Following this, they travelled to Khadym to extradite Holly, bringing them into conflict with Talia.

For the most part, Batman's family and friends come to believe that Bruce Wayne is indeed dead. Later at the Batcave, Batman runs several traces for on previously collected samples of Joker Venom to see if any was found on the scene at police headquarters. Batman and a team of superheroes destroy Brother Eye and the OMACs. They moved to Philadelphia and he left the costume behind. The follow-up story arc in Batman, "Batman & Son", introduces Damian Wayne, who is Batman's son with Talia al Ghul.

Using a mixture of physical and psychological attacks, the Black Glove tests Batman's resolve, forcing him to temporarily adopt the crazed persona of the "Batman of Zur-En-Arrh." Although Bruce Wayne still holds the mantle of the Bat, he leaves In this new world, young Bruce was killed by Joe Chill instead of his parents. The Phantom Stranger arrives and warns of Wonder Woman recruiting the Justice League Dark to help her locate Pandora, warning if they succeed, it will be the death of all. Superman stops the confrontation and asks to be arrested for Light's murder. Chemicals. Not wanting to hurt his allies, Batman is forced to throw the fight. The Dark Knight is the 2008 sequel to Batman Begins.

Superman, Hal Jordan, Booster Gold, and Rip Hunter return from the end of time to find Hunter's stolen time sphere that the Architect/Bruce Wayne took from them.

Just as he passes out, he notices a necklace that has the Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman emblems he drew on the cave, back in the Paleolithic era. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.

Resolute, Batman decides to burn down the Court of Owls's house. Batman claims that he knows Joker's true identity, but to prevent him from saying it, Joker purposefully knocks himself over the edge and falls out of sight. During this time, butler Alfred arrives at Wayne Manor and after deducing the Dynamic Duo's secret identities joins their service. Although Catwoman wants to have a relationship with Batman, he is not interested. For example, Gotham's police are mostly corrupt, setting up further need for Batman's existence. At the back of the cave is the cape of the Lord of Night - the cape that Batman was wearing when he came back in time. Wonder Woman enters the cell and tells Batman about what happened with Pandora and her box. Despite his confusion and weakness, Wayne fights off the Black Glove before Carter Nichols's time machine teleports him to the end of time, leaving the Glove without a sacrifice.

Blaming Bruce for their parents' deaths, Thomas puts on an owl suit of armor and frees Batman so that the brothers can have a final fight. Later, Batman studies the chemical makeup of the gas Joker used on the Bat-family and finds an inert isotope; the chemical compound "Ha". Still reeling from the attacks on his Bat-Family and reputation, the Caped Crusader looks to track down the mysterious operator lurking behind the scenes in Gotham City. However, both groups are attacked by Power Ring, a member of the Crime Syndicate, and his henchmen. Batman once again becomes a member of the Justice League during Grant Morrison's 1996 relaunch of the series, titled JLA. While the Phantom Stranger was rescuing them, Deadman was able to locate Doctor Light. Bruce's involvement with Batman Incorporated extends to helping Investigating the Talon, Batman discovers a mysterious room hidden at the For eight days, the Talon tortures Batman, who begins to solve the mystery that is presented to him, he realizes the court is trying to undermine him and his presence in Gotham by "breaking him". As he tells everyone this, a voice begins demanding Wayne to cease because he is 'disturbing father'. Nyet, comrade—it has to do with Bruce Wayne’s recent court case involving Mr. Batman later creates the Brother I satellite surveillance system to watch over the other heroes.