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Most of you have probably heard of this. Here's the latest from Rich Johnston's Lying in the Gutters column:
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I'm not sure how I feel about this. My first reaction is "Oh hell no." But then I remember that Morrison is behind it, and the guy is known to take characters in some funky terrain, but always bring them back intact, and most times, reaffirm their classic nature.
BUT, Batman is a very HUMAN character. Him dying and coming back isn't like Superman, whose often times is portrayed as nigh-immmortal anyway. And especially becoming a New God just seems a little TOO out there for Bruce Wayne. Don't get me wrong, I like my Batman being able to hang with the cosmic stuff, and not always be "urban". But this makes all those werido 50s sci-fi Batman tales seem like Batman: Year One. And if someone is going to replace Bruce, why oh why is it Jason Todd? The poor schmuck should have stayed dead.
Of course, all of this may be either wrong, or it could be part of a continuity bending alternate reality. But still...it makes me nervous. We just got the sane, rational 70s-style Batman back. I'd hate to lose him.
Chris
BAT PROMOTION
The last two LITG columns... this one and this one, have covered the death of Bruce Wayne, his ascendancy as a Fifth World New God, and his replacement here on Earth.
I can now tell you that the new Batman will be designed by Alex Ross and will see Jason Todd under the cowl.
Poor Dick Grayson. Don't you hate it when someone junior to you is promoted above your head?
This is all part of a cross-continuity, longform story by Grant Morrison and in terms of structure bears similarity to his “New X-Men,” but on a far wider scale. It sounds rather good.
The last two LITG columns... this one and this one, have covered the death of Bruce Wayne, his ascendancy as a Fifth World New God, and his replacement here on Earth.
I can now tell you that the new Batman will be designed by Alex Ross and will see Jason Todd under the cowl.
Poor Dick Grayson. Don't you hate it when someone junior to you is promoted above your head?
This is all part of a cross-continuity, longform story by Grant Morrison and in terms of structure bears similarity to his “New X-Men,” but on a far wider scale. It sounds rather good.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. My first reaction is "Oh hell no." But then I remember that Morrison is behind it, and the guy is known to take characters in some funky terrain, but always bring them back intact, and most times, reaffirm their classic nature.
BUT, Batman is a very HUMAN character. Him dying and coming back isn't like Superman, whose often times is portrayed as nigh-immmortal anyway. And especially becoming a New God just seems a little TOO out there for Bruce Wayne. Don't get me wrong, I like my Batman being able to hang with the cosmic stuff, and not always be "urban". But this makes all those werido 50s sci-fi Batman tales seem like Batman: Year One. And if someone is going to replace Bruce, why oh why is it Jason Todd? The poor schmuck should have stayed dead.
Of course, all of this may be either wrong, or it could be part of a continuity bending alternate reality. But still...it makes me nervous. We just got the sane, rational 70s-style Batman back. I'd hate to lose him.
Chris
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