azrael #6 (July 1995; written by Dennis O'Neil ) places Ra's age closer to 450 years. As he tells Jean Paul Valley , "I appear to be a vigorous fifty. I am actually a very vigorous four hundred and forty-eight...or is it four hundred and fifty-three? I lost count during the Black Plague . No matter". In Batman Annual #25 (published in 2006), Ra's al Ghul

5781-565: Is attributed to his known paternal heritage whilst his ambitions for world conquest is often compared and traced to the likes of Alexander the Great ; an influence too shared by other family members such as Sensei ( Batman #671 (2007) by Grant Morrison and Tony S. Daniel ), Talia al Ghul, and Damian Wayne ( Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #0 (2012) by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason ) (the name "Damian" being derivative of "damianos", Greek for "to tame"). Most commonly depicted in source material with

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5922-437: Is believed he really is the prisoner "Terry Gene Kase", a criminal with multiple personality disorder who has just been transferred to Arkham to finish out multiple life sentences. Along with attaching false information and a false identity to Ra's al Ghul's file, Batman attaches a false prescription of potent medication that ensures slurred speech and next to zero mobility. Despite these precautions, Ra's eventually escapes when

6063-466: Is blood of Damian's blood and the boy is in good hands. He orders the plane to tilt its angle, causing the wind shear to rip Batman from his purchase and drop down into the sea, where he is caught by Aquaman. Batman and Ra's then encounter Glorious Godfrey . Glorious Godfrey's reason to come to Earth is to retrieve the Chaos Shard, a powerful crystal once belonged to Darkseid which Ra's al Ghul revealed

6204-528: Is captured by Bulletman, Bulletgirl, and their new ally Bulletdog. Weeper eventually died between 1942 and 1946. At some point between 1942 and 1946, the Weeper dies and is replaced by his son, the second Weeper. In 1946, Bulletgirl and her friend Mary Marvel fight the second Weeper and Dr. Riddle. The second Weeper says, "My father, the true Weeper, is dead -- Sob! But I am carrying on with his name!" They first try to hang Bulletgirl in her civilian identity of Susan Kent after surprising her and pulling her up with

6345-589: Is cursed only as. The Demon. It has a leader. A Head. The League of Assassins , one of the many smaller organizations making up The Demon, is thus sometimes called "The Demon's Fang" or "Demonfang". In his earlier appearances, Ra's al Ghul's ethnic origins were subject to change depending on the depiction and writer. He is said to have East Asian ancestry in accordance to Birth of the Demon and Byzantine/Eastern Roman as addressed by Talia al Ghul in Batman Annual #26. The significance of al Ghul's Eurasian profile

6486-620: Is described as a "700-Year Old International Terrorist". The 700 year plus mark is used again in Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #23.3 (2013), followed by Issue #30 of the same series where over a 1000-year time span is also described in Ra's' pursuit of Themyscira . Using the Lazarus Pits to extend his life, Ra's spends the next several centuries journeying the world. He fights in the French Revolution and

6627-520: Is only loosely based on the DCAU. The 2017 film Batman and Harley Quinn features the animation style of The New Batman Adventures , though co-writer Jim Krieg has stated that the film is DCAU adjacent, due to the sillier and raunchier elements of the film. Justice League vs. the Fatal Five is a 2019 film done in the style of Justice League Unlimited , but the film's canonicity is considered to be open-ended. It has been stated by Bruce Timm that

6768-470: Is possible, so conceivably that could change someday -- instead of saying "THE DCAU IS DEAD", maybe we can just say it's in a state of suspended animation until further notice...? On June 8, 2015, during an interview with Nerdist about his new film Justice League: Gods and Monsters , Bruce Timm was asked if the DC Animated Universe will return someday. Although Timm stated that the DCAU continuity

6909-449: Is revealed to be Ra's al Ghul's centuries-old father and subsequently killed. Created by Joshua Williamson and Gleb Melnikov in 2021, Mother Soul is the mysterious head of the "League of Lazarus". In Robin (vol. 3) #7, she is revealed to be Ruh al Ghul (Soul of the Demon), Ra's al Ghul's mother. Created by Greg Rucka and Klaus Janson in 2003, Nyssa Raatko ( Arabic : نيسا رعتكو )

7050-551: Is set free. Later, the White Canary takes the Black Canary to Bangkok and reveals that she is holding the Black Canary's adopted daughter Sin as a hostage, and will kill her if the Black Canary does not battle Lady Shiva in a duel to the death. The Black Canary agrees despite her broken wrist, but at the last minute Helena Bertinelli challenges Shiva in her place, buying the Black Canary enough time to find Sin and get her to safety, and Lady Shiva agrees to put their duel off until

7191-492: Is the name of two DC Comics supervillains. Weasel first appeared in The Fury of Firestorm #35 (August 1985), and was created for DC Comics by Gerry Conway and Rafael Kayanan . John Monroe was a lonely student at Stanford University in the late 1960s. His contemporaries rarely noticed him. If they did, they referred to him in derogatory terms, using words like "Weasel" to describe him. This made him bitter, driving him to become

