Damian al Ghul (New Earth)

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Damian al Ghul

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Real Name

Damian Bruce Wayne

Current Alias

Damian al Ghul

Aliases

Batman, Robin

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Bad

Affiliation

League of Assassins

Relatives

Sensei (maternal great-grandfather)

Thomas Wayne (paternal grandfather, deceased)
Martha Wayne (paternal grandmother, deceased)
Ra's al Ghul (maternal grandfather, deceased)
Nyssa Raatko (maternal half-aunt, deceased)
White Ghost (maternal uncle)
Batman (alleged father)
Talia al Ghul (mother)
Nightwing (adoptive brother)
Red Robin (adoptive brother)

Robin (adoptive brother)

Universe

New Earth

Base Of Operations

Mobile

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

5' 4"

Weight

140 lbs (64 kg)

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Black

Status

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Assassin

Origin

Origin

Damian is alleged to be the biological son of Bruce Wayne. This claim is assured by his mother Talia who was known to have a onetime romantic relationship with Wayne. However it has not been confirmed that Damian is actually biologigically related to Wayne.

Creators

Grant Morrison, Andy Kubert

First appearance

Batman #655

History

His existence is unknown to Batman. Genetically perfected and grown in an artificial womb, Damian was intended to be a formidable warrior. He is raised by Talia and the League of Assassins. He becomes a talented martial artist by the time he is a pre-teen, at which time Talia reveals Damian's existence to his father and leaves him in Batman's custody in an effort to disrupt his work. Precocious, spoiled, and violent, Damian battles Robin (Tim Drake), whom he wants to replace as his father's sidekick, and sucker punches him off the T. rex of the batcave. Grounded by Batman, he escapes, dons a variant Robin costume made of Jason Todd's old tunic and assorted League of Assassin gear, and gets into a fight with and decapitates the villainous Spook. Although misguided and malicious, Damian seems to genuinely want to aid his father's war on crime.

Eventually, Batman confronts Talia, but both Talia and Damian are soon caught in an explosion. They survive the explosion, but a badly injured Damian requires transplants of harvested organs, which his mother orders her physicians to carry out. He made a full recovery.

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 a former servant of Ra's, named White Ghost, plans to use Damian as a shell for the soul of Ra's to return to Earth. This process would, of course, kill Damian. Talia is able to save her son from his fate at the last minute.

However, Ra's is still able to return, as a rotting, shambling undead corpse, still needing Damian to stabilize his form. Damian flees to alert Batman, but he's still pursued by his evil grandfather. Upon entering Wayne Manor, Damian attempts to relay to Robin the fact that Ra's has returned. However, Robin, suspicious of Damian's intentions, does not believe his story and begins a fist fight. Damian flees and encounters Alfred. Before he can effectively relay his news he is attacked by Robin, 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 all others within and bringing Damian back to Ra's alive. Damian and Robin (Tim) fight side-by-side against Ra's and his minions. However, their collaboration is hindered by their very different philosophies of battle, not to mention their strong dislike - even hatred - of each other. Damian 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 Robin or Damian. Batman offers a third alternative: "Fountain of Essence," which contains the qualities of a Lazarus Pit. Batman and Ra's go in search of 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. Unfortunately, he ends up captured by Ra's and nearly loses his life. Batman and the others manage to save him, and Talia takes her son and escapes. Their current whereabouts are unknown.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

None known.

Abilities

Skilled Martial Artist: exceptional martial artist, trained by the League of Assassins.

Strength level

Damian possesses all the strength of a normal human male who engages in intense regular exercise

Weaknesses

Damian possesses all the weakness of a normal human male though has been trained to resist them for longer than most pre-adult human males

Damian, his mother Talia and Tim Drake fighting to stay alive against the White Ghost (Robin #169)

Paraphernalia

Equipment: Many in his training as an active assassin
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: Many in his training as an active assassin

Notes

• Damian is suggested to be the New Earth counterpart of Ibn al Xu'ffasch who is actually the biological son of Bruce Wayne and Talia Head, the daughter of Ra's al Ghul of an alternate Earthes.

According to statements in the recent encapsulated "Origin of Ra's ah Ghul" (Countdown 4 (week 48)) Damian is actually Bruce Wayne's biological son. However, no other source confirms this in the actual storyline and many of these compact origins in Countdown are told from the standing as a "general composite overview" of the characters they show, whereby they mix many elements of several differenct incarnations of the character. Thus this reference may NOT apply as actual reference of this specific incarnation of character.

Damian stated to actually be the son of Bruce Wayne (Countdown 4 (Week 48) "Origin of Ra's ah Ghul")

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Discuss Damian al Ghul (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Damian al Ghul (New Earth) (Chronological)
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Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

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