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Damian Wayne (né al Ghul) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman. He was created by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert. Damian Wayne is the biological son of Bruce Wayne/Batman.Morrison, Grant. Batman #656 DC Comics, Inc., 2006.J. Tomasi, Peter. Batman and Robin 2011 #2. DC Comics, Inc., 2011J. Tomasi, Peter. Batman and Robin 2011 #0. DC Comics, Inc., 2012J. Tomasi, Peter. Robin Rises: Omega. Marvel Comics, Inc., 2014 His mother is Batman's love interest Talia, daughter of Batman's adversary Ra's al Ghul,Morrison, Grant. Batman (1940) #666. DC Comics, Inc., 2007 who wants Bruce Wayne to sire his future lineage."Your admirable mind has reasoned all save the obvious that my darling Talia loves you! My organization is vast... I had to satisfy myself that you are a worthy successor to me!" —Ra's to Batman. End of the comic. O'Neil, Dennis. Batman (1940) #232. DC Comics, Inc., 1971."I need a man to assume my position when I'm gone... Because you are most worthy. That is now proven beyond any doubt. And because my precious daughter loves you." —Ra's to Batman. Near the end of the episode. Altieri, Kevin, director. Batman: The Animated Series, "The Demon's Quest: Part 1" Warner Bros. Animation, 1993."You fell in love with the Detective that day, of course. How could you not? He was the optimum man... You and your detective will yield the ultimate child. A dark king for a new age." —Ra's to Talia. Near the end of the comic. Morrison, Grant. Batman, Incorporated Vol.2 #2. DC Comics, Inc., 2012"Assassins plan to take over Ra's' organization... led by a man who Father believes could be his successor, until my father became aware of you." —Talia al Ghul to Batman. Around fifteen minutes into the film. Spaulding, Ethan, director. Son of Batman Warner Bros. Animation, 2014. Bruce and Talia were engaged, but she calls off their marriage once she falls pregnant and tells Bruce she miscarried, keeping Damian's existence hidden until Batman #656 (2006). Damian was intended to kill and replace Batman"Genetically perfected, and grown in an artificial womb, Damian was engineered to kill and replace his famous father," —Narrator. Beginning of comic. Morrison, Grant. Batman (1940) #666. DC Comics, Inc., 2007 and serve as a host body for Ra's al Ghul,"It's true that I was gestated in a laboratory. That I was groomed to be a new body for my grandfather so that he may sidestep death and continue his mission to reduce the swollen population of the Earth." —Narration by Damian Wayne via introductory pages of the comic book. Seeley, Tim. Batman: Prelude to the Wedding - Robin VS. Ra's al Ghul #1. DC Comics, Inc., 2018"You fell in love with the Detective that day, of course. How could you not? He was the optimum man... You and your detective will yield the ultimate child. A dark king for a new age." —Ra's to Talia. "You have no intention of giving up your power to another, Father. But it seems there are rites, whereby consciousness can survive death by migrating to more vigorous flesh? I know you've been searching for ways to survive when the Lazarus Pits run dry." —Talia al Ghul Near the end of the comic. Morrison, Grant. Batman, Incorporated Vol. 2 #2. DC Comics, Inc., 2012 which would unify the Wayne and al Ghul factions."Who else in this world is like us, Bruce Wayne? The century's greatest crimefighter, the daughter of its greatest crimelord. And their genetically perfect child... We'll found a dynasty that will rule the planet for a thousand years. Ours is a love story remember? -Talia al Ghul to Batman. Near the end of the comic book. Morrison, Grant. Batman (1940) #658. DC Comics, Inc., 2006"Your brain waves will be purged as mine are implanted in their place. I shall return to Gotham in your stead, bringing with me proof, both written and genetic, that I am the long-forgotten son of Bruce and Talia. How ironic that your company and holdings will fund my new empire." —Ra's al Ghul, while in Talia's body, to Bruce Wayne. Elaborating his plan in transferring his consciousness into Bruce's. Near the end of the episode. Tucker, James, director. Batman Beyond "Out of the Past" Warner Bros. Animation, 2000. Damian is Bruce's youngest child and only biological one, with Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Cassandra Cain as his adopted siblings.
