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Batman Uses Boom Tube Technology in His New Bat-Com
In Batman #14, Batman uses a new communication device called the Bat-Com beneath Gotham.
He is there as he heads toward Victor and Nora Fries’ Kingdom of Cold and the Engine of Eternal Winter.
An electromagnetic blackout prevents ordinary communications, but Batman can still speak with Verity Pennyworth.
He explains that the Bat-Com uses “boom tube broadband,” along with other advanced features.
Boom tubes are connected to the Fourth World, the part of DC lore associated with ancient space deities.
The comic does not explain how Batman got this technology or whether using it will have consequences.
It could simply be a way for him to stay in touch with the Bat-Family during the larger Batman: Bad Seeds event, but it also leaves room for a future Fourth World storyline.
Batman uses a device called the Bat-Com to communicate during an electromagnetic blackout in Batman #14.
The gadget works through what Batman calls “Boom tube broadband.”
Verity Pennyworth questions how the device can operate without power from the usual communications network.
The Bat-Com is described as using Fourth World Boomband infranet technology and polydimensional quantum encryption.
The article says how Batman obtained the technology is unknown.
- Who
- Batman uses the Bat-Com to contact Verity Pennyworth.
- What
- Batman uses a communications gadget that he describes as relying on “Boom tube broadband.
- When
- In Batman #14, published in 2026.
- Where
- Beneath Gotham, as Batman descends toward the Kingdom of Cold.
- Why
- To communicate with Verity Pennyworth during an electromagnetic blackout.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Boom tube broadband. Probably harmless.
Ahh. Hm.
Batman descends beneath Gotham toward the Kingdom of Cold and uses the Bat-Com to contact Verity Pennyworth.
Verity questions how the device works during an electromagnetic blackout, and Batman replies, “Boom tube broadband. Probably harmless.
Screen Rant publishes an article about Batman’s new gadget.
- Comic issue
- Batman #14
- Gadget
- Bat-Com
- Contact
- Verity Pennyworth
- Location
- Beneath Gotham
- Technology
- Fourth World Boomband infranet
- Publication date
- 2026-10-12
Sources
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