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Real Name

Aliases

Son of the Bat (literal name translation )

Relatives

Ra's al Ghul (maternal grandfather, deceased), Talia al Ghul (mother), Bruce Wayne (father), Mar'i Grayson (wife/adopted neice), Unnamed son and daughter, Richard Grayson (father-in-law/adoptive brother), Koriand'r (mother-in-law/adopted sister-in-law, deceased)

Affiliation

League of Assassins, Teen Titans, Mankind Liberation Front

Base Of Operations

Mobile

Status

Alignment

Identity

Citizenship

Marital Status

Occupation

Superhero, businessman

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Black

Origin

Universe

Earth-22

Created by

Mike W. Barr, Jerry Bingham, Mark Waid, Alex Ross

First appearance

Kingdom Come #2
(June, 1996)

HistoryEdit

Ibn al Xu'ffasch is the 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. While he decided to adopt his father's philosophy, he was more subtle and took an indirect approach. Ibn inherited his grandfather's vast empire and used those resources to help people in trouble. Additionally, he lent his support whenever Wayne calls upon him even going so far as to go undercover with Lex Luthor's MLF as shown in the Kingdom Come series.

During the Kingdom Come series he falls in love with NightStar: the daughter of Dick Grayson and Starfire.

Twenty years in the future, he will attend Batman's funeral in the company of NightStar... and a small boy and teenage girl.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

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

NotesEdit

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 Dennis 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 Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul.

TriviaEdit

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

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