The Batman Who Laughs One Shot: The Grim Knight (Comics Explained)
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- The Batman Who Laughs is enacting a sinister plan across the Multiverse -- something both terrifying and oddly familiar. When Bruce Wayne realizes the only way to stop this madman is to kill him, he must consider violating the very rule Batman can't ever break... the rule that created the Batman Who Laughs! As Bruce begins to realize that all the mistakes he's made are somehow connected, the Batman Who Laughs unleashes a brand new evil. Enter one of the most punishing Batmen of the Dark Multiverse: the Grim Knight!
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The Batman Who Laughs One Shot: The Grim Knight (Comics Explained)
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The Grim Knight spent all his points upgrading Ranged Weapons.
No points on melee. Big mistake
@@screenmonkey7103 nawh, if you take them out before they can reach you, then you dont need to use melee.
@@snakeyman5560 that worked well with Jim Gordon
@@screenmonkey7103 that's a problem with gun batman, he was over confident.
GameHazar No all lethal weapons
Punisher Batman got lazy in his hand to hand fighting and grew to dependent on guns.
When you think about it, so did our Bruce gadget wise for a time. Prior to Knightfall he was HEAVILY reliant on gadget for fighting and solving mysteries. And what happened?
He.
Got.
Wrecked.
Naxo If only he made a gadget that gave him prep time.
@@stealthynaxo What?
@@Anti-HyperLink Knightfall.
@@stealthynaxo The Bane story? He was more reliant on gadgets than fighting?
Hey Rob, I have an excellent idea for why Gordon overpowers Bruce.
It's because this Batman used GUNS. Thusly he was more reliant on firearms than his usual martial arts training. Sure Batman was still profecient at hand to hand combat but he had grown over reliant on guns, they made him effective but weak. That PLUS Gordon's prep time is why this Bruce Wayne fell so easily in combat.
I think this is great because it would feed back into the whole Batman With/Without Guns and his morality on the subject.
This. Combined with the fact this Batman hasn't been repeadly tested by enemies like Joker, he's far far weaker by the pure fact he lacks the experinces of mainstream universe Batman. The batman that doesn't kill has to work harder to win, batman that kills is playing on easy mode.
I will go one further, its what Gordon calls him out on. The Grim Knight doesn't believe in anything. That's what makes him weak. Because what do you have to rely on to call upon if you believe in nothing. Even who Laughs believes in something, twisted and wretched as it is. Even Murder Machine, Devastator, Drowned, Red Death believed in something. Even Merciless believed in something at least once. But Grim Knight, he believes in nothing. Not even really himself.
that's literally what he said in the video
EXAAACTLY
The Grim Knight got beaten because unlike Prime Batman who’s always prepared, the Grim Knight thinks he’s always prepared. Because of his surveillance system, he never has to properly prepare for any threat since he knows what’s coming.
Or he's just not that good without a gun.
He's a billionaire tho so he'll probably just pay his way out
@@midnighteye2737 my thoughts exactly
And the grim knight is not as skillful as earth prime Batman because in the captions it say that he got training from soldiers and assassins instead of ninja clans
So a stronger, younger man training constantly and regularly engaging in both armed and unarmed combat is beaten up by a police commissioner? It’s not like this shows anything other than regular old fisticuffs or Gordan’s part. Guns or no my thought was that it was a ploy this is still a Batman after all.
Either that or they needed this one to catch hands so he caught em.
Dope Spill talked about why Gordon beat up bruce and he said its because Grim Knight trains with guns more that his combat skill so Earth 0 batman is a much better fighter because it takes more skill to beat someone and not kill them so without his arsenal and suit Grim Knight doesnt have the skills to beat Gordan after he disarms him... makes sense from that angle
Basically why justice league can defeate all evil of themselves cause they Kill and have developed the ability to fight effectively
Rob fears explaining batman R.I.P. by grant Morrison......trust me be asking 4 yearssss
Same with covering Dark Horse Star Wars comics him and Benny both.
jonahda0mega Rob apparently fears African American movies, since he just watched The Best Man in 2019, damn anyone tell him there’s a sequel ? Lol
@Anonymous Bastard I'm the infamous "do Batman R.I.P" comment for over half a goddamn decade now but I've learned he HATES grant Morrison stories but at the rate he avoids them
....it's fear
You should do it then!
