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Warning : contain major spoilers forRobin 2021 Annual # 1 !
Damian Wayne ’s current passion pursuit , Flatline , is a new character , but she already has a mysterious connexion toBatman . Robin 2021 Annual # 1reveals her line of descent story and it is n’t what fans may have look . She ’s a sidekick to Lord Death Man , but his reasoning for take her on is quite peculiar .
Flatline debut this twelvemonth inDetective Comics # 1034 . She has been participating in the League of Lazarus tourney , where she met Robin . The two have had a rather interesting dynamic since their first fight when she literally tore his nitty-gritty out . Flatline may be Lord Death Man ’s sidekick , but she has forged her own route from the beginning . Her initiative and personal drive are some of her practiced qualities . Without them , she would n’t even be in the tourney in the first place .
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Robin 2021 Annual # 1has the creative team of Joshua Williamson , Roger Cruz , Victor Olazaba , Luis Guerrero , and Troy Peteri . Within this progeny , DC Comics divulge how Flatline became Death Man ’s sidekick . Her grandpa was experimented on , make the ability to learn from the beat . His index passed on to her and she was be sick away by her kinfolk when they reveal her secret . As a result , Flatline sought out Death Manto read from someone more familiar with last .
ab initio , Death Man was n’t eager to take on a sidekick , up until Flatline allow for the one result that would push him to want one : Batman has one . Death Man ’s Modern life history follow the gaining of immortality has revolved predominantly around the Dark Knight . He wants to fight Batman and has model his life in a way of life standardized to his foe . Therefore , what the caped meliorist has , Death Man need . And , Flatline was more than willing to overwork this strange desire . She is Death Man ’s own Robin — even though Batman himself was never really imply in her life .
Batman ’s Rogue Galleryhas frequently proven to be rather obsessed with his aliveness , fighting way , and habit . They either aim to hurt him , vote down him , or be unspoilt than him — often resulting in just have eccentric obsessions with Gotham ’s vigilante . There is no question that the hero has a big impact on the people around him , including his villain . Most frequently , the Joker is shown to have obsessions with the Dark Knight . However , this egress score it clear that even less popular villains like Death Man have the same fascinations and desire . Even without ever meeting Flatline , it is thanks to Batman that she was able to ally herself with the villain that would be of most benefit to her development .
Flatline ’s power have marked her in a conference of her own , worthy of Robin ’s special observance . Whether anything will occur between the two remains to be ensure , but the tension is obvious . However , her ability have been honed through her time beside Death Man and her stead with him was only made possible by the existence ofBatman . Robinmay never know what tug his new foe into Death Man ’s fold , but Damian could definitely owe his father a thank you if things go well between them at any gunpoint — although they rarely ever do .
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