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The Return of Bruce Wayne hits in April

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The World’s Greatest Detective is facing his toughest mystery.
Lost in the timestream, believed to be dead by his friends and enemies alike, Bruce Wayne must use every bit of intelligence, every ounce of strength and training he’s acquired over the years to find his way back to the city, and adopted family of vigilantes, he’d left behind.
Blasted by the mysterious and powerful Omega Effect in the pages of FINAL CRISIS during a deadly battle with the malevolent New God Darkseid, Bruce Wayne must battle back through the waves of time to reclaim what was his – his city, his life…his cowl?




From the kinetic and awe-inspiring imagination of writer Grant Morrison and an all-star cast of artists, including Chris Sprouse, who’ll handle art chores on the first issue, BATMAN: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE #1 (of 6) hits in April and will prove to be Bruce Wayne’s defining moment as a hero, and his toughest challenge yet.


But enough from me – what do the players have to say about this breaking news? Well, suffice to say, Morrison is calling the mini-series: “The latest chapter in the long-running, ‘definitive’ Batman epic.”
And how ’bout those amazing Andy Kubert design sketches?
For a bit more, swing by USA TODAY.com, where John Geddes sits down with Morrison to get more insight on where Bruce Wayne – and the entire Bat-universe – is heading.


http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2009/12/09/dcu-in-2010-the-return-of-bruce-wayne-hits-in-april/
 
Funny. Cap died, but in reality he was trapped in time. Batman died and he's trapped in time too.
 
April, huh? That was a little later than I was expecting actually, but not surprised. Not sure if I'll bother with it or not. Though, I really hope we don't see Morrison use this as an excuse to revisit that whole 666 universe buls**** with Bruce being trapped in time

Funny. Cap died, but in reality he was trapped in time. Batman died and he's trapped in time too.

Yeah, looks like the main difference is that Cap was jetting in between moments in his life, and it looks like Batman will be jetting between just about every time period and tailoring himself to fit it.
 
Grant Morrison is making ALL Batmans canonical? Are we going to see Gotham by Gaslight Batman?!
 
From the USAtoday article

Q: There are certain readers out there who will undoubtedly complain about yet another rebirth or reincarnation of a famous comic book character. What about Return is going to be different from these past stories in which iconic characters have been brought back to life?


A: As we saw at the end of the Final Crisis book, Bruce Wayne was never dead, only AWOL, so this was never a literal "back to life" story. And I like to think the series will have a wider general appeal than some of the continuity driven "death and rebirth"-type stories we've seen before.
This is more for me about putting Batman/Bruce Wayne through my own, and my collaborators' version, of the ultimate test of who and what he is. So far I've had him overcome the Devil, Madness and Death; now we see him, truly lost, amnesiac, and stripped down to basic human survival mode in some extremely hostile environments and unfamiliar situations. He's the best fighter in his world, he's one of the smartest and most driven men who ever lived, but we've seen him outwit the Joker 10,000 times. This was a way of taking the character off the grid, as they say, and reminding readers what kind of man he is and what he's capable of. If you wonder why Batman is so cool — here's why Batman is so cool.
This is an attempt to look at a very familiar character from some unusual angles. And it's about Bruce and who he is — I want to remind people how the man and the mask are inseparable parts of a terrifying whole.

Q: You're a writer who has never been afraid to experiment with storylines involving major characters. What are some of the challenges you face when developing stories specific to such a high-profile character as Batman/Bruce Wayne?


A. The challenge is to keep everything familiar while making what appear to be far-reaching changes and having characters react as if those changes are permanent!
Batman needs to be eternally young, renewed like some pagan Fertility King to suit the changing tastes of his audience in each fresh generation. Batman can never grow old or die — and stories, no matter how good, which depict these events cannot be considered "canon." Batman was born in 1939 and would now be a sprightly 70-year-old if he aged like the rest of us. The "real" Batman, however, enjoys godlike immortality and must always be 30-ish moneyed orphan, Bruce Wayne, who dresses as a bat to fight crime. The trick is to tell stories which expand the limits of how far you can go and still maintain the integrity of the basic idea. And everything has to be done with the knowledge and understanding that I — as the current writer — am only a tiny link in a long chain of all the people who already have or will one day tell stories about Batman.
 