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7332-612: Is the name of two comic book supervillains originally published by Fawcett Comics and today owned by DC Comics , both of whom are enemies of Bulletman and Bulletgirl . The original Weeper was Mortimer Gloom. The original Weeper first appeared in Master Comics #23 in February 1942. The arch-foe of Bulletman and Bulletgirl , the Weeper is capable of the most brutal of murders, but sheds tears for his victims; he hates to see people happy but feels bad after he hurts them. The Weeper wears

7473-504: Is to eliminate most of humanity . Ra's usually tries to assault the world's human populace with a biological weapon, such as a genetically-engineered virus. He is aided in this quest by the Lazarus Pits, reservoirs of rejuvenating chemicals that restore the dead and dying to life; these pits have granted him a lifespan of several centuries. He regards Batman as his worthiest opponent, addressing him as "Detective" out of respect for his intellectual brilliance, and has frequently sought to make

7614-650: Is told in the graphic novel Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992) by Dennis O'Neil and Norm Breyfogle . This origin story is later revisited and amended in Batman Annual #26 (2007) by Peter Milligan and David López as part of the Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul story arc. Most recent retelling origin story, Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #23.3 (2013) by James Tynion IV and Jeremy Haun , references these prior iterations of al Ghul's origin while keeping common details that lead towards Ra's' adoption of

7755-507: Is too late for Ra's, as Nyssa stabs her father through the heart, seemingly killing him for good. To ensure Ra's will not return, Batman oversees his nemesis' cremation . In Batman Annual #26, Talia is prompted to read the history of Ra's al Ghul to her son Damian by a mysterious figure from Ra's' past: the White Ghost. Unbeknownst to her, the White Ghost plans to use Damian as a vessel for Ra's' return. However, mother and son escape before

7896-622: Is used as a scare tactic in Ra's' history promoting both his influence, and reign of terror throughout the Greater Middle East—his first eradication of a sultanate as described in Birth of the Demon , the same actions insinuated to have been repeated in Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #23.3, and direct depiction in Death and the Maidens #4. Aligning with Ra's al Ghul's character overview as an international environmental terrorist, in conjunction with

8037-506: The My Adventures with Superman episode "Fullmetal Scientist", voiced by Max Mittelman . This version is initially the CEO of AmerTek Industries before he is arrested for his unethical business practices and his company is bought out by Lex Luthor . During the Birds of Prey relaunch tie-in with the 2010 Brightest Day storyline, it is revealed that one of the female children born to Huang

8178-516: The Teen Titans comic books was planned for the DC Animated Universe during the mid-1990s, but was ultimately scrapped, however the team was confirmed to exist in the universe in the Static Shock (which was also not initially intended to be part of the DCAU until the second season) episode "Hard as Nails" with Robin confirmed to be a member by Batman. Instead a Teen Titans series not related to

8319-475: The Joker , sanity). His constant exposure to the pits has granted him slightly enhanced endurance, strength, and healing but also comes with the price of a gradual onset of insanity if overused. Along with his physical abilities and resources, Ra's al Ghul has been shown to possess a certain degree of proficiency with mysticism. In an effort to guarantee his continued existence, he has on several occasions demonstrated

8460-468: The Napoleonic Wars and becomes a formidable warrior. As the world entered the modern age and industrialization began to cover much of the Earth, Ra's grew to despise the humans who he believed were destroying the world's natural beauty, thus setting him on a path of eco-terrorism. Also during this time, Ra's, his uncle, and Huwe, the son who freed Ra's from the Sultan's initial execution are all using

8601-517: The superhero Batman . Created by editor Julius Schwartz , writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Neal Adams , the character first appeared in Batman #232's "Daughter of the Demon" (June 1971). Most notable as the leader of the League of Assassins , Ra's al Ghul's name in Arabic translates to "Head of the Demon ". He is the son of Sensei ; the father of Talia al Ghul , Nyssa Raatko and Dusan al Ghul; and

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8742-415: The Black Canary by revealing her secret identity and threatening to kill one teammate for each hour that passed, enlisting the help of Oswald Cobblepot , Savant and Creote . Upon being defeated by the Black Canary, she denied being responsible for the death of a kidnapper in Iceland to frame the Black Canary, claiming that it was in fact Lady Shiva , and offers the Black Canary help in killing Shiva if she

8883-414: The DC animated universe was released. Also, after the success of Batman: The Animated Series in the early 1990s, Fox approached producer Bruce Timm to create a spin-off series focusing on Catwoman , but the project never materialized. In 1998, writer John P. McCann had been tasked with coming up with a Lobo animated series in the DC Animated Universe, with Brad Garrett set to reprise his role as

9024-520: The DC universe in return. The following characters were originally created for their respective series in the DCAU, but were eventually adapted via retroactive continuity into the mainstream DC comic continuity: In addition, the backstory of Mr. Freeze was adapted from his portrayal in Batman: The Animated Series , and the visuals and/or characterization of Green Lantern , Supergirl , Toyman , Two-Face , Parasite , Metallo , Clayface , and many others have been applied to their comic counterparts. On

