There was another rumor of superman killing batman after superman has gone mad with rage due to the murder of lois lane and batman tried to calm him but in his rage he kills the bat. sometimes in the 70s if I recall properly.

There was another rumor of batman retiring and robin dick tracy taking over the bat costume for Bruce was to old, and in a fight agains some new vilian bruce puts on a bat costume and gets himself killed as to save the new batman (dick) so that Gotham can continue to have a batman.

the last in the 80s was batman faking his death as to refind himself as Bruce Wayne for this split personality and dual life was getting to him. Of course in all instances Batman came back.

Now lets look at this Batman and Superman were created in the 1930s and became popular in 1940s that makes these superheros almost a 100 years old well for their age they look great I wish I could age like that…

I havent bought a comic book since the death of robin, even though the original robin becomes nighthawk, it is not a coincidence that this character has become more and more developped in the last 15 -20 years, and suttle hints pass the torch came up regularly in episodes.

In my opinion no Bruce Wayne no more Batman that will be a major loss for DC Comics, he is the only superhero with no super powers but a normal man doing extraordinary things an influence to many generations, would be a pity to lose this icon.

BRING ON THE FLASH: REBIRTH!!!

But I doubt they will keep Batman gone for even two years. Who’s to say he’s even dead anyway? Batman is HUGE. He won’t be staying dead for 20 plus years like THE FLASH did, believe me. DC will probably even issue a statement saying that he will be in comics again by a certain date, much like they did when Superman died. He won’t be gone long, believe me.

Yes, there was a LOT of build-up, to Batman (or specifically Bruce Wayne’s) death. But then, in F.C. 6, what happens? Darkseid hits him with the Omega beams. The “Death that is life” as he called it. Say WHAT?

And at the end of F.C. 7, lo & behold. Bruce Wayne, sent far back in time, leaving clues for the future to find.. and presumably, one day, rescue him.

Meanwhile, I’m guessing Bruce will stay shelved for a while, much like Barry Allen did, while someone else takes up the mantle of the Batman character.

This, of course, is a curious situation, because his body, was burnt & nearly mummified, in his present, but in the past, he’s fit & healthy. So it’s not just his spirit (apparently) that was sent back thru time.

Further, in the present, all time has been, yet once again, reset, and the DCU is going to be vastly changed.

DC is beyond frustrating. It seems, ever decade or so, they just decide to blow up the multi-verse, wipe it out and reboot existence.

It’s gotten old.

You’re welcome, bud.

Well, at this point, it’s still a little early to determine exactly how everything plays out, as long as there are good stories to be told they can do anything I guess, but I’d dislike it if it were just ______ dressed up like Batman, like they did with The Flash. Really pisses me off when they pull crap like that, even when they tuck their tails between their legs and turn around comparatively early (like they did with GA and to a much lesser extent even GL), the damage is still done. And Steve’s still Captain America to me, no matter what. Marvel has done to Cap what DC did to Flash all those years ago. But I agree, the Bucky Cap (Cucky?)(and even The Flash thing which was handeled similarly, still hated it tho) thing has been handeled better than most of the other “deaths”.

@Vic

I’m sure BW will be back too. Everyone comes back eventually. In comics, if a character’s been pegged “dead” they’re really just sitting on the sidelines. Now when the company loses the ability to publish said characters anymore, then you’ve got something to really worry about.

Not to change the subject, but I’m happy that THE Flash is back from the dead FINALLY!!!! I love Final Crisis. Barry Allen aka THE Flash is the superhero (currently) who has stayed “dead” the longest; 23 years. Glad he’s back, and I hope to God it won’t be that long before Steve Rogers and Bruce Wayne are back.

Thanks for the comment on my writing, buddy! I appreciate it.

I feel like when Marvel did it to Captain America it was something entirely different than other heroes, and it comes down to what he stood for. Then they had a little memorial for him so it finally meant something.

Killing Green Lantern and Green Arrow, and now Batman, comes off as just spin wheels for me. They’re not reinventing anything and that’s the hardest part to take.

Vic

@Carl Lee

Altho I may be mistaken, I don’t think I’ve seen your posts here before. Good to have another clever and pensive writer here at screenrant.

FYI: Rumor has it that the BIG three (Superman, Batman, Worder Woman)will all be replace in the DC primary Universe to make room for new character growth.

Yeah, I want Captain America back too but I don’t really see that coming anytime soon. When they gathered the guys in that room and decided Captain America was going to die, they did it deliberately. The collected Fallen Son series has an interview with Jeph Loeb, he says The Cap. died for a reason and we have to move on; the Fallen Son series, based on the five stages of grief, was to help us with that.

He’s dead, and he’s not coming back anytime soon.

I certainly hope so. I hope DC isn’t idiotic enough to kill off one of the foundational characters of its universe.

I still believe Steve Rogers will return to the Marvel Universe at some point…

Vic