Which Characters Die In Dark Nights Book?

If you meant a different book titled 'Dark Nights,' say so — titles repeat a lot — but assuming the DC events are what you meant: the comics are basically a horror show of evil Batman variants who end up destroyed, and Barbatos is stopped/sealed.

I’ll keep it short and spoiler-taggy-friendly: the Dark Multiverse Batmen (Murder Machine, Red Death, Dawnbreaker, the Drowned and the like) are the main casualties across the events — they’re defeated and unmade. Major heroes get rocked and a few sacrifice themselves, but full, permanent deaths among the canonical Justice League are pretty rare because the story uses multiverse resets and reality-rewrites to bring people back. If you want an exact character-by-character death list for each issue, tell me which arc or issue number you’re reading and I’ll walk through it with panels and quotes — I can nerd out over the art and the beats with you.

Okay, quick, messy checklist from a weekend-binge perspective: when people ask ‘‘Which characters die in 'Dark Nights'?’’ they usually mean the major comic events 'Dark Nights: Metal' and 'Dark Nights: Death Metal.' Both plays with the multiverse, so death is slippery — lots of alternate characters die, fewer core heroes do permanently.

The series introduces several evil Batman versions (you’ve probably seen fan art of them): those Dark Multiverse Batmen are among the most prominent casualties — they’re unmade or destroyed across the arcs. Barbatos functions like a cosmic villain who gets dethroned/contained rather than a tidy death. Classic heroes often suffer near-death moments, sacrifices, or apparent fatalities in big set-pieces, but many are later restored through multiversal mechanics or the sequel’s reality-bending twists. So, in terms of takeaway: expect many shocking kills in the moment (good storytelling bang-for-your-buck), but not a huge list of permanent mainstream-character deaths.

If you’re tracking one specific face-off or a tie-in issue (some of the side books show unique deaths), tell me which issue or character caught your eye and I’ll dig into the exact panels and outcomes. I love comparing notes about who actually stayed dead vs who got a dramatic return.

Alright, spoilers ahead if you mean the comic epic 'Dark Nights: Metal' (and its follow-up 'Dark Nights: Death Metal') — I got way too excited reading those issues on a rainy weekend, so here's what I can tell you from memory and a dozen rereads.

The big headline is that most of the grotesque Batman variants from the Dark Multiverse (the parade of twisted Batmen like the Murder Machine, the Red Death, the Dawnbreaker, the Drowned, the Devastator, the Merciless, etc.) are unleashed as antagonists and ultimately end up destroyed or unmade across the storylines. They exist as corrupted, alternate versions of Bruce who were fused with other powers, and the narrative treats many of them as disposable horrors — they’re defeated in battle, often violently, and effectively erased as threats by the finale. Barbatos, the shadow god who’s been gnawing at the edges of the multiverse, is the cosmic force behind the invasion; by the end of 'Metal' he’s stopped/sealed (the wording in the comic leans more toward containment and sealing-up than a nice, neat death).

Among the mainstream heroes, actual permanent, heartbreaking deaths are rarer — Snyder and company love the operatic sacrifice, but they also lean on multiversal resets and returns. That means a lot of apparent casualties feel temporary: characters get killed in one issue and are retconned or restored later. If you want a page-by-page breakdown, the best bet is the collected editions (and the tie-ins) — they show exactly who gets blasted, who gets smashed, and who comes back. If you meant a different 'Dark Nights' title, tell me which one and I’ll pull the specifics — I love mapping out which variants bite the dust and which ones sneak back later.