Dark Nights: Metal

In Scott Snyder's six-part Dark Nights: Metal!, we are introduced to a new villain for Batman and his allies to overcome. This villain is Barbatos, an entity that wishes to use Batman as a kind of gateway to enter his reality and conquer it. To accomplish this he pulls Batman into a different realm called the Dark Multiverse using different metals attached to his body at different times. 

The story has many twists and turns. At one point Batman travels through time. The heroes battle Barbatos' servants they had met earlier known as the Court of Owls. When Barbatos enters the DC Multiverse he brings seven twisted evil version of Batman with him. One of these is the Batman Who Laughs, a fusion of Batman and the Joker. Readers will enjoy Batman teaming up with the Joker himself to take down this mixed form of both. 

This miniseries features some of the most interesting mythology you will find in the entire DC Comics Universe. Barbatos is shown to have connections with different tribes and societies in different parts of history. 

In the end Batman faces off against The Batman Who Laughs, getting into a bloody fight and just when The Batman Who Laughs is about to get the upper hand he is shot in the back by The Joker, killing the Bruce gone Joker. And on the other hand Barbatos is also killed, releasing all kinds of beings and giving way to new storylines but thats a blog for another day. 
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