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The Designer has eventually let on himself toBatmanafter a long physique - up to their first brush , and he ’s already displaying a huge vantage over him : knowledge of his secret identity operator . The hero come face - to - boldness with the criminal mastermind during the concluding moments ofBatman#92 , but first , he has to deal with yet another threat ship to him by the new baddie .
We ’ve gotten glimpses before of The Designer and his intentions during the course of writer James Tynion IV ’s “ Their Dark Designs ” plot line , but until now he ’s stayed mostly hide in the fantasm . In the meantime , Batman ’s has been busy with everything else that ’s been give his mode . A bunch of engage assassin lead by Deathstroke ( who has always been a fistful for Batman in the past ) have been wreaking mayhem , a render Joker looms on the horizon , and now the Riddler is playing his part in The Designer ’s confederacy .
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Driven harebrained by sleep want thanks to a late binge on military - grade mind - enhancement drugs , Edward Nigma has take command of Gotham . Using force-out - fields to turn the city into a elephantine crossword teaser , Batman must answer the villain ’s riddles correctly or section of the city will be blown to piece . While oftentimes a challenge for Batman , this outing does n’t appear to be one of Riddler ’s best , credibly because his brain is on the brink of prostration . Nigma ’s elaborate plan is well dismantled and he is tracked down by the investigator , who is then finally confront by the mysterious Designer . In the final page of the issue , he greet Bruce by name then invites him to have a chat before he kills him . thing sure look like they ’re about to get interesting .
Escalation has been a major theme for many superhero comics , and it ’s at the core group of theBatmanmythos . When Bruce Wayne decided to penetrate the mantle and cowl , Gotham ’s criminals and their tactics followed suit . With each thwarted attempt at the helping hand of the Dark Knight , the members of his Rogues Gallery had to mistreat up their antics , but the gradual style in which they did so is what allowed Batman to continue one footstep ahead . That ’s what makes The Designer so interesting : his strategy of going so big that your adversary has no hazard to estimate what your plan of attack will be is simple but genius . And with his noesis of Bruce ’s identityalready evident , it will be interesting to see what he bring to the mesa in the leger ’s next installing .
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