Beyond Omega Level: The Darkest Knight | Comics Explained

[@earlofsandwich2850]

Im still fairly certain, this whole crazy storyline was written because somebody asked, "How can we make Batman God?"

[@TupocalypseShakur]

He became a god, and he still lost to someone better

[@binchilling5768]

DC is always milking the bat and that' why I hate Batman

[@adel7974]

@@binchilling5768 Dang, hate is a big word but whatever

[@binchilling5768]

@@adel7974 dude they are milking the bat over and over again how many Batman book do we have now Other characters need to shine too

[@anthonyhughes8026]

@@binchilling5768 Why don’t you read something…else? “They’re” milking electricity for too long also…maybe you should turn off your phone and switch to candlelight? Make your own wax and wick, though, forge your own lamp from raw metals…not factory bought because that’s electricity also. Good luck… bye…

[@alejandrovallencci]

I love how the existence of the Batman Who Laughs implies that regular Batman never laughs, not even once

[@goldenlynelslayer4096]

Every time he does joker fucking dies

[@Attention..]

@@goldenlynelslayer4096 *Batman The Killing Joke has entered the chat*

[@sleepninja2350]

When the Batman laughs, somebody’s about to die

[@brucepa2350]

Serious tho, has he ever actually laughed in a casual situation?

[@joshuathomasverghese1341]

We've seen him smile, sarcastically giggle but never ever casually laugh. And at this point, I don't want to see him laugh

[@awashington8447]

The Batman who laughs is another prime example of how too much of a good thing is Bad..... even in comics 🤣🤣

[@sk_hermit1809]

They freaking milked the idea

[@martinimate4336]

@@sk_hermit1809 squeezed every little drop of content out of this story

[@deathstalkerx4415]

You mean too much of a good thing is *Bat* ? No? Alright, I'll head out then.

[@gothamshero8605]

@@deathstalkerx4415 Yes please get out 😂 It was so bad that it’s good and I have to admit, you made me chuckled

[@NinjapowerMS]

Yeah the rest of the evil batman made sense but this was pushing it. Ruined an otherwise solid storyline.

[@TheForeskinStealer2820]

Who thought a Batman with Jokers personality can become a universe eating god able to crush galaxies with a single glance

[@davebanker7322]

The whole Batman who laughs is a prime example of DC not knowing when to stop with a character and just Jumping the Shark

[@adamplentl5588]

For me it seemed like this was an instance of someone drawing a character first and then fabricating a story to justify it.

[@Raximus3000]

@@adamplentl5588 Not really.

[@adamplentl5588]

@@Raximus3000 yes it really does seem like that to me. You don't get to decide what it seems like to me champ.

[@Raximus3000]

@@adamplentl5588 It is evil laughing Batman. Does it really matter?

[@adamplentl5588]

@@Raximus3000 what an incredibly reductive and useless take. If that's you're view then you have nothing to say. Move along.

[@Crobin008]

When a Villain's plot armor is far toooooooooooo strong... The Manhattan brain swap was just ridiculous lmao Scott Synder was buggin lol

[@thefallencog]

whole story was insane but lets be real, if the justice league on the regular got jobbed by barbados what chance would they stand against perpetua without an even more insane asspull?

[@nickmagrick7702]

as if you could swap brains with a being made of pure energy anyways.... bleh this whole damn series was terrible (save for the beginning)

[@HarryG98]

Can someone explain to me how wonder woman was suddenly a near omnipotent god, and turned gold??

[@nickmagrick7702]

@@HarryG98 there is no explanation that will be satisfying Truth, justice, and girl power

[@Jenartik]

the pure energy of bathattan's body should've purified BWL's brain of the joker toxin

[@microphonejacket]

Please do an Omega Level: Plastic Man from DC! Batman is always talking about how powerful he is.

[@Alucard632]

i think he already did

[@lordbendtner6404]

Can mr fantastic do plastic man stuff

[@agentemerald4563]

If red goblin is beyond than so is plastic man

[@microphonejacket]

@@Alucard632 He didn't. =/

[@microphonejacket]

@@lordbendtner6404 Noooot really. Lol.

