Character Spotlight: Arkham Knight

Way back in 2009, Rocksteady Studios released a game called Batman: Arkham Asylum that redefined what a Batman game could be. Set in Arkham Asylum, it featured a creepy atmosphere, a wide variety of Batman villains used in clever ways, a dynamic fighting system, good storytelling, and most important of all, a focus on stealth that really put you in the mindset of Batman and feel what it's like to use his tricks to fight bad guys. There are few things more exhilarating than sneaking up behind a henchman, stringing him up from a gargoyle before he can alert the others, than lying in wait for another henchman to spot him so you can incapacitate him as well while he's distracted.

Needless to say, it was a hit.

This led to sequels, with Arkham City coming out in 2011 and Arkham Knight in 2015. (There was also Arkham Origins in 2013, but that was by a different studios, and a few mobile games, but none of those really count.)

In Batman: Arkham Knight, the Scarecrow has decided to unleash a series of attacks on Gotham and enlisted the help of the Arkham Knight to help him. The Arkham Knight is a more militarized take on Batman who wears the Arkham Asylum logo on his chest. By the end of the game, you learn that the Arkham Knight is Jason Todd, looking for revenge after Batman supposedly let him die. After the events of the main game, Jason takes on his standard mantle of the Red Hood for some DLC (downloadable content).

In Detective Comics #1000 (March 2019), which comes out today!, the Arkham Knight makes his comics debut. In a suit that looks very similar to his digital counterpart. This version believes that Batman is a cancer on Gotham and plans to eradicate him. He is almost certainly NOT Jason Todd, so who could he be? Time will tell.