9165-520: The DCAU, was released in February 2012. This series published monthly triple-sized issues, containing three stories of Terry McGinnis, Clark "Cal" Kent, and the future Justice League Unlimited, respectively. Batman Beyond Universe succeeded Unlimited in August 2013, condensing to double-monthly issues upon the elderly Superman's rejoining the future Justice League. Terry McGinnis was the central figure in The New 52: Futures End weekly series. In 2015–2016, DC Comics and IDW Publishing released

9306-403: The Dark Knight believes that his legacy will be as eternal as Ra's, rather than tear him down in such a manner. During DC Rebirth , Ra's al Ghul is featured in Detective Comics issues #953-956 as part of the "League of Shadows" story arc, which runs from issue #951-956 (April–July 2017). Ra's al Ghul appears in Dark Nights: Metal issue #2 as a member of the Immortals, a group formed by

9447-563: The Dark Knight his successor. He is one of the few criminals in Batman's rogues gallery to have deduced his secret identity as Bruce Wayne , but keeps silent on the matter due to the same sense of respect for Batman. For his own part, Batman's opposition to Raʼs is complicated by both his own respect for al Ghul's genius (if not his goals and methods) and his attraction to his daughter, Talia, which she reciprocates. Ra's al Ghul's real name, early life, and exact age have been described differently by various writers. His Post-Crisis origin story

9588-459: The Fountain, Batman emerges and yells for Ra's. Ra's attempts to make amends with Batman after his resurrection, but Batman responds by crushing his decaying fingers. Ra's accepts this latest rebuke and, with the help of his men, overpowers Batman and captures Damian, who has arrived to try to help his father. Ra's attempts to take over Damian, but Batman breaks free just as Robin , Talia, Alfred Pennyworth , and Nightwing arrive to save him. While

9729-405: The Heretics to keep him entertained. Batman fights his way to Ra's escape aircraft. He sees Talia and Damian's bodies stored within it, and clings to the fuselage from outside as the plane takes off. Though Ra's plans to go to Paradise Island, he is nearly surprised to see Batman pounding on the cockpit's windshield. From outside, Batman screams for Ra's to give back his son, but Ra's responds that he

9870-410: The Joker, and a posthumous Kevin Conroy in his final performance as Batman. The Batman Beyond comic series is a loose adaptation of the Batman Beyond franchise, intended to fit the character and storylines from the series into the mainstream DC continuity. The miniseries began in June 2010, under the title Future Evil . In August 2010, the series was announced to continue following the completion of

10011-438: The Lazarus Pits to prolong their lives until an incident in London . Ra's catches Huwe writing his own memoirs in their original Chinese language , despite Ra's having forbidden him to reveal the secret of their immortality. During a battle, Ra's kills Huwe and flees to a Lazarus Pit, which he uses. When he returns to their home in London, his uncle has vanished with the remnants of their historical records. Over time, he becomes

10152-401: The League of Assassins are located, after Ra's has the bodies of Damian Wayne and Talia exhumed. Ra's had ordered the hunt of whales , creating genetically altered super-humans in the wombs of sperm whales , part of a plan to rebuild the League of Assassins. Inside the compound, they find that Ra's is wiping the hard drives clean, preventing data recovery. As his parting gift, he has left Batman

10293-434: The League roster and was the final series set in the DC Animated Universe. In between these shows was also Static Shock , which told the story of Virgil Hawkins and showcased a different aspect of the DC Animated Universe. It was the first time an African American superhero was the titular character of his own animated show, and the show explored many diverse stories and characters throughout its run. Another show that aired

10434-428: The Maidens (2004), Ra's' other daughter, Nyssa Raatko , furious at her father for abandoning her in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II , begins plotting to destroy him, prompting Ra's to contact Batman to make a deal for access to a Lazarus Pit to give him the strength for a final confrontation with Nyssa; in exchange for the location of a Pit, Ra's provides Batman with a serum that will allow him to walk in

10575-567: The New Rogues, with Weather Wizard killing Weather Witch. An original incarnation of Weather Witch named Joslyn "Joss" Jackam appears in media set in the Arrowverse , portrayed by Reina Hardesty. Wedna (also known as Wedna Kil-Gor ) was a native of the planet Krypton and the daughter of the inventor of Kil-Gor. She first appeared in Krypton Chronicles #3 (September 1981). Wedna married her father's colleague and friend Bur-El and gave

10716-611: The Suicide Squad rigged the shooting contest between Heller and Deadshot so that Deadshot would win while also tarnishing Heller. Heller later wore a suit of armor and took on the alias of White Dragon where he joined the Fourth Reich in their goal to wipe out the original members of the Justice Society of America . He was defeated by Hawkman . White Dragon later sided with General in his plan to overthrow Amanda Waller and kill

