Suddenly, Signal snaps out of it and the light shows him a path forward. Using a quick hit to the face to distract The Null, Signal attempts to close the distance when a single touch sends him into an unknown realm of negative space. Using his abilities, he generates and a negative space, or void, inside the bus and causes it to explode, sending two halves flying in opposite directions. He recognizes Duke’s powers and asks him if he is “on the dial like him” while he pushes his hands into the bus and activates his powers. In Gotham Narrows at seven in the morning, we find Signal being hurled into a bus filled with innocent civilians by an unknown meta claiming to be called “The Null”. He gives being The Signal less than a week… Duke struggles with the idea of finding his place in such a crowded family of talented people, as well as being the only one with real biological powers. Eight members including Robin, Red Hood, and Batwoman all surround Duke Thomas, who sits at the head of a long table filled with an elegant dinner.

The Batfamily is all together at Wayne Manor for the weekly breakfast. After a confrontation with the Joker channels these powers allowing Batman to pursue his search for knowledge regarding the Nth metal, Duke Thomas is ready to become Gotham’s daytime protector.

He can see light differently than others, sometimes where it was in the past, and sometimes where it will be in the future. Through this training, Duke Thomas discovered that he has powers, unlike anything he could have imagined. Though the two have met previously, after Bruce Wayne returned from death and took up the mantle of Batman once more, he offered to train Duke Thomas properly as a member of the Batfamily. From his childhood attempts at solving the Riddler’s puzzle during “ Zero Year” to watching his parents succumb to the Joker’s toxin in “ Endgame”, Duke has always found the resolve to become a hero regardless of the past or even Batman. Once a promising student in Gotham, Duke Thomas has experienced threats and tragedies that have changed his life forever. Duke Thomas must find his place in the Batfamily as The Signal, but his newfound powers expose a growing threat in Gotham that requires something new.

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