@@greenninja8755 i fucking paid him 2 do it
This dude probably eats eggs without breaking the shells
What if he allowed Com. Gordon to win because he respects him. Kinda like the Punisher and Captain America thing.
Have you actually read the comic? Grim Knight had NO respect for him. At all.
that moment when you were craving a comics explained video, the comic and youtube gods were hearing my prayers
The grim knight probably lost the fight with Gordon because he was holding back as he's innocent
Did you not read the caption boxes? The Grim Knight admits that he was taken out clean.
I can't believe that you somehow think that the same guy who killed an entire police department of innocent cops would then let Gordon beat him because "he was innocent".
Seriously, read the story. It makes it abundantly clear that because the Grim Knight relied so heavily on his weapons that he ignored all of the rest of his training.
Good idea about reading it. It's on my list. But I do think that the Grim Knight made a point of saying the cops he killed were corrupt. I think he may have messed up morals
Stuff like this is what makes Batman more intriguing. Here's to hoping you cover Crimson Empire or KOTOR comics sometime in the future.
THE “BEST MAN” ROB!!! Seriously.....
You do it all when it comes to taking in good TV huh!?
You just might be my spirit animal.
I like that response
Batman can beat anyone with prep time well I saying that works for others as well
@highrollerlion Prime Batman maybe, but since the Grim Knight never had to deal with an opponent who learned from their previous encounter, it's not something that ever crossed his mind. Plus, GK grew really reliant of his weapons and tech.
@highrollerlion Not if they're up against Batman with prep time...
Random Thought on the MCU: What if Wundergore and the High Evolutionary are in the quantum realm. He learns of the MCU and goes through a time wormhole (the ones Janet spoke of) and messes with human genes in the past thus creating mutants in the future 🤔
Perfect!
i gotta give it to you for this one man..... awesome
I think that’s too complicated for the casuals. That’s who the movies are for not us comic geeks.
@@dclangst true
Geoffry Gifari thanks
0:22 Duo Maxwell! Always been a long time Gundam Wing fan since I was a kid ;)
Gordon always a good guy? Gaslight says hi :)
The movie Gaslight, right?
@@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache haven't read the comic yet but yeah i was talking about the movie
The comic is much better.
@@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache didn't read it cause i thought its story was the same as the movie's now I'll definitely check it out! Thanks man!
Gonna make a prediction, the grim knight is Gordon, everything went to hell after Batman was arrested and was killed in jail, Gordon took over the persona as punishment.
As much as that would be a good plot twist I don't think so. 8:36 The Grim Knight is obsessed with making Gordon think his way is right; if it was him that would make the Grim Knight a lunatic that thinks he is not Gordon but has a vendetta against Gordon.
I need to buy this 1 shot
Batman who laughs is the first villain capable of being a arch enemy ive seen in a longggggggg ass time
request- Cover Lucifer in the comics :) pretty please
7:40 I know it's uncouth to drop other channels' theories in the comments, but... Dopespill had the best explanation for this I've heard. Basically, he assumes that the Grim Knight isn't as well trained in hand-to-hand combat as the Dark Knight is, because he never had to hone those skills. He's always relied on firearms to get the job done, so martial arts are probably not his strongest asset. Gordon, however, probably had tactical training, and should at least know how to handle himself in a basic street brawl. He was a beat cop for quite a while, after all.
[Edit] 8:00 Ah, I see you come to basically the same conclusion. Neat!
'the criminal justice system is all about second chances' pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffttt
Finally! Been waiting for this for awhile
Hi Rob, is there any chance to get John Constantine story or whatever you like to do about him? Pls ! Love your channel!
I got the Batman who laughs comic, I love the Grim Knight so much potential for his character, I see him having his own movies and video games in the future.