[@nathanielg2268]

Yes Rob another one. Man love the channel. Can't wait for the next Hulk issue.

[@ugoeze7360]

The Darkest Knight is a rags to riches story with a morality turn where absolute power (and craziness) corrupts absolutely.

[@averyyoung6962]

I think the joker Toxin had a more corrupting effect than anything else in this story.

[@chexmix0101]

Had a feeling that once Dr. Manhattan was introduce that him/ he’s powers would be turn into a plot device and what a surprise DC did it. Hate how super powerful beings are introduce and a few comics later it’s not a big deal, in this case multiple people getting Dr. M powers.

[@nickmagrick7702]

power creep ruins good stories and games

[@Raximus3000]

@@nickmagrick7702 Not always.

[@CCEkeke]

You get a Dr. Manhattan!!! And YOU get a Doctor Manhattan!!

[@aeroscantsee1665]

@@CCEkeke and you get a graduated manhattan!

[@lucdallaire9047]

What's even more funny its how they claim the batmanwholaugh/batantham was god level Dc and get defeated by wonderwoman. But, the real Dr manhattan defeated the dc universe in 2second with one slap of the hands.... And also that apparently he went there after all that even of barman who laughs. Meaning they should have knew is power and .... w.e so yeah DC trashed this hard.

[@BjornV1994]

While I liked the series quite well and actually enjoyed most of what the Darkest Knight represented, but it is also highlights one of the biggest issues with superhero media. It always has to be bigger, badder, meaning and stronger and we are currently on a level that the threats can be considered no longer multiversal but hyperversal in a lot of cases. Which in turns means that the heroes have to go to more extreme measures to even to be able to stand a chance. And more often than not, the odds have been so staked against the heroes that there is no real time left in the comic run to get to any satisfying ending, often opening the door for a Deus Ex Machina. And it is sad that in the case of this character, it is the second time they had to do it. In the first Dark Nights: Metal, The Dark Knights were clearly too powerful for the heroes and instead of having them go in temporary exile and have an event of them reconquering Earth over time, perhaps in several runs, they wanted to resolve things at the end of DNM and so the heroes were outfitted with 10th Metal, turning the odds 180° in minutes. And with Dark Nights: Death Metal, they had to dip Wonder Woman in Gold for her to end the crisis after the Darkest Knight hadn't experienced a single setback... With Marvel, I believe something similar happened to Knull, insanely powerful being, able of ripping the Sentry to shreds, defeated by a hero given some literal plot armor... Another popular trope is time travel to prevent the events from even taking place. But back to this character, it would have been more satisfying if the heroes had escaped at the end of Dark Nights Metal but had to go into exile as the Dark Knights took over Earth, with each carving their own territory on Earth and make it a year round event: A Year in Darkness, where the Justice League regroups and try to reclaim the Earth, piece by piece, defeating the Dark Knights as if they were video game bosses (one by one, with ever shifting territories as Dark Knights expand their influence if another falls.) Like let's say, we split up the Earth as following: - Red Death is given Asia; - Murder Machine is given Oceania; - Dawnbreaker is given South America; - The Drowned is given Atlantis; - The Merciless is given Europe; - The Devastator is given Africa; - The Batman Who Laughs is given North America, serving under Barbatos (or so the latter believes). This would allow DC to give each villain an interesting day in the light, explore heroes from all of the globe and introduce some new heroes from all these places and more importantly be more creative with how the Dark Knights are defeated, instead of killing them all in a rather unsatisfying way, maybe as the following: - Red Death: getting polar switched and either turned good or and sacrifice himself in a battle against one of the others or be destroyed in an antimatter explosion. - Murder Machine: getting shut down. - Dawnbreaker: reformed by the Indigo Tribe. - The Drowned: disappeared in the Mariana trench - The Merciless: Trapped in Tartarus - The Devastator: Imprisoned in the Phantom Zone. - The Batman Who Laughs, after betraying Barbatos, he is eventually dealt with by Batman and Joker... Barbatos ends up in his prison but BWL disappears without a trace. After that, we might have some hints once in a while and have him return a couple years later, where we see the Justice League visit some of the Dark Knights to get answers. But I wouldn't make him the all-powerful evil he eventually was turned into. Sure, he deserves to be a great threat and A-list villain but he didn't had to be a god, even if it was a logical choice for him to turn out that way with everything going on with Perpetua.