A prototype of the character originally appeared as an unnamed infant in the 1987 story ', (2026). 9780756667429, Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9780756667429 which at the time was not considered canon. Following this, various alternate universe stories dealt with the character's life, giving him various names. In 2006, the character was reinterpreted as Damian Wayne by Grant Morrison, and introduced into the main continuity in Batman #655, the first issue of the "Batman and Son" story arc. Damian Wayne is the fifth character to assume the role of Robin''', Batman's vigilante partner.
Damian, as a preadolescent, was left by his mother in the care of his father, who had been unaware of his existence. He is violent, self-important, and was trained by the League of Assassins, learning to kill at a young age which troubles his relationship with his father who refuses to kill. However, the Dark Knight does care for his lost progeny. Batman #658 After the events of Batman R.I.P. and , he takes the role of Robin at ten years of age, Batman and Robin #2 becoming the fifth person to use the Robin persona. He first works with Dick Grayson before going to work alongside his father, upon his father's return to the role of Batman.
Damian appears in the 2023 Christmas-themed animated film, Merry Little Batman, voiced by Yonas Kibreab; and returned in the TV series, Bat-Fam, with Kibreab reprising his role. He is also slated to make his live-action debut in the film The Brave and the Bold, produced by DC Studios.
In the Elseworlds story, The Brotherhood of the Bat (1995), a version named Tallant Wayne appears, who crusades against his grandfather Ra's al Ghul. Brotherhood of the Bat features a future in which Ra's al Ghul discovers the Batcave following Bruce Wayne's death, and outfits the League of Assassins in variant Batman costumes based on . Talia and Bruce's son joins the Brotherhood in his father's costume, to destroy it from within. Batman: Brotherhood of the Bat
In another Elseworlds story, Kingdom Come (1996) by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, which functioned as a possible future to the canon of the time, this child of Batman and Talia is named Ibn al Xu'ffasch (Arabic: ابن الخفّاش), literally "Son of the Bat", and is a member of Lex Luthor's inner circle. He works as a double agent for Batman in Luthor's organization, and thus aligned with his father instead of his maternal grandfather. In the Elliot S! Maggin novelization of Kingdom Come, al Xu'ffasch tells Bruce that his mother Talia is still alive and working as a Mother Superior in Cairo, one of Mother Teresa's successors. al Xu'ffasch reappears in Waid's 1999 sequel The Kingdom.
The Kingdom: Son of the Bat shows flashbacks that shed new insights into Ibn al Xu'ffasch's history: that he was reared by Ra's al Ghul to be the heir to his empire, that he eventually murdered his grandfather (cutting off his head to prevent yet another regeneration), and that he sought therapy from psychiatrist Dr. Gibson. He was eventually recruited by Rip Hunter to try to stop a madman named Gog from altering his history. He works with several other heroes of his generation – Kid Flash, the daughter of the Flash (Wally West); Nightstar; and Offspring, the son of Plastic Man.
In League of Batmen (2001), the sequel to Brotherhood of the Bat, Tallant leads his own team of variant Batmen to combat the plague that was al Ghul's legacy. During the battle, Tallant discovers that his grandfather is the one who murdered his father and then cloned him. Ra's even sent the clone to murder his own daughter. Because of the deaths of his parents at Ra's's hands, Tallant has completed following his father's tragic path as Batman. The new Dark Knight desires justice for his parents along with trying to stop his grandfather while having to battle his father's murderous double.