Man, I appreciate that Duo Maxwell facepalm at the beginning of the video
thank you so much for continuing Batman Who Laughs
Thought for Gordon getting the upper hand. The Dark Knight has MASTERED basically every martial art known to man and become the world’s greatest detective. The Grim Knight has become proficient in basically every martial art, mastered lethal weapon usage, and become the world’s greatest EXECUTIONER.
Basically, Dark Knight is prepared to play offense AND defense, while Grim Knight has focused almost only on Offense, so it’s easier for others like Gordon to, through numbers, tech, or planning, come at him with a better Offense than he has Defense for.
4:25 the Gotham by Gaslight movie would beg to differ
5:50 Mr. Gordon, I don't feel so good...
That would be a good movie Punisher VS Batman! Would love to see that
This story is great, but damn I love the art here.
This comic was so good
I subbed to you cause I like your bio
Great video as always, but Rob listen LISTEN!!! If you see the second best man, you gonna need some time to just sit afterwards bro. Trust me
This universe reminded me alot of the "Dark Knight Returns" universe but what if that batman became extreme.
Rob you should explain Red Robin from 2011 pleasssssse
Punisher Batman is freaking insane
I love the dinner panels where Batman kicks the fire over. Nice touch to Year One. Damn.... The Grim Knight Year One would be Caaaaraaazzzzyyyyy 🔥🔥
Please do ninjak and xo manowar!!!! Please please please.
*_"Okay, so"_* 0:11
Punisher Batman would lose to Punisher because Punisher never skipped out on hand to hand combat skills.
These videos are the highlight of my days 😁
There's a lot of other comic book podcast out there, but none of them sounds good as what you do. Rob Love!
Amazing.
I really enjoyed this one shot..moreso than the previous 3 issues of TBWL.
2nd try: could darwin adapt to leeches powers?
Good video
The grim Knight is definitely my favorite version of Batman to be honest
7:35 I think it's just because he's not as well versed in fighting than the real Batman. While he was perfecting his skills with weapons and guns, Batman was mastering the martial arts. That's why I think Jim Gordon got the upper hand.
I'd love to see what happened to the times when ex-villains saved people because of those second chances. What actions did he take on Mr. Freeze's quest for revenge?
Hey rob so I've been having some interesting thoughts about how endgame is going to go down and I think I thought of a pretty solid theory hope you comment on it. I think the main avengers and the heros who are left will use ant mans quantum realm tech along with tony starks tech to enter the quantum realm and go back in time as weve already been told the quantum realm contains time elements. The heroes go back theres a big battle to try and kill thanos many heros die in the process but eventually they succeed and one of the heros most likely iron man gets ahold of the infinity gauntlet and attempts to bring the universive back to normal. At this point the living tribunal intervenes and explains that by going back in time and trying to reset the universive the avengers had essentially either broken time and reality or created a new one. The tribunal solves this by restoring the universe to how it should be before thanos snap but he keeps the heros who died after the snap in the battle with thanos dead. This allows the main avengers to go off with a meaningful sendoff and allows the new guys, spider man black panther dr strange etc to take the rains. Dr strange predicted this which is why he told tony he was sorry he knew the only way to save the universe would be for the main avengers to sacrifice themselves. This way you can also work in the x men and other marvel characters by saying as a result of the living tribunal stepping in and restoring the universe to how it should be he somehow allowed mutants to come to be. Love your channel bro been watching your videos for a long time hope you let me know what you think
cool
Rob for your next Too Powerful for MCU video you gotta do Hyperion-dude held back two earths from colliding BARE HANDED and ONE PUNCHED THE HULK INTO REVERTING TO BRUCE BANNER!!! Duuuuuuuuuuude you gotta do Hyperion
Great video rob. I was interested in knowing if you thought about doing a deep dive in to the Gotham show for origins explanations on all the main enemies of Bruce wayne
So would his Robins all just end up being Red Hoods?
thanks, mate
This is the genius of the Dark Multiverse. A Joker Batman would absolutely use peoples more base desires as a means to carry out his own agenda(s). The neat thing about the Grim Knight is that while he can be steered by the Batman Who Laughs, depending on how Punisher-like they make him, he is still a wild card. He could fly off the rails and kill Gordon now, go and shoot Babs in the gut, torture Alfred for info on Daimen. Who knows.
