Batman R.I.P

[ZariusTwo]

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16024

Grant Morrison talks about how Batman R.I.P will shape his run on Batman through to 2009, he runs down why some of his heirs could trip up, who the fans want as Batman, and answers the question "Is this Bruce's final Batman story" with a resolute "yes"

[Dr. Doom]

Man, WHAT?!

[Voltron]

In reality, I don't agree with this move at all. Bruce will be Batman again within the year.

. . . Assuming they actually take him away from the Dark Knight.

[Zog the Equalizer]

If they do go through with this his successor better be either Grayson or Terry. If Damien gets Todd gets it, I'm gonna be pissed. I'd actually be happier if they brought back Jean-Paul Valley.

[Fugitoid Jones]

I will stop reading the Batman comics if this indeed is the death of Bruce Wayne. Although, I have a theory on this: POSSIBLE SPOILER:

shortly after the horrible Return of Ra's Al Ghul story arc, there was an issue that revealed Bruce training to "die" and come back. That may be foreshadowing, so they could "kill" Bruce Wayne and then replace him, but that's just the beginning of a story-arc that brings Bruce back later.

Of course, I'm probably wrong and if I am, then I'm dropping the Batman titles. Batman isn't like Captain America, where you could replace the real thing and it won't make too much of a difference. Bruce Wayne IS Batman. It's like when the WWF tried replacing Diesel and Razor Ramon when Nash and Hall left. People didn't care about the personas, they cared about the people who were those personas. Not sure if that makes sense, but it's the way I feel about Batman. I guess what I'm trying to say is, when Batman takes his mask off, he's not himself. His public persona isn't really him. The Batman is the real him. Kinda like that part in Batman Begins when Katie Holmes is talking to Christian Bale at the end. Yeah, you know the part I'm talking about.

So, anyway, I'm really against killing Batman. And they can say they killed Bruce Wayne, not Batman, all they want but in my opinion, that IS killing Batman.

[Spike Spiegel]

Why didn't I know about this??

As Dr. Doom (I think it was him) once posted in a thread about the current state of Amazing Spider-Man, "This is why I stay the hell away from the comic book industry."

[ZariusTwo]

This is why I only pick up creator-controlled titles.

Which is a clue to how much Morrison's stuff will be considered canon after he leaves. The guy is allowed to do whatever he wants so long as it tells a good story (which he usually does). After the HYSTERICAL mess Marvel made of retconning the infamous Xorneto incident, DC better be able to tidy things up a little more carefully. No chance in hell is Morrison changing this back, he never does.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

These changes are never permanent. Hal Jordan came back as Green Lantern, there's no way that Bruce Wayne, who is way more high profile than Green Lantern, will stay dead.

With that said, in the mean time, if this is written well, maybe it will be interesting like Death of Superman was.

[ZariusTwo]

These changes are never permanent. Hal Jordan came back as Green Lantern, there's no way that Bruce Wayne, who is way more high profile than Green Lantern, will stay dead.

He's not dying.

[ZariusTwo]

http://i.newsarama.com/images/SDCC08-DC-POSTCRISISBATM-02.jpg

Here's some promotion artwork for Grant Morris'ns next arc "Race For The Cowel". CBR.com reports that Robin will be retitled Batman and Robin (this is probably why Chuck Dixon left), and Nightwing will be rebranded Red Robin. There will also be a small hiatus for Detective

Neil Gaiman is also writing "Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader?" to close out Bruce's tenure as Batman for the time being

[Dr. Doom]

WTF are they doing to Nightwing? Can you link me to the source? That site is a mess.

[ZariusTwo]

Yeah, I hate the Newsarama layout

www.comicbookresources.com

Look for the "lying in the gutters" article

[Dr. Doom]

Well I guess I can deal with that. Should certainly be interesting.