{"product_id":"batman-last-knight-on-earth-2-2019-nm","title":"Batman: Last Knight on Earth # 2 2019 NM","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBatman: Last Knight on Earth #2\u003c\/b\u003e (Book Two) (released July 31, 2019) is the oversized second chapter of the dark, post-apocalyptic 3-issue DC Black Label miniseries. Created by the legendary New 52 team of writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, this issue expands a desolate, ruined Earth where a young clone of Batman treks across a wasteland alongside the talking, severed head of the Joker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story unfolds across three distinct, nightmarish locations as Batman seeks out the mysterious dictator ruling over the remnants of humanity:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAct I: The Plains of Solitude\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe issue opens with Batman and Joker navigating the mutated North American desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Speed Force Storm: They are caught in a localized cosmic storm created by the remnants of the Flash, where speed force lightning constructs display a tragic loop of the day the world collapsed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fortress of Solitude: Striking out into the sand, they discover the ruins of the Fortress of Solitude. It is guarded by an aged, hardened Wonder Woman, who has built a hidden subterranean sanctuary beneath the ice to protect the last remaining human refugees and a group of Amazons.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAct II: Lex Luthor's Final Stand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWonder Woman agrees to transport Batman toward Gotham City via a specialized stealth airship, flying over what used to be the American Midwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Underworld: Along the path, they are shot down and ambushed by a terrifying mutant underworld. The surface is policed by an enormous, monstrous fusion of Bane and Scarecrow (Bane carrying Scarecrow on his back, using fear gas to paralyze victims).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Truth of the Apocalypse: Batman encounters an incredibly old, dying Lex Luthor. Luthor reveals a dark philosophical truth: he didn't destroy the world. Decades ago, Luthor successfully convinced the global populace to reject justice and choose doom, and mankind willingly tore its own civilization apart in a chaotic free-for-all.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAct III: The Siege of Gotham \u0026amp; Omega's Identity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBatman finally makes it to the gated perimeter of Gotham City, which has been transformed into a dystopian, tech-heavy kingdom ruled by a brutal warlord known as Omega.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Rebellion: Batman connects with the remaining underground human resistance, led by an older Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cliffhanger: The resistance reveals a horrifying detail about the main antagonist: Omega is not a rogue supervillain. Omega is actually the original, older Bruce Wayne, who survived the apocalypse, became deeply cynical, and conquered Gotham using Darkseid's anti-life equation. The issue ends with the cloned Batman realizing he must kill his original self to save what is left of Earth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BattleBuddyComics.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914938060900,"sku":"BZ117","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/7606\/4868\/files\/IMG_2026_10_06_20_46_11_139.jpg?v=1791337690","url":"https:\/\/battlebuddycomics.com\/products\/batman-last-knight-on-earth-2-2019-nm","provider":"BattleBuddyComics.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}