Am I wrong that I want to see Clownhunter as sometimes ally, sometimes antagonist. A shade of gray darker than most bat family members? Maybe in the same vein as Anarky? He’d do great opposite Tim, should Tim ever get his own book again.
Could he be the Magistrate?
I’d vote for him in election with his no clowns policy!
Considering the seeds of the concept is being planted now, he's too young. The Magistrate isn't supposed to be an actual person, either. That's just the name of the whole operation. The leader from Future State is known as "Peacekeeper One". And the Magistrate is against costumed identities in general, so Bao Pham as Clownhunter would just be another name they'd be gunning for.
People already said this theory in multiple threads but I might as well post the pic:
december 21st has passed where are my superpowers?
funny enough, Tynion recently said he originally had plans for clownhunter in another book when his Batman run was originally supposed to end after issue 100. He also said to pay attention to teen titans future state, so maybe Clownhunter will be red x...
Nice catch. I can’t wait to see how we get from Clownhunter to Red X.