David Zavimbe aka the first Batwing in the New 52 continuity was born in the Congo, where his parents died of HIV/AIDS when he was very young. Him and his brother were then drafted as child soldiers and were soon declared prodigies for how well they fought. Eventually they fell out due to refusing to kill innocent people which resulted in Isaac being attacked and killed by the General of their army as David ran away, came back at night, drugged the General, and turned him over to their enemies.
To atone for his crimes as a child solider, David became a police officer in his city of Tinasha, but eventually left the force as the police force was just as corrupt as the criminals. He then became a masked vigilante who enforced justice and was eventually inducted as a member of Batman incorporated (a movement to put Batman-like people in all countries) by Batman himself.
Batwing has since fought off many enemies including Talons, Lightweaver, Massacre, Lord Battle, and other less known villains.
He also was a short time member of the JLI (Justice League International, meant to hold the Justice League of America accountable) and recently relinquished the Batwing title.
His suit has allowed him to easily tank large explosions, catch jets going at full speed, knockout enemies in one punch, tank bullets, use flash grenade-like abilities, and more. He can also use his suit as a taser against close enemies and has shown the ability to hack and track internet traffic with limited access to a computer.
Even before the suit, David has shown great hand to hand abilities, and has even taken on meta-humans by himself.
After David gave up the title, the son of the man who made Batman’s gadgets, Lucious Fox Jr. took up the title and the suit (though it functioned differently). Lucious’s suit has shown many of the same abilities (though his doesn’t have wings on it normally as David’s does) with the inclusion of an invisible mode, a spray that is like intensified pepper spray, batarangs and more.
Lucious Fox Jr. is the most recent holder of the Batwing title in the New 52.
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