Batman #5 Preview/Discussion

[Atlanta96]

We're not going to get to know her unless we see more of her, right?

I'm just saying it's not a very effective tease.

[Dispenser Of Truth]

he beat the Justice League?!

hahahahaha the Batbook never fails to chump out the rest of the Justice League I love it.

Batman doesn't beat him either.

That kind of makes sense, even though it never said it in the comic, so the reader has to assume it. And I don't like it when we have to assume something.

That fighting on that level uses up his powers and life force quickly is explicitly stated in the comic. It's not a wild assumption, it's the most basic of logical connections.

Anyway, this was great, King's great, this run is great, best Batman stuff since Morrison. Couldn't be looking forward to what's coming next more. And King totally fooled me regarding Gotham's power, I thought he was just being really inconsistent with it (which according to his Newsarama, it what he was hoping). But then, I'm not Batman.

[The Whovian]

Batman doesn't beat him either.



That fighting on that level uses up his powers and life force quickly is explicitly stated in the comic. It's not a wild assumption, it's the most basic of logical connections.

At the time he had just beat the JL, so you would assume that he was at the top of his power levels, not weaker.

[Pohzee]

Teasing Batman's death in the first arc after he dons his cape and cowl after a prolonged period of time isn't the best way to draw me in. He'll have "died" three times in the past 8 years.

[Dispenser Of Truth]

At the time he had just beat the JL, so you would assume that he was at the top of his power levels, not weaker.

It wasn't a matter of being weaker, it was a matter of nearly being dead.

[Orujo-man]

It wasn't a matter of being weaker, it was a matter of nearly being dead.

^ This. He loses his mind and runs out of control, I assume Gotham expended the rest of his years of life in his fight with JL. Basically he died by his own hand, G.Girl only finished him.

Good issue in general.

[GreenLanternRanger]

This was a great issue, did a great job of of wrapping up the storyline while setting up for Gotham Girls future.

[GDC3]

Teasing Batman's death in the first arc after he dons his cape and cowl after a prolonged period of time isn't the best way to draw me in. He'll have "died" three times in the past 8 years.

It's possible that she's delusional. Like her brother, but perhaps on a lesser level, she seems a bit Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. The death and relationship with Duke could all be fantasy.

[bat1987]

Teasing Batman's death in the first arc after he dons his cape and cowl after a prolonged period of time isn't the best way to draw me in. He'll have "died" three times in the past 8 years.

Ya this is my problem as well. I mean, again, srsly? I did like this first arc, nice combination of action, humour and plot twists, but that ending doesn't leave much to look forward too. Seems that every writter that has a prolonged run on Batman wants to do a death of Batman story. Getting old at this point. But maybe I'm overreacting, let's see where King goes with this.

[Maxpower00044]

At the time he had just beat the JL, so you would assume that he was at the top of his power levels, not weaker.

The more he uses his powers the the weaker he gets "he can be a mortal for decades....a God for hours..." (Paraphrasing). It was right there in the book.

Again, I don't think they're foreshadowing any death for Batman nor is she speaking about an alternate future. It's that Pirate is still in her brain so her thoughts are askew.

[JasonTodd428]

Ya this is my problem as well. I mean, again, srsly? I did like this first arc, nice combination of action, humour and plot twists, but that ending doesn't leave much to look forward too. Seems that every writter that has a prolonged run on Batman wants to do a death of Batman story. Getting old at this point. But maybe I'm overreacting, let's see where King goes with this.

I'm going to guess that Gotham Girl is delusional and that she will only think she killed Bats. PP got to her as well after all. King might also be planning on making a bit of meta commentary on the prevalence of stories that feature major character deaths, which has gotten ridiculous IMO.

[bat1987]

Interesting interview on Newsarama with King
http://www.newsarama.com/30684-tom-k...he-future.html

He mentions the death of Batman part

Nrama: But Tom, you say something about Batman's death.


King: Yeah, this comes from Scott Snyder, who's probably going to kill me for sharing this. But he's one of my best friends, and he gave me this great advice. And he got the advice from Grant Morrison, who said, when you're writing Batman, you know, you're going to have a run on Batman and you have to give him a birth, and you have to give him a death. And that's your Batman. You don't own the character. The character belongs to pop culture. He belongs to everyone. The character belongs to everyone's heart.

But for you, for your Batman, you have to do that. That's your responsibility as a writer.

And I think you saw that in Grant's run and you saw it in Scott's run. And you're going to see it in my run.

I gave him a birth. I mean, he literally flew between two buildings - one was Finger and one was Kane. And he came out the other side.

And eventually, we'll give him a death.

[The BaRoN]

Enjoying this, like the art.

On par with Detective but both behind All star so far for me.

[sustainentropy]

Interesting interview on Newsarama with King
http://www.newsarama.com/30684-tom-k...he-future.html

He mentions the death of Batman part

Considering his "birth" was metaphorical, I'm assuming his "death" will be too. He spoke earlier in the interview about wanting to get people talking about him being inconsistent so this could be a similar swerve.

[JasonTodd428]

Considering his "birth" was metaphorical, I'm assuming his "death" will be too. He spoke earlier in the interview about wanting to get people talking about him being inconsistent so this could be a similar swerve.

That sounds about right to me. Very interesting interview.