[@skegypteardis_09762]

Woah

[@edwarddawson42]

Maybe they should've just asked Kenneth Copeland and Pat Roberts to pray him out of existence.

[@BjornV1994]

@@edwarddawson42 It is an idea... I mean, if I had the power of the Darkest Knight and I saw Kenneth Copeland's face, I would've moved to a different multiverse on the spot. Forget conquering, I'm out of here...

[@wolvenbloodmoon]

This this whole thing sounds better thatn what they did in the 1st place....DAM I wish they did this!!!

[@johantoribio2207]

I mean at least Marvel was hinting the Uni-Power with the "god of light" even before the Venom Series, that it was a force that always fought Knull. There was some build up to that point. Also, the main reason Knull was even defeated was mostly cause of Silver Surfer.

[@qb7460]

This is what happens when a character gets so powerful that I stop caring.

[@MrKasa1989]

I always thought whenever an omega level fight happens that it would all cosmic energy not a physical fight. They are literally throwing planets and moons at each other. Is that suppose to actually do anything?

[@digitalkarma4691]

No but it looks cool.

[@Subject_Keter]

You got to SEE the action and physical battles convey it easier... or why people see Galatcus as what their species is OVER what his true form is.

[@MrKasa1989]

@@Subject_Keter fair.

[@Raximus3000]

@@digitalkarma4691 Though using celestial bodies is nothing new, in this case they used them as vases, lol.

[@TheDanubeDepleter]

Fucking RIGHT???

[@cow_king4223]

Beyond Omega level: King Shadow. This dude is so fast.

[@heraldofthunder6244]

You mean Amal Farouk

[@harshasandhu5653]

You mean shadow king?

[@cow_king4223]

@@harshasandhu5653 No, it's a guy who comments on these videos in 1 second.

[@harshasandhu5653]

@@cow_king4223 ah ok

[@nickstuyf857]

hey man, been watching your videos for ages and just wanted to say their getting me through catching omicron. merry christmas rob

[@williamgolston5399]

Hope you get better soon!

[@vulcans2658]

Dont get fear mongered

[@crazyhatchetlife]

Get well soon brother, you can beat this

[@justaperson3246]

Get well soon man!

[@feddy11100]

Get well soon, and Merry Christmas!

[@varsamapolizos2781]

I love that the darkest knights smile is a bat! He is by far one of my favorite villains hands down.

[@yoloboloyolo888]

Ashame there isn't more of him and that his powers isn't explained better as matching him up for fights can be pretty boring when he can just "do anything "

[@Pqihtyieojn12]

A very much missed opportunity of utilising the batman who laughs in a better way. Like how darkest knight got his power is kinda bs.

[@trayboy214]

I've been watching you since highschool and you never fail to impress and amaze me with your comics knowledge. I've watched you crank out quality content on your best and sometimes on your worst days. I guess what I'm saying is thank you. As a fan I think I could speak for us all when I say you're one of our favorite tubers because of how you listen to the Rob corp. Keep going above and beyond the source wall bro. Thank you P.s. I wanted to know have you ever done a video on Dr. Fate or the Lords of Chaos from DC?

[@willchalloner6643]

Ahh what a shame They made a golden idea The Batman who laughs Then they just burned it to the ground

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

The greatest feat Dr. Manbattan was _going away._ I knew there was something wrong the moment he had to _charge up_ his ability to see all of time. Like it was Dragon Ball Z.

[@primal1723]

😂😂😂

[@Raximus3000]

His universe had a linear simple time without any quantum inerferences, he was literaly the frog in the well.

