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Potential spoilers in advance forBatman # 112 !
In a preview forBatman#112 , the Dark Knight find himself at the mercy ofScarecrow . The issue , on sales agreement in mark and digital September 7 , is the next chapterin theFear Statestorythat has kicked off in theBatmanfamily of titles , and now DC has provided a sneak peak , and it bet as if Batman will be the Fear State ’s first victim .
When James Tynion IV adopt over as the originator behind theBatmanfranchise last year , he and his collaborators introduced a shocking new status quo for Batman and his ally . For months , Mayor Nakamura had been fan the flames of anti - vigilante sentiment in Gotham . Then , someone round Arkham Asylum , killing many guard and inmates , which only made matter bad . In response , the Mayor joined force with Simon Saint , a noted scientist and defense reaction declarer , to createthe Peacekeepers , a Feliz Lusitania - militaryforce charged with keeping society in Gotham ; their first recruit is Sean Mahoney , a crooked fuzz who is mistakenly trust to be the hero of the Arkham onslaught . Unbeknownst to Nakamura , and Gotham in general , is that Scarecrow is the power behind the throne , using Saint ’s resources as well as the climate of chaos in Gotham to usher in what he forebode the “ Fear State , ” or when a society feel a trauma so dreadful , it forces them to acquire . The march towards the Fear State continues inBatman # 112 , and it is about to break up Batman .
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In a special preview posted toDC’swebsite , readers can see first - hand the effects of the Fear State . Batman , who had been nobble by Scarecrow and subjected to utmost psychological torture , has escape but is in a state of panic , franticallycalling for Oracleor anyone who can help . Readers pick up that not only has Scarecrow dosed Batman with the fear toxin , he is also somehow in Batman ’s intellect . Interspersed with Batman ’s fib are clips of Simon Saint talking about a new , and better , Gotham .
When it comes to who has the most willpower in the DC Universe , Batman is near the top . Yet here , his torment at Scarecrow ’s hand has nearly broken him , giving lector an estimate of how intenseFear Statewill be — if the Scarecrow can almost destroy the Dark Knight ’s creative thinker , what chance does the repose of Gotham digest ? The distortion Scarecrow subjectedBatman to is aboveand beyond anything the Dark Knight has encountered before , and it was only a glance at what Scarecrow has planned for Gotham .
TheScarecrowis usingBatmanas a Guinea pig for his Fear State , and in a preview forBatman # 112 , the villain has nearly succeeded in discover him .
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Source : DC Comics
