Ibn al Xu'ffasch (Earth-22)

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Contents 1 History 2 Powers and Abilities 2.1 Powers 2.2 Abilities 2.3 Strength level 2.4 Weaknesses 3 Notes 4 Trivia 5 See Also 6 Links and References 6.1 Footnotes

History

Ibn al Xu'ffasch is adult illegitimate son of Batman and Talia al Ghul who is usually noted to have developed on alternate Earths.

In most of these other alternate realities, Ibn is sired against Wayne's full knowledge or in one instance directly against Wayne's will as his mother desired to enslave the Batman to her will, Talia drugged Wayne, and forced herself upon him. The product of their evening together was Ibn al Xu'ffasch. Talia kept Ibn's existence a secret from the Dark Knight, and Batman never learned the truth behind Ibn's parentage. Ibn grew up mostly ignorant of his parentage until later in life when he was confronted by his father and grandfather and had to choose between the two lifestyles and attitudes. Ibn sided with Wayne and brought down his grandfather though still prefers to remain outside of his father's areas of being an open "superhero" though has lent his support whenever Wayne calls upon him as shown in the Kingdom Come series.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

None known

Abilities

Ibn al Xu'ffasch has genius-level intelligence and was trained by the League of Assassins

Strength level

Normal human male who engages in intensive regular exercise

Weaknesses

None known

Notes

• The character of Ibn al Xu'ffasch was originally exclusive to the continuity of the "Demon" series of Batman graphic novels. He first appeared in the 1987 book, Batman: Son of the Demon, and has made subsequent parallel reality appearances in the Kingdom series of specials. According to longtime editor Denny O'Neil, the "Demon" graphic novels are not a part of mainstream DC continuity, and as such, the adult Ibn al Xu'ffasch does not exist in the canonical DC environment.

However, the Ibn al Xu'ffasch character has been inserted into the canon issues of the Batman series as a preteen boy with the same name and supposed background. The Primary Earth counterpart of the adult Ibn al Xu'ffasch, whose name is anglized as "Damian Wayne", has appeared in within the canon issues of Batman starting with issue #655, "Batman and Son" claiming to be Bruce Wayne's biological son. Like his alternate reality, Damian is definitely the child of Talia al Ghul. It remains to be seen whether Damien is actually Batman's illegitimate son as is the adult Ibn al Xu'ffasch, or whether Talia is fabricating the boy's parentage.

Trivia

The adult Ibn al Xu'ffasch has never been revealed to have taken his father's name of Wayne unlike his Primary Earth counterpart.

See Also

• Discuss Ibn al Xu'ffasch (Earth-22) on the forums
• Appearances of Ibn al Xu'ffasch (Earth-22)
• Character Gallery: Ibn al Xu'ffasch (Earth-22)
• Images featuring Ibn al Xu'ffasch (Earth-22)

Links and References

• None.
  

Footnotes