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    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.

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    #51  Edited By Samimista

    Glad to hear this means Damian is staying means I'll continue reading the comics

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    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.

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    #53  Edited By entropy_aegis
    @punisher1313 said:
    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.
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    #54  Edited By Omega-Man

    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.

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    #55  Edited By EnSabahNurX
    @blueninjapanther said:
    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
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    @Omega-Man said:
    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.
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    #58  Edited By KRYPTON

    Wow, actually get to own Batman #1. Can't wait to see the look on every ones face 70 years from now. 

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    @KRYPTON said:
    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
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    #60  Edited By Mr. Kamikaze

    I really enjoyed Dick as Batman, and his dynamic with Damien. That's a little disappointing.

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    #61  Edited By KRYPTON
    @The Mighty Monarch: lol, totally true
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    #62  Edited By Jonny_Anonymous
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    #63  Edited By Trodorne
    @MuadDiab said:
    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 now
    I 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.
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    #64  Edited By Deep_Six

    Dick looks lame. I expect this sort of thing from Jason, what was wrong with the old color scheme?
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    #65  Edited By Dr. Maxwell
    @doordoor123: Call it what you want, but having Dick going back to Nightwing, and Barbara going back to Batgirl.....Reboot
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    #66  Edited By Fantasgasmic

    Having Damien and not Tim is a travesty!

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    #67  Edited By Deep_Six

    Who gives a flyin hoot about Tim, you've got Damian now capiche?
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    #68  Edited By Mr. Dead Pool
    @KINCART: Yeah it looks so badass!!!
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    #69  Edited By Jonny_Anonymous

    Why is every one complaining about the renumbering its the least important thing about comics.

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    #70  Edited By Mucklefluga

    When is this happening?
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    #71  Edited By CrimsonAvenger

    Why is Dick being demoted back to Nightwing?

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    #72  Edited By obscurefan

    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?

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    #73  Edited By FadeToBlackBolt
    @CrimsonAvenger said:
    Why is Dick being demoted back to Nightwing?
    How is it a demotion? It's his title.
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    #74  Edited By GOREX

    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. 

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    @obscurefan said:
    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?
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    #76  Edited By Nasar7

    B-but all the Batman titles are already perfect the way they are right now, at least to me. Sniff sniff. :(

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    #77  Edited By iLLituracy
    @MuadDiab said:
    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 now
    This. 
     
    Though I'm not angry. 
     
    And there's no sign of Tim? Yeah, I'm iffy about this at best.
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    #78  Edited By iLLituracy

    Also disappointed that Batman Inc. is gone.

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    #79  Edited By CrimsonAvenger
    @FadeToBlackBolt said:
    @CrimsonAvenger said:
    Why is Dick being demoted back to Nightwing?
    How is it a demotion? It's his title.
    When he became Batman, he was promoted essentially and now he's being demoted back to Nightwing.
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    #80  Edited By FadeToBlackBolt
    @CrimsonAvenger said:
    @FadeToBlackBolt said:
    @CrimsonAvenger said:
    Why is Dick being demoted back to Nightwing?
    How is it a demotion? It's his title.
    When he became Batman, he was promoted essentially and now he's being demoted back to Nightwing.
    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.
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    Pretty pumped about Greg Capullo getting the Batman artistic duties.
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    #82  Edited By damacguy

    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.

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    #83  Edited By fodigg

    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.

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    #84  Edited By StarKiller809

    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.
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    #85  Edited By kungnima

    Theres also batgirl one, with a ginger under the cape.......

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    #86  Edited By johnny_spam

    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.

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    #87  Edited By the_fallen11

    i am so mad right now its unreal.

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    #88  Edited By RareCheshire

    I cannot express how excited I am for this reboot! The more information they release, the more hyped up I get!

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    #89  Edited By the_fallen11

    pretty sure thats not dick as nightwing...im almost 100% sure its Jason Todd

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    #90  Edited By Jonny_Anonymous
    @the_fallen11 said:
    pretty sure thats not dick as nightwing...im almost 100% sure its Jason Todd
    and what makes you say that?
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    #91  Edited By Bestostero

    I'm not happy that they revoked Dick's title as Batman, he was doing great as Batman... if that is Dick as Nightwing.

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    #92  Edited By GBrutality

    ...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.

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    @DaMacGuy said:
    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
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    @DaMacGuy said:
    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.
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    #95  Edited By InnerVenom123

    Capullo on a Batman book? o_o

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    #96  Edited By batman_is_god

    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?
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    @U R Sofa King We Todd Did: You're right. One More Day didn't start Spiderman's life over again, although a reboot would be appreciated for most of DC.
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    Dear DC, 
     
    I'll buy a Batmen of All Nations book by Grant Morrison. 
     
    Signed, 
    Jake Fury
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    #99  Edited By GraveSp

    I was really enjoying Dick as Batman.  And even though I knew it would end eventually I always kinda hoped it would stick around for a while 

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    #100  Edited By Duo_forbidden

    No more Dick as Batman? Aww....But that Nightwing looks like Jason Todd I think. After what happened to Dick and he became "Renegade" a while back, I don't think I'm ready to see that again.
    I will be picking up Catwoman tho.
     
    Now I wait on the fate of Tim, Cassandra, Dick, and Stephanie......

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