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We saw that the clone of Bruce Wayne made by Zur-En-Arrh was still hanging around on the streets of Gotham in Batman #149.

In the Absolute Power Free Comic Book Day edition, the Zur-En-Arrh/Failsafe Batman was seemingly under the control of Amanda Waller, or certainly working very sympatico with her. Absolute Power Free Comic Book Day While running experiments on the inmates, after basically acquiring them all. Absolute Power Free Comic Book Day It didn't go that well. Absolute Power Free Comic Book[...]

And Lazarus Pits are a lot harder to come by these days, post Lazarus Planet. But it was enough for Failsafe's own programming to trigger Built by Bruce Wayne's backup personality, Zur-En-Arrh to take down Batman if he ever went too far and killed someone, and now does the same to the personality inhabiting it[...]

And in the upcoming series by Mark Waid and Dan Mora, Absolute Power, we see those powers taken away, courtesy of deals with Failsafe and Queen Brainiac So on the 4th of May, Free Comic Book Day's Absolute Power #0 by Waid and Mikel Janin will reveal all But Bleeding Cool may reveal some of[...]

Including that Amanda Waller has taken the powers of Failsafe and the Brainiac Queen to capture the powers of every superhero or villain on Earth So we have Absolute Power, Absolute Power: Taskforce VII, Absolute Power: Origins and how the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman titles crossover with Absolute Power in July.   #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item[...]

And successfully too, though we never saw it. It was only ever temporary, but it was the worlds of a captured maniacal Alfred Penntworth during the Endgame days, that changed things, finding the Failsafe robot in the Zur cave that even Bruce Wayne's central personality was not aware had been built While also kleeping Daniel Capito[...]

With Batman facing Failsafe, built by Bruce Wayne's backup personality Zur-En-Arrh and now inhabiting it Because that was always the plan Back in November last year, I reported "So Zur En Arrh has created his own backup of himself, intended to live inside Failsafe To continue the mission after Bruce Wayne's own death So even[...]

Well, with Batman #140 out today (yesterday in Australia), how did we do? I said "Well, we have learned that Zur-En-Arrh created Failsafe in the Zur Cave,  the Batman AI robot that almost killed him And who would be triggered if it was believed that Batman took a life But that was, it seems, only part[...]

But wait…Batman is also battling a legion of himself! What has Zur done?" Bleeding Cool has run some Big Batman Gossip over just what Zur-En-Arrh, the backup personality that Bruce Wayne stored inside himself for emergencies, now gone rogue and creating Failsafe robots, undermining his relationship with Catwoman and the Robins, will be doing next. Batman #140[...]

But who puts him there? And what has he to do with the Zur-En-Arr backup personality that Bruce Wayne created to keep himself in line, but has been getting out of hand a little of late? Well, we have learned that Zur-En-Arrh created Failsafe in the Zur Cave,  the Batman AI robot that almost killed him[...]

In Batman #128, the Justice League turning up to deal with Failsafe, the Batman-created robot that had defeated Batman and had taken over Gotham The problem was that at the time, Justice League #75 and Dark Crisis, had seen the Justice League – including Batman – killed off So we got an editorial note. Batman #128 Telling us[...]

But the hardcover collections will be reverting to Vol 1, for Batman Vol 1: Failsafe And it looks like there's decent confidence, with a first printing of the hardcover of 80,000 copies, in addition to the 100,000+ sales of each individual issue in print, with digital and paperbacks to come. And while former Batman writer James[...]

And confirming what Failsafe did to him… maybe. It looks like what we ran before may detail the scene before it… Batman #131 preview As well as after it… Batman #131 preview Batman #131 preview BATMAN #131 CVR A JORGE JIMENEZ (W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto (CA) Jorge Jimenez Gotham City has never been darker or deadlier[...]

In Batman #128, with the Justice League turning up to deal with Failsafe defeating Batman and taking over Gotham, we learned that the comic book took place before the events of Justice League #75 and Dark Crisis, in which the League were wiped out Before being returned from a previous save point. Batman #128 But in today's Dark[...]

