BREAKING NEWS: BRUCE WAYNE WILL BE BATMAN NO MORE BEGINING IN BATMAN #681?!!! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!!!

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Permalink Reply by ROFLkiteh on November 18, 2008 at 7:38am

"I’m predicting that DC Comics new caped crusader will be more along the lines of Christopher Nolan’s version of the Dark Knight."
Wasn't Bruce Wayne already like that?

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Permalink Reply by Costa_K on November 18, 2008 at 11:06am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_rip

Uhh, not exactly news.

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Permalink Reply by MDS on November 18, 2008 at 11:17am

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..... And Superman is dead too.

Look, let's be honest. There is NO WAY they can make the Batman Series WITHOUT Bruce Wayne as the character. Sure, they will have a storyline or two where the Batman is taken over by someone new or even have the "Robin" character run the scam of stepping into the shoes of Batman for awhile. But with all the hype, the connections, and the fan-base... Batman/Bruce will never be apart for long. It may take a year or so, but they will have him back.

This is the reason I stopped reading comics to begin with. I got tired of all the ret-cons, re-launches, re-boots, cross-overs, what-ifs and Universe changing storylines.

Just give a few months, when sales fall, they will be back together.

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Permalink Reply by Undeed on November 19, 2008 at 8:47am

Don't bash the what-ifs, some of the best stories are what-ifs. Two spring to mind: Superman: Red Sun and Kingdom Come. Marvel as a series dedicated to what-ifs, and some of the stories are rather amazing. The rest I can agree with you on, but what-ifs can make pretty good standalone stories.

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Permalink Reply by Brock on November 18, 2008 at 11:34am

This new isn't exactly news.....I've known about this for a few months now.

I honestly don't think DC will kill batman off for too long, they did that same thing to Superman. And after how much of a mistake that was they brought him back. Bruce Wayne will return as Batman eventually

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Permalink Reply by Iffy on November 18, 2008 at 12:11pm

I did go, "WTF!?" when I heard it say "Batman retires." Geez, talk about making old things new. We went through this with Knightfall and Batman Beyond. Though different situations, still the same premise: Bruce Wayne isn't Batman anymore. Turns out if comics want to be sold, Bruce Wayne as Batman is the way to go. Believe me, they'll find a way to make Wayne Batman again.

Till then, I'm not seeing the change as permanent, or even relevant. As I understand it, Batman R.I.P. predates Final Crisis chronologically. Unless of course, I missed something completely, Batman is still around.

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Permalink Reply by Costa_K on November 18, 2008 at 2:50pm

Batman RIP does predate it but several Bat-titles reference in their solicits the lack of Bruce Wayne and one is even called "Battle For The Cowl", actually.

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Permalink Reply by Derrick D on November 18, 2008 at 3:25pm

It would seem Batman gets out of R.I.P. decently enough only to meet his "final" fate in Crisis. I hope its a little different than that. Even I won't defend Morrison having the end of his Batman story in a different book.

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Permalink Reply by Deadpool on November 19, 2008 at 5:12pm

I say in a year or two he'll be back.

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Permalink Reply by Ratchetcomand on November 19, 2008 at 9:23pm

I think this will be one of those fake deaths. I doubt they will kill him so soon and why kill him now?

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Permalink Reply by Iffy on November 20, 2008 at 2:55am

Let's just make one thing clear: Grant Morrison has said what happens to Batman is a fate "worse than death." Almost to say death is too easy a result. And when Morrison refers to this story, it's always referred to as Batman R.I.P. Not Batman Rest in Peace, but R.I.P. We won't know the significance of that until the end. But by all accounts, something tells me that Batman won't be killed. It's not like Joe Quesada is running DC Comics.

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Permalink Reply by Lord Tzeentch on November 21, 2008 at 2:32pm

Grant Morrison has said what happens to Batman is a fate "worse than death." ? Dose that mean hes gona get raped like indy?

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