10 Reasons Rocksteady's Next Arkham Game Should Be Batwoman
9. Batman Is DONE After Arkham Knight's Ending
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Without getting too bogged down in the ups and downs of Arkham Knight's story, the ending wasn't exactly the best. It sells Bruce Wayne succumbing to his dark side as something triumphant when it really isn't, and the ending tease of a nightmarish Batman was nowhere near as definitive as it should've been.
Still, it didn't not raise some interesting questions. But while they could be addressed by any character, they definitely won't be by Batman. The character is done as far as Arkham is concerned, but it's his legacy that matters more. Arkham Knight's DLC teased the various ways his allies reacted to his ostensible demise, but wouldn't it be interesting if an outside force tried to honour it instead?
In the comics, Kate Kane dons the Batwoman identity after the Dark Knight stops her from being mugged in the street. At the time, Kate felt as though she was without purpose. Batman came into her life and she vowed to honour that legacy in her own way come '52', when the Dark Knight disappeared alongside the rest of DC's Trinity.
Now that Bruce is gone in the Arkhamverse, Rocksteady could mirror her journey in the comics.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