Grant Morrison's story titled Batman and Son (2006) expands upon the Son of the Demon storyline as part of a remodeling of Batman's personality after the events of Infinite Crisis. In Morrison's version, the child Damian Wayne is the result of a tryst between Batman and Talia, during which the Dark Knight claims he was drugged when they were at the Tropic of Cancer, though Morrison later admitted the claim of drugging was a canonical error on their part. Since then however in issues of the Morrison penned Batman Incorporated, the drugging is reaffirmed and is once again part of Damian's origin. Batman Incorporated Vol. 2 #2 (June 2012) However, Batman and Talia's tryst was later shown as consensual in Peter J. Tomasi's Batman and Robin, thus the circumstances of Damian's conception can vary depending on the writers. Batman and Robin #2 (October 2012) Robin Rises: Omega #1 (July 2014)
The final issue of 52 (2008) designates the Kingdom Come alternate universe as Earth-22, thus making the Ibn al Xu'ffasch version of Bruce and Talia's son part of the DC Multiverse. Justice Society of America vol. 3 #22 (2009) reveals that he would eventually marry Nightstar with whom he would have a daughter and son, and his family has inherited the Wayne Estates after Batman's death.
Precocious, spoiled, and violent, Damian battles Tim Drake, whom he wants to replace as Robin, and sucker punches Tim off the stuffed Tyrannosaurus in the Batcave when Tim stops fighting to help him. Damian then escapes, dons a variant Robin costume made of Jason Todd's old tunic and mask and assorted League of Assassin gear, and fights and kills the villainous Spook. Although misguided, Damian seems to genuinely want to aid Bruce's war on crime as he is Bruce's son and wants his approval. Unfortunately, because of how he was raised, Damian lacks any sort of common sense with regard to social behavior and believes that to be accepted by his father, he must kill any rivals, which included Tim Drake. This troubles his relationship with Batman, who vows never to kill. However, because of his possible paternity to Damian, Batman, on some levels, is optimistic about the chance of fatherhood.
Eventually, Batman confronts Talia to confirm Damian's true identity, but both Talia and Damian are soon caught in an explosion which they survive. However, Damian's badly injured body requires transplants of harvested organs, which his mother orders her physicians to carry out. Damian makes a full recovery. Batman #665
Ra's is still able to return, but as a rotting, undead corpse, still needing Damian to stabilize his form. Damian flees to alert Batman but is pursued by his evil grandfather. Upon entering Wayne Manor, Damian attempts to relay to Tim Drake the fact that Ra's has returned. Tim, suspicious of Damian's intentions, does not believe his story and begins a fistfight. Damian flees and encounters Alfred Pennyworth. Before he can effectively relay his news, he is attacked by Tim, who perceives Damian's attempt to help a tripping Alfred as an attack, and renews their battle. As they fight, members of the League of Assassins approach the manor with the intention of killing everyone within and bringing Damian back to Ra's alive. Damian and Tim fight side by side against Ra's and his minions. Their collaboration is hindered by their very different philosophies of battle. Damian is willing to betray Tim at any moment for his own safety. Ra's captures the two and tells Batman that he will use one of them for his own body. Batman offers his own body instead.
Ra's refuses the offer, feeling that he needs someone of a younger age. The choices are Tim or Damian. Batman offers a third alternative: the "Fountain of Essence" which contains the qualities of a Lazarus Pit. Batman and Ra's go in search of the fountain, leaving Tim, Damian, Nightwing, Alfred, and Talia to battle the Sensei. Damian leaves his mother and Tim to an unknown fate, while he goes off to be with his father. He ends up captured by Ra's and is nearly killed. Batman and the others manage to save him, and Talia takes her son and escapes.
A subsequent conversation between Tim and Alfred implies that Batman has carried out a DNA test on Damian. Alfred says Bruce intended to tell him the results when the time was right. At this, Tim realizes that Damian is indeed Bruce's son, and exclaims "The son of Satan is my brother?""Did he do a paternity test on Damian? You know, like a DNA test... He had to, right? Alfred?"—Tim Drake.
