Batman (The Red Death)

## Background

On Earth -52, **Batman** is battling **The Flash**, with the world on the verge of destruction, demanding to have the Speed Force to save his family. When outmatched, Bruce resorts to false sentiment to lure Barry Allen closer to him, proceeding to freeze his leg and swiftly knock him unconscious.

When Barry wakes, he had been chained to the batmobile and Bruce then drives into the Speed Force. This causes the two to merge giving Bruce total control of Barry's body and powers. He then proceeds to eliminate crime through murder, until seeing that he still could not save his world. The Batman Who Laughs then appears, offering him a chance to join Barbatos' army of Dark Knights to 'save' his world by conquering the main multiverse. Barry's consciousness begs Bruce to not listen, but the latter accepts the offer, and takes on the title of **The Red Death**.

Later on, after being struck by a wave of positive energy, Bruce is purged from Barry's body and he teams up with Prime Earth Flash to help fight the Dark Knights. Unfortunately, the positive energy soon causes his untimely demise.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Speed Force Conduit:** After driving himself and the Flash into the Speed Force using his Batmobile and the schematics of the Cosmic Treadmill, Bruce absorbed Barry and his powers, granting him a corrupted connection to the Speed Force.
	+ **Superhuman Speed:** Bruce can run at vast superhuman speeds. The intensity of his speed allows him to generate immense superhuman force, which allowed him to punch a man in two with a single blow.
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes:** Bruce possesses reflexes far greater than a normal human being. This allows him to easily react to danger and events, and perceive the world in slow motion.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina:** Bruce's body can handle the stress of moving at superhuman speeds for extended periods of time without getting tired or weak.
	+ **Superhuman Agility:** Bruce's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to superhuman levels. This allows him to easily make sharp turns and leap far distances while moving at superhuman speed.
	+ **Speed Force Aura:** As explained by Barry Allen, a speedsters body is surrounded by a "friction cushion", which provides protection from the nastier elements of their speed, including friction, airborne particulate matter, kinetic impacts, G-Force and the like.
		- **Superhuman Durability:** Bruce is capable of resisting tremendous kinetic impact forces that could easily crush or kill a human, without suffering any serious external or internal injuries, making him much more durable than any human.
	+ **Electrokinesis:** Bruce can generate the electrical energy that he draws from the Speed Force. This Speed Force lightning emanates off of him, especially when he moves at super-speed.
	+ **Energy Construct Creation:** Bruce can generate bat-like Speed Force energy constructs that emit dangerous effects if they come into contact with others.
		- **Infection:** Bruce's bat constructs cause infection in others, making those effected by it to wither away painfully, as if worn down by hundreds to thousands of years passing in an instant.
		- **Nanite Fabrication:** With his enhanced intellect, The Red Death learned to generate more complex Speed Force constructs, such as command activated nanotech powered and fueled by the speed energy he gives off.
	+ **Enhanced Intellect:** Because of the Speed Force's energies augmenting his already genius acumen, Bruce can think as fast as he moves with equally impressive hand/eye coordination. Having been able to fabricate impressive technological wonders in mere seconds time, as well as conjure complicated nano-wear activated using his speedforce powers.
* **Acrobatics**
* **Gadgetry**
* **Genius Level Intellect**
* **Science**
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)**
	+ **Martial Arts**

## Feats

### Speed

* In a short amount of time kills all of his rogues
* Blitzes Wally West II
* Matches/stays ahead of Flash
* Can build a Speed Force powered mad max style car in seconds.

### Durability

* Takes a cyclone from the Flash.
* Allegedly positive matter beings can't hurt dark matter much.

## Weaknesses

* **Monstrous Appearance:** Batman and the Flash's trip into the Speed Force has permanently scarred Bruce's face, leaving it cracked and broken underneath his mask.
* **Power Instability:** After fusing in the Speed Force with the Flash, Batman now has the speedster's powers, though he's forced to share his body with the Flash's consciousness, which occasionally tries to break free. Furthermore, his use of the Speed Force causes him to momentarily disintegrate into a swarm of black bat silhouettes with red overlays, only coalescing when staying in one place.