[@Jo_mama0]

1:54 the way he’s changed to the throne is creepy

[@Pridefallen975]

Everything in darkest night's life happened because of plot armour so it's fair to say that he was defeated by plot armour as well

[@justified_wrath_21]

batman himself is living plot armor

[@Pridefallen975]

@@justified_wrath_21 to be fair so is ironman

[@user-de1ko7fv5m]

@@Pridefallen975 nah I actually think Ironman loses a lot more and his wins are more realistic than batmans

[@CloroxBleach-qy7vy]

@@Pridefallen975 i hate how ppl (especially marvel fans) always overlook batman but are so quick to back up ironman or reed richards in arguments when basically all these dudes main powers is being smarter than all the heros and villians around them. Like ironman made a godkiller armor and even an uru one but ppl downplay bats hellbat armor or his justice league buster, and 6th dimensional world forge armor he used to fight world forge supes. Like ppl so quick to say Batman’s intelligence is plot armor when its been repeatedly said by multiple beings even BRAINIAC that batman n lex are top 2 of the smartest humans from their time. Note how i said HUMANS for those that might get triggered readin this.

[@johnlawful2272]

She also had crisis energy

[@akaJRob]

I can never wrap my head around this storyline. How does Bruce go from losing his parents in a alley to this… just amazing at witch point did our Bruce completely lose consciousness

[@An_Inconvenience]

"This is mah OC, his name is Darkest Knight except he smarter than batman and his power is maximum" -DC editorial writing Death Metal

[@TupocalypseShakur]

That's DC with every Batman story

[@Subject_Keter]

Arent ALL fictional characters people's OC but atleast it made a "lick" of sense why not like certian things you can get into.

[@OverlordMMM]

Wasn't his omniscience contingent on fear? From what I understand, wonder woman was a blind spot because her armor and power was augmented by hope.

[@Superman-um9pd]

One of the best character designs I've ever seen. TDK's design is awesome to me.

[@jezmoz3977]

No matter how op or weakest a character... If Plot demands it anything can happen... Plot is just unbeatable same as the cameraman

[@ginnungagapabyss5639]

I nicknamed him DC’s version of Aizen, but the Batman who laughs achieved his goal, before losing to a very questionable power up, but I did see a video that actually explains how Ichigo could evolve beyond the hogyoku Aizen. (It explains that in away Ichigo was basically a all natural hogyoku, since he’s the perfect balance between hollow, soul reaper, and Quincy, being a being like the soul king or at least what was before the soul king made the realms, creating life, and death.) tekking101 video he just made on Ichigo form.

[@srinivasanbalaji4867]

batman solos bleach

[@ginnungagapabyss5639]

@@srinivasanbalaji4867 okay, I was just talking about how the Batman who laughs is like Aizen, but you do you, I guess.

[@kanchichatterjee2154]

Why bring anime into this

[@ginnungagapabyss5639]

@@kanchichatterjee2154 why question me comparing 2 fictional characters.

[@Sentient.A.I.]

Lol that picture of darkest knight slamming a planet in Perpetuas face like an old school looney tunes cream pie.

[@bradrankin844]

Wow just wow! Just when you think you seeing every version of Batman you bring this one up and it blows my mind! I don't even know what's beyond omega level? Mabe....OMEGA LEVEL 2.0?? 👍👍👍👍

[@jupiter5943]

this was good thank you

[@hot-_-fries1254]

Rob, I've been watching you since 2015, and you've always brought back my love for comics in general, and I know I'm one of hundreds of comments that you see daily, but I wanna take the time to ask you if you can cover all 160 issues of the ultimate spiderman run, leading up to his death. I would really appreciate that. Have a great day, and merry Christmas.

[@GetZeducated]

Keep up the good work. Merry Christmas

[@bmwdon5632]

Best version of Batman ! Loved this whole series

[@TV-jn4dh]

BwL has the same aesthetic as putting a space before punctuation.

[@UnifiedEntity]

The most overrated version of Batman ever.