Oh come on, they couldn't wait at least five years?
 
Five years? It's pretty amazing that it lasted five months
 
Oh come on, they couldn't wait at least five years?

But this was never about his death. It isn't cheapening like Steve Rogers who was always remarked as a dead guy, while Bruce Wayne was always said to be MIA. It's just the outsiders who don't follow the comics that believed he was truly dead.
 
I don't really think he was referring to his death as much as just his return period
 
About being always 30ish. You can't keep them from getting older, when you show them getting side-kicks, who themselves get older. How old was Dick when he was Robin and how old is he as Nightwing now?

Do you think some of these characters will ever be killed off? Or will everyone just be the same age some day? or are the books simply going to be rebooted every couple decades and have the clocks turned back on the characters?
 
But this was never about his death. It isn't cheapening like Steve Rogers who was always remarked as a dead guy, while Bruce Wayne was always said to be MIA. It's just the outsiders who don't follow the comics that believed he was truly dead.

I don't really think he was referring to his death as much as just his return period

What he said. It just feels too soon.
 
About being always 30ish. You can't keep them from getting older, when you show them getting side-kicks, who themselves get older. How old was Dick when he was Robin and how old is he as Nightwing now?

Do you think some of these characters will ever be killed off? Or will everyone just be the same age some day? or are the books simply going to be rebooted every couple decades and have the clocks turned back on the characters?

Probably just rebooted and rectonned to fit that idea or eventually they'll just ignore it and not worry about it.
 
The thing is that every decades brings new readers. Some have experienced Bruce as as Batman since the start. For others its been a few years. So aging the characters like that may actually be worse since part of your audience will always come in late and replace the older one. But one thing to keep in mind is that its possible that one day Dc comics will end.
 
Well remember that Dan Didio did say one of the themes of 2010 was two Batmen in Gotham and how Dick Grayson is coping with that. Will he step down the mantle or what happens? Eitherway if you check the USA article these Batmen are confirmed:
- Viking Batman
- Pilgrim Batman
- Cowboy Batman
- Private Inspector Batman
 
Heh, what a waste the "Battle for the Cowl" story was, since Bruce will come back and take it back not even a year after his "death". :whatever:
 
Q: Aside from Return, what new work can readers look forward to from Grant Morrison in 2010?
A: Mostly Batman work — I'm doing at least another year of stories with Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne in the Batman and Robin book before that book starts to dovetail with Return and we rush headlong and screaming into the next big, earth-shattering, game-changing twist in the life of Batman.

Dick and Damian will be Batman & Robin till 2011 now atleast, stop crying about Bruce's return! You all know if the sales go well and Morrison doesn't wanna change things. We will have the Robin & Batman team up! ;)
 
Yeah, but why would he want to not change things? He obviously thinks that Bruce Wayne is Batman, and the whole point is to bring back and show how awesome Bruce Wayne is. We may get Dick as Batman for a little while longer, but as soon as Bruce is back, I doubt there'll be any question as to who will be the first string Batman.
 
Exactly...but as a whole, none of it was handled as well as the death of Cap and promotion of Bucky.

But then again, Morrison isn't half the writer Brubaker is.
 
Is Cap already back btw, or still trapped in time?
 
Reborn is still going on, but he popped up in one of the Dark Avenger issues that was set after Reborn's end continuity wise. So, he's technically back
 
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Caveman Batman? Count me in! Also the comments he made about Captain Marvel/Shazam are interesting.
 
But even if Bruce returns, wouldn't it be realistic if he still let Dick take on the role of Batman for a while? I mean, the dudes been hopping through every time period. The guy needs a brake.
 

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