Back in the early 90's when DC Comics decided it was time to kill Superman, there was an extreme backlash from the public. It is still the one of the highest selling DC comic of all time as well. It even got to the point where the writers and staff were receiving death threats from crazed fans who could not believe that the longest running hero in print would meet his demise. All these years later Clark is just fine and DC has moved on to bring back most of its major dead heroes : Green Lantern and Green Arrow for starters.
Fast forward to now, Batman is 'dead'.
Was it covered on the news? Nope.
Was it a compelling story that made it worth the read? Not even close.
Did it cause a fan frenzy to buy up all the copies and send death threats to the heads of DC? No sir.
Apparently the second biggest name in DC Comics doesn't get the same love that Superman does, nor does he get the quality of writing that he deserves. Batman RIP is a horrible journey that leaves the casual reader confused and the hardcore fan fuming with rage. You are teased with the prospect of Thomas Wayne still being alive and Bruce falling in love and walking away from being Batman for good. None of this happens of course as Batman is the world's greatest detective and saw it all coming a mile away...again. The ultimate slap in the face was that after the entire story arc of RIP, Batman returns to actually "die" months later in the major event of Final Crisis (both stories by Grant Morrison suprisingly). Batman also dies while using a gun, something he has vowed never to do.
RIP and Final Crisis were horrible displays in story telling and not worthy of being comic events. I have never come so close to cancelling my subscription to the Bat titles and walking away in disgust. Battle for the Cowl was just as bland with the obvious choice of Dick Grayson moving on to become Batman.
Batman has the deepest pool of great characters and villains just waiting to be used in a well written story. It has been a long time since a great story like Hush, and the fans deserve that quality again.
I wish the new Batman creative team all the luck in the world, because no one in the world even knows what just happened to poor Bruce Wayne.
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