Batman is dead.

[Gordar]

He'll be back.

Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are, afaik, the best selling DC characters.

If they can't find another way to bring him back (who knows how many villains have Bruce Wayne clones laying around... ), they'll just start a new age. Heck, it's not the first time they've started a new age.

Or maybe they just wanted to get rid of Bruce Wayne, as they had fully explored his character and didn't know what else to do with him (I would have known, but then the comics would have received a NC-17 rating...). If this is the case, a new Batman will soon replace him (or maybe Cassandra Cain, the latest batgirl, will).

Anyway, I haven't really paid much attention to comics lately (lately in this case = 1 or 2 years), so I might be totally wrong.

 

[hedonis]

As the boy wonder would say...

Holy publicity stunt, Batman!


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[Skyraider22]

So long Batman

 

[darkwarrior3007]

Oh well, whatever!

 

[Master_Gio]

He'll be back. Supes did not stay dead, neither will he.

Capt is still dead, but I doubt the same will happen w/ bats.

 

[BlueBalls]

I always liked Robin better anyway :nannerf1:

 

[D-rock]

What is the point of ****ing them anyway? Does anyone even still buy comic books?

I stopped buying comic books in the early to mid 90s and I'm glad I did. That was the last time I considered them good, and as a fan that's how I would like to remember the comics and the characters in them. They have did nothing but turn to crap since then. If it wasn't the gimmicky things with the covers or other physical things with the books it was the countless crossovers, money grabs, or the gimmicky things they did with the story, timeline, continuity, or multiple universes. Some of the storytelling with some characters has gotten better, but even the few things that have come with all the other baggage now. Marvel has almost got as bad as DC has been. I don't know if they are just trying too hard, if they are trying to reinvent the wheel over and over again, if there are pseudo-intellectuals that write them that think they need to interject real life issues that don't go well in type of comics they do, they are just trying to milk as much money as possible out of the people still buying them, or if the people that create the comics just feel the need to tell the fans what they should want instead of them listening to fans. Considering what they have done to my favorite comic book character, Spider-man, if I was still collecting comics today I probably would have disowned him by now and the entire Marvel universe with how it's been going. DC I wrote off a long time ago.

 

[titsrock]

As the boy wonder would say...

Holy publicity stunt, Batman!


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Bingo. Batman has "surged" above Superman, XMen, Hulk, Spidey and is now Kingpin of the Comic Universe. This is basically a bald-faced, shameless headline grab. Nothing more.

Comic books are usually dismissed by Joe Blow Public because they are considered to be nothing more than teenboy soap operas. This is just a soap opera gimmick. The writers probably want to spend some issues writing things from villain POVs...

In one year there will be a Batman/Christ Figure resurrection story...:*****:

 

[Will E Worm]

I stopped buying comic books in the early to mid 90s and I'm glad I did. That was the last time I considered them good, and as a fan that's how I would like to remember the comics and the characters in them.

Comics are still good. You just haven't been reading them in so long you forgot. :tongue:

You need to take a look at World War Hulk, Incredible Hercules, Savage Dragon, Invincible, Green Lantern and the Green Lantern Corps and many others. The Sinestro War is very good.


You have been gone too long.

 

[Imagine]

It'd be a shame if they ****ed Batman (though I'm not terribly fond of "resurrecting" people whether in comics or television). He's one of the few (main) DC heroes that I actually like, in so far that I care. I have barely picked up a comic book since I was 10 and when I do, I'm completely lost in all the different universes and story lines. Can't they **** Superman again and let him stay dead this time instead? It's kinda ironic; when I was a *** he was my favorite, but these days he's pretty much just a symbol for something I resent a great deal.

 

[bodie54]

I always liked Robin better anyway :nannerf1:

:1orglaugh

 

[Wainkerr99]

They already ******lised Captain America. Are they getting old there at D.C.?

 

[The Joker]

Yawn.

"Batman R.I.P" and now this? ...


Could it possibly get anymore underwhelming, DC Comics???

