Batman: The Drowned #1 [Jason Fabok Cover]

(December 2017)

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Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Abnett (credited)

Pencils

Philip Tan (credited); Tyler Kirkham (credited)

Inks

Philip Tan (credited); Tyler Kirkham (credited)

Colors

Dean White (credited); Arif Prianto (credited)

Letters

Tom Napolitano (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman The Drowned [Bryce Wayne] (of Earth -11); unnamed Amnesty Bay residents (deaths); Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Mera; Aquawoman (of Earth -11, flashback, death); unnamed Atlanteans (of Earth -11, flashback); Dead Waters (of Earth -11); The Batman Who Laughs; Batman the Devastator; Batman the Dawnbreaker; Batman the Merciless; Batman the Murder Machine; Batman the Red Death

Synopsis

Bryce Wayne, a female version of Batman (Batwoman?) from Earth -11, having murdered other meta-humans on that world that she held responsible for the death of her love Sylvester Kyle, faces a new threat from Aquawoman and the armies of Atlantis. Bryce surgically alters herself to become a water-breather with control over the seas, which she uses to defeat the Atlanteans and kill Aquawoman. Recruited by the Batman Who Laughs, she travels to Earth 0 and attacks Amnesty Bay, where she is confronted by Aquaman and Mera.

Reprints

• in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising (DC, 2018 series) ([August] 2018)
• in Noites de Trevas: Metal (Panini Brasil, 2018 series) #3 (Agosto de 2018)
• in Dark Nights: Metal: Dark Knights Rising (DC, 2019 series) ([May] 2019)

Keywords

Dark Multiverse; Earth -11; Earth 0

Indexer Notes

Credits include special thanks to Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, and James Tynion IV.

On Earth -11, genders are reversed from their Earth 0 counterparts. Bryce Wayne is female, she was in love with Sylvester Kyle, and there is an Aquawoman who appears to be a female version of Arthur Curry.

Mera is transformed into a Dark Multiverse version of Dead Water, under the control of Batman the Drowned. Aquaman is rescued at the last minute by Doctor Fate. In Dark Nights: Metal #3 (DC, 2017 series), we see that he has been transported to the Oblivion Bar with his fellow Justice League members.