Global InformationThe Batman Who Laughs information
| The Batman Who Laughs | |
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 The Batman Who Laughs and his Robins as depicted in The Batman Who Laughs #1 (January 2018). | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Dark Days: The Casting #1 (September 2017) |
| Created by | Scott Snyder (writer) Greg Capullo (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Bruce Wayne |
| Species | Metahuman |
| Place of origin | Earth -22 (Dark Multiverse) |
| Team affiliations | Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse Legion of Doom Secret Six Justice League (Formerly) |
| Notable aliases | Batman, Darkest Knight |
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The Batman Who Laughs (Bruce Wayne) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, he is the evil counterpart and alternate version of Batman within the Dark Multiverse.
He is depicted as a hybrid of both Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Batman's arch enemy Joker, and is a member of the Dark Knights and the overarching antagonist of the Dark Multiverse Saga, alongside cosmic deities Perpetua and Barbatos, from 2017 to 2021, following DC Rebirth. His first appearance was in the crossover storyline Dark Nights: Metal, before receiving his own series and serving as the main antagonist in Batman/Superman in 2019 and DC Comics' Year of the Villain alongside Lex Luthor.
His name is an allusion both to the original Batman’s seriousness and to the 1928 film The Man Who Laughs featuring Conrad Veidt, by whose performance the Joker is inspired.