"He insisted he would tell you the results himself when the time was right." —Alfred
"So you know. You both know and nobody is going to tell me?" —Tim Drake
"It's not my place to say, young sir. Forgive me." —Alfred "The son of Satan is my brother?" —Tim Drake. Dialogue post-midway through a comic book ("son of Satan" likely in reference to The Omen franchise). Morrison, Grant. Batman #676. DC Comics, Inc., 2008
Damian and Alfred race to aid Batman against the Black Glove in a commandeered Batmobile. Damian, who is driving, knocks an ambulance off a bridge without any sign of remorse or even concern. When Alfred reprimands him, Damian retorts with a backhanded threat. The only occupant of the ambulance was the Joker.
Upon the start of Batman: Battle for the Cowl, it appears that Damian is now residing in Gotham, and living under the command of Nightwing (to an extent). Where before Damian portrayed an arrogant and vicious personality, it appears the "death" of his father has regressed him to a more childlike mindset, as demonstrated when he takes the Batmobile joy-riding with an older girl. This is discovered by Barbara Gordon, who ejects the girl and takes control of the Batmobile, intent on taking Damian home. The car is blindsided by Killer Croc and Poison Ivy, who prepares to kill Damian. The older girl (Damian's companion) is later eaten by Killer Croc. Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1 (2009) Damian is saved by Nightwing who ends up being cornered by Black Mask's men until a murderous figure appears stating that he is Batman (later revealed to be Jason Todd). Although shot by Todd, Damian recovers and saves Tim Drake from falling to death inside Jason's Batcave. Batman: Battle for the Cowl #2 (2009) When Grayson hangs up his Nightwing mantle to become the newest Batman, he chooses Damian to assume the mantle of Robin by his side. Batman: Battle for the Cowl #3 (2009)
Dick and Damian soon encounter a villain called Professor Pyg, who has created an army called Dollotrons. Dick and Damian take the entire army down and begin to form a brotherly relationship. Batman and Robin vol. 1 #3 (2009) Damian blames himself for being unable to save a single Dollotron, a girl named Sasha, but unbeknownst to him, the girl is taken in by Jason Todd, who had shot Damian. She therefore becomes the new Robin's opposite in Red Hood's no-holds-barred war against crime (Red Hood's maxim is "let the punishment fit the crime"). Batman and Robin vol. 1 #4 (2009)
Damian and Dick then attack Firefly, who is attempting to kill Black Mask. Victor Zsasz defeats Robin and rescues Black Mask while Dick takes down Firefly. These events cause Hush to escape, causing Damian to grow a further hatred for the criminal. Damian is present when Dick is inducted into the JLA; upon hearing this, Damian demands to be inducted along with Dick but his demands are promptly ignored. Damian is once again saved by Dick, with the assistance of Azrael, after a man named Amon tries to sacrifice him. Sasha, now dubbed Scarlet by Todd, returns and attacks Robin, as Jason attacks Dick. Batman and Robin vol. 1 #5 (2009) The two duos battle it out until the arrival of the Flamingo, who temporarily paralyzes Damian by shooting his back. Batman and Robin vol. 1 #6 (2009) Talia replaces Damian's spine, Batman and Robin vol. 1 #7 (2010) but puts in a monitor connected to his brain allowing her to control his every movement. Batman and Robin vol. 1 #10-11 (2010)
As Dick and Damian go through various events together, such as against the Black Mask, the Blackest Night, and a rogue Batman clone-corpse, the two bond even more, prompting Talia to give over control of the monitor to Deathstroke, who tries to use it to kill Dick. Working together, Dick and Damian manage to stop Deathstroke. As Dick cares little for the financial problems of Wayne Enterprises despite inheriting it from Bruce along with Tim, Damian decides to involve himself and manages to impress the board of directors. Batman and Robin vol. 1 #10 (2010) While he does not file a lawsuit against Dick, due to Grayson not being named the heir of Wayne Enterprises but rather a high-ranking member, he does against Tim, who was named the heir to Wayne Enterprises.
