More On the Rumor About Batman Dying
Dustin Christian | November 12, 2007
| 10:48 pm
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In the latest Lying in the Gutters, Rich Johnston gives us some more information on the dirty dirty lies regarding the impending death of Batman:
Last week’s rumour about Batman kicking the Batbucket to be replaced by a sidekick is kicking up steam. As Valerie D’Orazio picks up on, the original plan was for all the main DC icons to die and be elevated to the status of New Gods as part of the Fifth World, their sidekicks filling the roles they left behind.
However, that plan was abandoned internally at DC and reduced to a Bat-storyline by Grant Morrison. So look for Bruce Wayne New God to go head-to-head with Darkseid in “Final Crisis.”
I’ve said privately that I’d almost be okay with them killing off my absolute favorite comics character EVAR if they did it with a good enough story. But, Captain America being the exception that proves this rule, when does a story featuring the death of a major, iconic character ever do that character justice?
In the defense of the writers who have written these stories, how in the hell do you do justice to the death of a character who has that much history and is pretty much a pillar of their universe? I’m not sure you can. Even the way Cap died didn’t really do him justice, although the story was damn good.
So yeah, I don’t think a story can be written that would be good enough to justify killing Batman and thus I oppose it. While making Bruce Wayne a New God in the Fifth World may seem like it’s giving Bats mad props, it takes Batman out of the element that makes him who he is and thus is a terrible idea to me. Besides, who would really want Batman as a god? That’s some scary shit.
That said, I’m starting to think Bruce Wayne may die in the final lead-up to or during Final Crisis and the resulting reboot to the universe will bring him back. I can imagine and accept that, even if I’m sick of Crises in the DCU and think the whole concept is completely played out.
tag: batman, comics, DC, Fifth World, Final Crisis, Fourth World, New Gods, Rumors, Death, Comic Book Death
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It bugs me when DC tells everyone that they'll be
The Mike Haynes | November 13, 2007 | 12:44 pmIt bugs me when DC tells everyone that they’ll be cleaning everything up with a Crisis but then when it’s over, we’re left with even more confusion than before. I read Infinite Crisis and I STILL don’t know what the hell is going on in the DCU.
Secondly, there’s no way that they can kill Batman. That would be suicide for DC. They need him right now more than ever and I know for a fact that Superman and Wonder Woman couldn’t keep the company afloat.
I totally agree with you. I've said repeatedly that
CrackerBob | November 13, 2007 | 1:16 pmI totally agree with you. I’ve said repeatedly that my biggest problem with the Crises is that, rather than clearing everything up, they just confuse me more.
For example, in current continuity, who killed Bruce Wayne’s parents? Was it Jack Napier? Joe Cool? Someone else? I have no idea!
I also agree with you about Batman – he is DC’s (and probably Warner Brothers’) biggest cash cow at the moment. Killing him off for a temporary jump in sales, to the detriment of all the other ways they’re making money off of Bruce Wayne – makes absolutely no business sense.
Cracker Bob said: I also agree with you about Batman -
Angry Libra 68 | November 23, 2007 | 5:07 pmCracker Bob said:
I also agree with you about Batman – he is DC’s (and probably Warner Brothers’) biggest cash cow at the moment. Killing him off for a temporary jump in sales, to the detriment of all the other ways they’re making money off of Bruce Wayne – makes absolutely no business sense.
Not to mention it just stupid. Dan Didio is worst than Quesada.
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I have posted this on other forums as well -
Kishore | November 25, 2008 | 9:10 pmI have posted this on other forums as well –
I am not sure who these comic books are meant for. For kids, it’s hard to digest that their super hero is weak, that their super hero could die. For adults, why do they even care for watching these comic book based movies or reading these comic books? Isn’t that childish?
Think about it from a kid’s point of view. You are killing the only good there is in their imaginary world. You are conveying that evil wins at the end of it all. Some message! Shame on you!
Kidshore...you're a bit of a fucktard.
AJ | November 25, 2008 | 9:15 pmKidshore…you’re a bit of a fucktard.
I'm honestly not really sure what you mean, Kishore -
Dustin Christian | November 25, 2008 | 9:27 pmI’m honestly not really sure what you mean, Kishore – how are either reading comic books or watching comic book movies childish? Is viewing art in a museum, watching an action movie, reading a novel, or reading the comics in the Sunday paper childish? Then what makes reading a comic book or watching a movie based on that comic book childish? What makes it different, really?
As far as your point regarding children, I could argue that Batman, especially the current storyline, is not intended for children, but even if it was, are we really doing our children any favors by lying to them about the nature of the world around them? There are bad people out there and, sometimes, those bad people do bad things to good people. Lying and hiding this from children doesn’t make it any less true. In the best case, it only makes them naive. In the worst case, it makes them woefully unprepared to deal with the real world.
Also, what AJ said.