Bleeding Cool ran a preview of Batman #130 yesterday, with Batman in space, trying to survive an encounter on the moon with Failsafe In the current Batman comic books published by DC Comics, Batman is believed to have killed the Penguin It was a trick, set up by The Penguin to fake his own death,[...]

But for who knows how long? So for reference, below shows the newly released preview to Batman #129, in which Failsafe rules Gotham, Batman recovers with Aquaman in Atlantis (much to the chagrin of other Atlanteans) and Failsafe works out where Batman is via a process of Justice League response elimination And then a look[...]

But they are not alone.Failsafe is on the hunt! Superman should take him easily, right? Batman also feels bad about the long-past death of a Robin. Looks like Failsafe is dragging Superman behind him As Batman and Robin do their best 1966 schtick… think clean thoughts, chum. Is he going to shoot Robin again? Is that a[...]

It's just a wonder, in that case, that none of them mentioned it as the League go up against the Failsafe robot that an alternative personality of Batman created in case Batman ever became a murderer, triggered by the Penguin's fake death at the hands of Bruce Wayne And with protocols, like Alan Moore and[...]

Always take our Batgossip with a pinch of salt, but ask around to see how reliable for this sort of thing Bleeding Cool has come for late. Batman #127 In the last issue of Batman #127, we saw Superman arrive to help Batman deal with Failsafe All robotic Bat-defense animated robots need some handy Kryptonite about their[...]

DC Comics has been teasing the appearance of Failsafe in this week's Batman #125 for some time So secretive was the character's appearance that they… put him on the cover, as designed by Jorge Jimenez Okay, so spoilers going forward beyond that, I suppose But we have been talking about Batman #125 ahead of publication[...]

Failsafe starts here And in the backup, there's chaos in Gotham as the underworld fights over one of its crown jewels…and Selina Kyle is caught in the middle Can she stop the bloodshed and maybe even make a little money in the process?In Shops: Jul 05, 2022 SRP: $5.99 Batman #125 time again… Dick Grayson[...]

This is a feint towards his real long-term game plan, and it is one he may have cribbed off a classic Joker story… and one that may have triggered a Failsafe contingent… More Batman #125 spoilers at this link following out this weekend Read at your peril. BATMAN #125 CVR A JIMENEZ DC COMICS MAY223233 (W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Jorge[...]

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But we didn't know anything about the upcoming Failsafe character being teased But, courtesy of one comic book store putting copies on sale ahead of street date, we get a look at what Failsafe actually looks like from one of the Batman #125 covers, with a design by Jorge Jimenez. Is he a robotic Batman? An[...]

What his real long-term game plan might be, I have no idea, nor who on earth this new Failsafe character being introduced is Could they be a defence for Gotham's elites now under threat, given that they may no longer be able to rely on the Batman? BATMAN #125 CVR A JORGE JIMENEZ (W) Chip Zdarsky (A)[...]

Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez launch a new run for Batman #125, featuring a new Batman villain named Failsafe And while details on the new character are sketchy, they have announced a new cover featuring Failsafe Even if they aren't actually showing it yet, just using this "placeholder" image and dubbing it the Failsafe Protocols[...]

Following Joshua Williamson's six issue run, writer Chip Zdarsky (Batman: The Knight) joins returning artist Jorge Jimenez as the new team on BATMAN, beginning with an oversized issue #125, on sale July 5. Along with Tomeu Morey on colors, "Failsafe" is the team's six-issue debut story arc Bruce Wayne is having nightmares of a future he[...]

DC states; Along with Tomeu Morey on colors, "Failsafe" is the team's six-issue debut story arc Bruce Wayne is having nightmares of a future he can't stop But he may not make it to that future, as a startling enemy from Batman's past has one relentless goal To end Batman, no matter what it takes. "To say[...]

According to Deadline, the streaming service is set to win an auction to acquire the Vault Comics title Failsafe.  Failsafe will be scripted by Joe Robert Cole and was pitched on the heel of Black Panther becoming a huge success Michael B Jordan and Alana Mayo will produce through their Outlier Society Productions banner, though[...]