Batman R.I.P.

[Kaizer]

Even though this was in the works months before he passed away

feisty, are we? well, it doesn't mean they can't change or even cancel it now, does it? If they are going to create interest in TDK by killing off the main character in the comics, well, first of all, they are idiots, secondly the entire movie will be associated with death, and is that good marketing? I don't think so. "Batman and Joker died to bring you this movie!" bad move, DC. Now, I don't really think they will do this, cause in my experience, DC aren't totally insane, they won't kill Bruce Wayne, especially after they have went to the effort with infinite crisis and one year later, bringing the Batman-character back from the negative vibe that have built over the last few years. Killing Bruce Wayne and putting someone else in the cowl is just cheap, it won't happen, and if it does, they will lose a hell of a lot of fans, and that's a chance they can't take.

 

[Mee]

i don't think i'm going to like it.

Well yeah, Bat-Mite is involved.

 

[CrimsonMist]

Well yeah, Bat-Mite is involved.

atleast Tony Daniels makes him look...KINDA...cool....

 

[Superhobo]

Quote:
BATMAN #676
Written by Grant Morrison
Art and variant cover by Tony Daniel & Sandu Florea
Cover by Alex Ross
Are you ready for "Batman R.I.P."?
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 & Sandu Florea and covers by Alex Ross.

So is this the well web-rumored death of Batman/Bruce Wayne?

Here's what Dan Didio had to say:

Online rumors already say Batman is going to die—but come on, you’re DC…you wouldn’t kill Bruce, would you?
Quote:
I’m not sure where these rumors started from, and I’m not sure what people are talking about there, but we do have a rather exciting series, a big storyline starting within Batman and being written with Grant Morrison called “Batman: R.I.P.” I don’t know if that adds to the confusion or creates answers, but it’s a big story that only Grant can tell. And since Grant is doing Final Crisis and Batman, it’s hard for me to say what the next steps may be.
Feel free to discuss...

. . . ****ing Morrison.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

Another article:

Batman: Another death in the family?

Rumors that DC Comics are planning to kill off Batman are setting the comics world alight.

Much as failing magazines always try ‘The Sex Issue’ ploy to pump up failing circulations, so embattled comics publishers are increasingly fond of killing off a major character to grab some attention outside their core readership. Now it looks as if one of the most famous costumed crimefighters of them all is going to meet his end in issue 676 of the long-running comic.

The first major example of this was the reader-sanctioned death of unpopular second Robin Jason Todd, but of late more significant upheavals have rocked the comic book universe.

Former market leaders DC have seen their position usurped by Marvel both in the cinemas and on the newsstands and as a result have opted for a series of cosmological cataclysms that have obliterated and then resurrected entire planets full of characters.

Flagship character Superman was killed in 1992, only to be brought back after a confusing period of multiple upstart Supermen. Less well-known heroes like Green Lantern and Green Arrow have shuffled off this mortal coil only to shuffle it back on again.

Batman himself was crippled by chemically-enhanced brawler Bane in 1993 but recovered sufficiently to swing from his trademark batrope in order to bring down his increasingly unstable stand-in a few months later.

Even current market leaders Marvel are not immune to the trend, with the recent demise of Captain America and a Dallas-style ‘Bobby comes out of the shower’ reset for Spider-Man just last month.

Batman fans shouldn’t be too alarmed therefore: If the Caped Crusader should die, he’ll get better soon enough.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3243846.ece

 

[FCEEVIPER]

More:

Batman set to perish in issue #676



Are you ready for “Batman R.I.P.”? Oh, hell no!!!

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’m not so sure I can handle Batman dying. It was bad enough when Superman was killed off and then Captain America last year. I know some heroes have a way of coming back, but if you kill off Bruce Wayne then that story is done and I refuse to pay one cent for the issue where some jackass takes over as the Dark Knight. I was worried enough about whether or not the subsequent movies after The Dark Knight would survive after the Joker’s death due to overdosing, but now I have to stress over the comic.

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/24/batman-set-to-perish-in-issue-676/

 

[Mladen]

I dropped Batman after issue #666. I didnt read the 'Tec Ra's Al Ghul issues. I'm not one of these people who goes around b**ching about something yet still reading it every month. I just dropped Spider-Man for the same reasons. It wasnt something I enjoied, so I stopped spending my money on it.

sensible.
not enough people realise that you need to speak with your money if you want the publishers to listen.

 

[Doctor Baywatch]

sensible.
not enough people realise that you need to speak with your money if you want the publishers to listen.

But... but... they will miss a few issues in their precious collection!

