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Was a good finale, IMO. Batman's last actions were friggin' badass.
So, does anyone wanna discuss Black Glove's identity? I was quite surprised by the fact that [SPOILER - highlight to read]: there wasn't a straight reveal. My interpretation is thus- Black Glove's identity is rather irrelevant, although we can go on and discuss what it is. What matters is what Black Glove is- essentially a living manifestation of Batman's worst fears. The devil he alludes to during the comic, really.
Personally I cannot wait until Bruce Wayne returns to the cape and cowl especially if people don't buy into Dick Grayson as Batman..
However if people do and I may or may not be one of them then the questions becomes will Bruce Wayne stay dead ala Steve Rogers or will DC bring him back to reclaim the cape and cowl or as someone like Azrael or a new character
Killing Bruce Wayne off is a really bad idea and stupid. Sure the hype of the actual announcement will get people to buy into the new comics just to see what direction they go in, but its not worth killing DCs' best character just because they've ran out of ideas for Bruce.
They'll give the cowl to somebody else (probably Dick) and give him the same old crime-fighting storylines that they did with Bruce and pretty soon they'll wonder what was the point of replacing him in the first place.
I'm certainly not buying any more Batman comics, I'm sticking with my trusted Bruce Wayne ones.
But Batman RIP is my least favorite story line thus far...
Bruce wayne is the worlds greatest detective...
Batman (the ideal) IS NOT...
Batman's intelligence was one of the things I really liked, as well as his
"near super-human" strength, endurance, etc...
Those thing's came from Bruce Wayne studying, learning, working out, training martial-art's, etc...
- Dick's not mature enough to cover Gotham solo...
- He couldn't handle running the Outsiders...
- He only had Bruce as a teacher...
Bruce traveled the world, seeking out people to train him... and to teach him...
Good as Bruce may be, in order for Dick to gain the same level, he would have
to have done the same, on his own... which he never did...
Bruce had a multitude of teachers.
Dick never had...
During the "one Year" (the one which was the missing "one year later"),
Bruce locks himself inside a cave for... I don't remember... weeks...
What did Dick do..? train..? study..? learn..? no...
Waited... got board... found some criminals, and beat them up... went back
to the cave, and finished waiting... until Bruce came out...
Basically if they retire the character Bruce Wayne they have to end Batman and do something else. Stop living off Bob Kane's creation by sticking another character into the suit and hoping people like it. Christ, make another character DC, or is that too hard nowadays?
'R.I.P' is bad, but not the worst thing to happen to Batman, much less a superhero(*cough*Brandnewdayspidertotemonemoredayo
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Ive said it before, and ill say it again: DC and Marvel need to end their Legacy's. Sucks for the people who work in the industry, but these charcters have pushed and pulled in every which way direction.
End it, re-release all of it for the world to read, focus more on animation, and live action entertainment
when did anything really "new" happen for Bruce?
but yes, killing bruce will mean DC killing off about the only character that i actually find somewhat interesting.
Sure, Batman does not automatically equal Bruce Wayne. But Bruce Wayne as Batman is a character who's been around longer than most people. For people to say that Batman is more than Bruce Wayne is nonsense because there has never been an incarnation of Batman where Bruce Wayne didn't either handpick the person to take his place or train them.
Bruce Wayne is the only real Batman we've ever known (insofar as a fictional character can be real) and to say that a new Batman can be made by someone picking up the suit and taking the name is crazy.
If somebody came along before Bruce's death and earned the cape and cowl, if Bruce named them as his successor and then died, it'd be different.
Anything else is just a rip-off of what Batman really is and I can't believe they decided to kill him.
Batman is a legacy. It's the legacy of Bruce Wayne, not the legacy of anyone who feels like calling themselves Batman.
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