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| - The Young Knight is a 2013 American series developed by Michael Green. It is the reinterpretation of Batman as the show focuses on young Bruce Wayne’s life before donning the identity of the Caped Crusader. Episodes airing on The CW on Friday nights at 8:00 pm. Starting with the seventh season and so on, the show is moved to Wednesdays at 8:00 pm. But the show will returned to Friday nights for the final season. The series are very much inspired by Batman Begins and Smallville. The series will delve a lot into the Batverse. The "weekly" villains will be normal people showing weird abilities because of a Wayne Enterprises' lab explosion, but there will be versions of Batman's future nemeses such as Joker, Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Scarecrow, and others. Bruce, Alfred, the Waynes, Lucius Fox, and Julie Madison will be the only comic book characters to be featured in the main stars. Other main star are series-created characters such as Leo Foster (a Robin archetype), Jason Powers, Victor Powers, and Det. Megan Alder (a Jim Gordon archetype). In the next seven seasons, other Batman characters have been featured as main stars such as Vicki Vale, Talia al Ghul, Jim Gordon, Harvey Dent, and Selina Kyle. It has been confirmed a new limited series, The Young Knight: Dark Year consists of 16 episodes will arrive soon. Batman, Robin, Lt. Gordon, Jason, Alfred, Lucius, and Julie will all return with some new allies and facing new enemies like the Penguin and a new shadowy organization.
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