Ibn al Xu'ffasch

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Ibn al Xu'ffasch in The Kingdom: Son of the Bat v1 #1.

Ibn al Xu'ffasch is a male comic character that features in DC Comics.

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Biography

Ibn al Xu'ffasch (Arabic: Son of the Bat) was the illegitimate son of Talia al Ghul and Batman where he was born into the reality of Earth-22 in the Multiverse. On that world, he grew up in the al Ghul family and was unaware of his father's identity. During his adult life, he eventually learnt that Batman was his father when the Dark Knight was in a confrontation with Ibn's grandfather Ra's al Ghul. He was faced with the two life choices before him and ultimately decided to side with Wayne in taking down his grandfather. Though he adopted Batman's philosophy, he decided on a more subtle and indirect approach in achieving his goals. He would inherit Ra's al Ghul's vast empire and used these resources to aid those in trouble. Ibn al Xu'ffasch would lend this support to his father and aided the Batman by operating undercover in Lex Luthor's Mankind Liberation Front. Around this time, he would encounter NightStar who was the daughter of Dick Grayson and Starfire where he would fall in love with her.

Looking to stop a great calamity in the future, he sought out the remains from Superman's nemesis Brainiac and reprogrammed one of Superman's robots to accept Brainiac's consciousness. He also brought his grandfather Ra's al-Ghul back to life using the Lazarus Pit and turned Lex Luthor into an infant, promising that his adult form will be restored if he does what he's told to do. Soon Ibn reveals his plan to the three villains, knowing that they were the most brilliant and resourceful minds in human history: they were to find a way to save this reality from nonexistence within sixty minutes. Luthor and Brainiac developed an invention called the Chronoslip that would allow whoever was inside it to be protected from whatever changes happen to reality. Instead of entering the device, Ibn pressed a button on a remote that not only caused Brainiac to seize Luthor, but also caused him to overload so that he would destroy both himself and Luthor. Ibn knew that the two would double-cross him and so had that feature programmed into Brainiac for that purpose. Then he dueled with his grandfather Ra's al-Ghul on top of a giant dinosaur in the Batcave, with Ra's telling Ibn the reason the young man chose the Batcave of all the places he could have gone to is that he had a secret desire to become Batman. Ibn watched his grandfather die as his sword stroke struck Ra's and caused him to fall. (The Kingdom: Son of the Bat v1 #1)

In the aftermath, he came to seek out therapy from Dr. Gibson where he recounted the events of his past. (The Kingdom: Son of the Bat v1 #1) Following that point, he was re-joined by his lover Nightstar when the both of them were visited by Hunter the Linear Man. (The Kingdom: Nightstar v1 #1) He was eventually recruited by Rip Hunter to try to stop a madman named Gog from altering his history. He worked with several other heroes of his generation – Kid Flash, the daughter of the Flash Wally West, Nightstar and Offspring, the son of Plastic Man.

Overview

Personality and attributes

After killing his grandfather, al Xu'ffasch was shown to had sought out therapy where he recounted the events of his past. (The Kingdom: Son of the Bat v1 #1)

Powers and abilities

Notes

  • Ibn al Xu'ffasch was created by Jerry Bingham, Mike Barr, Alex Ross and Mark Waid where he made his first appearance in Kingdom Come #2 (August, 1996).
  • The mainstream Earth version of the character was later introduced as Damian Wayne though Ibn al Xu'ffasch predated that characters first appearance.

Appearances

  • Kingdom Come v1: (1996)
  • The Kingdom: Son of the Bat v1:
  • The Kingdom: Nightstar v1:

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