 

[hiropro]

They`re probably going to **** them all off,then bring them back as undead super heroes.

 

[Gordar]

I stopped buying comic books in the early to mid 90s and I'm glad I did. That was the last time I considered them good, and as a fan that's how I would like to remember the comics and the characters in them. They have did nothing but turn to crap since then. If it wasn't the gimmicky things with the covers or other physical things with the books it was the countless crossovers, money grabs, or the gimmicky things they did with the story, timeline, continuity, or multiple universes. Some of the storytelling with some characters has gotten better, but even the few things that have come with all the other baggage now. Marvel has almost got as bad as DC has been. I don't know if they are just trying too hard, if they are trying to reinvent the wheel over and over again, if there are pseudo-intellectuals that write them that think they need to interject real life issues that don't go well in type of comics they do, they are just trying to milk as much money as possible out of the people still buying them, or if the people that create the comics just feel the need to tell the fans what they should want instead of them listening to fans. Considering what they have done to my favorite comic book character, Spider-man, if I was still collecting comics today I probably would have disowned him by now and the entire Marvel universe with how it's been going. DC I wrote off a long time ago.

True. They should limit themselves to a bunch of heroes (you can remove an unpopular hero by ****ing him/her & replace him/her by another hero(ine)) and a bunch of nearly unbeatable villains.

These days the supervillains suddenly become heroes and heroes die and are reborn in different universes etc. Villains are suddenly outclassed by even more powerful villains who were once superheroes. Then suddenly most mutants lose their powers (have their powers returned yet?) and mutants from the future or distant past come over to visit their grandmothers or *****ren....

Ok all of this probably doesn't make any sense and I'm well aware of that. It's basically because it doesn't make any sense to me either. Sadly, this is the kind of story line you see in (Marvel) comics these days. That's not even the worst part however.

The worst part is the part where you have to buy X comics you've never bought before, have to read about characters which are almost exact copies of the characters you usually read about (wearing different suits and having different names), who always end up in an argument/fight with the characters you usually read about and do lots of stuff you're generally not interested in, just so you can follow the story line.

 

[Imagine]

Speaking of being outclassed by even more powerful villains etc.; is it just my imagination, or have comics got some sort of arms race going on? I've never actually read Marvel, but the last time I read something by DC (which admittedly was a quite a while ago), Superman was basically juggling planets. It all seemed rather ridiculous, and I have no idea how (or if) they can write decent stories. Superman, for example, is the proverbial do-no-wrong good guy, practically immortal, and a ****** Swiss army ***** of superpowers. How do you write an interesting story with a guy like that?

 

[maildude]

Batman died the day Kane stopped drawing him.

 

[Master_Gio]

Speaking of being outclassed by even more powerful villains etc.; is it just my imagination, or have comics got some sort of arms race going on? I've never actually read Marvel, but the last time I read something by DC (which admittedly was a quite a while ago), Superman was basically juggling planets. It all seemed rather ridiculous, and I have no idea how (or if) they can write decent stories. Superman, for example, is the proverbial do-no-wrong good guy, practically immortal, and a ****** Swiss army ***** of superpowers. How do you write an interesting story with a guy like that?

The Animated Series did a much better job at writing Supes, because they knew he was all powerful, so made him more badass, w/out going against the character. Witness when eh burned a hole through Darksied's foot in the Justice league toon.

as for comics, i stopped buying yrs ago, but once in a while, si still may get something. i love the Punisher and like this Dark Reign thing.

But a lot of stuff has just been terrible (DC and Spidey are tops on the crap list).

 

[METAL HEAD]

heath lenger's shitty acting as the joker in the dark night and him getting a golden globe for it must have been the sad end too him. sorry if i ****ed the comic's ending but jeez!!!

 

[hedonis]

heath lenger's shitty acting as the joker in the dark night and him getting a golden globe for it must have been the sad end too him. sorry if i ****ed the comic's ending but jeez!!!

Pray tell, how was his acting shitty as the Joker? Any shittier than Jack Nicholson playing...

well, Jack Nicholson in makeup?