Later, Tim—who has been keeping a hit list of criminals and tasks—attracts Damian's fury when the latter hacks the hit list and discovers a hidden layer of allies to the Bat-family considered potential threats by Tim, including Damian. During a stakeout mission, Damian severs Tim's line, causing him to fall from a great height. He survives, and Tim pulls Damian into an all-out brawl that begins with their quarry escaping and ends in front of the theater where Bruce Wayne's parents were killed. The two are stopped by Dick Grayson as Batman, who chastises them both for fighting in front of the theater where Batman was born. The two then enter into a grudging truce for the remainder of Damian's appearances in the series. Dick suggests changing the hit list password to Cousin Oliver, as Damian has little to no interest in pop culture references and would never guess it. Dick notes that his name is not on the list and Tim asserts it is because Dick is the only one who Tim trusts implicitly.
During a confrontation with a returned minor villain, the Getaway Genius, Damian is initially angry that Grayson failed to capture the foe – as well as the implication that his father failed as well during the Genius' original run back when Grayson was Robin – but when Dick explains to him that Bruce let the Genius go because he discovered that the Genius' robberies were only him stealing medicines that he needed so that he could live long enough to see his daughter grow up, Damian realizes that he never really knew his father as a person, and admits that there was more to him than Batman. Batman #703
After Grayson's confidant, Oberon Sexton, is revealed to be the Joker in disguise, Damian tortures the villain by savagely beating him with a crowbar to get information, considering it to be self-defense since the Joker planned to attack him. Batman & Robin vol. 3 #13 (2010) However, the Clown Prince of Crime's apparent helplessness is revealed to be another ruse and he incapacitates Damian with his hidden Joker venom. The villain intends to use Damian and Dick in his fight against their common enemies: the Black Glove. Help arrives in the form of the original Batman. After Bruce Wayne helps Dick and Damian defeat the Black Glove and the Joker, Wayne accepts his son in addition to his role as Robin. Batman & Robin vol. 3 #16 (November 2010) Despite Bruce's parental responsibilities to Damian, he decides that he prefers Damian to continue working with Dick (who maintains the Batman mantle and whom Bruce sees as a positive role model for his son) rather than being with himself primarily, due to his plans with Batman Inc. Batman: The Return one-shot (Jan. 2011)
When Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown's predecessor, returns to Gotham, she and Damian are partnered together during a stake-out to catch the Architect, a new villain obsessed with destroying Gotham landmarks. Damian berates Black Bat and mocks her for being sent to Hong Kong by his father, but she ultimately saves his life by rescuing him from the exploding Iceberg Lounge. Batman: Gates of Gotham Afterward, the two work together to stop the bomber from destroying a massive bridge, saving dozens of lives in the process. Batman: Gates of Gotham #2
Robin and a group of other ex-Titans later head to Titans Tower to help the team during a battle against Superboy-Prime and the Legion of Doom. Teen Titans vol. 3 #99 During the battle, Robin destroys one of Prime's evil Superboy doppelgängers by using a Kryptonite blade. Teen Titans vol. 3 #100
In Batman-related issues of the New 52 taking place after Batman issue #14 (the Joker's return to comics), Damian was portrayed as being very interested in fighting his father's arch-foe. He seemed to always be eager to take on the Joker and repeatedly assumes that bad things happening in Gotham are related to the Joker in some way, in hopeful anticipation of an encounter with him. In Batman and Robin vol. 2, #15, Damian defies his father's orders to remain in the Batcave and investigates Alfred's kidnapping. The investigation leads to Gotham Zoo where Damian is captured by Joker. Joker accuses Damian and the other members of Batman's family of being a burden that prevents Batman from being the best foe for Joker. Joker tells Damian that his and Batman's greatest fear is being responsible for the other's death. Joker then presents Damian with Batman in Joker makeup, and states that Damian must kill Batman before Batman kills him. Unwilling to kill his father, Damian chooses death, but the Joker kills Batman before he can deal a fatal blow. Damian passes out from Joker venom and Batman is revealed to be a fake; as Damian recovers from the toxin, the Joker presents him with a cloche. The Joker is eventually defeated by Batman, but the trust between Batman and the Batman Family is shattered.
