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Summary
Damian Wayne ’s future as the nextBatmanmay be in jeopardy thanks tothe SignalDuke Thomas . Duke is one of the newer addition to the Bat - Family and moonlights as the Signal , Gotham ’s daytime — and metahuman — protector . He ’s prove to be incredibly skilled without the need for gadgets , and he ’s arguably one of Batman ’s most powerful prentice .
Duke ’s genuine hero potential is on full video display inDC Power 2024#1 , wherethe Signal is shown to becomethe Batman of the futurity in the story " The Light that Shines " by Brandon Thomas , Khary Randolph and Serg Acuña . Duke gets a surprising glimpse at his time to come , and in this future , he ’s outwear the famous Batman cowl .
Robin Damian Wayne has also been confirmed , in a likely future of his own , to achievehis birthright as Batman . However , when new sign target to another potential future with Duke at the helm , one has to wonder who ’d make the good Batman .
Batman is a outstanding mentor , especially to the Signal , but breeding with him also comes with its own ruination — like never knowing when to ask for assistance .
The Signal Is DC’s Newest Future Batman
The storybegins with the Signal teaming upwith Stephanie Brown ’s Batgirl and Harper Row ’s Bluebird to take on Chronos . As Duke is getting pulverise by the opposition , he becomes frustrated with himself for each error he makes , and perhaps that clouds his judgment , lead to what happens next . Despite being warn about Chronos ' metre shifter , Duke forces contact with it , launch him into the future . He awakens in New Gotham City to see Mayor Renee Montoya on a rooftop with multiple Bat - Signals as two new Robins come crash down on this mysterious alien .
The two Robins — also get it on as the Rook Brothers — endeavour to fight Duke , but are call up off by an emerging Batman , who is quickly let out to be the adult version of Duke Thomas . After the two embracement for a squeeze , the Signal helps the heroesof the future block up a scour drone , a fiend design to devour time anomalies ( like a young humankind meeting himself in the time to come ) . Before sending him back to the present , Batman give the new Duke a ginger talking to give him the sureness he needs to be the good Signal he can be .
Duke Thomas Is Already Qualified to be Batman
It ’s worth noting that , as is often the case with clock time travel storylines , this timeline is n’t set in Isidor Feinstein Stone . This is a possible time to come , but it make the most mother wit for the legacy of Batman , even given the many different future versions of the cowl . Damian Wayne has always matte entitled to the Mickey Charles Mantle , but in his youthfulness , he seldom testify why or how he deserves it . He ’s yet toprove that he should be Batman , whereas Duke has turn out exactly how skilled he is , even when he ’s hyper - critical of himself . Unlike Damian , Duke exemplifies the moral range ofBatman , which makesthe Signalthe perfect heir to the cowl .
DC Power 2024#1is available now from DC Comics .
DC POWER 2024 # 1 ( 2024 )
