Colony (Batman)
The Colony is an organization that features in DC Comics.
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History
The Colony was a division of the U.S. military that began as a general antiterrorism force. The organization became dedicated to studying the work of Batman after his actions during Zero Year, and aimed to create an army of soldiers trained in his image. After learning of a League of Shadows cell in Gotham City, Jacob Kane took these soldiers rogue to combat this threat on US soil, in violation of the law. (Detective Comics v1 #937)
Over several years, they had engaged in a number of operations where they were said to had saved thousands of lives. (Detective Comics v1 #936) Two years ago, a team of these American Batmen were deployed in an operation in the Middle East where they helped eliminate a terrorist cell and neutralise a bomb held by them. A few dozen enemy combatants were killed in the process though the mission was deemed a success. (Detective Comics v1 #937)
When Batman discovered Colony surveillance equipment monitoring him, he investigated and found his allies were being monitored as well, particularly Batwoman. These events inspired the two heroes to unite and begin training a team of young vigilantes. (Detective Comics v1 #934) They later made an attempt to neutralise the Batman and sent several operatives to eliminate him. (Detective Comics v1 #935) It was then that the Colony made a move to dismantle the wider Batman Family. Part of this was achieved by Jacob Kane who had been an ally of the Batman but betrayed him by allowing the Colony's soldiers break into the Belfry. (Detective Comics v1 #936)
During the team's rescue of Batman, the Colony's system for winnowing down their League of Shadows suspect list was severely damaged. Unable to target only League of Shadows members in the final phase of their mission, Jacob commanded a drone strike on all the suspects, despite the guaranteed civilian casualties, justifying it by the far higher casualties that would result from an actual LoS attack. In order to prevent the drone strike, Red Robin hacked the drones and ordered them to concentrate on a single target instead - himself. He sacrificed himself, and seemingly died as a result, though in reality he was abducted and imprisoned by Mister Oz. (Detective Comics v1 #939)
Overview
It was based on the idea of the Batman namely to use his image and methodology to achieve the goal of eliminating threats to the world. Military funding and training was used to fight dangerous threats instead of simply crime. (Detective Comics v1 #936)
Members were trained in military manoeuvres and coordinating their movements. (Detective Comics v1 #936)
Soldiers of the Colony wore military equipment styled in the manner of Batman. (Detective Comics v1 #934) They were capable of equipping sedatives as part of their ammunition in order to neutralise a target without killing them. (Detective Comics v1 #936)
Special bat-themed drones called Bat-Eyes were used as a means of surveillance and recording their activities. (Detective Comics v1 #937)
It was shown that they used armoured vehicles similar to the Batmobile. (Detective Comics v1 #935)
Their base of operations was a secret installation that they called the Cave. (Detective Comics v1 #937)
Members
- Jacob Kane :
- Simon Samuels :
- Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong : a 14 year old male who was recruited by the Colony after he broke through the Pentagon's computer defences. Once there, he was responsible for reverse engineering the Batman's equipment for use by the Colony. (Detective Comics v1 #937)
- Kate Kane :
Notes
- The Colony was created by James Tynion IV and Eddy Barrows where it made its first appearance in Detective Comics v1 #934 (August, 2016).
Appearances
- Detective Comics v1: (2016)
- Batwoman v3:
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