The result was getting my hands on, well, pretty much any digital content I wanted, all for free. All it took was one website and a desktop app. I knew it was a risk to do this on a school Wi-Fi connection, but it sure felt safer than doing it at home. The world was also briefly seen during Dark Knights: The Wild Hunt as one of those affected by the Dark Knights spreading throughout the multiverse. A world not dissimilar to Earth-31 also briefly appeared in Harley Quinn #50, where it was affected by the Clown Princess of Crime's continuity-bending adventure.In a quiet corner of my high school’s study room in 2009, I booted up my busted laptop while making sure nobody could peer over my shoulder. With most land now hidden beneath the depths of a drowned world, a handful of ships have committed themselves to maintaining peace on the Seven Seas.Īs teased in The Multiversity Guidebook, this includes pirate incarnations of Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Cyborg and Aquaman. Instead, global climate change and a series of natural disasters destroyed most life on Earth. However, they aren't alive during the Golden Age of Piracy on Earth-31. In the current DC Multiverse, Earth-31 is the home to new versions of Captain Leatherwing, Captain Felina and Robin Redblade. The concept of Pirate Batman has appeared elsewhere across comics, television and video games. However, the feeling ends up being mutual - even when Felina prepares to betray Leatherwing, Robin revealing the truth about his feelings for her later spurs her into action against the Laughing Man. Leatherwing them saves the 'innocent' woman and brings her aboard, quickly falling in love with Felina. Devising a plan to work together and discover the location of Letherwing's hoarded gold, Laughing Man fakes an attack on Felina while posing as a Contessa. His success catches the attention of two rival captains: Capitana Felina, commander of the Cat's Paw and the Laughing Man, captain of the Pescador.

Leatherwing does this in the hope of acquiring enough gold to allow him to purchase back the lands of his family, which were taken from him upon their deaths. Commanding the Flying Fox, Leatherwing and his crew (which includes faithful navigator Alfredo and young crewmember Robin Redblade) travel the seas and target ships on behalf of the English Crown. It centers on Captain Leatherwing during the Golden Age of Piracy. Batman: Leatherwing was an Elseworlds released in Detective Comics Annual #7 by Chuck Dixon and Enrique Alcatena.

Batman begins the pirate bay