I would love to see a Dark Multiverse on more or less exact parodies of the Avengers. Just for the heck of it. I want to see the other dark characters like superman or or wonderwoman.
But what I really want most is a dark Dr. Fate batman and a dark Plasticman batman.
Hey Rob! Can you do more nightwing videos if you have time
Still trying to become part of the rob core with a rob ring
alex-z33 - he’s just gunna tell you to join paetreon and start “donating” 20/month, and you “might” get one “one day.” I’ve tried bro :/ I just can’t get one 🥺
I think commissioner Gordon was able to win because the grim knight is less skilled than our Batman. He is an expert in ranged combat but due to his use of lethal force and training with guns he is less skilled when it comes to close quarters fighting. It takes a lot more skill to take someone out non-lethally and ensure you don't die in the process. His reliance on ranged weapons became his downfall here. It is likely the Grim Knight didn't do much close quarters fighting because he could just point and shoot someone from a distance or control their tech and cause breaks to fail or something. He relied too much on it.
I'm hoping that the Grim Knight let him win. Because otherwise that means if Grim knight meets OG Batman and he loses his guns, then its gonna take .5 seconds for Batman to put him down.
He 1000% let Gordon win. He doesn't kill innocent people.
The batman who laughs is something else.....
Mr rob was waiting for this
And yeeeeaaah.... *let's begin*
Not trying to be rude, but you all cover the same things. Rob, I used to LOVE your channel. You made me comfortable with my love with comics. You went into real detail, explaining the history behind a specific issue and then explained how it relates to what you're talking about. Now it's a video about Moriah (and I'm not trying to hate on your happiness, be happy bro), some theory video about the MCU that has no true value, or one of the SAME damn videos that Comicstorian or Dope Spill is doing. I started with you and I want to stick with you bro, but it's getting difficult. There are millions of comics out there to cover. Cover them. This new Avengers run seems to be getting good. You could even venture out into Image Comics and cover Invincible! Something! We want to hear about the unexplained stuff. Bring back Comics Explained. Unfortunately the channel seems like Popular Comics Explained to Stay In The Algorithm.
The Grimm night kind or reminds me of a more extreme earth 2 batman
Whoa what was the music you used at the end of the video?
He sorta reminds me a bit of Thomas Wayne Batman.
Merely because he also murdered Joe Cill.
“Iam Punishment, Iam the night, IAM Punisher Batman!”
Hey, does anybody know a comic store selling recent comics in mexico? Its hard to find comics like this over here
Id just read em online if you cant find a store down by you
do you have a video on Robbie reyes ghost rider?????????????
7:52 I would posit that the fact that this batman uses guns and traps like rewiring Waynetech means he has spent his time focusing on being the best sniper and other deadly long range tactics. He's never considered being nonlethal and therefore never prioritized up close combat the way our Batman did. So he's not the expert at hand to hand other versions of him are.
Nice
Bruh, Bruce Wayne is wearing J's in this issue.
What's interesting here is that, Grim Knight has killed good people, he threatened Alfred's life and has killed cops. Frank Castle would never do that, however. He want's nothing more than to kill evil but not if it means killing innocents that get in his way, he always finds a way around that. So in that sense, Grim Knight is even worse than Punisher. Frank Castle wouldn't care about revenge against a cop who is just doing what he thought was right. Frank ONLY cares about revenge if you've harmed someone that he has come to care about, and even then it's not a main motive. Frank kills because it's justice to him (and also because he enjoys his on going war), Grim Knight kills as a means to an end. Which is probably why I felt different about Grim Knight the I do about Punisher.
Now imagine a Batman who kills but with no guns... BOOM!
Please do an episode of old man hawkeye. I can't get enough of that idea.
