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Despite the destructive plot line circumvent an exotic invasion head by Brainiac inSuicide Squad : Kill the Justice League , there are still plenty of direction for Rocksteady to make a newBatman : Arkhamgame abide by the game ’s events . Rocksteady’sBatman : Arkhamtitles were extremely well - receive due to their modern Freeflow combat , and rich storytelling , and are often credit for reinvent the superhero enfranchisement in play , pave the elbow room for other successful titles such asMarvel ’s Spider - Man .
[ Warning : The following article control major despoiler for Suicide Squad : Kill the Justice League . ]
Although it eschews theBatman : Arkhamseries ' melee - focused armed combat for more shooter - threatening gameplay and feel tonally unlike at times with far more dark humour due to see the world through the perspective of villains and antiheroes rather than the Dark Knight , Suicide Squad : shoot down the Justice Leaguetakes place within the Arkhamverse . The title is mark five years after the events ofBatman : Arkham Knight , in which clip Batman has relocate to Metropolis and has do up the Justice League .
Despite its new place setting and protagonists , Suicide Squad : Kill the Justice League is full of references to Rocksteady ’s former Arkhamverse games .
Batman (And The Justice League) Dies In Suicide Squad: KTJL
The Arkhamverse’s Batman Is Killed By Harley Quinn
Suicide Squad : Kill the Justice Leaguedelivers on its titular promise and draw the Suicide Squad come through in killing some of DC ’s most darling heroes . Flash , Green Lantern , Batman , and Superman all fell under Brainiac ’s mind control and became some of A.R.G.U.S. and Task Force X ’s primary targets . While Wonder Woman was immune to Brainiac ’s corruption and attempted to find a more non - lethal way to save her allies , she ultimately die after a brutal conflict against Superman .
This leaves the Arkhamverse without some of its most powerful heroesafter most of their first appearances in - universe , which would be an incredibly bleak manner to close Rocksteady ’s series . Suicide Squad : Kill the Justice League ’s endingsees Task Force X get down to explore the multiverse in pursuit of other Brainiacs , which open up a whole region of possibility , however , and opens the doorway for character to render , albeit as new variants .
As is the case with most of the stories focus on around Task Force X , Suicide Squad : KTJL determine many character killed throughout its campaign .
How Bruce Wayne’s Batman Could Return
Suicide Squad: KTJL Has Set Up Ways For The Justice League To Return
The Elseworlds concept is the most obvious mode to bring back Batman for aBatman : Arkhamtitle , and this john was already done withinSuicide police squad : Kill the Justice League ’s story with Lex Luthor . Whereas both the Earth 1 and Earth 2 versions of Lex Luthor are portrayed by David Bateson , and Jason Issacs portrays the many genius across the macrocosm , the Elseworlds conception does allow Rocksteady to stick in another , different interpretation of Bruce Wayne ’s Batman , much as it has with thenew version of Joker .
The theme that Brainiac has also vary the deoxyribonucleic acid of those he assumes ascendance of was also a plot of ground machine inSuicide Squad : vote out the Justice League , and could head to the getting even of some at peace fictitious character . This was most evident when Wonder Woman stabbed Superman with a shard of green Kryptonite - which is ordinarily one of the hero ’s main helplessness - and he was still able to muster enough energy to create a lethal amount of heat vision and fly back to Brainiac ’s ship . The next time players visit Superman , he had cure completely from his wound , suggesting that theDNA alterations could offer some kind of enhanced healing ability . A similar event happened earlier in the game where Boomerang cut off Flash ’s thumb , and the next fourth dimension players saw the speedster after Brainiac took control , this appeared to have regrown .
Superman is able-bodied to heal due to the Yellow Sun ’s ray , and Flash ’s abilities already include an escalate healing broker , so Brainiac ’s DNA alterations may have just increased this further .
The problem with institute back Bruce Wayne ’s Batman , however , is that the persona in Rocksteady ’s serial publication is synonymous with Kevin Conroy ’s acclaimed public presentation , with the actor often herald as the best voice for the character after three decades of portraying him across different media . Conroy passed away in November 2022 , so any role player who tries to ill-treat in and arrogate the role after him within the Arkhamverse would immediately front unfair comparisons .
WB Games Montréal ’s Arkhamverse claim , Batman : Arkham OriginsandBatman : Arkham Origins Blackgate , saw Roger Craig Smith portraying the Dark Knight . However , this was a young version of the character than the one seen in Rocksteady ’s games .
Suicide Squad : KTJL , has an impressive roll of DC grapheme , with many actors reprising their roles from premature games .
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And Could Revive A Canceled Concept From Arkham: Origins' Developer
Seeing Rocksteady apply an Elseworld to totally boot the Arkhamverse would be dissatisfactory , but there is an obvious way to make a newBatman : Arkhamgame without recast Bruce Wayne ’s Batman , and it ’s one that had already been explore in a canceled game that was in development at WB Games Montréal . In the cartoon strip , many characters have wear the Batman identityfollowing Bruce Wayne ’s death , absence , or wicked injury .
WB Games Montréal ’s canceled " Project Sabbath " would have followed this premise , withGoran Bukvic ’s concept art demonstrate both an old , bearded Bruce Wayne in a Batsuit , and a younger Batman in a suit that was a cross between the more traditional , caped Batsuit , and the black and red redesign ofBatman Beyond . As reported byPCGamesN , Spectacular Spider - Man ’s Josh Keaton later revealed that he had record some dialogue as this young Batman , who was go to be an adult version of Damian Wayne .
WB Games Montréal later releasedGotham Knights , a level about the Bat Family protect Gotham in the wake of Batman ’s death . This was not connected to the Arkhamverse , however .
Damian Wayne was never introduced in the Arkhamverse , but the estimation ofa successor from within the Bat Family is still a possibility . The Arkhamverse ’s Robin , Tim Drake was down off - screen by Batman , but there are other member of the team who could step up . Bruce Wayne left a holographic message for Robin before his brainwashing , in which he detailed his contingency plans for how to defeat each penis of the Justice League .
In this recording , Bruce mentioned tack the rest of the Bat Family - Namely Oracle , Nightwing , and Red Hood - to carry out the same intimidating task Task Force X. It ’s unknown how soon after watching this transcription Robin was slain , and if he ever bring off to reach the rest of his squad , but someone likeNightwing would be a natural fit to take on the Batman mantleconsidering Dick Grayson has done this following Bruce Wayne ’s death in theFinal Crisiscomics already .
Suicide Squad : shoot down the Justice League ’s Hall of Justice and Batman Experience exhibitions inform player that Bruce Wayne relocated to Metropolis to take form the Justice League after the events ofBatman : Arkham Knight , which suggests the Bat Family has already been protecting Gotham City for five years in his absence seizure and therefore , someone like Dick Grayson is more than up to of step up to don the mantlepiece . This would also allow for some new storytelling that honors Kevin Conroy ’s legacy in the role , show a pre - install Arkhamverse character prove to assume and honour his fall mentor ’s character while reconstruct some of what was lost in Brainiac ’s tone-beginning .
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