Glad to hear this means Damian is staying means I'll continue reading the comics
Batman
Character » Batman appears in 23645 issues.
Bruce Wayne, who witnessed the murder of his billionaire parents as a child, swore to avenge their deaths. He trained extensively to achieve mental and physical perfection, mastering martial arts, detective skills, and criminal psychology. Costumed as a bat to prey on the fears of criminals, and utilizing a high-tech arsenal, he became the legendary Batman.
DC Announces New Batman Revamp Titles and Creators [Updated]
So Batman Inc. is completely trashed?
Also, David Hine never gets to finish his Batman and Robin arc, or is it just going to be one issue now. Really bummed out about that, I was REALLY looking forward to that.
And why the HELL would you reboot The Dark Knight? It only has TWO ISSUES. And by the time September comes around it'll still only have 4.
Thank God I can finally start reading Batman again, the only thing worse than having Dick as Batman was having several people as Batman, how can you have a personal feud or relationship with someone if there are several people under the same mask, also having Batman smile and use witty one liners destroyed all the darkness, fear, and respect Batman has built up over the years, Batman was a human that walked among gods and demanded their respect, that ended as soon as Greyson put on the suit, if I wanted to read about an A-list super hero that used goofy one liners I would read Spider-man, please DC, please keep Morrison as far away from Batman as possible!!!!Morrison created the Batgod.
Ok Damian as robin thats good but...I don't know Batman & Robin being a father son team doesn't sit well with me Damian doesn't seem the type to be with Bruce.
Also the thing that erks me more is Barbara is Batgirl again, I feel like I've been cheated out of her making her way to be Batgirl no rehabilatation nothing. Plus there looks like there will be no explaination as to what happened to Steph or Cass. This is a cowards way out and as a reader I feel cheated out of a good story for Steph to step down and Babs to regain the title as Batgirl.
Nightwing looks cool but I like him in blue.I was thinking the same, but hey maybe it's tim, it does look like the red robin costume he wore not too long ago
Either way the costume redesign is great, the red is ok
Ok Damian as robin thats good but...I don't know Batman & Robin being a father son team doesn't sit well with me Damian doesn't seem the type to be with Bruce. Also the thing that erks me more is Barbara is Batgirl again, I feel like I've been cheated out of her making her way to be Batgirl no rehabilatation nothing. Plus there looks like there will be no explaination as to what happened to Steph or Cass. This is a cowards way out and as a reader I feel cheated out of a good story for Steph to step down and Babs to regain the title as Batgirl.Isn't that still just a rumor for now? I haven't seen any official confirmation for that.
I love how people that haven't read Batman, Inc assume that there are dozens of Batmen running around in the same costume.
Wow, actually get to own Batman #1. Can't wait to see the look on every ones face 70 years from now.I can't wait to see the look on everyone's face 3 years from now when they change the numbering back XP
I know right!
I love how people that haven't read Batman, Inc assume that there are dozens of Batmen running around in the same costume.
THEY ALL DON'T DRESS UP AS BATMAN
F*** SAKE!!!!!!!!!!!! DIck (as Batman) and Damien should not be ruined. So sad. Why does Morrison's work always get un-done. In fairness, this company wide re-boot is good for DC but BAtman was the only one that was fine. angry nowI completely agree. and I must be the only one who might see the problem at renumbering detective comics and action comics back to #1. really? while were at it, lets restart Hellblazer back to issue #1.
Glad that Damian is sticking around although I do with that Dick Grayson was sticking around as Batman... although speaking of Dick Grayson, looking at the new get up of Nightwing, the red eyes and red bird on his chest, am I the only one who thinks that maybe it's Jason Todd now in this roll?
Why is Dick being demoted back to Nightwing?How is it a demotion? It's his title.
I've got a few questions but the one right now on my mind is how young is this "new" Bruce Wayne. On the last images the heroes looked in their mid-to-late 20s yet we've got Damian as robin and already Dick Grayson as Robin. Shall I take it Bruce is still mid 30s?
Also in the past the other Nightwing suits had pockets at the gloves... this one seems to be pocket-less... Unless he has a back-pack I just can't see where he hides his gadgets. And another thing... the color is all wrong.
Glad that Damian is sticking around although I do with that Dick Grayson was sticking around as Batman... although speaking of Dick Grayson, looking at the new get up of Nightwing, the red eyes and red bird on his chest, am I the only one who thinks that maybe it's Jason Todd now in this roll?You are not alone.
F*** SAKE!!!!!!!!!!!! DIck (as Batman) and Damien should not be ruined. So sad. Why does Morrison's work always get un-done. In fairness, this company wide re-boot is good for DC but BAtman was the only one that was fine. angry nowThis.
Though I'm not angry.
And there's no sign of Tim? Yeah, I'm iffy about this at best.
@CrimsonAvenger said:When he became Batman, he was promoted essentially and now he's being demoted back to Nightwing.Why is Dick being demoted back to Nightwing?How is it a demotion? It's his title.
@FadeToBlackBolt said:It wasn't a promotion, and this isn't a demotion. Dick has always been Nightwing, even as "Batman" he was just Nightwing in another costume. Going back to being Nightwing is logical for the character, and is in fact necessary for his growth. Dick isn't Batman. He's Nightwing, he chose to be Nightwing. Sure, Nightwing isn't as important to the world, but it's more important to Dick.@CrimsonAvenger said:When he became Batman, he was promoted essentially and now he's being demoted back to Nightwing.Why is Dick being demoted back to Nightwing?How is it a demotion? It's his title.
