. . . Interesting that King is providing a hard date for this story's setting - 1961. A bit later than I calculated (I thought it'd be the 1940's or early 1950's). So I guess if we assume that Thomas was/is born in the early 1960's (maybe after the events of this story), then Bruce would have been born in the late 1980's or early 1990's, putting him in the 30-35 age range today. Now I think Batman in mainstream continuity is a good
decade older than that, but, oh well, comic-book time is a bitch
Besides, do we know if this is officially 'in continuity' or a more ambiguous Black Label-type deal?