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.
The Batman Who Laughs is Bruce Wayne from a world in the Dark Multiverse where he has been infected with The Joker's nanotoxin. Possessing a mind capable of thinking like both Batman and his greatest nemesis, the Batman Who Laughs has risen to a higher power than any mortal before him.
After absorbing the powers of an alternate reality Doctor Manhattan and being reborn as the Darkest Knight, the Batman Who Laughs now has nigh-omnipotent powers at least on par with Manhattan - which easily ranks him one of DC's most powerful antagonists (since Manhattan was never truly defeated, simply convinced to ...
The fact that he gained Doctor Manhattan's godlike powers to become the Darkest Knight defenitely played a part in his perception as "overpowered." Combine this with the above-mentioned smugness and it's easy to see why some people might find him annoying.
So, the Batman Who Laughs is a schemer who prides himself on his planning skills. It's quite feasible that given enough time and resources, he could come up with surefire methods to neutralize most of the Avengers. However, there are some members of the team that he would find very hard to deal with.
Batman's Planning Is Literally Godlike According To Flash
However, this comparison to the DCU's God does reinforce the idea that Batman's skills are on par with divine beings. Out of all the heroes on the Justice League, Bruce Wayne's skills probably defy logic the most.
As one of the strongest heroes in the Marvel Universe, the Hulk has taken many different forms in the vast multiverse, including one that featured him becoming a bigger threat than ever before.
| Nigh-Omniscient. The Batman Who Laughs perceives time in a non-linear fashion. This means that he sees the past, present, and the future simultaneously. His powers allow him to view everything throughout time as well as the workings of the multiverse.
The Batman who Laughs is an alternate Batman from the Dark Universe. He can just kill Zeno before the child can even erase him. Perpetua is essentially the "Zeno" of the DC multiverse.
Darkseid and the Batman Who Laughs never met in any story, but that doesn't mean the Batman Who Laughs couldn't or even didn't defeat him in some universes.
The Batman Who Laughs is defeated when the Prime Universe Batman is aided by the Joker, who notes the alternate Batman's failure to perceive this scenario due to still being a version of Batman.
After gathering up his forces to fight the Justice League, the Batman Who Laughs fought against the Justice League and was killed by Wonder Woman using a chainsaw built using parts of the Invisible Jet.
Renaming himself the Darkest Knight in Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Dark Nights: Death Metal #2, the Batman Who Laughs absorbed the energy produced by every Crisis event in DC history. At his strongest, the Batman Who Laughs could travel through time, space and the multiverse at will and possessed cosmic awareness.
While the Batman Who Laughs is strong and fast, something about the Joker toxin that transformed him also shrank his musculature. The Batman Who Laughs physically looks like the Joker—a slimmer specimen than he was while he was Batman.
One idea is that the creation of Professor Hulk let Bruce's intelligence inject more humanity into the Hulk. As a result, his rage was tempered enough to affect his strength. That being said, the traditional version of the Hulk wasn't without his humanity.
She was stated to have a "Universal" threat level by the Nova Corps, and potentially a multiversal one. However it is unlikely Death would purposely pose a threat as she is merely carrying out the functions of death as a universal concept.
Genius Level Intellect: Batman is noted as having an I.Q. of 1045. Investigation. Marksmanship. Martial Arts: Batman is a master of martial arts from across the universe, able to catch the original Batman off-guard and defeat him with a single blow; he is also known to incorporate psychic attacks into his fighting ...
Batman has contingency plans for just about every villain and hero in the DC Universe — including one that can completely and utterly depower Darkseid. As one of the most powerful villains DC has to offer, it's even more impressive that Batman managed to defeat Darkseid with only a pair of goggles.
It's nothing short of a miracle Batman is able to survive an entire encounter with Doomsday. He can't rely on his brains to get him out of a fight with an unstoppable war machine, but his reflexes are enough to keep him alive, although by the end he's barely able to stand.
The Batman Who Laughs is a grave threat, but Wolverine would be able to beat him. It's all about Wolverine's ability to take damage. Given enough time, the Batman Who Laughs would be able to figure out how to overcome those advantages but Wolverine wouldn't give him that chance.
Can the Batman Who Laughs beat the Justice League?
The Dark Multiverse is home to the evilest version of Batman as the Batman Who Laughs proved that The Dark Knight could kill the Justice League with enough prep time.
