Comments on: DC Killing Batman?

By: liberalrob

liberalrob — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:07:51 +0000

It is indeed stupid. 1) it’s already been done to, er, death. They killed off Supes that time and it was a big deal and all, so maybe this is “sequel syndrome” (hey, killing off Supes was a big hit, let’s kill off Bats for a while and cash in again). 2) everybody knows he won’t stay dead, just like everybody knew Supes wouldn’t stay dead, Cap won’t stay dead, none of those guys stays dead. 3) Bats should have died a dozen times already. He’s not invulnerable like Supes, he’s just a highly-trained, very smart guy in a costume. Somebody should have blown him up a long time ago, or filled him full of lead, or just dropped a nuke on Wayne Manor (how many people know his secret ID, again?). So huzzah, finally some super-smart villain does him in. Yawn. 4) There may be more than one Bats. I keep hearing rumors that DC is going to be bringing back the Multiverse, that they find the post-Crisis universe too restrictive (which is why the Multiverse was created in the first place, duh). So this may be Bats from Earth-2 or something they’re killing off (didn’t that happen in one of the old Multiverse worlds?).

5) it’s comics.

By: Neurome

Neurome — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:18:36 +0000

Oh, never mind. I clicked the link and found the article. I guess, um, that’s why the link is there… Okay, I’ll go away now.

By: Neurome

Neurome — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:13:06 +0000

Where did you find that picture? Is there a preview of the issue or something somewhere?

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:50:00 +0000

Don’t forget there is a big “Final Infinity Crisis on infinite Worlds” crossover/continuity cleanup coming this summer. Don’t expect Batman to be dead at the end of that.

By: Randy Brown

Randy Brown — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:57:48 +0000

MARVEL DEATH!! Even at the (un)Distinguished Competition. Gee, I am SO glad I finally gave up comics.

By: Gyuss Baaltar

Gyuss Baaltar — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:53:05 +0000

If DC didn’t have to constantly run things like this past their corporate overlords at WB, I’d think it was possible.

It would be great character development for Dick Grayson to take up the mantle as head of the Bat Family.

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:51:08 +0000

Isn’t there like a movie coming out this summer or something? Why would you feature him in a movie and then immediately kill him off just as you’re gaining new fans?

By: duros62

duros62 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:38:33 +0000

Stay tuned for…. Zombie Batman!

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:25:27 +0000

Killing Batman–honestly, truly, this-is-the-body and these-are-the-autopsy-results dead–would be a monumental blunder unless they truly meant to keep him dead.

Because a resurrected Batman of any kind is a shark-jump. I don’t care if they use a Lazarus Pit to do it. If he cheats death, then it doesn’t matter that he was otherwise an ordinary mortal being.

By: fafaroo

fafaroo — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:43:59 +0000

Oh. From the headline I thought you meant Washington D.C. … this being an election season and all.