10857-573: The Warhawks appear in " The New 52 " as Thanagar's military force. Vanderveer "Van" Wayne is Bruce Wayne 's rich and spoiled cousin. While visiting him, Van found the Robin costume in Alfred's laundry which Bruce claimed were his and Dick Grayson 's masquerade costumes. He got himself into some trouble when he hired a con artist named Jumpy Regan to impersonate Batman, while he posed as Robin. He did all this with

10998-735: The Wayne Family. While his men target everyone close to the Waynes, Ra's makes a pact with Hush as part of his plans. Unknown to both men, Lucius Fox has already given Tim power of attorney leaving him in control of the Wayne Family resources. Enraged, Ra's then engages Tim Drake in combat, which ends with Tim mocking Ra's by saying that there's nothing he can do to harm the Bat Family anymore; in response, Ra's smiles and says "Well done. Detective" (a name he has only ever reserved for Batman, Nightwing and Red Hood once before). He then proceeds to kick him out of

11139-440: The Weeper is apparently drowned. Sometime after being defeated by Bulletman and Bulletgirl, the Weeper returns and looks to gather his Bittermen back together. One of them refuses, saying he makes enough money now to choke a horse and he is very happy. The Weeper replies saying he hates to hear that people are happy. The next day, the man is found dead after having choked on his wad of money. The Weeper then shows his other Bittermen

11280-481: The Weeper went into another room with a straitjacket while Riddle waited for Bulletgirl. Bulletgirl knocked Riddle over, not noticing the Weeper moving towards her. The Weeper placed the straitjacket on her from behind just after she decided to look for him. Then with Riddle's help, she was tied to a chair and gagged. The two villains then tell Bulletgirl they know that Mary is here also. Mary was lured in when she decided to look for Bulletgirl and stopped from speaking with

11421-452: The Well of Sins after an encounter with Jason Todd . When he emerges, Ra's is consumed by the evil that corrupted the Untitled centuries before, and he feels compelled to rid himself of the machinations of his daughter and Ducra by killing Jason. At Ra's' command, the prisoners are brought to him, and he promises to use his newfound power to destroy them. Red Hood engages Ra's, as Essence joins

11562-673: The Whiz Kid , Ibis the Invincible , and the Spy Smasher . The Joker teaches the Weeper his style of committing crimes on Earth-S, stealing jewels and transforming people into different materials, with his trademark grin, although the Weeper cannot understand why the Joker laughs about crime. They are stopped by the Earth-Two Batman , the Earth-Two Robin , Mister Scarlet and Pinky, who follow

11703-400: The ability to transfer his soul into the bodies of others, giving him a way to live on in the event that his physical body is destroyed and unable to be transported into a Lazarus Pit. The exact details of this process have remained inconsistent; at times it appears as though a complicated ritual is required to achieve this effect, while on other occasions he is capable of performing this feat on

11844-402: The animated series." In terms of feature films, the 2006 feature film Superman: Brainiac Attacks has been stated by writer Duane Capizzi that it was not intended to be part of the DCAU, despite using the same animation style and many of the voice actors from Superman: The Animated Series . The 2007 film Superman: Doomsday has similar animation styles but used new animation models and

11985-450: The battle ensues at Nanda Parbat, the White Ghost takes Ra's to a secluded place, where he appears to accept the fact that his death is inevitable. The White Ghost is revealed as Ra's' estranged albino son Dusan, and offers up his own body instead. Ra's performs the transfer of souls, but the White Ghost apparently dies soon afterward. Ra's resumes the battle and attempts to kill Batman, but the monks at Nanda Parbat stop him and banish him from

12126-452: The battle. She insists that he will allow Jason and his friends to leave his realm, or he will be forced to die a mortal death just as he always feared he would. Despite having destroyed the All-Caste, Ra's al Ghul's actions have led to their eventual rebirth. Defeated, he swears that he will visit great agony upon Red Hood if he ever sees him again. Batman and Aquaman head to an island, where

12267-674: The brazen move to Gotham and a subsequent ninja attack on Batman, which indirectly leads to the discovery of a map of all the known Lazarus Pit locations across the globe. Batman then infiltrates Ra's al Ghul's new Gotham penthouse headquarters and easily defeats his horde of ninjas and Ra's himself. To ensure Ra's is not a constant threat within Gotham City, Batman comes up with the false identity of " Terry Gene Kase ", and plants it along with credible photos, medical records, and police records for both Blackgate Penitentiary and Arkham Asylum . Batman takes an unconscious Ra's directly to Arkham where it

12408-399: The car the villains are in and throw it into a lake. The Black Rat is thrown in also and saves the Murder Prophet and the Weeper. The three realize that Bulletman has always thwarted their plans and they need to eliminate him if they ever want to succeed. The Black Rat meets several criminals who agree to pay $ 100,000 if he gets rid of Bulletman. The Black Rat goes third. His plan is to send out

