Warning! Spoilers for Batman: The Brave and the Bold #19!One A-tier Gotham villain just proved thatBatmanabsolutely can lose, as Batman admits thatScarecrowfinally beat him. One of the greatest Batmanspeeches was about how, no matter what death trap or insidious villain he goes up against, he’s still there and willing to fight for Gotham City. It was a fantastic speech about how Batman never loses, but Scarecrow completely proves him wrong.
Gotham is plunged into madness and terror as a persistent hum has driven the majority of Gotham’s citizens insane in “The Hum” by Zac Thompson, Stefano Raffaele, Lee Loughridge, and Troy Peteri fromBatman: The Brave and the Bold#19.Even the Bat-Familyhas fallen to madness and joined the hordes of raving maniacs. Seeing the city tearing itself apart due to fear,Batman decides that he has to team up with Scarecrowto save his city.
As the master of fear, Scarecrow would surely know how to save the city. Batman and Scarecrow track the hum to a giant Tin-Man machine on top of a Gotham skyscraper, and the two work together to dismantle the device. However, Batman has a shocking revelation aboutwho put all of this into motion from the very beginning: Jonathan Crane himself.
Scarecrow’s Villainous Plan Defeats Batman and Destroys Gotham City
Even the Bat-Family Was Defeated with Ease
Oftentimes, fans underestimate just what a genius Scarecrow actually is. His fighting capability is practically non-existent, butScarecrow is the master of fear for a reason. He’s more than capable of inducing fear in a variety of ways. While his fear toxin is his favored method, it’s far from the only one. Batman realizes this too late, asScarecrow reveals that the one behind the Tin-Man construct is none other than himself. Scarecrow constructed it to go off if he was ever held in Arkham too long, and when it finally did activate, it was catastrophic.
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Batman admits that, unequivocally, Scarecrow won. Using his own invention, he drove the majority of Gotham City insane, including the Bat-Family. Gotham lies in ruins, burning in the background, as Batman admits that Scarecrow got everything he wanted. Scarecrow stops the Tin-Man only becausehe wants to be recognized as its creator.If Scarecrow didn’t care about taking credit, it’s hard to imagine that Batman ever would have found the source of the hum. Several villains have beaten Batman in the past, but few did so as completely as Scarecrow.
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Batman is an incredibly intelligent man, but he simply can’t deal with everything forever. The villains that Batman faces are often geniuses in their own right. Scarecrow’s construction of the Tin-Man shows that he could destroy Gotham anytime he wanted, and Batman would be helpless to stop him. Villains often get the advantage over Batman, but it’s extremely rare forBatmanto admit that someone outright beat him, as theScarecrowproved he’s easily capable of doing.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold#19is available now from DC Comics!
Batman
One of DC’s most iconic heroes, Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Forged by tragedy with the death of his parents, Bruce dedicated his life to becoming the world’s leading martial artist, detective, and tactician. Recruiting an entire family of allies and sidekicks, Bruce wages war on evil as the dark knight of his hometown, Gotham City.
