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Nightrunner

Nightrunner (comics)

For other uses, see Nightrunner.

Nightrunner
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Detective Comics Annual #12 (February 2011)
Created by	David Hine & Kyle Higgins
In-story information
Alter ego	Bilal Asselah
Team affiliations	Batman Incorporated
Partnerships	Batman
Notable aliases	Batman of Paris Le Batman of France The Free Runner The Protector of Paris The Night Runner The Dark Athlete
Abilities	Parkour

Nightrunner (French: Nuitcoureur) is a fictional character created by David Hine and Kyle Higgins for publisher DC Comics. A comic book superhero, Nightrunner first appeared in Detective Comics Annual #12 (February 2011). Nightrunner is a 22-year-old French citizen of Algerian origin that lives in Clichy-sous-Bois in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. He was recruited by Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson for Batman Incorporated as the Batman of Paris, Le Batman Of France.

Publication history

Nightrunner was introduced in a two-part story that spanned Detective Comics Annual #12 and Batman Annual #28 in December 2010 (cover-date February 2011). David Hine created Nightrunner to mirror the current social and political situations unfolding in the French projects of Clichy-sous-Bois.

Appears in

1. Absolute Batman Incorporated (2015)
2. Batman Incorporated (2011)
3. Batman Incorporated (2012)
4. Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes! (2012)

• A series in which Batman creates his own crime fighting force, called Leviathan.

1. Batman (1940)

• The comic book series that started it all.

1. Batman and Robin (2009)

• A series that follows the aftermath of Bruce Wayne's death, and the rise of Dick Grayson as the new Batman and Damian Wayne as Robin.

1. Batman World (2012)
2. Batman: Gates of Gotham (2011)

• A miniseries dedicated to the mystery and history of Gotham city.

1. Detective Comics (1937)

• The series that features Batman for the very first time.

Fictional character biography

Origin

Bilal Alsselah (Arabic: بلال الصلاح), a French-Algerian, was raised by his single mother on the outskirts of Paris, France. Though peaceful, on Bilal's 16th birthday, he and his friend Aarif were caught in the middle of a protest and beaten mercilessly by the police force. After they both healed, Aarif gave Bilal a gift including the music of Leni Urbana, an urban representative of the Muslim people in France, urging Bilal to listen to her words. That night, Aarif was killed by police after he set fire to their station. After hearing of his friend's death, Bilal would forever be changed. Though he sympathized with the protesters, he found faults on both sides and decided to take a cue from Batman's origins: becoming a symbol, without racial or religious bias that could make a difference for what's right and just. Already a superior parkour and freerun athlete, he donned the mask of Nightrunner in order to help the people's cause and bring justice to Clichy-sous-Bois.

He assists Batman in taking down a child-slavery ring.

The Batman of Paris

While running around as Nightrunner, Bilal discovers a cult that had been inciting the violence in his city. As he chases down the group, he runs into two greatly known figures, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, both dressed up as the legendary Batman. They all team up and take down the cult. Following this, Bruce recruits Bilal and deems him to be known as the "Batman of Paris." Dick Grayson stays in Paris, while Bruce Wayne goes off to take care of other matters and helps train Bilal. Under Grayson's care, Bilal becomes better and stronger, until he is finally dubbed to be one of Batman Inc. But his appearance makes the citizens doubt his skills. Bilal goes back to Bruce Wayne to reaffirm his choice of making him one of his teammates. However, then Bilal sees two boys fighting over a homemade Nightrunner mask and it renews Bilal's confidence in being the protector of Paris.

Powers and Abilities

Although Bilal Asselah is simply a teenager, he is very athletic and strong with a thorough knowledge of the streets of France, as well as a love for its people and community, he makes for the perfect crime fighting super hero to protect France from gangs and criminal fraternities. Nightrunner is very similar to Batman, in that he is a superhero vigilante with no super powers. Nightrunner, or Bilal Asselah, does have specialties in parkour and freerunning, which is like parkour but with more flashy acrobatics. Nightrunner is essentially the French version of Batman, but without the bat persona until Batman offers Bilal the job of being the Batman of France. Nightrunner then is given a lot of Bat weapons and tools that enhance his abilities and allow him to be a better crime fighting vigilante, exactly like Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne. Weapons such as the classic batarang and a handy utility belt to go with it are given to Nightrunner so he can be a part of Batman Incorporated and be the Batman of France. Overall, Nightrunner's biggest advantage is his familiarity with France, the citizens of France, and its criminals, as well as his uncanny athletic and acrobatic abilities that allow him to disarm and take down his enemies in a whirl of motion and dark clothes. The association with Batman and Batman Incorporated also allows Nightrunner to gain respect from the civilians and, more importantly, fear in the eyes of his enemies. While Bilal Asselah is only a teenager, he makes for an efficient and deadly vigilante with France's best interest at heart because of his unique combination of powers and abilities, both inherent and developed after his meetings with Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne.

Supporting Characters

Side Characters-There are multiple core supporting characters that Nightrunner interacts with that help to develop his backstory and his new way of life (being a superhero vigilante). To start, Bilal Asselah had a single mother raising him in Paris, where he met Aariff, the friend that with his death caused Bilal to become a vigilante called Nightrunner. Of course, both of these characters, the single mother and the dead friend are pivotal for Nightrunner’s origin story, but they are less important when it comes to the training and the true becoming of Nightrunner.

Bruce wayne-Nightrunner encounters Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson and his training and official development as a crime fighting vigilante begins. Bruce Wayne is the reason Nightrunner was introduced into Batman Incorporated and began training Bilal to become more like Batman and a more successful crime fighter for France. Dick Grayson teaches Bilal Asselah how to more efficiently take down enemies using various techniques and giving him more weapons and tools. Bruce Wayne is the first Batman and he is the classic representation of Batman. Bruce Wayne is the creator of Batman Inc. and his classic bat symbol on the chest piece of his bat costume is represented on Dick Grayson and Bilal Asselah when they join Batman Inc. While Nightrunner does not wear the bat ears, he still has the same color scheme and bat symbol on the chest like the original Batman.

Richard Grayson-Dick Grayson is also known as Nightwing, a persona he developed after retiring from being Robin, Batman’s sidekick. Grayson is the direct mentor to Nightrunner and instructs him on how to basically be the Batman of Paris. Grayson is the pupil of Bruce Wayne and the instructor of Bilal Asselah, creating another generation of Batman to help protect the city and fight crime.

Enemy -The main enemy of Nightrunner is Korrigan, a cult leader who can force people to to do different actions and reveal their secrets at her will. Korrigan assassinated many people in France, causing Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, and Nightrunner to work together to stop her.

Interesting Facts

• When Nightrunner came about there were racist controversy about the character being Muslim. People thought that Muslims were naturally evil and that the character was deceitful in political correctness.
• Nightrunner became the new addition to the other around the world members of Batman Inc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0iWn0t1QOg

See also

• Maghrebian community of Paris

External links

• Nightrunner at DC Comics Wiki

Category:Comics characters introduced in 2011 Category:DC Comics superheroes Category:Fictional vigilantes Category:Fictional French people Category:Fictional Arabs Category:Islam in comics