Corps o' Corpses Crisis! (The DCU goes back to black)

[iMethuselah]

I haven't read Final Crisis #6 yet, but from the sounds of it I'll be very upset with Morrison. He was at the San Diego Comic Con and straight out said that Batman would NEVER use a gun. No matter what. He was very adamant about it too.

I'm thinking Didio was behind this stare

[Ricochet Rita]

Unless...
it wasn't really Batman. Maybe Owlman, or someone else?

[Last Renshi]

Didn't pick up the issue but did it specify whether or not Darkseid used the Omega Effect to destroy Batman or teleport him away? The beams can do either.

As for stuff I did actually bother to read Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th grade was awesome.

[pinderpanda]

I was thinking the latter (hence my picture post on the last page), but now I've had a look at it... Bruce looks at least as dead as Barry did.

(And what Morrison said at San Deigo was that Batman would cease to be Batman if he ever used a gun)

[Giabrenna]

I thought the intentional visual tribute was Supergirl's Crisis Death, what with the whole holding by Superman thing.

[pinderpanda]

That's definately in there too. 3nodding
I think it was a sort of composite.

[iMethuselah]

pinderpanda

(And what Morrison said at San Deigo was that Batman would cease to be Batman if he ever used a gun)

Oh okay. Well then, that makes more sense.

[Cissy-Chan]

Grrrrrr. I like the not Batman, but wearing Bats' costume idea. I thought Morrison "liked" my Bat.

[pinderpanda]

I don't think we can doubt, after those last three issues of Batman (and a certain JLA run), that Morrison bloody loves the guy.

Whatever's going on here is unlikely to be, "I do not like Batman. Therefore I shall kill him."

[Querl Dox]

Whyever would anyone think that a writer who's spend the better part of the last three years building up a character hates them because of a plot twist?

[Trick Question]

Querl Dox

Whyever would anyone think that a writer who's spend the better part of the last three years building up a character hates them because of a plot twist?

maybe the hate has to fester...
ninja

[Querl Dox]

Well, in all honesty, it's really time to amend that claim. Even so far as to say things like "Joe Q hates Spider-Man, he broke up the marriage" are simply put, not true. It's often because a writer is very fond of a character that they go the extra mile to put their mark on the character and try to create a milestone with their run.

I can't honestly consider "Morrison must hate Batman" as anything but baseless fan venting, given the sheer amount of detail and care that's gone into his crafting of his big Batman story for the last few years, whether you've enjoyed it or not. The man's done his research up through the most obscure annals of Batman's history for this story. It's a love letter to Batman.

Anyone who thinks that And then, Batman dies is the end of this story is being manipulated by the emotional investment they have in the character. And that is FAR from a negative thing.

Remember that stories are usually written on something of a curve. You start out low on the emotional scale as the setting and characters are established. You ramp up the emotional investment as you near the climax - but bear in mind that the climax of a story is NOT its conclusion.

[pinderpanda]

He aten't dead.

"Can you outrace the Omega Sanction? The death that is life?" says FC's Darkseid before turning the beams on Bruce.

'The Omega Sanction' is, in 7S:Mister Miracle, "The ultimate hell...trapped in an endless succession of sythetic lives [...] Each new existence more degraded than the last. More hopeless. More meaningless. Neverending."

That's where Bruce is now. Where Shilo went before him. Somewhere that can be escaped.

It's even possible we've seen Bruce there already.

Pick up 7S:Mister Miracle #4.

Find the exact moment where Shilo starts to realise he's trapped in a fake life.

What's he looking at when he does?

The Bat symbol.

[Querl Dox]

YES, THANK YOU.

[Shadow Odinson]

pinderpanda

He aten't dead.

"Can you outrace the Omega Sanction? The death that is life?" says FC's Darkseid before turning the beams on Bruce.

'The Omega Sanction' is, in 7S:Mister Miracle, "The ultimate hell...trapped in an endless succession of sythetic lives [...] Each new existence more degraded than the last. More hopeless. More meaningless. Neverending."

That's where Bruce is now. Where Shilo went before him. Somewhere that can be escaped.

It's even possible we've seen Bruce there already.

Pick up 7S:Mister Miracle #4.

Find the exact moment where Shilo starts to realise he's trapped in a fake life.

What's he looking at when he does?

The Bat symbol.

That was the exact thing I thought of when I read it. I really am genuinely curious to see if that reveal does pan out like that.