During the "Leviathan" story arc, when his mother Talia puts a price on his head and is targeted by the most dangerous and skilled assassins, Bruce fakes Damian's death and secluded him in the Batcave to protect him while he goes undercover to confront Talia and her minions. But against his father's wishes, Damian escapes, donning a new costume under the name of Redbird. Batman: Incorporated #3 (September 2012)
Along with the mysterious Wingman and most of the Bat-family, Damian manages to rescue his father and defeat most of the League of Shadows. However, Batman explains that the temporary defeat of the League will not stop a larger force to attack later and destroy the city, so he comes to the extreme decision that the only solution possible is for Damian to return to his mother, a decision that causes an emotional reaction from Damian like never before.
In the comic, Damian is fighting hordes of Leviathan henchmen in the lobby of Wayne Tower when Nightwing comes to rescue him. Behind cover, the two briefly reminisce about their time together as Batman and Robin before resuming the defense. When Heretic arrives and knocks Nightwing out, Damian bravely fights him. However, Heretic eventually gains the upper hand and impales Damian through the chest, the sword piercing Damian's heart and resulting in Damian dying almost instantly. Minutes after Damian's death, Batman arrives and sees Damian's dead body. Angered, he and a revived Nightwing battle Heretic, but are eventually forced to retreat with Red Robin and Damian's body. After holding a private funeral for the fallen Boy Wonder, Bruce vows to avenge his son's death.
The later storyline, Requiem, deals with the aftermath of Damian's death and Batman's thirst for revenge against Talia as well as his own increasingly unbalanced mental state resulting from this loss. He is buried next to Bruce Wayne's parents, Damian's paternal grandparents. Batman is also unwilling to accept his son's death, and begins seeking the means to resurrect Damian at the cost of his relationships with his friends and allies, and keeps his death a secret from the public in anticipation that his resurrection would succeed. Batman and Robin vol. 4 #19 (April 2013) Batman and Robin vol. 4 #20 (May 2013) Damian's absence has also been causing a conflict between his father and his acting instructor, Carrie Kelley, who is determined to find out what has happened to him, leading her to realize that the Waynes are harboring a secret. Batman and Robin vol. 2 #19 (April 2013)
When Batman and Nightwing finally re-confront Heretic, they overpower him, and the clone suffers a brutal beating from both in retaliation for Damian's death. Batman, despite desiring to kill his son's murderer more than anything and Nightwing making no attempts of stopping his mentor, spares the villain's life after seeing his resemblance to Damian, realizing the clone is what is left of his son. However, Talia later kills Heretic for his failure to kill Batman and challenges Batman to a duel to the death in the Batcave. Batman, Incorporated vol. 2 #12 (July 2013) But Talia is killed following the duel by Kathy Webb, and it is later revealed that Damian's body was stolen from the Manor cemetery by the League of Assassins along with Talia's for plans against Batman in addition to making their resurrections. It has also been shown that Ra's al Ghul has begun to engineer more clones of Damian. Batman, Incorporated vol. 2 #13 (August 2013)
After Batman and Frankenstein locate Ra's and the bodies, they are too late as Ra's has successfully had them placed in a Lazarus Pit, leaving Batman in dread of Damian's fate. Batman and Frankenstein vol. 2 #31 (May 2014) The resurrections fail, leaving Ra's to realize his arrogance for allowing the Heretic to kill his grandson and regret allowing Talia to clone Damian. After defeating Ra's in combat, Batman reclaims Damian's body and threatens his son's maternal grandfather that if he steals his son's body again, he will kill him in retaliation. They later encounter Darkseid's elite member Glorious Godfrey, setting in motion the Robin Rises story arc. Batman and Ra's al Ghul vol. 2 #32 (June 2014)