 

[Bishop]

they wont kill him permanently

he'll be dead for two months, maximum

i suppose they'll make a magically reformed harvey dent or dick grayson the new batman

how dull

 

[Paladin2769]

I really am not impresssed at all with Morrison's run on Batman and even the Ras al Ghul storyline felt rushed and anticlimactic to me (and I have been a bat-fan since 72 or so). That being said, I really don't like the idea of messing with Batman and killing him, retiring him or putting him in Arkham Asylum (wasn't that the most recent rumor that thankfully didn't come true)?

They gave us Bat-Azrael and even that storyline lasted longer than it should have. Stop crippling the poor guy or killing him or any other cockeyed lame idea. Just write good stories without all the shock/schlock points that are cliche, and have been for a long time.

I do digress that Marvel was able to handle the return of Bucky ALOT better than Jason Todd (they didn't use any retcon punches) and even though Steve Rogers is dead, they have been writing great stories (both before Cap got killed and after). Of course we all know he will come back in due time, but why should these companies continue to rip off one another like this?
(And to show that I am not a generic Marvel Zombie, I really thought the handling of Spidey's marriage to MJ was extremely poorly written and it's no wonder the writer requested having his name removed from it before publication).

Hope I didn't ramble too much.

 

[ThreeActRomance]

Dick Grayson WAS Batman..briefly..during the "Prodigal" storyline.

it sucked alot less than it sounds...

 

[FCEEVIPER]

You guys seen this...

http://www.petitiononline.com/807tdk/petition.html

 

[Mee]

Maybe I'm just hoping, but I get the feeling there's gonna be some kind of twist, and Bats isn't really gonna die.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

Maybe I'm just hoping, but I get the feeling there's gonna be some kind of twist, and Bats isn't really gonna die.

I fricken hope so.

 

[DocLathropBrown]

Mark my words. Batman will die.































But Bruce Wayne won't.

 

[itsthebatman]

Mark my words. Batman will die.


But Bruce Wayne won't.

Hmmm, interesting.
*strokes beard*

 

[FCEEVIPER]

Mark my words. Batman will die. But Bruce Wayne won't.

Source.

 

[Dirt Like Me]

Maybe I'm just hoping, but I get the feeling there's gonna be some kind of twist, and Bats isn't really gonna die.

I hope you're right. The main argument for killing Bruce is that it'd be something different to shake up the status quo. I guess that's true, but at the same time it would completely sever the link between the comics I read now and what I read as a kid. I find that link comforting somehow and would be disappointed if they killed the character.

That said, I'm not feeling good about things. Hell, Batman saw his own funeral while he was tripping last issue (673): Dick, Ollie, Hal and Clark were the pallbearers and Alfred and Barbara were there. I'd scan the panel, but I don't have a scanner.

The more Morrison does, the more I think they should just give him Plastic Man and let him run wild.

 

[BubbaGump]

Maybe I'm just hoping, but I get the feeling there's gonna be some kind of twist, and Bats isn't really gonna die.

I think the twist is Batman really IS going to die because Morrison's writing it. Batman #666, anyone?

 

[SuperFerret]

Maybe Batman's "death" is Bruce giving up the mantle and living a (semi)normal life.

For a while.

 

[lixdexia]

I think the twist is Batman really IS going to die because Morrison's writing it. Batman #666, anyone?

you know, as much as initally opposed this, i'd kind of like to see what would happen to the dcu if bruce actually died...

 

[BubbaGump]

you know, as much as initally opposed this, i'd kind of like to see what would happen to the dcu if bruce actually died...

Every story would be along the lines of Batman #666!!!

 

[Kaizer]

Every story would be along the lines of Batman #666!!!

well, maybe that's what this whole thing is all about? Batman dies, everything goes to hell, a world without batman is world in total chaos. Bring on Superboy Prime to punch the universe some more.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

Maybe Batman's "death" is Bruce giving up the mantle and living a (semi)normal life.

For a while.

Maybe batman RIP is Batman killing someone/villain for the first time ever in his career?

Mmmmh?

 

[Tojo]

Speaking of Ross though, i guess this is the best place at the moment, but i've been thinking about picking up the three Justice hardcovers. Is the story any good?

It sure is.

And i agree with almost everyone else, Batman isn't Batman unless it's Bruce in the costume. End of. I don't care what Morrison does. If he kills him and then he is bought back months later so be it, im still dumb enough to buy the issues just to see how it's done, badly or not.

I think DC are really running out of ideas with Batman. However, having Bruce become a mentor to a new Batman or anything at all similar to that would just be sad and i don't think i'd be interested in reading that, but i'd give it a go.