Pretty pumped about Greg Capullo getting the Batman artistic duties.
So, how are they going to explain Damien and not loose new readers? It'll take at least a couple of issues to introduce Ra's al Ghoul and Talia.
If they want to reboot - then reboot damnit. Give us a young Bruce Wayne, introduce Robin (Dick Grayson) in a year. Let us discover The Joker, and Penguin, and Riddler, and Ra's and the rest of the villians as Batman discovers them. We can see how Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl, see Harley fall in love with Joker and the two of them dance around for the first time as a 'couple'.
Introduce us to Catwoman as the jewel thief she is on her first run-in with Batman/Bruce Wayne. See their admiration for each other grow and lead to who knows what.
Just don't give us a new continuity half-way into it already existing. That's just the biggest waste of this effort I can see them doing.
Not that I dislike what they're doing with the characters they're keeping, but I'm worried about Jason, Tim, and Stephanie now. Here's hoping they're not totally written out. I'd at least want to see Tim in Teen Titans, but it sounds like that's up in the air now.
I will say that the new "batman beyond"-style Nightwing outfit is phenomenal.
Does anyone know if David Finch will finish out the current Dark Knight? Or is he going to stop in the middle of an arc.
I will not be buying Detective Comics with Tony Daniel but I love his Joker he is one of the few artists who tries to draw the character like an evil looking son of a bitch and not some Bruce Timm imitation style Joker.
I cannot express how excited I am for this reboot! The more information they release, the more hyped up I get!
pretty sure thats not dick as nightwing...im almost 100% sure its Jason Toddand what makes you say that?
I'm not happy that they revoked Dick's title as Batman, he was doing great as Batman... if that is Dick as Nightwing.
...goddamn it.
so three years or so of dick finally being batman, irrelevent?
him going back to nightwing is a logical move if getting somewhat demoted (that is what it is) counts as so.
tim being, what appears to be anything at all, not happening.
when it's been mentioned numerous times that his skill level is just a few shades below bruce ( figured out their identities at a young age, dick even considered him an equal when he had years upon years of experience over him, is just as smart as bruce pretty much, etc.)
also since death is being brought up a lot, i can only assume, and hate it with a passion, that nightwing being red and black now means he's representing tim's colors and he possibly dies.
hmph. that's five different shades of 'eat shit' i'd have to say.
and we're only, what, seven issues of batman inc in and that's being shut down?
i know they wanted to reboot (relaunch, whatever, still dumb) everything but, since they're probably gonna pull a marvel anyway, why didn't they after flashpoint make only the super powers convert into a different time line and somehow batman and the none super powered bunch hang back. you'd have a future storyline down the road too.
wanna know what dc books seem to never disappoint at all? batman ones.
wanna know which seem to more often than not that could maybe benefit from all of this? every other one.
the only time batman has been in a book lately that doesn't do too well is when he's with the jla, or superman, or people like that.
it's just very agitating.
also, if it is a "relaunch" then why are they trying their asses off to make them look younger? that's reboot, not relaunch.
So, how are they going to explain Damien and not loose new readers? It'll take at least a couple of issues to introduce Ra's al Ghoul and Talia. If they want to reboot - then reboot damnit. Give us a young Bruce Wayne, introduce Robin (Dick Grayson) in a year. Let us discover The Joker, and Penguin, and Riddler, and Ra's and the rest of the villians as Batman discovers them. We can see how Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl, see Harley fall in love with Joker and the two of them dance around for the first time as a 'couple'. Introduce us to Catwoman as the jewel thief she is on her first run-in with Batman/Bruce Wayne. See their admiration for each other grow and lead to who knows what. Just don't give us a new continuity half-way into it already existing. That's just the biggest waste of this effort I can see them doing.i am almost positive it isn't meant to be a reboot but a revamp
So, how are they going to explain Damien and not loose new readers? It'll take at least a couple of issues to introduce Ra's al Ghoul and Talia. If they want to reboot - then reboot damnit. Give us a young Bruce Wayne, introduce Robin (Dick Grayson) in a year. Let us discover The Joker, and Penguin, and Riddler, and Ra's and the rest of the villians as Batman discovers them. We can see how Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl, see Harley fall in love with Joker and the two of them dance around for the first time as a 'couple'. Introduce us to Catwoman as the jewel thief she is on her first run-in with Batman/Bruce Wayne. See their admiration for each other grow and lead to who knows what. Just don't give us a new continuity half-way into it already existing. That's just the biggest waste of this effort I can see them doing.Sooooo, you're saying they should just rewind to 1940 and just go forward doing things exactly the same as they did before? Because that's not a reboot either, that's a remake. And that would be a terrible idea.
I am soooooooo happy! Now that the only Batman is... well, the only Batman, I'll be getting every Batman book there is!
A red and black Nightwing? Could be Tomothy. I have felt that ever since Dick stopped pretending to be Batman that the Red Robin costume would be appropriate, seeing as how the first time anyone ever saw Red Robin was when Dick wore it in Kingdom Come. If that is just Dick in a red costume though, then where's Tim?
Dear DC,
I'll buy a Batmen of All Nations book by Grant Morrison.
Signed,
Jake Fury
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