Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Batman/Wonder Woman: Truth #1

A team-up between a DC duo as iconic as Batman and Wonder Woman should always feel epic and worthwhile. After all, The Dark Knight and Princess of Themyscira are two of the biggest superheroes of all time. However, it feels pretty safe to say that their brief appearance working together in The Flash’s first act left much to be desired.

While one of the last DCEU films had a handful of dynamic moments, The Flash was widely panned overall. Unfortunately, Batman and Wonder Woman’s shared scene involving the Lasso of Truth was not well-liked, as it was largely played for comedy rather than being something of substance. Compared to the 2023 movie, Batman and Wonder Woman’s newest team-up in the comics is a much better execution.

After the Lasso of Truth is stolen in Gotham City, it only makes sense that Batman and Wonder Woman would join forces to get it back in a brand-new issue from DC Comics. (while also forcing Bruce Wayne to face a challenging truth with help from Diana herself).

Batman & Wonder Woman Just Got A New Team-Up In The Aftermath of Hush

Set in the aftermath of Batman: Hush, Jeph Loeb and Jimmy Cheung’s new Batman/Wonder Woman: Truth #1 picks up at a fascinating point in Bruce Wayne’s life. Despite having just revealed his identity to Catwoman during the events of Hush, Batman then chose to keep Selina at an emotional distance. As such, it’s that tension that plays directly into this issue’s central conflict with The Dark Knight and Wonder Woman’s brand-new team-up.

After Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth is stolen from a Gotham charity exhibition, things quickly get out of hand. Initially, it was revealed that Batman orchestrated the theft by asking Catwoman to steal the Lasso to test the building’s security (signaling to Diana that Bruce still has feelings for her). However, things spiral with Harley Quinn’s surprise intervention when she steals the Lasso from Selina. Naturally, The Joker isn’t far behind either, resulting in a major showdown for the Lasso.

Even though Wonder Woman gets exposed to Joker toxin, the lasso cures her the moment she manages to get her hands on it (which quickly ends the fight). That said, the best part of this new team-up arguably isn’t the action. It’s what happens once the Lasso of Truth is retrieved, and Batman and Wonder Woman get the chance to talk once the dust settles.

Batman’s New Lasso Scene Is SO Much Better Than 2023’s The Flash

In the final pages, Batman willingly agrees to hold the Lasso of Truth before Diana asks Bruce if he believes he’s worthy of being loved. As a result, memories of Bruce’s parents come flooding back, confirming his years of isolation and all the emotional walls he’s built up around his heart ever since their murders. It’s a heavy moment with real emotional weight, one made even better when Diana confirms that he is loved all the same, no matter how much he may keep those who care about him at arm’s length.

By comparison, The Flash opted for a far more comedic take with Ben Affleck’s Batman making inadvertent admissions about his ego and the obvious crafting of the Batman persona as a means to compensate for his childhood trauma, while also admitting he should just donate all his money to end poverty if he truly wanted to end crime. It’s all played for dumb laughs (made even dumber via a throwaway gag about sex when the Lasso briefly touches Flash).

Thankfully, we now have Batman/Wonder Woman: Truth #1 and its own Lasso scene to redeem what was very much a missed cinematic opportunity in 2023’s The Flash. Who knows? Perhaps we can try again in James Gunn’s new DCU once we get the new Batman and Wonder Woman in the next few years.

Batman/Wonder Woman: Truth #1 is available now from DC Comics.

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  Created by

  Bob Kane, Bill Finger

  First Film

  Batman

  Latest Film

  The Batman

  Upcoming Films

  The Batman Part II

  First TV Show

  Batman (1966)

  Latest TV Show

  Batman: The Brave and the Bold

  
  

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  Alias

  Diana Prince

  Created By

  William Moulton Marston, H. G. Peter

  Franchise

  D.C.

  Birthday

  March 22

  Height

  5’8″

  Race

  Amazon-Olympian

  Wonder Woman is the superhero identity of Diana, Princess of the Amazons. Created on the island of Themyscira, Wonder Woman is a super-powered demi-goddess with extreme physical strength who utilizes magical gifts (like her famous Lasso of Truth) to defeat her foes. As mighty as her fellow heroes Superman and the Justice League, Wonder Woman is unmatched in her compassion and virtue.