Batman Has Given Kite Man One of the Most Heartbreaking Origin Stories in Comics History. Kite Man, a villain whose only ability is his proficiency with the huge kite he flies around with, has been one of the most consistently charming parts of Tom Kings run on Batman Rebirth. In this weeks issue, we finally learn the origins of his signature catchphrase and as is often the case in Gotham City, theyre tragic. For the better part of the past 2. Batman, weve really only seen Kite Man gliding around the Gotham skyline enthusiastically shouting to himself Kite Man, hell yeah before being apprehended by the authorities. Kite Mans appearances have mostly served as comedic relief to Batmans larger brooding tone, but issue 2. Kite Mans days before he was a villain back when he was a modest aerodynamics specialist who went by Charles Chuck Brown, which is without a doubt the greatest name for Kite Man that could ever have been selected. Directed by Curt Geda. With Will Friedle, Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy, Angie Harmon. The Joker is back with a vengeance, and Gothams newest Dark Knight needs answers. Batman Beyond, also known as Batman of the Future, is an Emmy Awardwinning American animated television series created by The WB Television Network in col. Charles Brown never quite realized his dream of going into legit aeronautics, instead turning to a life of crime by proxy when he agreed to work as one of the engineers responsible for creating the Jokermobile. In an attempt to track the Joker down and put an end to his feud with the Riddler thats tearing Gotham apart, Batman corners Brown in a bar one night and orders him to arrange a meeting with the Joker, which Brown begrudgingly agrees to do. Watch New Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker Online' title='Watch New Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker Online' />In a perfect world, Batman would have stepped out of the shadows at Brown and the Jokers meeting, apprehended the two criminals, and brought the War of Jokes and Riddles to a prompt end. But again, this is Gotham City, where everything is terrible. Now mind you, while all of this is going on at night, by day Brown is still managing to live a relatively normal life raising his son. In a scene that nicely contrasts Browns life as a criminal stooge, we see him with his son Charlie uh huh enjoying their shared fondness for flying kites. After chastising Charlie for saying hell yeah, Brown tells him that he wont be able to come to a party being thrown for the boy that upcoming weekendnews that doesnt initially seem to bother Charlie all that much. Browns missing the party, he explains, because hes got a meeting to attend. But Brown has to make further changes to his schedule when the Riddler catches wind of Batmans plan to use Brown to flush out the Joker. The Riddler arranges a meeting with Brown of his own and tells the man that hell kill Brown so unless Brown double crosses Bats and the Joker, giving him a chance to kill them all and be done with their feud. When everyone eventually meets up, chaos ensues and Browns dragged away from the fracas in one of the darkest, most perfect shoutouts to Charles Schultz of all time. The Jokers surprisingly understanding about why Brown betrayed him and gives the would be engineer a shot at redemption in the form of a suicide bombing. Joker sends Brown to Batman again, this time armed with explosives meant to blow them all to smithereens, but when Brown tries to detonate the vest. At first, he thinks its a joke, but we soon learn the meaning of the bomb failure in the form of a riddle. At this point in the story, Batmans assured Brown that, despite the Riddlers threats, his son is safe, save for a cold. But in his riddle delivered over the phone, the Riddler asks Brown I love to dance and and twist and prance. I shake my tail as away I sail. I high fly up into the sky. What am IHorrified, Brown realizes that the Riddler is speaking about a kitea kite much like the one Brown took his son to fly in a park before his most recent meeting with the Riddler. Off page, the Riddler lets Brown know that his sons mysterious sickness isnt a cold, but rather the early effects of a lethal poison the Riddler arranged to have the string of Browns sons kite coated in. Not long after their phone call, Charlie dies and Brown, distraught, retreats into his home where hes bombarded with newscasts discussing the Jokers war with the Riddler. Despite the fact that their beef is technically over whether who gets to kill Batman, the Joker and the Riddlers conflict is continuously impacting the citizens of Gotham who have little to no direct dogs in the fight. Its in that moment that Brown decides to formally fall in line with the Joker in his war and adopt a brand new identity for himself. Watch The Toe Tactic Cartoon Stream.