Duke thomas: We are robin, the signal, final knight appreciation 2022

[9th.]

Happy New Year Duke fans! Hopefully there's a solo planned for Duke this year. s/o to lemonpeace for the amazing OP

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Created by: Scott Snyder (writer) Greg Capullo (artist)

First Appearance: Batman Vol 2 #21 (August 2013).

Powers: Duke is a metahuman with the ability to manipulate, absorb, and redistribute both light and shadow.

Duke's powers are photokinetic in nature and his primary ability allows him to concentrate light through his eyes and manipulate the way the light is processed for a variety of visual tasks; with his most notable ability being his Ghost Vision. By manipulating the way he processes light, Duke can perceive the "ghosts" of where light has been in his vicinity and see a few minutes into the past, or glimpse into the future by sensing the "ghost" of where light will be. Duke's precognitive abilities give him an edge in combat, being able to react faster to attacks than normally possible and even catch projectiles in midair. Duke's photokinetic-based vision can also be used in a variety of more practical ways. Duke can manipulate the way he processes light to see beyond the known Electromagnetic spectrum; follow and detect someone through walls, ceilings, smoke and most materials; track the movement of light; and can even focus his vision to see at a great distance or percieve extremely small objects down to the subdermal level.

After experiencing the touch of Ishmael, Duke's powers "evolved" to manipulating darkness as well as light. Duke can now pull shadows into himself, revealing more light, or generate darkness from himself, like a tide enveloping everything in darkness. Duke can also charge up his darkness before sending it at a out. he can also shape and move shadow, which he can use to augment his hand to hand combat. Duke can traverse through shadow (and light) and can also use his shadows to transport other people.

Duke's unique metahuman physiology gives him an affinity for Nth metal, often becoming reactive in the presence of powerful forms of Nth and/or 8th metal. Particularly potent forms of Nth metal can amplify his visions, allowing longer more vivid visions into the past, across dimensions, and he can even hearing some audio.



Essential Reading

We are Robin (2015) #1-12 written by Lee Bermejo, art by Khary Randolph

• Robin War (2016) written by Various Writers, art by Various Artists

Dark Days: The Forge & The Casting (2017) #1 written by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV art by Jim Lee, Andy Kubert, and John Romita Jr.

• Immortal Men (2018) #1-6 written by James Tynion IV, art by Ryan Benjamin & Jim Lee

Batman and The Signal (2018) #1-3 story by Scott Snyder, written by Tony Patrick, art by Cully Hamner
Batman & the Outsiders (2019) #1-17 written by Bryan Edward Hill, art by Dexter Soy & Veronica Gandini
"The Quiet Ones" - Dark Nights: Death Metal - Robin King (2020) #1 written by Tony Patrick art by Danial Sampere
Tales from The Dark Multiverse: METAL (2020) #1 written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly art by Karl Mostert
"Outsiders" - Future State: The Next Batman (2021) #1 & #3 written by Brandon Thomas art by Sumit Kumar
Batman: Secret Files - The Signal (2021) #1 written by Tony Patrick art by
"The Fearful" - Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #8-9 written by Brandon Thomas by Cian Tormey

[stay woke Mr. Thomas, stay woke...]

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At the end of the year, all Appreciation threads are closed and new threads for the coming year are put in place.

Appreciation threads are for just that - Appreciation. Not for debate, not for slamming and not for bringing other characters down by comparison.~

Commence appreciating! :-)

Link to the 2018 thread
Link to the 2019 thread
Link to the 2020 thread
Link to the 2021 thread