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    Is Oberon Sexton Bruce Wayne??

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    #1  Edited By 12ty12

       Although we have not seen much since his introduction in Batman and Robin #4 (pictured) could it be?  
     Oberon Sexton receives an eerie phone call from in Batman and Robin #6 (no picture found) and Sexton is referred to as 'Grave Digger', (Bruce Wayne dug himself out of a grave in Batman RIP).  Could the 'little secret'  this man is tormenting Sexton with be that he is Bruce Wayne??  
     
             In Batman and Robin #5 Sexton is seen on TV stating that the Red Hood is a name used by more than one villain. There are only a few who have that knowledge. 
      

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    And in the preview's for Batman and Robin #10 we see that Sexton is tracking down a killer and is sharing his knowledge with Grayson.  Sexton using his detective skills.  Maybe Bruce's travels through time have made him want to work from the shadows even more, maybe Bruce is happy to watch Grayson from the sidelines and only have a limited role, maybe this is the NEW Batman Morrison keeps talking about.  
     
     Discuss.
     
     
     

      
     
     
     
       
           

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    #2  Edited By warlock360

    seems more like Hush or Jason Todd

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    #3  Edited By HaloKing343

    Morrison has a plan. He always has a plan.
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    #4  Edited By MichaeltheFly

    Doubtful but he could be a new character thats "related" to Bruce.

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    #6  Edited By Croaker

    For some reason I think he is the Joker.

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    #7  Edited By HaloKing343
    @Croaker said:
    "For some reason I think he is the Joker. "

    Wild thoery. Any reason why?
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    #8  Edited By Croaker

    It would be an appropriately insane thing to do after realizing the real Batman is no more. He has a tendency to become his opposite when that happens (Going Sane, The Dark Knight Returns etc.).

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    #9  Edited By HaloKing343
    @Croaker said:

    "It would be an appropriately insane thing to do after realizing the real Batman is no more. He has a tendency to become his opposite when that happens (Going Sane, The Dark Knight Returns etc.). "


    Wow, that's an awsome theory
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    #10  Edited By Croaker

    "His face was scarred by criminals who killed his wife".


    Actually, now I'm more convinced than ever he is the Joker. He knows about Red Hood(s) and criminal activities in general. To me, it makes perfect sense; he has no Batman to challenge, so he becomes a vigilante himself.


    Also, he doesn't look buff enought to be Bruce, IMO.

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    #11  Edited By warlock360

    Buce's daddy?

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    #12  Edited By HaloKing343
    @Croaker said:
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    "His face was scarred by criminals who killed his wife".


    Actually, now I'm more convinced than ever he is the Joker. He knows about Red Hood(s) and criminal activities in general. To me, it makes perfect sense; he has no Batman to challenge, so he becomes a vigilante himself.


    Also, he doesn't look buff enought to be Bruce, IMO.

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    Dude, that is the best theory I've ever heard. You need to get that out there and make it public.
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    #13  Edited By Lamenoire

    But, isn't Sexton supposed to be a world famous novelist ? Did the joke had the time to become that famous ?

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    #14  Edited By warlock360

    Alter ego's are world famous. you dont need to be seen in public to be world-known. Stephen king for example did the same thing, he wrote a book under a different name and then later told that it was him.

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    I think he's a Morrison spun original

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    #16  Edited By Lamenoire

    So, the joker wrote some book between two killing spree ?  
    By reading the ten issues of Batman and Robin again, I'm pretty sure it is Wayne. The fact that we see Sexton just after Damian says that bruce could be alive here and now and they don't know it yet because whatever happened changed him is probably a clue. 

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    #17  Edited By HaloKing343

    I'm still going on the Joker theory.
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    #18  Edited By MrMiracle77

    My sole contribution here is that Sexton as Wayne would be really, really pat.  It would be too on-the-nose obvious.

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    #19  Edited By SigersonLTD
    @12ty12: Impressive conclusion you've come to there. Will be interesting if this is indeed the case. Will have to pick up the B&R issues I missed. Morrison is fully capable of a twist like this.... 
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    #20  Edited By -Eclipse-

    I'd love for it to turn out that Sexton is a brand new character. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Morrison wants to go down that road, lol

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    #21  Edited By Final Arrow
    @-Eclipse- said:
    "

    I'd love for it to turn out that Sexton is a brand new character. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Morrison wants to go down that road, lol

    "
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    #22  Edited By -Eclipse-
    @Final Arrow said:
    " @-Eclipse- said:
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    I'd love for it to turn out that Sexton is a brand new character. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Morrison wants to go down that road, lol

    "
    YOU "
    You think I'm Oberon Sexton? :P
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    #23  Edited By Last Arrow.
    @-Eclipse- said:
    " @Final Arrow said:
    " @-Eclipse- said:
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    I'd love for it to turn out that Sexton is a brand new character. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Morrison wants to go down that road, lol

    "
    YOU "
    You think I'm Oberon Sexton? :P "
    Maybe _shifty eyes_
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    @-Eclipse- said:
    "

    I'd love for it to turn out that Sexton is a brand new character. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Morrison wants to go down that road, lol

    "
    Same
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    #25  Edited By DEGRAAF

    i was thinking that it is Bruce Wayne but he doesnt remember that he is Bruce Wayne or atleast suppoed to be Batman. At this point he wouldnt know who his own self was bc there is already a Bruce Wayne out the public eye and a batman. He would still have the same goals but basically someone has his public and secret identities. Dick or Tim will see who he is and they will try talk to him and make him remember who he is and who he is supposed to be.
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    #26  Edited By kal-el09

    at first i thought sexton was bruce but in issue ten he's using his detective skills and showing dick, i'm pretty sure dick knows bruce's style when it comes to being a detective, but that doesn't mean it can't be him because dick later says "i don't know what it is, but there's something...familiar about oberon sexton." which could be bruce wayne.