12549-428: The casting of different voice actors than those of the DCAU. In 2009, Bruce Timm was asked at a ToonZone forum if the DCAU will return in the future, and he stated this: I very much appreciate that so many of you guys have so much love for the old series, from BTAS through JLU (I do too) -- but frankly, I doubt that we'll be formally, "officially" doing another movie or TV series set in that continuity (...) anything

12690-444: The character's background being subject to different renditions from multiple writers; co-creator of the character, Neal Adams, has stated that the character has no specific regional/ethnic representation of any kind, necessarily. "...we created an equal to Batman, and that's what Ra's al Ghul is all about. He's not necessarily Arabic. He's not necessarily Eastern. He's not necessarily Western. He's not necessarily anything! He's just

12831-433: The character, but the show had been cancelled right before production. A few elements of the show would find its way in the 2000 Lobo webseries, an online Flash animated series starring Lobo, the galactic bounty hunter, however whether the webseries is part of the official DCAU is unclear. A wax statue with the same character design as Lobo in this series appeared in an episode of Gotham Girls which somewhat support that

12972-441: The comics...DC never solicited our opinions on what they were doing, nor would we have had time to give them notes if they had--I learned very early on not to get my nose bent out of joint if they did something in the comics we would never have done--my own personal way of dealing with it was to consider only the animated episodes themselves as true canon-which means that even Mad Love wasn't purely canonical until we adapted it for

13113-474: The course of centuries. When in combat, he favors more ancient weaponry (as he has had more time to master them than more modern weaponry) these weapons include scimitars , katanas , spears , staffs , bolas , shurikens , smoke pellets and miniaturized explosives . Ra's' greatest tools are his green Lazarus Pits, which heal any injury including recent death and restore the user to the prime of life, but cause temporary insanity (or for those already insane like

13254-432: The families' homes for robbery or they would lead him to where they hid their valuable possessions. The Weeper puts an ad in the paper looking for men who feel life has given them a raw deal. A lot of men reply to the ad. He interviews them all and picks ten of the saddest men. He calls them the Bittermen. The Weeper, along with the Bittermen, sets out to make the lives of other people very unhappy. They start by riding through

13395-401: The film is set within the DCAU sometime after the end of JLU , although in the audio commentary for the film, Timm also mentioned that due to the film's production (it was originally slated to be done in a different art style before being changed during post production) the film would cause some continuity issues, and that fans could ultimately decide on their own. An animated series based on

13536-401: The first arc as an ongoing series. That series concluded alongside the entire line of ongoing monthly DC Comics superhero books during the 2011 revamp and relaunch, titled The New 52 . Superman Beyond , a one-shot comic set in the same universe as Batman Beyond , was released in 2011. Batman Beyond Unlimited , a title chronicling the adventures of the future Justice League introduced in

13677-740: The first series to indicate a shared continuity with other well-known characters was Superman: The Animated Series , in which the title character encounters heroes such as Batman, the Wally West version of Flash , the Green Lantern Kyle Rayner , Aquaman , and Doctor Fate . The follow-up sequel to Batman: The Animated Series , titled The New Batman Adventures would feature an art style revamp similar to Superman: The Animated Series , and these two shows would feature crossovers. Both of those shows would be followed by Batman Beyond , which featured an elderly, retired Bruce Wayne passing on

13818-411: The following feature films: The DCAU also includes tie-in materials such as comic books, video games, and direct-to video films with a similar animation style; however, their canonicity is disputable. While they are sometimes marketed as being part of the DCAU, some of these works have contradictory elements or are written by a different team. For instance, many of the DCAU tie-in comics were written by

13959-447: The future, a different Weasel is shown as an enemy of Damian Wayne , who has become Batman following Dick Grayson 's death. The Weather Witch is the name of different characters in American comic books published by DC Comics. Vicki Grant once used the H-Dial to become a weather-controlling superhero called Weather Witch. First appearing in " Gotham Underground ", she was originally

14100-523: The group. Meanwhile, Ra's steals the bodies of Batman's parents. This theft prevents Batman from realizing Ra's is using his traps until it is too late, as he is distracted by the search for the corpses of his parents. Though defeated, Ra's does cause the temporary exit of Batman from the JLA, who now distrust the Caped Crusader. However, though some of the League resent Batman's plans, they eventually accept that

14241-408: The group. The Weeper comes up with the idea that they roll dice to see who would be chief; the person with the highest roll would go first, the person with the second highest would go second, and the person with the third highest would go last. The Murder Prophet wins the first roll. His plan is to rob an art museum by pretending to be a visitor, with the aid of the Black Rat emerging from the sewer with

14382-526: The idea of producing a revival of Batman: The Animated Series set after the events of The New Batman Adventures , but Timm refused to develop a Batman show that was a continuation to The Animated Series , with Timm instead developing a new series, Batman: Caped Crusader . The setting of the DCAU was briefly revisited in Part 3 of the animated movie Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths , which featured Will Friedle as Terry McGinnis, Mark Hamill as

