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A Brand New Origin For Ace The Bat Hound In Today's Batman Annual #1 (SPOILERS)

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Originally, Ace The Bat-Hound was found by Batman and Robin after his owner was kidnapped. He gave Ace a hooded mask so that The Bat Hound would not be linked to Bruce Wayne's new dog…

The pooch disappeared when Julie Schwartz became editor in the sixties.

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It would be 1991 before he was reintroduced as maskless guide dog of a different breed, and would be an occasional character in the comic. Until disappearing around the end of the nineties.

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He also appeared in Batman Inc in flashback, while Batman And Robin gave us… Titus.

ace_new_earth_002Well, as of today's Batman Annual #1, published today, he is back. In a story by Tom King and David Finch.

 

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With a far darker origin.

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He was the Joker's dog. Or one of them. Masked, abandoned, having to kill to survive. And with a taste for Batman.


 a0c8e99b43c7318eaab0f222607d0534-_sx1280_ql80_ttd_ And rescued, trained and recovered by Alfred.

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Who also names him…

Maybe he can hang around a little longer. And I don;t think anyone is putting a mask on him again.

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