[@jacksithlord1301]

@@UnifiedEntity so

[@lunargaming5573]

@@UnifiedEntity how is he overrated he is literally a god

[@desmonides]

@@TV-jn4dh 🤨

[@maddhandles06]

Merry Christmas rob man you get me through to much of my life I found you a few years after my sister passed away and well I wasn’t doing so well. But me and my father really loved the way you made your videos and the way you really cared for comics like we did. I didn’t understand marvel comics as much as my dad, but he didn’t know everything either. And then … we found you Rob and we loved you! We watched every video we could find of you and it made us fell so much better. Please see this Rob because this is how I really feel, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY COMICS EXPLAINED VIDEO! Oh yeah check out his other channels or your not a R E A L fan.

[@zacharygroysman279]

Batman who laughs doesn’t have poor armor. My man is rocking a whole plot fortress

[@Subject_Keter]

He has a Plot Armada warping Plot Titans to cover him!

[@ecooodonnnn]

Love the videos as always

[@insanemakaioshin]

Perpetua was created by & is underneath the Source, who is the Presence. Also, Michael & Lucifer were stated to be his strongest creations.

[@iamtheshadows4916]

True

[@cake1158]

He was that strong they had to give wonder woman sooo much plot armour lol

[@Aragorn7884]

The Darkest Knight's strongest superpower: *PLOT ARMOR*

[@ullebrammerloo74]

Fitting that it's also the very thing that defeated him 🤣

[@deathgorilla782]

@@ullebrammerloo74 Plot armor has 1% chance to kill you when wearing it, 84% chance added when you're evil

[@ullebrammerloo74]

@@deathgorilla782 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's over kill 84% that's crazy dude

[@odinson902]

All superheroes have plot armor. You just hate Batman.

[@Aragorn7884]

@@odinson902 no.

[@TDK_DC]

You forgot he also got every version of evil Batman and Al their powers

[@res2wnor]

In Dungeons and Dragons there are power levels to the gods, something called Divine Ranks. The ranks are then broken into 3 tiers of power: lesser, intermediate, and greater gods. Greater gods are omniscient, nearly totally immune to all effect not from a stronger entity, and can shape universes (or “Planes”) to their whims. The term used for entities ABOVE greater gods is the blanket term “Overdeity”. I think that’s the term I would use to label perpetua, the darkest knight, and that final form of wonder women. Other Overdeities would probably be things like The presence/source, the one above/below all, and the mother of creation from Spawn.

[@marvelknight6985]

Thank you Rob! Happy holidays!

[@yungmalo265]

I think it’s actually crazy how all this started with joker dying and his soul pretty much going into Batman

[@gameinsane4718]

A giant god of shadows fighting a giant golden god… Reminds me of Gorr the God Butcher now that I think about it

[@ShinM.]

Wow, first 10 minutes? Nice. Also, nice to see such a recently created character on this list. Feels like like just yesterday the whole darkest nights saga came out.

[@ДмитрийРубежов-э1б]

Batman Joker + God + Prep Time THIS IS THE EMBODIMENT OF YOU ARE FUCKED UP

[@bet0v966]

Just realized his contingency plan relied upon Wonder Woman not destroying his brain in their clash. If she had wrecked his brain with that chainsaw, that woulda been it

[@yoloboloyolo888]

Well to be fair when you kill someone you never think "i should cut his brain in two"

[@bet0v966]

@@yoloboloyolo888 True but after dealing with many super villains, cosmic beings, etc one would definitely double tap several times over 😅

[@619Slipk]

Darkest Knight: I'm onipotent! Wonder Woman's fists doing their best John Cena impression: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

[@jacobgallegos8762]

Wonder Woman beating him was dumb as hell

[@jordanwilliams2557]

Don’t forget, 6:27, Superboy prime had a hand in it

[@lordschnitzel7961]

Beyond Omega Level: Mandrakk the Dark Monitor (DC)

[@darklordthesecond755]

Man this guys voice is so relaxing to listen too binge watching everything lol

[@dustinhowell7612]

Thank you so much for doing this!!! He's my favorite villain from my favorite story! I'm so sick of Darkseid being the ultimate, big bad. This guy was amazing! What a wonderful Christmas surprise!!!!

