courtesy DC
DC’s big event, aside from Final Crisis, is Batman R.I.P., the controversial storyline that stemmed internet rumors and even resulted in a rabid fan to actually call DC’s Editor-in-Chief on his office phone to complain.
This new storyline doesn’t mean that Bruce Wayne is going to die. As Geoff Johns (Superman, JSA) pointed out, R.I.P. could stand for Running In Place (which most comics tend to do anyway). Writer Grant Morrison (The Invisibles, Animal Man, Doom Patrol) is spearheading this crossover that deals with all the Batman titles.
I usually only read Detective Comics, so I don’t know the order the issues are meant to be read in. The following comics are all part of this event:
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Batman #676- 681
Detective Comics # 846-850
Nightwing #147-150
Robin #175-176
Batman and the Outsiders #11-13
Grant Morrison has also stated Batman will not necessarily die, but be forever changed - at least until the next retcon. Unless you already read this series, I’d wait until the trade paperback comes out for this one.
Matt Knicl: My name is Matt Knicl. I'm a U of I alumn and one of those unemployed English majors Garrison Keillor likes to make fun of. I've been reading comics since high school and one day I would like to write them. My goal is to expose readers to what is out there in the world of comics and using my English powers, show what is worth reading or not. I can be reached at buzz.comics@gmail.com.
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Matt Knicl
My name is Matt Knicl. I'm a U of I alumn and one of those unemployed English majors Garrison Keillor likes to make fun of. I've been reading comics since high school and one day I would like to write them. My goal is to expose readers to what is out there in the world of comics and using my English powers, show what is worth reading or not. I can be reached at buzz.comics@gmail.com.
William Wallace (William Wallace) says:
(Posted July 3rd, 2008 at 11:30 am)
Lets hope they don’t do a “forever changed” like what happened with Spiderman!