He's Back: DC Announces the Return of Bruce Wayne

[BreakABone]

His grave has only been dug for about a year now, but it looks like its time for my boy to return to the world of comics... if you don't count the tales he was in anyhow and the flashbacks and Red Robin's obsession with finding him.







And before anyone gets on about DC always bringing back their characters, we all knew Batman wasn't dead. They made sure of that in the issue after he died, so it was only a matter of when not if.

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.

[Bond]

Batman is a pirate? I am so confused.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Bond

Batman is a pirate? I am so confused.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/...wayne-st_N.htm

In Final Crisis, the original Batman, Bruce Wayne, is hit by the Omega Beam during a battle with the villain Darkseid. This beam sends Wayne spinning into the unknown, cast off into the time stream. He is thought to be dead by both friends and enemies. In the aftermath, the role of Batman is assumed by the original Robin, Dick Grayson, and the role of Robin is assumed by Bruce Wayne's son, Damian.

The first episode is set in the Late-Paleolithic Era, the second is in Pilgrim-era Gotham Village, and we also get to see Gotham in Western or noir style.

Each of the stories is a twist on a different "pulp hero" genre — so there's the caveman story, the witchhunter/Puritan adventurer thing, the pirate Batman, the cowboy, the P.I. — as a nod toward those mad old 1950s comics with Caveman Batman and Viking Batman adventures. It's Bruce Wayne's ultimate challenge — Batman vs. history itself!

Reading the interview now so shall add any other quotes.

[Vampyr]

Wth

[Fox 6]

He was gone?


Also did he kill a giant bat and use its head for his new costume?

[Bond]

I'm sorry, Batman (or should I say Bruce Wayne) is hit by the "Omega Beam" and is cast off into a "time stream?" Uh huh.

[Fox 6]

Originally Posted by Bond

I'm sorry, Batman (or should I say Bruce Wayne) is hit by the "Omega Beam" and is cast off into a "time stream?" Uh huh.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Bond

I'm sorry, Batman (or should I say Bruce Wayne) is hit by the "Omega Beam" and is cast off into a "time stream?" Uh huh.

No one said it was a believable story, but its what happened.

I mean when you start dealing with intergalactic beings.. you can say its far fetched then.

[Professor S]

This shit is why I don't read DC.

[Swan]

It is actually pretty much what they are doing at Marvel with Captain America

[Professor S]

And that shit is why I don't read Marvel either.

[Teuthida]

Cavebatman Cavebatman, does whatever a cave bat...man......does.....

[Typhoid]

Man, this is dumb.



I can't wait until Bruce Wayne comes back to the future (modern time), and tries to tell Robin (the new Batman) that he is in fact the real Batman, to which an epic battle will ensue with Bruce Wayne being portrayed as the evil badguy, and ultimately is killed in a showdown with his own son (whom I did not knew existed until this thread.)

[BreakABone]

Here's the cover for the second one, Puritan Batman and witch Joker?

[Jonbo298]

This would make for one effed up movie...