The Merciless Batman Shocking Facts Hey guys!
Welcome back to Top 10 Nerd, Iím Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey.
Iím back with another Dark Nights Metal spotlight, this time focusing on Batman: The Merciless.
This is my favourite of all the Metal Batmen, and hopefully this video will help you to
love him as much as me!
If it interests you, definitely check out the comics!
Iím really looking forward to seeing where they go.
Now get ready, itís time for the Top 10 Facts about Batman: The Merciless!
Number 10: Origin.
As always, letís start with how Bruce Wayne went bad.
This Bruce from Earth negative 12 battled alongside Wonder Woman against Ares, who had
created a new helmet that made him 100 times more powerful.
After Diana had seemingly been killed, Bruce grabbed the helmet in a last ditch effort
and defeated Ares.
While he knew the helmet could corrupt him, he used it with the intention of wielding
it mercifully with his set of rules.
Number 9: Powers.
After taking the helmet, Bruce unsurprisingly gained a whole whack of abilities.
Because he was the damned God of War.
He gained ridiculous strength and invulnerability, and the ability to manipulate his appearance.
He also seems to have some sort of telepathic powers, allowing him to see into the hearts
of others.
This was briefly mentioned by The Batman Who Laughs, so Iím not sure if itís a legit
power, but considering Ares had some telepathic ability, it wouldnít surprise me if itís
real.
Number 8: He was corrupted by the helmet of Ares.
While the helmet of Ares gives The Merciless a huge amount of power, it has a pretty significant
side effect: it corrupts its wearer.
It acts quickly, more on that later, and seems to corrupt them further over time.
I really like this, because it actually gives an explanation for why he would go soooo evil.
With Red Death, itís weird to me that he went so crazy so quickly, but here the helmet
actually corrupted him, so his transition is a lot more believable to me.
Number 7: He went on a rampage of justice.
Yeah, issue 1 is basically ìTerms of Enrampagement 2: Batman Editionî.
After putting on the helmet and defeating Ares, Bruce decided that peace and morality
werenít real, and he needed to bring his own form of justice to those who opposed him.
And he would do it with a big olí sword.
Number 6: He doesnít think heís evil.
This isnít particularly uncommon in the metal series, but itís definitely something that
should be mentioned.
The Merciless is aware that his views changed after putting on the helmet, and knows that
others see it as corruption.
But he sees it as purification; he was purged of the meddlesome moral system that was holding
him back, and is now able to enact justice in its purest form.
Is it original?
Not really, villains have been saying this for ages.
But itís definitely important to know moving forward, since it means he may be able to
be convinced otherwise.
Number 5: Tolkien vibes.
Yeah, if you havenít noticed by now, the helmet is basically The One Ring from Lord
of the Rings.
A powerful being creates something to increase his own power.
A brave warrior (Batman and Isildur) takes up the weapon to defeat the evil, but then
becomes corrupted by the weapon.
Granted, Batman ends up becoming an insanely powerful being while Isildur gets lit up with
arrows, but this is totally Lord of the Rings Batman.
And thatís why heís my favourite.
Number 4: He survived a blast that would have killed Superman.
The military had developed a weapon using a combination of Sonic Tech, Chemo Particles,
and Kryptonian Sunstones.
It was believed that nothing could survive it.
When The Merciless attacked, they used this Valhalla bomb as a last ditch effort to take
him out, dooming Gotham alongside him.
But when the smoke clearedÖ he was just chilling there without a scratch, having seemingly
absorbed the blast.
So we can probably add energy absorption to the list of powers.
What a boss.
Number 3: He killed Wonder Woman.
Wait, what?
I thought Ares killed her!
Nope, turns out she was alive, and tried to take the helmet from Bruce.
So he killed her.
This was a shock right at the end of the comic.
It showed how quickly the helmet was able to corrupt him, and that not even his love
for Diana could fight the helmet.
For now.
I suspect Wonder Woman Prime may be able to get to him by the end of the series.
Number 2: He still loves Diana.
Despite his intense corruption, and the fact that he, ya know, killed her, he does still
miss her, as can be seen in one panel of the comic.
This is a pretty big revelation; youíd think he would be void of any emotion by now, but
there still seems to be a place in his heart for Wonder Woman.
This is part of why I think she will eventually manage to convince him to change his ways.
Bruce Wayneís still in there, dammit!
Number 1: Heís still evil even without the helmet.
As I was reading the comic, when I saw that the helmet was corrupting him, I was soooo
sure that getting the helmet off him would be a big plot point.
I was like ìOh sweet, theyíll get the helmet off him and heíll go back to normal and join
the good guys.
But then he went and took it off, and was still bad.
There goes that theory.
He looks awesome without the helmet though.
Thatís it for today!
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Whoís your favourite Batman from Metal?
Let me know in the comment section down below!
Merciless is definitely mine, although Dawnbreakerís Parallax-looking dudes are some of the coolest
things Iíve ever seen in comics.
Until next time, Iím Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey with Top 10 nerd.
Later nerds!