Is Batman venom canon?

Oddly, given how much debate there is on whether the 'Legends of the Dark Knight' stories are canon, Venom seems to be universally accepted as canon. This is likely due to the fact that it ties in so closely with an extremely major canon event that occurs later in the Batman mythos.
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Which Batman comics are canon?

Of all titles listed above, only Batman: Year One is considered canonical to the mainstream DC Universe, so it is the only title to appear on the Batman timeline. In 2007, Frank Miller's "Dark Knight Universe" was officially designated as Earth-31 within the new DC Comics Multiverse composed of 52 alternate universes.
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Does Batman ever use Venom?

A new edition of the classic tale from BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #16-20, introducing the strength-enhancing drug Venom. After Batman fails to save a young girl, he becomes addicted to Venom – and his entire life begins to spiral out of control.
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Has Batman used Bane's Venom?

Batman became addicted to the drug while he searched for a way to surpass his limitations. Later, it resurfaced as the power source for Bane, who used it to overpower and cripple Batman in the Knightfall Story Arc.
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Is Legends of the Dark Knight canon?

Featured. Legends of the Dark Knight was an ongoing comic book featuring Batman stories by many different creative teams. All the stories were intended to be "continuity free" and do not fit into the canon of any of the mainstream DC universes (Prime Earth, New Earth, Earth-One or Earth-Two).
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Batman Venom - The Real Batman Who Laughs



Is Christopher Nolan's Batman canon?

Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is widely considered one of the best Batman movies ever made, but the film's story extends beyond the big screen. In fact, DC just teased that the plot of The Dark Knight is actually canon to the ongoing series The Joker.
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Is every DC comic canon?

DC is now well into its current 'Infinite Frontier' status quo, in which every story that has ever been told in a DC comic is considered to be canon in some way, shape, or corner of the Multiverse - or should we say, 'Omniverse.
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Who is the DC version of venom?

In the new Man-Bat #1, Kirk Langstrom's monstrous other half has become very similar to the early days of Marvel's own Venom symbiote. DC Comics has just released a brand new series with Man-Bat #1, featuring Gotham City's disgraced Dr.
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What is Bane addicted to?

Steroids and Addiction

Venom is a highly addictive drug – Batman suffers withdrawal symptoms after becoming addicted to the substance in the Batman: Venom arc and in later comics, Bane struggles with his addiction as well.
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Did Batman inject himself with Bane serum?

That help arrives in the form of a vial filled with green liquid. Batman takes it out and injects himself with it, saving the day.
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Has Batman done drugs?

In the storyline Batman: Venom, Bruce starts taking the drug after a hostage crisis goes wrong. Believing Batman needed to be stronger, he started taking Venom, which made him a more effective crimefighter, for a short time at least.
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Who would win Bane or venom?

Boomstick: Venom had many advantages over Bane: speed, durability, versatility, and even strength. Wiz: Bane's peak strength was at most just enough to lift a 27-ton car. Meanwhile, Venom was strong enough to stop a falling carnival ride and hold it up by himself, even while in a weakened state.
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What is the most canon Batman?

Anything that's really popular is canon (A Death in the Family, Lonely Place of Dying, Knightfall, No Man's Land, Hush, the Grant Morrison stuff, etc). If you want to read stuff that's absolutely, 100 percent canon right now, start with New 52 Batman and read up through present day.
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Which Batman series is the darkest?

Dark Batman Comics
  • Death of the Family.
  • Venom.
  • Tales of the Demon.
  • The Cult.
  • Red Rain.
  • The Killing Joke.
  • Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.
  • Living Hell.
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Which DC is canon?

Also there was Earth-One and Earth-Two which were the main DC universes from 1938-1985 (before Crisis on Infinite Earths). If you believe Convergence and the conclusion of Doomsday Clock, now everything is canon, as least as far as timelines of the DCU that are, or at one time were, considered the mainstream version.
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How long does Bane's Venom last?

10 IT'S BASED ON A PREVIOUS DRUG

Before Venom, there was the legacy of Hourman, a line of masked vigilantes that used a drug to give him one hour of amazing super-powers.
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What does Batman inject into his leg?

Bane's Venom

During the final act inside Gotham Square Garden (A clear nod to New York's Madison Square Garden) Batman is in a pretty bad way until he injects a curiously green serum into his leg.
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Who is DC's Ghost Rider?

The new Ghost Rider is motorcycle stuntman Johnny Blaze, who, upon learning that his foster father is afflicted with a terminal disease, sells his soul to a demon named Mephisto in exchange for a cure. Blaze's foster father is cured but soon dies in a motorcycle accident.
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Who can beat agent Venom?

To that end, we've expanded this list with an additional four entries: two who Venom would beat, and two he can't.
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Venom: 7 Spider-Man Villains He Can Beat In A Fight (& 7 He'd Lose To)
  1. 1 LOSE TO: Red Goblin.
  2. 2 CAN BEAT: Green Goblin. ...
  3. 3 LOSE TO: Morlun. ...
  4. 4 CAN BEAT: Doctor Octopus. ...
  5. 5 LOSE TO: Regent. ...
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What is the DC equivalent of the Hulk?

Solomon Grundy is usually used as DC's Hulk-like character. he's a huge raging monster with super strength. though unlike Hulk, Grundy is usually portrayed as a villain. though there are times when he's just on his own side and wants to be left alone, similar to the Silver Age Hulk.
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Is Dark Knights metal canon?

In the aftermath of both Doomsday Clock and Dark Nights: Death Metal, every character in the DC omniverse not only remembers their history, but everything is now officially canon.
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Is the new 52 canon?

They're not canon, but events like them have happened to them, with some aspects changed as not all characters involved were active at that point in the new timeline. There are a number of events that have been confirmed, as Tupka says.
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What is omniverse in Marvel?

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, an Omniverse is simply "a universe that is spatiotemporally four-dimensional". Kevin Brashear, son of the Blue Marvel, is noted as being the first human being to exit and later re-enter the Omniverse in Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #7.
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