Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Bronze Age Omnibus #3
In "Time... My Dark Destiny!", writer Mike W. Barr and artist Dave Gibbons explore the haunting duality of Brimstone across two Earths, weaving a tale of fractured identities and spiritual echoes. The story reveals how two versions of Brimstone—on Earth-2 and Earth-1—exist in uneasy awareness of one another, their fates entwined across decades. Cover by Karl Kerschl captures the eerie tension of this cosmic connection, making this a must-read for fans of the Bronze Age era.
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The story explains how 2 different personas for Brimstone exist: Both aware somehow of each others' existences on a spiritual level. In 1955, on Earth-2, Brimstone's defeated by Batman and sent to prison, but later transfers his 'spiritual' essence to his doppelganger on Earth-1 in 1983 to restart his criminal empire. He learns of a Batman on this world, but is also defeated here by him. When his essence returns to its own body, it is a vegetable by this time, trapping him there for the rest of his natural life, while his 'good' Earth-1 counterpart is unaware of what happened.
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