14523-411: The identity of Batman and gets rid of all of the evidence she has to that effect. He also realizes that Vale may be a descendant of a French opponent, Marcel du Valliere, from centuries before; therefore, his business with her may not be finished. In The New 52 (a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe), Ra's al Ghul appears in a hooded robe at the League of Assassins' city of 'Eth Alth'eban. He enters

14664-569: The intention of impressing Dick, but Van was not aware that they were the real Dynamic Duo. Van had to be rescued from Regan by Batman and Robin and even helped to apprehend Regan. In the aftermath of the situation, he learned a lesson in humility. Van Wayne appears in Powerless , portrayed by Alan Tudyk . This version is the head of Wayne Security, a subsidiary of Wayne Enterprises in Charm City, who hates his job and seeks to move to Gotham City for

14805-650: The language itself is a result of al Ghul's settlement and cultured history both in erudition and regional pursuit of Lazarus Pit/longevity sources most commonly unearthed throughout the Greater Middle East (e.g. The Well of Sins in the Arabian Peninsula , Red Hood and the Outlaws #22 (2013) by James Tynion IV and Julius Gopez) to East Asia ( Peaches of Immortality , Year One: Batman/Ra's al Ghul #1). The use of Arabic monikers in particular (in regards to demons )

14946-510: The late 2010s. Ra's returns to prominence and comes dangerously close to realizing his dream of worldwide genocide in the " Contagion " story arc of the Batman titles. His organization unleashes a deadly virus known as Ebola Gulf A (a.k.a. "The Clench") in Gotham City , putting Batman in conflict with a force he seemingly cannot defeat. A cure is eventually located by Batman and his allies, though

15087-451: The mainstream DC Comics in various ways, such as introducing new characters, revamped backstories, and character designs. While there are many animated projects based upon DC Comics characters, the DC Animated Universe consists of TV series and films that spin off from Batman: The Animated Series . While the series is largely standalone, two characters outside of the normal Batman canon, Zatanna and Jonah Hex , would guest star. However,

15228-462: The mantle to Terry McGinnis, the Batman of the future. After Batman Beyond' s third season, the Justice League show followed, which starred Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman , The Flash ( Wally West ), Green Lantern ( John Stewart ) Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) , and Hawkgirl . After two seasons, the series was rebranded as Justice League Unlimited , a successor series which expanded

15369-450: The mastermind behind the outbreak is not discovered until the follow-up story " Legacy " . Learning that the Demon's Head still lives, Batman and his team circle the globe, preventing further outbreaks of the virus. Ra's allies himself with Bane , the man who once crippled and nearly killed Batman. Ra's considers Bane a potential heir to his empire, despite his daughter Talia's distaste for the criminal mastermind. Eventually, Batman deduces

15510-533: The maternal grandfather of Damian Wayne . Stories featuring Ra's al Ghul often involve the Lazarus Pits, which restore life to the dying. The Lazarus Pits have considerably prolonged Ra's' life, making him particularly dangerous as he has honed his combat skills for centuries. Though primarily an enemy of Batman, Ra's has also come into conflict with Superman and other heroes in the DC Universe. Ra's al Ghul has been featured in various media adaptations. The character

15651-690: The mission, he tried to kill the Thinker before being killed by Rick Flag Jr. . During the Blackest Night storyline, Weasel is temporarily resurrected as a Black Lantern . In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Jack Monroe / Weasel is re-established in the Forever Evil storyline, depicted in a more animalistic state. He was lurking in Central Park when Steve Trevor and Killer Frost were looking for Cheetah (who

15792-441: The modern-day Green Lantern (John Stewart), the original Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Wonder Woman after Chronos sent them to the future. At that time, he is a member of the remaining future League members alongside Static (Virgil Hawkins) and Terry McGinnis. Warhawk later revealed that he is Rex Stewart, the son of John and Shayera Hol at the time his father was involved with Vixen after having broken up with his mother since

15933-407: The moniker (e.g. Ra's' occupation as a physician, his wife's death, and the annihilation of the Sultan's city). As told in Birth of the Demon , Ra's al Ghul (known only as The Physician prior to adopting the moniker) was born over 600 years before his first appearance in Batman comics, to a desert tribe in eastern North Africa , near a wealthy city governed by a Sultan . Developing an interest in

16074-440: The name "the Weeper". The Weeper sends letters and visits a number of families telling them tragic news. He tells one family their son has died in the war . In another family, the father is fired from his job after years of dutiful service. In yet another family, he tells the husband his business has burned to the ground. Later, the families discover that the Weeper has lied to them. The Weeper tells these lies so he could either case

16215-465: The newspaper account of what has happened. Fearing for their lives, they join his group again. The Weeper is later betrayed by one of them where he told Bulletman and Bulletgirl what happened. The Weeper is a founding member of the Revenge Syndicate, which was founded by the Murder Prophet and joined by the Weeper and the Black Rat. At first, they are at odds with each one wanting to be the chief of