Batman enters and accesses the Justice League Watchtower to use his unstable exosuit known as the Hellbat armor designed by Batman himself and the Justice League members to engage large-scale threats. Batman and Robin vol. 2 #33 (July 2014) He then activates the Boom Tube to Apokolips to retrieve Damian's corpse. Batman and Robin vol. 2 #34 (August 2014) Batman successfully retrieve his son's corpse as he and his team return to Earth via the Boom Tube directly to the Batcave after escaping from Darkseid and his . After this, Batman uses the Chaos Shard on his son's corpse, which has been infused with Darkseid's Omega Sanction. With Batman facing two choices of whether to resurrect Damian or his parents, he chooses his son, granting Damian's true resurrection. As Damian and Batman embrace, Batman collapses from exhaustion. Batman and Robin vol. 2 #37 (December 2014)
However, before the team can celebrate, the Boom Tube used to return to Earth was not closed and Darkseid's son Kalibak arrives and attacks the team. During the fight, Kalibak beats the team nearly to death, when suddenly Damian knocks out Kalibak with a powerful uppercut, discovering that due to the Chaos Shard he has gained superhuman abilities. While Damian fights Kalibak, Batman remotely controls the Batwing and sends it crashing into Kalibak, sending him back through the Boom Tube and then closes the portal. Damian then reunites with his father and his family team. In the aftermath, Damian is tested by Batman on how to control his new power abilities before Damian returns to the role as Robin. Robin Rises: Alpha one-shot (December 2014) With help from the Justice League, Batman discovers that Damian's new powers do not last, and he eventually relies on his natural abilities once more. Batman and Robin vol. 2 #40 (March 2015)
Damian is also a major player in the Robin War event, where he, Agent 37 (Dick Grayson), Red Hood, and Red Robin organize a street gang called "Robins" to defeat the Court of Owls with reluctant aid from Jim Gordon, who is now Batman. In the climax, the Court manipulates Damian into joining them so they can use him to recruit Agent 37. Dick does join them to save Damian and end the war. In the aftermath, Robin forms an unlikely partnership with his mother Talia.
After the events of Justice League: No Justice, the Titans disband. In his subsequent struggle with organized crime in Gotham and a mysterious crime lord known as The Other, Damian assembles a new team of Titans, consisting of Kid Flash (the only old team member to join), Kid Flash's friend and kid genius Roundhouse, Emiko Queen, Lobo's daughter Crush, and the immortal Jinn Djinn. Teen Titans Special #1 (2018), Teen Titans #20 (July 2018) This new team faces initial difficulties because of Red Arrow's criticism and the individualistic tendencies of several members. During a case in which Gizmo nearly detonates a nuclear device, Robin uses the ring to which Djinn is bound to grant her the use of her full powers to avert the crisis, and returns it afterwards, refusing to assume mastery over her. This earns him Djinn's trust, which gradually begins to turn into a mutual romantic attraction. Teen Titans #21 (August 2018) However, what Damian does not tell his teammates is that a deep cellar of the Titans' headquarters, a former juvenile detention facility, serves him as a secret dungeon to lock away the most dangerous criminals he captures for good, including Deathstroke, Gizmo, Brother Blood, Black Mask, and Atomic Skull. Teen Titans #20 (July 2018)
His teammates are also unaware that he is working with Jason Todd, who goes by the alias Outlaw.Lobdell, Scott (w), Woods, Pete (a), Peteri, Troy (let), Marie Javins, Rob Levin (ed). "Outlaw, Part One" Red Hood and the Outlaws 26 (November, 2018), New York: DC Comics Later, due to a misjudgment, Damian no longer trusts him, which ultimately leads to them cutting ties.
