James Tynion's Pitch for his 2020 Batman Run

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Tynion's latest newsletter shared the last part of his batman pitch he is willing to share that won't go into spoiler territory, it details Lucius Fox's role and how he will try to fill in Alfred's role. Also seems to possibly to tease 5G and Luke at the end?

"Batman has had one hell of a year. The Batman Who Laughs destroyed the Wayne Enterprises building. Bane managed to take control of Arkham, Wayne Manor, and The Batcave. Every core system of technology that Batman uses day-to-day has been compromised and needs to be reimagined from the ground up.

The brain behind this rebuild is Lucius Fox.

Lucius is the CEO of Wayne Enterprises, and is a technical engineering marvel. For the last few years, Lucius has been pushed to focus on improving and maintaining Batman’s existing systems, but after City of Bane, he was given the go-ahead to pull out all of his most experimental technology concepts and bring them all to life. He enjoys building non-lethal weapons technology for Batman, and has grown to appreciate Bruce’s flair for the dramatic. He’s been dreaming up new Batwings and Batmobiles for months.

Lucius operates out of the new Wayne Enterprises campus on the former Tricorner Yards (old city docks). This new center of the Wayne Enterprises global empire has more built-in R&D space than any previous iteration. Unbeknownst to the thousands who work on the campus every day, there is a giant R&D lab and automated factory hidden beneath the public building. Lucius can design new technology from his office computer, and the automated machines start building it, so he can test it. There is also an industrial furnace he uses to dispose of impractical Batmobiles and Gadgets.

Lucius has also started to operate as Batman’s operations person, filling the role that was one served by Alfred. This has put considerable stress on the old man, who is not used to operating on three hours sleep a night. But he believes in the mission of Batman, and the new city that’s growing beneath their feet. His son, Luke Fox, is worried about his dad’s new night job, and the ways in which it’s keeping him from his family and affecting his health. He knows what working close to Batman can do to a person, and he sees the death of Alfred as a clear warning of what might be in store for his father. Luke wants him to retire, but Lucius will only consider it if his son takes on his mantle. There needs to be a Batman and Batman needs help.

The first arc of the 2020 Batman Run will introduce brand new versions of key Batman Gadgets/Vehicles, with one highlighted in every issue."

So from CEO to making Tea that's very empowering. What old man doesn't like waiting on a grown man child. I thought this run was supposed to be focusing on Bruce the detective not Bruce the a-hole.

Bruce Young men work better when you need someone to undertake a gruelling schedule with little sleep and manual labour.

Experienced preferably meta adults work better as sidekicks that fight crime.

I've never been so happy to not be a hardcore batman fan.

I will check it out for Steph if the rumours are correct but if she turns out like Rebirth Steph then I'm going to peace out.

it takes a certain type of mind to write detective stories and show off that side of Batman. Tynion proved he doesn't have those skills after what he did to Tim. Telling us a character is smart isn't the same as showing.

Pushing buttons isn't the same as solving cases.
The OldBoy mentality is hurting DC. Man I really hoped someone like Priest had gotten this gig but he has a problem with word yes so i guess he's not a good fit.