16356-558: The oldest beings in the multiverse. He participates in a discussion on how they will fight the Dark Multiverse invasion. Due to his expanded life span and longevity, Ra's has accumulated vast knowledge and abilities which exceed those of Batman. These include detective skills, chemistry , physics , military tactics , economics , and martial arts , fully using his photographic memory to master all such skills. He has also gained many international contacts and an immense fortune over

16497-455: The orderlies miss his dosage once, which allows him to become conscious enough to escape from Arkham. Ra's realizes that Batman has apparently died after Darkseid 's invasion during Final Crisis . After confronting Nightwing with his knowledge, he and the hero eventually duel with swords. Nightwing defeats Ra's and earns the immortal's respect, signified by leaving his sword in the Batcave as

16638-498: The plan is completed. After the escape, Batman confronts the White Ghost; he fights Batman, but accidentally falls into a Lazarus Pit. As of Batman #670, Ra's al Ghul has returned, having evaded death by transferring his consciousness into the body of another. Because his host body is decaying from radiation poisoning, he needs to transfer his mind into another host body. His first choice is that of his grandson Damian Wayne , but Damian escapes to alert his father. Upon taking Ra's to

16779-449: The plans were created for the right reasons once Batman confirms that he trusts them by revealing his secret identity to the rest of the team. Talia, disillusioned with her father, leaves the League to run LexCorp for former U.S. President Lex Luthor , before selling the company to Bruce Wayne for his Wayne Foundation to aid Batman and Superman's victory over Luthor. Ra's blames Batman for his failed relationship with Talia, and stages

16920-475: The prince (who is already sadistic and cruel), emerges as a mentally unstable sociopath. He proceeds to fatally strangle Sora, on whom he has already had his eye for some time. The Sultan, unwilling to admit to himself his son's culpability, accuses Ra's of poisoning his son's mind and sentences him to a slow, tortured death in a cage with Sora's corpse. Ra's is set free by the son of a dying elderly woman, who Ra's had earlier treated. The son feels that he owes Ra's

17061-558: The rest of the Suicide Squad. He was killed by Plastique . Daniel Ducannon is a white supremacist who used the White Dragon name when posing as a vigilante after getting his pyrokinesis from the Meta-Bomb incident. While targeting people of color, White Dragon ran afoul of Hawkman and Hawkwoman . They defeated White Dragon with help from Carter Hall and Shiera Sanders Hall . During the " Underworld Unleashed " storyline, White Dragon

17202-413: The sciences at an early age, Ra's abandoned his tribe to live in the city, where he focused himself on learning and experimentation. He subsequently trained as a physician and married a woman named Sora. Upon discovering the healing properties of the Lazarus Pit, Ra's managed to save the Sultan's dying son by lowering him into it. However, he is unaware that use of the Lazarus Pit can induce insanity, and

17343-473: The spirit world and speak with his parents. While Batman experiences his "vision", Nyssa befriends Talia and then kidnaps and brainwashes her. Nyssa plots to destroy all hope and optimism in the world by assassinating Superman with Kryptonite bullets she steals from the Batcave . While Batman stops Nyssa from killing Superman, he is unable to stop her from mortally injuring her father. A dying Ra's reveals that this

17484-555: The studios that worked on Batman: The Animated Series . A 90-minute documentary film was released on October 16, 2018, as part of the Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited Edition and Batman: The Complete Animated Series Blu-ray/Digital box set, and was later made available on the official Warner Bros. Entertainment YouTube channel. Though the DCAU is an offshoot of the mainstream DC comics universe, it has also affected

17625-488: The team without the rest of the League's consent. But after Batman proved himself to be a competent and trustworthy member against Starro , Warhawk's attitude shifted from reluctant ally to devoted teammate. They would eventually become close comrades and colleagues. Warhawk's next appearance was in Justice League Unlimited . In the season one finale "The Once and Future Thing, Part Two: Time Warped", Warhawk met

17766-416: The temple. Following his resurrection, Ra's al Ghul, in his new body, moves his base of operations to Gotham City where it is revealed that a remnant of his son Dusan's consciousness still remains within him. Since the White Ghost was his son, Ra's was able to use the resemblance between them to modify his new body's appearance to be more like his own, though he remains an albino. This arrogance contributes to

17907-451: The traumatic events of the episode "Starcrossed". Regardless, John bonds with his future son, even saving him from death during the battle with the Jokerz . After the cyclical causality erased memories of the team-up from the future League members and Wonder Woman, only John and Batman retained knowledge of Warhawk's existence. Learning Warhawk's future existence made John suffer indecision between

18048-741: The two women. John decided to keep this information a secret from Shayera to which Batman agreed. Warhawk also appears in the second-season finale "Epilogue" as a member of the League. In the third-season episode "Ancient History", John finally informs Shayera that she is to become the mother of his child. This information briefly gives Shayera an ecstatic feeling of hope. But despite still loving Shayera, John decides to stay with Vixen and "refuses to be destiny's puppet", preferring to let things work themselves out. After this, Shayera asks Batman to tell her what he knows about her son. An alternate universe incarnation of Hawk inspired by Warhawk appears in Justice League of America (vol. 2) #25. A group called