Eventually, Kid Flash discovers the secret prison, Teen Titans #28 (March 2019) and Crush, who has fallen for Djinn, kisses her, showing her the kind of genuine affection which Damian in his grimness never really did. Teen Titans #29 (April 2019) When the other Titans find out, and when Red Arrow kills Deathstroke, Deathstroke #43 conflict erupts within the team until Lobo, looking for Crush, crashes in. Teen Titans #30-32 (May–July 2019) Djinn defeats him by altering his memory, and proceeds to do so with the other criminals Damian captures, giving them new, harmless identities. Teen Titans #33 (August 2019)
After having his own dedicated story arc in 2021, entitled "Demon or Detective", Damian starred in the ongoing "Robin" series written by Joshua Williamson which centered around Damian going on a solo journey to discover the mysterious League of Lazarus through competing in the Lazarus tournament with Rose Wilson, Connor Hawke, and Flatline, an apprentice of one of his father's enemies with whom he develops a romantic relationship. During the tournament, he discovers that the host of the tournament is his maternal great-grandmother, Ruh al Ghul, who was imprisoned on this island by her son, Ra's al Ghul. At the conclusion of the first arc, both Damian's mother and grandfather arrive to aid him in defeating Ruh and, in the aftermath of this arc, he returns to live with them in their palace up until the events of "Shadow War."
This incident deeply hurts both Damian and his mother, Talia, who had to watch her father get murdered even though he finally made the right choice for the first time in his life and was willing to turn a new leaf for his family's sake. In her grief, she gathers all the members of the League of Assassins and puts a hit on Deathstroke, as well as all of his associates, in retaliation for killing her father. On the other hand, Damian has teamed-up with his father, who isn't fully convinced that it was the real Deathstroke who killed Ra's al Ghul, to investigate the murder and find out who is really behind it.
This event concludes with "Shadow War" between the League of Assassins and Deathstroke Inc, which ends with Talia killing Slade in a one-on-one battle, But shortly afterward the Deathstroke imposter reveals himself to be Geo-Force, who plotted the whole war in the hope of having both Slade and Talia kill each other. Damian and Bruce arrive shortly and help Talia defeat Geo-Force, with Damian managing to convince his mother to not kill Geo-Force afterward because his grandfather believed that their family could be better than this.
Concerning the character's artificial gestation in respect to the al Ghuls' notable idealization of Bruce Wayne as the optimal specimen in leading the League of Assassins, Damian Wayne is warranted to be notably depicted in bearing a stark resemblance to his father.
After stealing Jason Todd's Robin tunic and mask from his memorial case, Damian's unofficial appearance as Robin was wearing them over his black and white League of Assassins bodysuit with a grayish hood and cape. He carried a pair of brass knuckles, which he incorporated as part of this costume, and would also carry a sword.
After Dick Grayson officially sanctioned Damian's role as Robin, while a standard Robin tunic was retained, the bodysuit was replaced with a black survival suit, the grayish cape with a yellow "para-cape" which grants him a gliding capability, the black mask with a green one, a bulkier utility belt to carry more weapons and gadgetry, a black hood, and green gloves and flexible boots.
In DC Rebirth, Damian's suit is modified. The gauntlets and boots are more armored and he has knee pads now. His cape is now black on the outside with the cape and hood having a yellow trim. His tunic is longer and has a yellow trim as well.
After running away from Batman, Damian gets a brand-new Robin suit in his solo series. It differs greatly from most Robin suits. It’s entirely black and gray with a red trim around the knees, chest, and collar. The Robin logo is red with a black “R”. He retains his old black and yellow cape and green domino mask.
As of age 13, Damian was short for his age and had few other markers of impending puberty. In Super Sons, it was a running joke that he was frequently mistaken as younger than 10-year-old Jon Kent.
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