| rdfs:comment | - Lazarus Pits are natural phenomena in the DC Comics universe. They are commonly used by Ra's al Ghul for their restorative powers and used to save the lives of those close to death.
- The Lazarus Pit, historically known as the Fountain of Youth, was a pool of regenerative waters that allowed the user to heal themselves of any wounds, or even prevent aging to a certain extent. The only known pool was owned by Ra's al Ghul before his death, by his predecessors, and lastly by Malcolm Merlyn, and is located within its chamber in Nanda Parbat. This pool in Nanda Parbat has since been destroyed by Nyssa al Ghul as revenge for Malcolm using the Pit to revive Sara Lance without her soul.
- Although capable of healing any injury, restoring youth and even restoring life, the pits have the temporary side-effect of casting the dweller into temporary aggressive insanity. Although this effect does wear off after a short time.
- Ra's al Ghul accidentally discovered natural pools of restorative chemicals while trying to cure a Sultan's dying son. He dubbed them "Lazarus Pits", after the Biblical figure who was raised from the dead. A side effect of the pit's restorative abilities revealed itself as the revived prince went mad and killed Ra's al Ghul's wife, Sora. Blamed for his wife's murder, Ra's al Ghul was left to die, buried in the desert, but was soon rescued by his own tribe and a boy named Huwe. Afterward, he used the tribe to gain vengeance for what happened to him and proceeded to call himself the "Head of the Demon".
- Ra's al Ghul lived for over 600 years through the use of the Lazarus Pits, and had a plan for terrorism on a grand scale by causing Lazarus Pits to bubble up to the surface, killing the entire population of Earth (save for Ra's al Ghul, his underlings, and possibly the terminally ill), allowing him to remake the world into an environental utopia (under his domination, of course). In the future, the process of using the Lazarus Pits has become much safer and although the Pit's restorative powers made Bruce's body more youthful, he had only been given a smaller dosage than Ra's al Ghul was used to in order to ensure the new dosage was safe. Although pleased with the results, he commented his advanced age would have required many more dosages, and ultimately rejected this idea. Within a week,
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| abstract | - Lazarus Pits are natural phenomena in the DC Comics universe. They are commonly used by Ra's al Ghul for their restorative powers and used to save the lives of those close to death.
- The Lazarus Pit, historically known as the Fountain of Youth, was a pool of regenerative waters that allowed the user to heal themselves of any wounds, or even prevent aging to a certain extent. The only known pool was owned by Ra's al Ghul before his death, by his predecessors, and lastly by Malcolm Merlyn, and is located within its chamber in Nanda Parbat. This pool in Nanda Parbat has since been destroyed by Nyssa al Ghul as revenge for Malcolm using the Pit to revive Sara Lance without her soul.
- Although capable of healing any injury, restoring youth and even restoring life, the pits have the temporary side-effect of casting the dweller into temporary aggressive insanity. Although this effect does wear off after a short time.
- Ra's al Ghul lived for over 600 years through the use of the Lazarus Pits, and had a plan for terrorism on a grand scale by causing Lazarus Pits to bubble up to the surface, killing the entire population of Earth (save for Ra's al Ghul, his underlings, and possibly the terminally ill), allowing him to remake the world into an environental utopia (under his domination, of course). In the future, the process of using the Lazarus Pits has become much safer and although the Pit's restorative powers made Bruce's body more youthful, he had only been given a smaller dosage than Ra's al Ghul was used to in order to ensure the new dosage was safe. Although pleased with the results, he commented his advanced age would have required many more dosages, and ultimately rejected this idea. Within a week, his body reverted to the appearance of his proper age.
- Ra's al Ghul accidentally discovered natural pools of restorative chemicals while trying to cure a Sultan's dying son. He dubbed them "Lazarus Pits", after the Biblical figure who was raised from the dead. A side effect of the pit's restorative abilities revealed itself as the revived prince went mad and killed Ra's al Ghul's wife, Sora. Blamed for his wife's murder, Ra's al Ghul was left to die, buried in the desert, but was soon rescued by his own tribe and a boy named Huwe. Afterward, he used the tribe to gain vengeance for what happened to him and proceeded to call himself the "Head of the Demon". For centuries, the pits prolonged his life as well as the lives of his uncle and the boy Huwe. He eventually killed the boy, and his uncle went missing. From that time he alone used the pits until he fathered two daughters, Nyssa and Talia. Nyssa has used the pits from time to time but it is unknown if Talia has done so. It was not until he met Batman that others learned of the existence of the Lazarus Pits. Others who have either discovered or used the pits include Jason Todd, the second Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance), the Riddler, Cassandra Cain, Lady Shiva, the Joker, Kobra, Nora Fries, King Snake, Duela Dent, Wonder Woman, and Oliver Queen. Kobra analyzed and duplicated the chemical composition of the pits and used this information to build his own network, something Batman would discover during their very first meeting. The unique chemical composition of Kobra's Lazarus Pits enabled him to control the minds of those he resurrected. Bane and Batman destroyed nearly all the pits. Supposedly only one pit still exists, but there are actually five. The first belongs to Ra's al Ghul's daughter, Nyssa, who discovered a way to use the pits indefinitely (originally each pit could only be used once). The second is located in the Batcave, created by Batman after he learned that the Pits were necessary to maintain the stability of the world, but wanting to keep it out of the reach of Ra's. A third exists high in the Himalayas, the one used by Black Adam to revive Isis. A fourth Lazarus Pit was revealed to exist in the Australian outback, and the fifth is in Tibet. In "The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul", it is revealed that Ra's al Ghul has access to a "Fountain of Essence", which has similar abilities but does not appear to confer insanity on the user. Having returned to life in a crumbling body, Ra's seeks a permanent young one to take as host, and he chooses his grandson, Damian. After a fight with the Sensei, who claims to be Ra's al Ghul's father, Batman is stabbed with a cane in the chest and pulls the Sensei down into the pit with him. Because Sensei is healthy, he is killed by the chemicals in the Pit, but Batman is healed fully and rejuvenated.
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