[@Evanvillion]

the biggest menace

[@A.M_slime]

There's a point when a character's abilities and power become just too ridiculous to the extremes of what the average person can grasp and that can end up alienating readers and people just lose interest and enthusiasm about the comic. And I believe this may have been reached a few times in this run, and even the writers had to "plot armor" their way out.

[@yoloboloyolo888]

The problem i have with it is that we never get an explanation for what they can do, at best we get "they can do anything " , which is super boring and makes fights so boring and contrived. Like i want cosmic armour super man and the darkest knight to fight, but their powers are so poorly explained that i have no clue who would win due to how confusing it is.

[@yousaidthusly461]

No matter how powerful you write a god, they’ll never jump out of the book

[@genra17]

...so basically, what happens if Joker becomes the Chaos King.

[@cesarjimenez5120]

That would be an interesting versus ,

[@deathstroke0976]

Nah. Most of these characters are beyond the chaos king

[@deathstroke0976]

Perpetua created multiverses, and destroyed universes in her weakest state, the darkest knight defeated her, wonder woman defeated him, and chaos king struggled to destroy one multiverse making him multi-universal, and marvel has *less* universes than dc.

[@Goddoom7140]

@@deathstroke0976 lol chaos king would destroy the entire dc multiverse he was playing with everyone

[@funsies8107]

So Emperor Joker but again?

[@chaneladriana6829]

This guy is like the chaos king with more power than oblivion

[@tomkerruish2982]

Outstanding video as always! Rob (if I may be so familiar), I'd like to say that, mathematically, omega squared makes perfect sense. For further information, I wish to recommend the Vsauce video entitled "How To Count Past Infinity."

[@panza182]

"So far beyond omega level, omega level is a dot!"

[@Dohnr]

Can you do Sise Neg next for the next Beyond Omega Level Episode?

[@madhavramabhadran2063]

Did anyone notice when he said 52 planets in the video the time in the video was 5 minutes and 20seconds

[@takeruneverborn4740]

Rob I know I'm not the honor Guard but please do Beyond Omega Level:Golden Lasso of Truth/Anti Crisis Wonder Woman or as call Her Golden Amazon Diana

[@demegofficial5372]

So he's basically dc's version of the chaos king.

[@AKBOXING-13-1]

Come onnnn. The darkest knight was not killed by Wonder Woman. That was just a piece of him that Wonder Woman was fighting as shown in the end panels that when asked if they won she said all she sees is laughter. And it shows the darkest knight around everywhere just smiling.

[@mitchthe3518]

I mean in war of the multiverses the batman who laughs does acknowledge that the darkest knight might lose but that would mean he would still exist, which he was brought back in the fortnite crossover

[@CloroxBleach-qy7vy]

Yea it was the hands that realized the truth of what wonderwoman showed them that ended the BWL. At that point not even a world forged WW or even SBP could kill him though it was said SBP was able to stalematch him n couldnt be wiped from existence by him either.

[@AKBOXING-13-1]

@@CloroxBleach-qy7vy He only stalemated batmanhattan who laughs because Batmanhattan was holding together all the anti matter from the multiverses!! All while fighting superboy prime. The writers aren’t that stupid to have wonder woman finish it off like that. If batman stated to be able to finish off the hands. Wonder Woman stands no chance at all. He just finished his job.

[@aeroscantsee1665]

He called golden WW plot armor as if the birth of batman who laughs isn't the cause of plot armorxD

[@simonjoyfool7714]

Hey Rob, can you explain: 1)Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) 2) The Key(DC) 3)The Mother of Existence 4)Lobster Johnson 5)Reptil 6)Crimson Dynamo (Valetin Shatalov) 7)Blue Beetle(Jaime Reyes) 8)Cyborg Superman Beyond Omega Level: Odin’s Doom(Ultimate Alliance Final Boss Dr Doom)

[@primexample8912]

Darkest knight looking like black zetsu 🤣lol I like his design doe😎

[@Doomfullord]

While I love the story I hate the Darkest Knight. Dr Manhattan was cool as an outside force, but dragging him into a plot point for some backwards ascension.

