I'm not sure why DC Comics deiced to go this avenue with a corner stone franchise such as Batman, but they've made the decision to kill him off.
That's right!
Batman is set to die in issue #676 call "Batman R.I.P.", which will obviously be a huge seller. Going the way that Captain America did last year, and Superman back in the late 90's. Check the quote:
"Beginning the epic story that will change the legend of the Dark Knight forever! Everything in Grant Morrison’s groundbreaking run on Batman has been leading to this story, and nothing will ever be the same again.
Who will live? Who will die? Who will be Batman? The answers are sure to shock you in “Batman R.I.P.,” featuring artwork by Tony Daniel and Sandu Florea and covers by Alex Ross."
I know that a death of a super hero in a comic is like Roger Clemens retiring, it doesn't last very long. But the whole killing off a super hero has gotten old, and considering that Batman is human, it will be a lot harder explaining his return than some others. Bringing him back would somehow cheapen the whole thing, and certainly have less of an impact than if Bruce Wayne really was dead.
But Batman is Bruce Wayne, and Bruce Wayne is Batman.
Variant cover for Batman #676 [Comic Bloc via Crunchgear]
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Maybe (and now I'm dating myself and most folks contributing here at Cowbell Tech) it will be like what happend in Dallas; Bruce Wayne will wake up in the next episode and say, "What a nightmare!"
OK. If they do that, I'm firebombing their headquarters.
But seriously, it might be that they are just going to kill 'The Batman'. It may be a Bruce Wayne is tired of all the stress, getting married, settling down, nobody left to kill, or something of those lines and he's killing his alter-ego. I think Spiderman did the same thing. But who knows, maybe there's an alien symbiote available for him.
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