Originally posted by JayDaDon
Well I'm just going by what they said. They actually confirmed they're killing him off on the first link.
EXCLUSIVE
Robin the Boy Wonder, Batman’s aide-de-camp, will be killed battling a brutal enemy in a comic book published Wednesday.
The shocking demise of the Dark Knight’s sidekick will first appear in issue No. 8 of the offshoot title “Batman Incorporated,” but the aftermath of his death will ripple throughout the DC Comics universe, the publisher confirmed exclusively to The Post.
Damian Wayne — the son of Bruce Wayne and the latest hero to assume the mantle of Robin — has a heart-to-heart with fellow superhero Nightwing before his final, and ultimately fatal, battle in the pages of “Batman Incorporated” No. 8, out Wednesday.
“He saves the world. He does his job as Robin,” writer Grant Morrison said. “He dies an absolute hero.”
Robin — a k a Damian Wayne, the 10-year-old son of Bruce Wayne — is slain fighting a hulking assassin who happens to be, in true comic-book form, a “brother” cloned from his genetic material.
And — SPOILER ALERT ! — unlike all the times he has swooped in at the last minute, Batman arrives too late to save his protégé.
A number of heroes have filled the role of Robin over the decades, including the first and best known, Dick Grayson, introduced in 1940.
The latest Robin, however, was the brilliant and caustic Damian, the illegitimate son of billionaire Bruce Wayne and Talia, the beautiful daughter of one of his deadliest enemies, Ra’s al Ghul.
Morrison, one of the industry’s top talents, brings an adult perspective to the grim tale.
Robin’s death, he said, will illustrate how parents lose sight of their kids when they fight.
“It’s all about the family and the family going to hell,” said Morrison, who threw in elements of his own parents’ divorce. “The two adults in the story are both culpable. The kid’s the good guy.”
Morrison, who brought Damian to the forefront in 2006, said he had created a full arc for the character, who grew from a violent, fledgling assassin to a selfless leader.
“What we did was turn this little monster into a superhero,” he said. “He’s a little brat, but he’s a super-brat.”
Damian isn’t the first Robin to die, but he’s the first to die at the height of his popularity with fans.
In 1988, a few years after Grayson moved on, the next Robin — the disliked, surly Jason Todd — was slain by the Joker after an infamous phone poll let fans choose whether the teen should be killed off.
Todd was resurrected in 2005.
So who knows if Damian will stay dead, or if a new Boy (or perhaps Girl) Wonder will take his place.
Noted Morrison: “You can never say never in a comic book . . . Batman will ultimately always have a partner.”
Batman Incorporated No. 8 preview by New York Post
Originally posted by JayDaDon
Well I'm just going by what they said. They actually confirmed they're killing him off on the first link.
still i'll wait though.. it does seem odd that they would spoiler it before the issue comes out.. if truly true I hope someone good takes over and obviously the next question will be when will damian return??
Originally posted by vansonbee
Hmmm... he might be resurrected via mommy or retire from Bat family or fake his death.one of these 3's, anyone else think these are highly possible?
I'm still wondering if it's gonna be a literal death too. I don't think Morrisson would be so uninspired. Man I have Batman and Robin born to kill, GREAT stuff. I wanted to see more of Batman trying to raise his son the best he can.
Personally I'm not a big fan of the "Let's introduce a new character, get people interested in them and their development, then kill them," thing.
Sure, the occasional closed story arc is fine, but if you've got me interested in a character's development, odds are I want more of them, not less.
Death should come when a character's story naturally ends, and Damian honestly was no-where near a point where I would say, "Yea, his story's done now."