[@ravager48]

Beyond Omega Level: Upside-down Man

[@QriousIgloos]

If there is any character I would want for a DC Marvel crossover, I would want it to be the Batman who laughs/the darkest knight!

[@MeteorDragoon]

"And this is to go even further beyond!" - Goku

[@theend2860]

What’s funny is that I’m pretty sure he might’ve planned on probably dying again because of a line someone says from the batman/fortnite comics. It was along the lines of “well he looks like he’s no longer omnipotent” also whats happening recently with that whole fortnite dc and marvel stuff, really makes me think the batman who laughs might want to cross over to the marvel universe to team with someone else. Maybe knull, idk

[@fsu7482]

Woo merry Christmas rob

[@Scrappy_ill_fold_ya_Doo]

So if this Bruce Wayne/Batman was to die, would his spirit be normal or would it be corrupt? Because the Joker gas only affects Bruce physically.

[@ArmyGuyClaude]

That would be a cool concept to read about someday

[@trevorghalt1881]

Beyond omega level the Doom Patrol

[@jeremysmith4620]

This is the most whack nonsense. I can't believe someone could read this without stopping in the middle and just throwing away the script. There is a reason I haven't read DC in so long. It was like after the OG Crisis there was an utter lack of direction for such a long time which just developed into this absurdity as its final form over the years. Here we are, taking the character that symbolized DC as a company not caring about their creatives, Dr Manhatten, and literally ripping out his brains only to replace it with the worst watered down iteration of an idea that someone with zero creativity said at the world's saddest pitch meeting. "What if Batman is Joker, but edgy and dark." Then they extract the brain and very soul of the character from the best written and most lauded series in company history to replace it with the most poorly contrived mash up of corporate greed and creative bankruptcy ever shat into existence. Watching this hurt me. It's not Rob's fault, Rob is great and doing the best with what he's got to work with. It is late stage capitalism just doing its thing and running buck wild trying to destroy anything with meaning, sincerity, and a unique voice that still exists in the never ending hunt for another positive growth quarter to please the ghoulish investors. Bathatten. Just saying it makes me loose faith in humanity and know there is no Santa or anything else good left in the world.

[@muntumsutu8404]

So it's safe to say batman is the most dangerous person in the DC Multiverse.

[@oblivion000clock9]

All of galactus Heralds explained more or less there history please!!! in the name of internity and infinity

[@obibraxton2232]

Been a hot min wow since I commented but I love when you do “Omega level”themed videos 👏🏾

[@KalousTheGuy]

I'm still waiting on an explanation for His and Prime's fight... Best fight I've seen in ages in DC. And literally no explanation as to what actually happens. Is he dead? Could he not be killed, but rather displaced to a different time? (Perhaps before Crisis and such. BWL did say he couldn't kill him) Someone, for the love of all that is good.. explain what's going on with my boy?? Redemption arc must be followed through all the way!!

[@thefallencog]

while its not directly explained, it can be implied he was shifted off to another version of the Paradise dimension. Since superboy would have effectively been batmans strongest tool by far. (practically no weaknesses) if he had been allowed to stay in the story. Superboy is probably in another paradise dimension, since hes finally accepted in all his life hes been wrong and accepted his shame for all the things hes done. Superboy can also break *out* of prison dimensions with extremely few exceptions. So it was a better play to just play into superboys shame and then trap him in a paradise dimension. Superboy only beat a significantly weaker fragment of the darkest knight.

[@nickmagrick7702]

"Is he dead?" god willing

[@KalousTheGuy]

@@thefallencog There is no confirmation that version was a Weaker version of the BWL And that's the problem. There is no confirmation on what happened at all. I mean, we can speculate. But until the writers say for certain. I'd prefer to leave it as that. An unexplained mystery, until they decide it's time to revive his story for one last run. And another.

[@srinivasanbalaji4867]

@@KalousTheGuy tdk akr said the didnt want to waste his power on sbp abd tdk only placed 1 attack he was trying to manipulate prime not beat him

[@KalousTheGuy]

@@srinivasanbalaji4867 I'm sorry, but my Brain must not on par this morning my guy, I did not understand what you meant there lad.