18189-509: The various DC comics properties rather than reviving the DCAU counterparts. The last script written for DCAU continuity was titled Justice League: Worlds Collide . This screenplay was created to bridge the several month gap between Justice League and Justice League Unlimited . The draft was eventually adapted into the February 2010 film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths , with the removal of any references specific to DCAU continuity, replacing Green Lantern John Stewart with Hal Jordan, and

18330-416: The webseries is part of the official DCAU, although this is still disputed. Unlike the other shows set in the DCAU, it has graphic violence, sexual content, strong profanity, and a lack of tie-ins with the greater DCAU. Before the release of Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker , a third animated feature based on Batman: The Animated Series was planned, entitled Batman: Arkham . The film was supposed to be

18471-402: Was The Zeta Project , which was a spin-off series based on the character Zeta from the Batman Beyond episode of the same name, a humanoid robot who is on the run from NSA agents. While minimal, the show had a few continuity tie-ins with the larger DC Animated Universe as well. The DC Animated Universe consists of the following animated television series: The DCAU continuity also includes

18612-493: Was among the escaped Belle Reve inmates who hear the offer of Neron . During the " Joker: Last Laugh " storyline, White Dragon is among the inmates of Slabside Penitentiary who were Jokerized by Joker . He and Warjack were defeated by Militia. White Dragon later appeared as a member of the Fourth Reich, riding a white dragon. White Dragon and his fellow Nazi villains attacked the Justice Society of America's headquarters and

18753-422: Was defeated by them. White Rabbit is the name of three different characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. DC Animated Universe The DC Animated Universe has received acclaim from critics, being lauded for its storytelling, voice acting, animation, and maturity, with several of its shows listed among the greatest animated television series of all time. It has also influenced

18894-541: Was finally cancelled in 2004, and the script was later rewritten for the animated film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths , removing all connections to the DCAU. Many of the DCAU productions have also had comic books created based on the characters of the various series, though their canonicity is disputable. The comics are: With the conclusion of the Justice League Unlimited animated series, Warner Bros has moved on to producing standalone films based on

19035-451: Was hidden inside the sarcophagus he crafted for Damian. During Batman Eternal , Bruce briefly speculates that Ra's is the mastermind behind most of the attacks against him that have left Wayne Enterprises bankrupt and Batman pushed to the limit. However, when he confronts Ra's, his foe reveals that, while he was invited to participate in the attack by the true mastermind , he rejected the offer as Ra's would prefer to destroy Batman when

19176-402: Was in possession of Wonder Woman 's lasso). Weasel ambushed Steve Trevor and Killer Frost where he was frozen by a reluctant Killer Frost. Killer Frost told Steve Trevor that Weasel is considered a joke compared to villains Black Bison and Multiplex . Before Steve Trevor and Killer Frost press on, Killer Frost apologizes to Weasel. In Batman #666 (July 2007), a special issue set 15 years in

19317-455: Was introduced in Batman #232's "Daughter of the Demon" (June 1971). Adams discussed how he designed the character in a 2007 Wizard interview "First of all, Denny O'Neil started as a journalist, and so his experience with costume characters was always a forced experience. When the idea came to Julie Schwartz that "we're kind of reviving old characters. What do we want to do for a new character?" Denny's tendency - and I understood it totally -

19458-469: Was not to go to a costumed character with superpowers, but to go to a Moriarty type. When Denny presented it, here I was as a comic book artist who was used to doing fairly realistic stuff having to deal with, "Hey, no costume." How do I make him unique? Because after all, we are pandering to our audience a little bit. How does he become unique? So I sort of went down the list of things that I could do that didn't offend my sensibilities as an artist and as

19599-798: Was portrayed by David Warner in the DC Animated Universe , Liam Neeson in the Dark Knight trilogy , Jason Isaacs in Batman: Under the Red Hood , Dee Bradley Baker in the Batman: Arkham video game series, Matt Nable in the Arrowverse television series, and Alexander Siddig in Gotham . IGN 's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time List ranked Ra's as No. 7. Created by editor Julius Schwartz , writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Neal Adams , he

19740-481: Was spared after lightning appeared on the day of her birth and killed her midwife , making Huang believe that something powerful wanted her to live. She was trained by her brothers in the same techniques, and after their defeat at the hands of the Black Canary, she hunted them down and killed them for dishonoring their father's name. Now calling herself the White Canary , she traveled to Gotham and set out to blackmail

19881-567: Was unlikely to return, the possibility always exists. In 2018, Kevin Conroy said work on the DCAU had stalled because the writers ran out of ideas for stories and believed stopping was best, as they did not want to "compromise on the quality of what they had and start creating kind of silly stories". The cast of Justice League has been vocal about wanting a revival of the series, while Bruce Timm has said he would return as well if they were asked. Warner Bros. Animation approached Bruce Timm with

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