Death of Batman | Suite101.com

Posted by
Stephanie Cox
Dec 4, 2008

*WARNING* This blog contains spoilers about Batman #681

I'm just going to come right out and say it. I can't believe Grant Morrison killed Batman. What a great ending to the twisted, year-long crescendo that was "Batman R.I.P." Grant Morrison has been writing Batman for a little over 2 years and long hinted at the possibility of killing off Batman. It's nice to see a comic book writer have the guts to follow through on such a tantalizing possibility.

DC Comics is slowly pulling itself out of the trench that Joe Quesada and Marvel's recent success has put them in. The Marvel universe has had a lot going on in that past couple years-- the House of M storyline, Astonishing X-Men series and Civil War storyline, just to name a few, have been both crowd pleasers and financial winners for Marvel. The Death of Batman seeks to heat up the competition and I like it.

I also love the irony that it wasn't anyone from the gallery of rogues that killed Batman, nor was it even simply an epic battle like the one that did in Superman several decades ago. Instead Batman was methodically destroyed from the inside out- spiritually, mentally, and finally physically.

Go read it! It's sure to be a collector's item and it leads into 2009's Battle of the Cowl storyline, which supposedly will see Bruce Wayne's family members fighting over his legacy.

Dec 6, 2008 7:32 PM

Craig Sanders :

Hmm, who do you think will be back first, steve rogers or bruce wayne?

I liked the way that grant morrison did this. in my eyes he can do no wrong. but i think that ed brubaker's killing off captain america is the gold standard right now.

any guesses on who the new batman will be? If Bruce is actually dead, then only Grayson can take over, in my opinion. of course, i dont think he is did, he is just going to lay low until he can disprove all the sutff about his family