In the current DC Comics continuity, Duke Thomas put his brush with the Bat to use in the real world.
But it marks an important day for the series, assuming it’s a sign of where King will take the series.
As the de facto ‘star’ of the series, it was obvious DC had greater things in mind for Duke.
The man of the hour is Duke Thomas, a young Gothamite who was first introduced to readers in Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s “Batman: Zero Year” series, the origin story of the New 52’s version of Batman.