does any body have information about the batman villain Wrath?

Answer 1

The Wrath was a one-shot villain, on the concept of ‘what if Batman was a criminal?’
The Wrath’s parents were shot and killed by James Gordon, when he was a beat cop. They were breaking and entering (and teaching their son the crime business as well) and tried to shoot Gordon when he caught them red handed.

The Wrath wore a mask with a big W on it (so he had ‘ears’ that looked like Batman’s) and he was an assassin and was training for the day when he would be able to kill Gordon. He figured he would have to kill Batman as well, since he was always around and would get in the way. They were so similar, that Wrath figured out Batman’s secret identity before Batman figured out his. He wound up dying in a fire; IIRC, he booby trapped the building so that Batman could not get out alive, but he was the one who died.

This was in a Batman Annual, or some special issue; this is just from memory, I don’t have it handy so I can’t give you the issue number or date of publication. Sorry.

In a way, it was too bad they used him and disposed of him. He would have made a neat continuing villain for Batman, his dark evil counterpart, so to speak. It’s ironic to think of someone darker than Batman, but this guy was. He wasn’t just highly trained, he was on a hair trigger. Where Batman has Alfred to help him, this guy reacted by reflex and killed the butler of the wealthy girl that loved him, throwing a knife through his heart. He would have made an excellent ongoing villain. But there can only be one Batman.

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Answer 2

Very little.

Batman Special # 1 1984 Wrath was villain designed as an Anti-Batman in the 1980s.

Answer 3

Wrath's appearance, as well as his origin story and the motives behind his actions, are reminiscent of those of Batman, but with notable differences. The parallels/reversals include: whereas Batman's parents were shot by a mugger in front of him when he was only a kid, Wrath's parents - a couple of burglers - were shot by a young policeman whilst committing a robbery on the very same day (June 26th); whereas Bruce Wayne dedicated his life to a crusade against crime in reaction to this traumatic experience, Wrath for his part started a campaign of revenge against law and law-enforcers when he had grown up; whereas Bruce Wayne became a vigilante, the burglers' son became a professional assassin (who unlike Batman had no qualms about killing or using firearms); Wrath (like Batman) distinguished himself for perfection and obsession in what he did and used to wear a costumed that was very similar to Batman's (although coloured in crimson and purple with a W-insignia on the chest and cowl).

When Wrath - who for years had travelled the world to work as a gun for hire - finally returned to Gotham City to kill the man who had shot his parents - who was no other than James Gordon, Batman's ally and commissioner of the Gotham City Police - a clash with Batman was quite inevitable. In the course of their - for the time being only impersonal - battle of wits Wrath learned of Batman's secret identity as Bruce Wayne and started to attack several of his friends: Alfred had to be hospitalised and Leslie Thompkins was taken hostage by Wrath.

In the end Wrath died when he fell from the roof of a building in Park Row when caught in a fire he himself had started during his showdon with Batman

Wrath remains to be revived in the post-Crisis DC Universe. However, the concept of an Anti-Batman has been picked up, e.g. in the cases of the JLA villain Prometheus or Bane.

Writer Tony Bedard has announced that Wrath will be reintroduced in the DC Universe in a 4-part story in Batman Confidential. [1]