WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Dark Nights: Death Metal #1 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, FCO Plascencia and Tom Napolitano, on sale now from DC Comics.

The Batman Who Laughs and the cosmic deity Perpetua currently rule over a reshaped DC Universe in Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Dark Nights: Death Metal. Batman Who Laughs is put in charge of his evil Batmen from the Dark Multiverse, which includes a mashup of Batman and the T-Rex trophy he keeps in the Batcave. However, according to the Death Metal writer, the scariest character he's ever created will debut during the DC event. Synder first teased the character known as the Robin King when he revealed a Death Metal checklist on Twitter.

In an exclusive interview with CBR, Snyder provided additional details on the groblin -- a Robin goblin loyal to the Batman Who Laughs -- who is set to be named the Robin King in Dark Nights: Death Metal #2. We also have a first look at panels from Death Metal #2 featuring a very regal-looking Batman Who Laughs and his future Robin King.

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CBR: The Death Metal checklist you recently shared on Twitter teased The Last 52 and Robin King. You previously said in a prior CBR interview that Robin King is the scariest character you've ever created. While both are farther down the line in Death Metal's story, I was curious what makes Robin King more terrifying than The Batman Who Laughs, who has already cemented himself as a breakout character?

Scott Snyder: Well The Batman Who Laughs is terrifying to me because he is a Bruce Wayne who was once good but is now wholly evil… and the horror of that transition being so final and deadly is what makes him so scary. He’s Batman gone evil at the peak of his career.

The Robin King is evil in the way the Batman Who Laughs is, but he’s almost scarier to me because he was always that way; he’s never been anything else. As a child, all he did was think about ways to kill his heroes... and wait until you see his belt!

Is there one moment in Death Metal that you're most excited to see the fan reaction to?

Yes but it’s the end, so I can’t tell you what it is! Only that Wonder Woman is at the heart of it :-)

The panels show the groblin whispering something to the Batman Who Laughs. An extreme closeup lets the reader know that whatever is said leaves a terrifying grin on the villain's mouth. Batman Who Laughs ends their interaction by placing a hand on the groblin's shoulder, with the final panel placing Batman Who Laugh's shadow in the background of the grinning future Robin King.

Dark Nights: Death Metal #1, by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion and FCO Plascencia, is on sale now from DC.

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