Why I Like This Character?

Damian Wayne is one character that has actually helped get back into comics, his environment which he grew up in a way shows the shape our society has become.

He grew up under his mother Talia Al Ghul, not knowing who his dad was, because he was taught to be become nothing but a tool for Ra’s Al Ghuls League Of Assassins, under his mother Tutelage, of course there has been Animated Movies to even his own Comic appearances, they do get well to get the point across that he was trained to be a successor for Ra’s Al Ghul, what the animated movies miss on the character of Damian Wayne, is that he had to win a fight against his own mother to learn who his dad was, to which he is the legit Son Of Batman.

So by the time Damian meets up with Bruce Wayne, his Dad all he knows is what he has been taught by his mother, leaving him Isolated, if you go to the 1st Animated movie with his appearance, his character is quick to seek Vengeance, in the comic the characteristic is much the same, Bruce literally has to go out of his own way to his own Son to show that there is more than life, than being used as a tool for the league of Assassins.



Because Damian had no well rounded paternal figure to look up to, it shows in it’s own way the importance of having both Parents in raising up a child.

Under Talia Al Ghul, Damian Waynes dad Bruce Wayne was nothing but a Distant figure to him, to only knowing little details about him.

Under Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne comes to learn that their is more to his own world, including people who come to love & accept him as one of the family, in that it led Damian to change his ways.

As we branch off further into Damian Wayne’s world, he ends up making a friend who has had an impact to many a comic book reader, being Jon Samuel Kent Superboy, his exploration of his world has grown more & more, along with the friendships he has made along the way before he met Jon Samuel Kent.

Is he a Mary Sue/Gary Stu?

I have heard many say he is a Mary Sue/Gary Stu, In that I would highly Disagree, as his character was taught by the higher ups in the League Of Assassins, not just to be an efficient Assassin, but also know how to break into systems & investigations.

One thing that stands out for Gary Stu’s/Mary Sue’s is that they have no former knowledge on how set object works & by some dumb writing they know how to magically work it, that is your Mary Sue/Gary Stu.

Without Damian getting any training at all, an pulling these things out of his ass to do, that would make him a Gary Stu, so that shoots that in the foot.

We also learn defects of Damian Wayne’s Character, such as how successful he is socially, which isn’t that successful at all, he is socially awkward, you do see him learn to try to overcome those situations.

So I’m glad that Damian Wayne isn’t perfect whether it be in Comic or Animation.

Whose Legacy is He?

Many people don’t know this, the idea of Damian Wayne is a couple of years older than Tim Drake, as the idea of Tim Drake was done as a thank-you to the Tim Burton Batman film.

In regards to who he represents Legacy Wise, we have the Al Ghul Family & The Wayne Family.

He starts off under the Legacy of Talia Al Ghul, as he starts to make decisions for himself to establish his own Identity, he chooses to fall under the Legacy Of The Wayne Family, in some way it is a Dual Legacy, because both have High Expectations in their goals, 1 Legacy is less forgiving than the other.

Present Dislikes with the character(addressing the story tellers)

One thing that I have presently Disliked with the character in some of the current runs at DC Comics, is in the Teen Titans run, I am totally disliking Adam Glass direction to which he is taking Damian, as it is out of character continuity, the story telling feels as bad as his title of Lollipop Kids.

Damian Wayne’s character was doing so well under Benjamin Percy’s run who showed his character learning from his mistakes to becoming a better person, I even agree with Damian Wayne’s decision to doing what he did with Kid Flash in the Lazarus Contract, to prevent Deathstroke to using the Speedforce as a Dangerous Weapon for himself which in turn would harm others including his own family to which he desperately wanted to raise from the dead.

In Justice League:No Justice, 1 thing that Batman should’ve done with Damian is admit that even though he was right in the situation, there are some things out of ones control, as Damian Wayne’s Dad should’ve been their to comfort his Son in the events that had happened.

Present Likes with the character(addressing the storytellers)

One of the best things that came out with Damian Waynes character was in fact the series of the Super Sons, also including Adventures Of The Super Sons, another I’d like to add was the Batman/TMNT crossover titles to which he made an appearance.

And having actual story tellers that do care about the character growth of Damian Wayne.

Notable story tellers being Peter J Tomasi, Grant Morrison, Patrick Gleason, Benjamin Percy, Christopher Priest seemed to capture his character pretty well in the Batman Vs Deathstroke arc, still respecting Damian Wayne’s origin as Bruce Wayne’s Son, James Tynion the 4th in his Detective Comics run, and a number of others not named that should be named.

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