What a fantastic way to end this story-line. Ra's has got himself a new body, but not the one he expected. Batman comes bursting in to Nanda Parbat just as Ra's is ready to transfer his essence in to Damian. But Batman stops him. And then he proceeds to shatter what is left of Ra's degenerating body. "I won't kill you Ra's. I'm not sure anything can. But I'll make damn sure you never move again." Batman orders his troops around like a general on a battlefield. Including Damian. And he's listening. He's willing to do anything his father tells him. But Talia wants to get him away from the chance of any harm coming to him. "No! I will stand by my father!", he shouts at her. So she does what she has to . . . . she knocks him out and carries him off. And then, what I assume is the League of Assassins, attacks. And the battle is pitched . . . until the Monks intervene and bring the festivities to a grinding halt. "Defilers of Nanda Parbat, Rama Kushna will be heard! To the goddess we prayed for salvation. Through our eyes she witnessed the atrocities committed here. Ra's Al Ghul, you have perverted the balance between life and death. Rama Kushna has decreed Nanda Parbat be closed to you for all time! Go now, or suffer death everlasting!" Obviously, this isn't over between Batman and Ra's. But . . for now . . in this place . . . it is! Everyone has to retreat in different directions as the city shifts to obscure itself from the world's view. Again! And Bruce, Dick, Tim and Alfred head on home. Oh yeah! The body that Ra's took over was . . . . . the White Ghost. It turns out he was actually his son. Paul Dini did the scripts. Ryan Benjamin and Don Kramer do the pencils. And it looks fantastic. I'm sure this'll be out in TPB within 6 months. It's an instant classic afterall.
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