6) ALAS, POOR DAMIAN…
Damian Wayne, the son of Batman and Talia, was born not knowing his father, raised by the League Of Assassins and generally kicked about by life. Eventually, he met Batman and became a new Robin (indeed, several of my colleagues call him the Worst Robin Ever, but that’s mostly love of Tim Drake talking.) But when Damian faced his own corrupted clone in combat, he took a fatal blade in the chest. Damian died alone, bleeding out on the floor of Wayne Tower, leading to the terrible moment where Batman found his son already dead, seemingly beyond help. (He got better.) Even in the death-happy world of modern comics, it was a moment that resonated for readers, adding another tragedy to the long list of horrible things that drive Bruce Wayne…