it's official batman has a son.

[Darthphere]

I hope the kid dies. Just like I hope the kid in SUperman Returns dies.

 

[sethcohen]

i thought he was abandonned at an orphanage? in son of the demon?

 

[sethcohen]

i hope superman returns dies... i didnt want a sequel to the donner movies... we already have superman 3... why couldnt they do what Batman Begins did? start fresh... they dont trash or hinder enjoyment of the burton (or schumacker, if your masochisistic) movies... they just start a differant tale...

 

[samurai black]

I hope the kid dies. Just like I hope the kid in SUperman Returns dies.

Wow. That's alot of anger towards children.
I hope that it's well written and given Batman's recent new attitude, i think he'd make a good parental figure. I don't see him becoming a full time dad, but it would be refreshing to see his son come into play from time to time. And not in Batman's life, he has enough kids, but in Bruce Wayne's. It gives writers the chanceto create more of a personality for Bruce Wayne and flesh out his character alittle more. We could see Bruce going to his school (imagine him helping him with chemistry, or science) or watching him play sports, and groom him to be a heir to the Wayne empire, not heir to the Bat throne.

 

[Benstamania]

Eh...I dunno. I think Morrison will let us think that Son of the Demon is back in continuity and then at the end of the arc the kid ends up not being his.

Then again, if the rumor that Supes will have a kid on the way ends up being true...why not Batman?

I'll just wait and see I guess.

 

[Darthphere]

Eh...I dunno. I think Morrison will let us think that Son of the Demon is back in continuity and then at the end of the arc the kid ends up not being his.

Then again, if the rumor that Supes will have a kid on the way ends up being true...why not Batman?

I'll just wait and see I guess.

Awesome, turn the Watchtower into a Day Care center. Damn, get Black Canary pregnant too.

 

[samurai black]

Awesome, turn the Watchtower into a Day Care center. Damn, get Black Canary pregnant too.

You're forgetting the Flash twins.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

All of this stuff about how having an 'actual' son should change Batman strikes me as silly. If you can read some of the stuff that Dick and Bruce have been through together and still somehow manage to not consider Dick Bruce's actual son, I think I must be reading different comics from the rest of you. If anything, I imagine the stuff they do with the relationship between Bruce and his new son will basically just be rehashed stuff that they did with Dick a long time ago. Bruce has a son already and his name is Dick Grayson. Blood doesn't change that, and I certainly don't believe blood would somehow make Bruce love this new kid more or raise him differently from Dick.

 

[Assassin]

like i said, its son of the ****ing bat...

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Or... is it?

 

[Assassin]

well lots of things from kingdom come are now into existant and well..we'll see

 

[Anubis]

I like the idea. Although I'm gonna go with the idea that the kids gonna be evil. Or rather, choosing to go for heir to the Demon's empire. Then again, he shouldn't be that old anyway. Way too young to be making decisions like that. And theres probally no way he's gonna end up living with Bats. By the end of this, he probally just mets his dad, and Bats' will be aware of him, and we wont see him again until somebody decides to do something with him. In other words, it wont matter because we'll continue to have business as usual.

As far as Heros with kids, I have always loved the idea. The reason it hasn't worked that often is because, writers are too caught up in their own ideas of how a character should be, for things to work. Like, why is it Spidey and MJ haven't had a kid yet? Because Spidey somehow shouldn't have a family? WTF? I mean, if thats the case, then no hero should get married. No heros should even date. They should just be heros and thats it. That's total bulls**t. If writers would stop using the kids as plot devices, and just use them as supporting characters, then we would have had a succesful superhero family by now. Everybody just piles on and over complicates things. Make it simple. The hero has a kid. Give the kid a bottle, stick him with his mom, and go fight crime. Easy.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

hahahah ill give you that one...
but what the hell is he supposed to do? the sole purpose he wakes up in the morning is to be batman... he really hasnt been faced with a good enough reason to give that up yet (and im not saying he should)
what happens when he has a walking talking reason to pack it all up? does he do it? how does he rearrange his life to fit this new puzzle piece? i dont want either kid to be part of the "bat family" (atleast not this decade) but adding some supporting characters that dont don a mask or hang out in grimey alleys could add some depth...