I am loving this new grim knight Batman, but how did Gordon beat Bruce Wayne in hand to hand combat? I know Gordon is used to “taking out green berets” but still! It doesn’t matter how prepared Gordon was, it was a straight up hand to hand fight and Gordon beats Bruce down? I dunno.....🤔ANYways, keep up the great work Rob!😁👍
There's a couple reasons but it basically is because Bruce doesn't kill innocent people and the jig was already up. He'd already been raided and lost all his stuff and was surrounded by SWAT teams. The only way for him to have won the altercation would have been to kill everyone there and Grim Knight doesn't kill innocent people.
I love this version of Batman souly because he's the punisher. And the punisher is the best lol I've always felt if Batman took a week off and Frank castle came to Gotham, shit would get done.
Except that he's not like the Punisher, the Punisher only kills criminals, the Grim Knight kills criminals and innocents people.
@@tsnoob4669 but he still kills people. So he's like the punisher.
@@thefatman69dude Punisher never kill innocents, this what makes them different. The Paladin from the Anansi universe, who is Batman that has the same origin as Grim Knight, is more like the Punisher since he never kill innocents.
What? Young Bruce broke a whole tree in my kick? WTF?
Maybe Jim Gordon also got some martial arts training before he went up against Batman. And it’s not like Gordon isn’t that capable because he was able to figure the identity of Batman.
Alpha guy Stadt I don’t reckon it’s as hard as you’d think.
LOL Gordon meet up with TMNT and spends 6 weeks in the sewers learning how to fight ninjas by becoming a ninja.... Grimknight trains his whole life, gets beat by beat cop Gordon pffff
Bruce Wayne is an effective hand to hand combatant in the universe where he doesn’t use guns. This one does and probably doesn’t focus his attention on hand to hand combat. If he was competent as a hand to hand combatant, he wouldn’t have been so dependent that he pulls a gun on Jim in the first place.
I think why Gordon beat Bruce, is based on Bruce's use of weaponry. Instead of getting years of practice in hand to hand with criminals, he was killing them with guns. So while he has training with martial arts it isn't his primary tactic anymore. So in hand to hand, Gordon and Bruce have the same or similar experience. Then the prep time for Gordon is the advantageous edge.
I like your channel. But DopeSpills is dropping these stories weeks-to-months before you. Just speed up a little 🤷🏾♂️
this channel is so much better imo
@@zombiewolf3244 I don't know about that
Hope this becomes its own series
I BET YOU COULD DO a time travel operation and discover that hi's lifeline would have played out kind of the same whether or not he killed Joe Chill and pulled out he Gun from time to Time which makes this fodder really interesting writing on our part detective comics
Can you please do the one below all?
Best Man!!!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 you gotta check out part 2
I fucking love the batman who laughs. Stone cold monster and he looks just like hes from the judge dredd universe lol
If we listen closely we can hear the audio from the scrapped video.
(Looks at the cover) It's a version of Jason Todd isn't it?
DC Comics: "It's not Jason Todd!"
I feel like commissioner Gordon got the upper hand because this Batman relies too much on guns. It would make sense that this Batman while having some sort of training is still not as sharp in hand to hand as our Batman because what's the point, you have an Arsenal of guns, just shoot them. While commissioner Gordon has military training and because of his morality doesn't rely heavily on his gun... Makes sense in this universe, never in our normal one, our Batman has too much hand to hand experience.
Batman's Superpower = Prep Time
You talk so fast and I thought it would bother me and I'd leave this video but I like it? 😂😭
If say grim knight shouldn’t be as good as a fighter as main universe Batman because he killed the competition he doesn’t have as much experience, he just shot the gun and eliminated his enemies.
Hey Rob can you cover Darwin vs Hela
Nobody:
Gorrela monsoon: what a manuver
Does a bat fly through the window in Batman: Year One? I gotta buy and read that.
I like to believe GK let Gordon when to save face, I don't think Gordon have definitive evidence the Bruce was Batman..
It's a Mobile suit, it's a GUNDAM!!!
Punished Bat his outfit looks similar to design of when Marvel did the Most Dangerous Man Alive Black Panther.