11 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Batman: Arkham
8. Prometheus Was Cut From Batman: Arkham Knight
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People tend to hold up Joker as Batman's polar opposite, but the real antithesis of the character is Prometheus. He's literally the anti Batman, with his parents having been killed by law enforcement at an early age, and him pursuing a life of villainy thereafter.
Prometheus was first referenced in Arkham Asylum and was fortunate enough to have his own character bio. He wasn't present at the Asylum at the time of the break-in, but it was clear he was active and that he had potential to be a major threat in the future.
Still, as time went on, Prometheus was still no closer to appearing in Arkham. He seemed an ideal fit for Arkham Origins' story of assassins, but it seems as though Rocksteady had him in mind for their Season of Infamy DLC instead. Of course, as those who have played said DLC will know, Prometheus didn't appear.
According to in-game files, both he and Black Mask were cut from the Season of Infamy. The latter showed up in the Red Hood DLC, but fans are still waiting for Prometheus' physical debut.
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.