we both know he's not going to give up the mantle, so theres no need to study that path. weve already seen that bruce is going to be bruce wayne during the day at night he will be batman. bruce isnt goping to rearrnage his life to fit in a another kid, he didnt do it with tim,dick, nor jason todd. you bring up that all they are is partners. Bruce views them as family and dick as more of a son, hell he did adopt him. and i dont need some kid just hanging around without a mask complaining what daddy does at night is dangerous. none of that is really needed.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

All of this stuff about how having an 'actual' son should change Batman strikes me as silly. If you can read some of the stuff that Dick and Bruce have been through together and still somehow manage to not consider Dick Bruce's actual son, I think I must be reading different comics from the rest of you. If anything, I imagine the stuff they do with the relationship between Bruce and his new son will basically just be rehashed stuff that they did with Dick a long time ago. Bruce has a son already and his name is Dick Grayson. Blood doesn't change that, and I certainly don't believe blood would somehow make Bruce love this new kid more or raise him differently from Dick.

exactly, thats what these other posters dont understand.

 

[Darthphere]

All of this stuff about how having an 'actual' son should change Batman strikes me as silly. If you can read some of the stuff that Dick and Bruce have been through together and still somehow manage to not consider Dick Bruce's actual son, I think I must be reading different comics from the rest of you. If anything, I imagine the stuff they do with the relationship between Bruce and his new son will basically just be rehashed stuff that they did with Dick a long time ago. Bruce has a son already and his name is Dick Grayson. Blood doesn't change that, and I certainly don't believe blood would somehow make Bruce love this new kid more or raise him differently from Dick.

That was beautiful.

 

[Anubis]

I wanna agree with you Corp, but GAH's involved, and I can't be party to such shenanigans.

 

[Kool-Aid]

like i said, its son of the ****ing bat...

Or... is it?

Those look good. Is one of the writers the same one who did the Crow?

 

[hippie_hunter]

All of this stuff about how having an 'actual' son should change Batman strikes me as silly. If you can read some of the stuff that Dick and Bruce have been through together and still somehow manage to not consider Dick Bruce's actual son, I think I must be reading different comics from the rest of you. If anything, I imagine the stuff they do with the relationship between Bruce and his new son will basically just be rehashed stuff that they did with Dick a long time ago. Bruce has a son already and his name is Dick Grayson. Blood doesn't change that, and I certainly don't believe blood would somehow make Bruce love this new kid more or raise him differently from Dick.

Well Bruce did adopt Dick and Jason. Of course he is going to love Ibn as much as them. He will treat him as equally as his other sons. That's the way it should be.

 

[Kool-Aid]

But will he get to sleep in the smae bed as Bruce like they did?

 

[Manic]

Wow. No wonder writers and editors like to do things like kill Spider-Man's unborn children, or eliminate the entire West family the moment Flash becomes a father. Fans become up in arms the moment someone suggests a superhero has children.

 

[hippie_hunter]

But will he get to sleep in the smae bed as Bruce like they did?

Oh snap!

 

[Anubis]

Wow. No wonder writers and editors like to do things like kill Spider-Man's unborn children, or eliminate the entire West family the moment Flash becomes a father. Fans become up in arms the moment someone suggests a superhero has children.

I think it's jealousy over the fact that many will remain virgins for all eternity, much less have kids.

 

[Themanofbat]

When has it been established that "Son of the Demon" was "out" of continuity?

When it came out in the late 80's, it was supposed to be "in continuity" at the time...

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Wow. No wonder writers and editors like to do things like kill Spider-Man's unborn children, or eliminate the entire West family the moment Flash becomes a father. Fans become up in arms the moment someone suggests a superhero has children.

I love gross generalizations of simple criticism. The boards would be so dull without them.

 

[Anubis]

Wouldn't they?