[@simonjoyfool7714]

FOR LORD SCHNITZEL: ROB JEFFERSON, HEAR OUR CRY BEYOND OMEGA LEVEL MANDRAKK THE DARK MONITOR

[@justgivemeafunkinnam]

He didnt kill her, she was entrapped again. The hands either killed or took her home. You also skipped over how Superboy Prime was able to beat him down to the point that the BMWL had to give him what he wanted so he would leave him alone because he couldnt defeat him.

[@thefallencog]

BMWL could have destroyed superboy at any time, but it would have required his full attention/power since hes superman if he had (almost) no weaknesses and no moral compass to hold his powers back. Having superboy face off against a fragment of the BMWL and then trap him in the paradise dimension when he thinks he won the battle and its time to go back home (when all of creation is basically been destroyed) was an extremely smart play. If he hadn't sent him away, batman's fight against his forces would have gone significantly smoother because BMWL had nothing outside of himself that could even contest superboy prime. It was implied the "darkest" universe version of superboy was a genuine hero in all cases. So he had no darkest superboy to draw from.

[@nickmagrick7702]

nah he was just using superboy prime, and prime knew it too

[@chall5711]

He killed prime.

[@TheSuperboy_Prime]

@@chall5711 He's Not Dead, he's Returned to Prime Earth

[@LowkeyMoonFR]

Doesn’t this make Wonder Woman like. Leagues stronger than almost every single version of Superman☠️

[@dylancruz2430]

The only 2 parts I love about this whole series was Superboy Prime kicking his butt and the ending. Man it’s literally Edge lord of edge.

[@ZeroGs2232]

thank you for the new episode also MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM AUSTRALIA

[@superawesomeboy]

Batman Who Laughs is cool, I like the idea and design. He started out menacing and well-written. But eventually he became too damn popular and that's why we got..this. Also, putting Watchmen into the DC universe was definitely a mistake, in my opinion.

[@JR-dd4ec]

The story of DC is a series of bad decisions

[@BjornV1994]

While in a way it does feel like a natural progession for him (he saw himself as an apex predator after all), they burned him out way too quickly and instead of using him sporadically, they used him for everything and had to raise the stakes higher and higher and way too quick... And another issue with not just BWL but a lot of other characters in comics (Knull from Marvel comes to mind), they are creating a being so powerful, you need either a deus ex machina for the heroes to actually be able to defeat this god-being or go for time travel, to prevent the whole thing from happening in the first place...

[@calumhouston3308]

Have you read Doomsday Clock? That story does a really good job of bring Watchmen to the DCU. It is kind if a Superman/DC meta commentary (which I love). The writting alone is leagues above DKM. DC really shot themselves in the other foot when theg abandoned Rebirth.

[@christopherharris4903]

MERRY CHRISTMAS ROB CORP.

[@knightmeta7]

I think the batman who laughs final form should have been the Joker, woulda been dope

[@Ree_Devon24]

I know this is off topic, but I can't wait for the Hulk vs Thor: Banner of War comic to drop!

[@kiezersosay49]

Squirrel girl's #4 Squirrel could beat the entire justice league. Blindfolded...

[@jaeusa160]

I might call it "Beyond Looney Toons Level"

[@mr.mimikyu2342]

Finally been waiting for this for ages

[@jonNy-s8n]

Rob, you really gotta cover Flash Forward! It was such a good Redemption story for Wally West.

[@cosmicjohn174]

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄

[@franktheavocado7573]

wow robs 3rd or 4th dc video in 5 months, what a roll hes on

[@forgotten1529]

Man’s really lost to plot armor

[@Istalrivaldr]

So beyond omega level: Wonder Woman? Love the video

[@TheDemigreg]

No doubt but WW only defeated the darkest knight with literal plot armor.

[@BitterParadise]

Rob im about to binge watch you whole channel so I can go start arguments that I know I'll win

[@BitterParadise]

Also his name should be Bat-Hattan 😎

[@islembouache4579]

why would the presence or lucifer or micheal allow this to happen? they can easily dispatch any other entity in the omniverse imo