{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Issue 44 - Talia al Ghul","description":"It's the Season 2 finale, and per our President level Patron Ariel's request, we're covering TALIA AL GHUL! Anthony & Doc go in depth on Ra's daughter, her on\/off-again relationship with Batman, and how good of a mother she is to Damian. All this, plus a first ever treatment session and the weirdest accent Anthony's done yet - LISTEN NOW! SHOW NOTES: Introduction Shoutout to Blood & Black Rum (NSFW) \u2013  \u2013 Ryne & Chris drink beer and talk about (mostly) cult films \u2013 (3:34) Background (5:54) Created by Dennis O\u2019Neil and Bob Brown in Detective Comics #411 (May 1971) Daughter of Ra\u2019s al Ghul, introduced as simply Talia \u2013 Batman rescues her from the League of Assassins, and she shoots her captor (Dr. Darrk) to save Batman Later revealed that a kidnapping was a test by Ra\u2019s to see if Batman would make a good husband for Talia \u2013 Bruce rejects the offer, but still loves Talia She marries Bruce in 1978 with Ra\u2019s approval She becomes pregnant with Bruce\u2019s child, but she realizes she can\u2019t stay with him, so she fakes a miscarriage and annuls the marriage \u2013 the boy is dropped off at an orphanage \u2013 later grows to become Damian Wayne Takes over LexCorp when Lex Luthor becomes President of the US \u2013 she sells all the assets to Wayne Foundation, leaving Lex broke Gets kidnapped by her half-sister Nyssa and brainwashed to turn against their father \u2013 Nyssa kills Ra\u2019s, and both women take over his organization After Bruce is apparently killed, she tells Dick Grayson to take Damian under his wing as the new Robin \u2013 after Damian is injured, she implants a device in his spine that allows her to control him, and she starts to clone him to create a more obedient son Batman Inc \u2013 she takes control of an organization called Leviathan to kill Batman \u2013 her Damian clone kills the original, and she poisons Batman in a battle, but gets killed by Kathy Kane \u2013 Ra\u2019s brings her body to a Lazarus Pit to resurrect her \u2013 she awakens with no memory of her former life Rebirth \u2013 fights Catwoman after finding out she\u2019s engaged to Bruce Lies to Deathstroke and tells him that Damian is his son so he attacks Bruce Issues (12:02) Loyalty torn between her father and Bruce After kidnapping by Nyssa, becomes more detached from humanity like her father Maternal instincts over Damian vary \u2013 usually fiercely loyal to him, but also willing to abandon him when he defies her (28:21) Treatment (39:50) In universe Out of universe Skit (54:04) Ending References: Chris Hansen - Anthony - 3:30 Jack Frost - Anthony - 4:08 Leprechaun in the Hood - Doc - 4:40 Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood - Doc - 5:04 Ra's al Ghul episode - Anthony - 9:04 Maury Povich - Doc - 11:52 "Get Down Tonight" by KC & the Sunshine Band - Anthony - 12:20 Married with Children - Doc - 12:49 Stockholm Syndrome - 20:48 Gaslighting - Anthony - 22:54 A Clockwork Orange - Anthony - 23"08 Skinner conditioning - Doc - 24:18 Negan episode - Doc - 27:25 iTunes: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Spotify: here Twitter FacebookE-mailPatreon ","author_name":"Capes On the Couch - Where Comics Get Counseling","author_url":"https:\/\/www.capesonthecouch.com","html":"