True, but keep in mind that's typically delivered from their perspective. The concept of shared pain might be what rushes to the surface for both Bruce and Selina, but if you were to ask, say, Alfred or Dick, they would almost certainly come up with the complementary angle.
Well who do we send our resumes to, then?I think King doesn't look at Batman as a real, literal job.
Sure. Like King says in his letter column for The Vision, a story isn't a 1:1 ratio. That's an essay.To me, when you read "Every Day" (Annual #4), you see that Batman, to him, is somewhat symbolic or analogous to our everyday lives, where we face troubles big and small, and he makes the choices we want to make in our best selves. So the question of "how would Batman be most effective - punching people in the face, or giving billions to charity" is irrelevant, to me. I like what James Tynion said - Gotham isn't a real city - it's a fictional city designed to scare us, to give us hope, and to explore aspects of urban life. It's not supposed to be real.
Agreed!And I agree that King sees Batman as a good thing - a hard thing, something that requires great personal sacrifice, but not tragic, like Snyder and Morrison ended their runs with.
What issue is it? I've read the one where Selina recounts the moment they fell in love after Bruce's death. I think it was an encounter with Scarecrow that ultimately pushed them together, if memory serves.I just bought the issue where Catwoman marries Batman in Earth 2 - they had it as a Dollar Comic this week. Catwoman's origin was rejiggered to make her a lot more moral and sympathetic, which I thought was very interesting.
Edit: It's THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #197, "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BRUCE WAYNE!" by Alan Brennert.
That story is a hot mess! You're right about the ending though.Bane: Conquest is indeed a weird fish if you try to fit it into Rebirth continuity. I honestly just read it as taking place after Legacy or somewhere in that timeframe, in the old continuity. I quite liked the way Dixon ended it, in terms of Bane's morality.