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    #27  Edited By 12ty12

    From Batman and Robin #10. Sexton places a comforting hand over Damian. 
     

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    #28  Edited By Dr. Maxwell

    Yeah I have a feeling he may be the Joker, but he very possibly could be Bruce. The fact that the two characters are Yin and Yang, and that Joker has the varying personality could make sense, and he has the slim build. We shall have to wait and see I suppose but all shall be revealed in time

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    #29  Edited By Mr. Smiths

    I thought Bruce Wayne was stuck back in time?
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    #30  Edited By Vought American

    Will everyone call me an idiot for thinking Oberon might be Ra's Al Ghul?
     
    I say this, but give me some leeway in that I don't remember when was the last time I saw Ra's.... I believe it was Batman & Son?  He was trying to harvest a new body, he wanted Damian's?
     
    Grant has said that all his books are basically 5 parts of his Batman saga.  With Batman & Son being part 1, doesn't it seem logical that at some point, Ra's has a big role since it started with him?
     
    The Demon's Head:  
    Hates crimes, has interest in Damian, seems familiar to Dick, has money and resources, and is also looking for Bruce… 
     
    All over the place I keep reading definition for 'Oberon' and 'Sexton'....  The king of faires, keeper of the graves?  Um... the Demon Head, keeper of the Lazarus pit???

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    #31  Edited By DEGRAAF

    no i mean ithe grave digger and batman to me arent that far off from one another when it comes to choosing a secret identity. I definitely think that he is Bruce also even Alfred thinks he seems familiar. But now they are talking about Bruces father actually being alive so he might be Sexton i dont think so tho i think that is crap writing too to bring his dad back after that is part of the reason he became batman.
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    #32  Edited By KRYPTON
    @12ty12 said:
    "    Although we have not seen much since his introduction in Batman and Robin #4 (pictured) could it be?  
     Oberon Sexton receives an eerie phone call from in Batman and Robin #6 (no picture found) and Sexton is referred to as 'Grave Digger', (Bruce Wayne dug himself out of a grave in Batman RIP).  Could the 'little secret'  this man is tormenting Sexton with be that he is Bruce Wayne??  
     
             In Batman and Robin #5 Sexton is seen on TV stating that the Red Hood is a name used by more than one villain. There are only a few who have that knowledge. 
      
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    And in the preview's for Batman and Robin #10 we see that Sexton is tracking down a killer and is sharing his knowledge with Grayson.  Sexton using his detective skills.  Maybe Bruce's travels through time have made him want to work from the shadows even more, maybe Bruce is happy to watch Grayson from the sidelines and only have a limited role, maybe this is the NEW Batman Morrison keeps talking about.  
     
     Discuss.
     
     
     

      
     
     
     
       
           
    "
    You have a great point there! Maybe Bruce wants to see his adopted ward be a detective and find out where Bruce got stuck in time and how?
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    #33  Edited By Vought American
    @DEGRAAF: 
    I know my theory doesn't hold much water, but it didn't seem too far off either, but even I doubt my own theory to be honest.
     
    All I'm saying is if it ends up being Bruce or Bruce's father, then that's pretty lame.... I'm just glad no one thinks its Alfred. LOL. 
     
    Based on the last scan from above (I'm playing catch up everyone, I just read B&R #8), if it is Bruce, then he's using Hush to draw out the killer he's tracking.  
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    #34  Edited By Kurrent

    Its The Riddler

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    #35  Edited By Lustwish

    I have a feeling it might be the Riddler as well.    Read a caption there that hints towards it " The solution to the Riddle of the Corn Dollie will have to wait."


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     whoooooooooooooooooooosh!
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    #36  Edited By Benzo

    maybe Oberon sexton is Alfred.......well that's my short theory anyway lol

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    @Kurrent said:
    " Its The Riddler "
    That. would. be. AWESOME.
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    #38  Edited By warlock360

    Indeed

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    #39  Edited By DEGRAAF

    I kinda thought it is the riddler as well just because he is then on the next 2 or 3 covers to come.  
     
    Is hush the leading role in Streets of Gotham? I was picking that up but got kinda bored of it but it was right when Hush broke out of his cell and began portraying Bruce
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    #40  Edited By warlock360

    Ok i guess i have a ... second opinion...
     
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    #41  Edited By kal-el09
    @Voidheart: that's a definite no
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    #42  Edited By warlock360

    lmao, your just sad cuz its the truth ;P

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    @Voidheart said:
    " seems more like Hush or Jason Todd "
    I said Todd the minute I saw him. The red glasses give it away.
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    #44  Edited By Croaker

    Possible. He did, after all, dig himself out of his own grave.

    But what's with light build and backstory? Intentional diversions?

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    #45  Edited By kal-el09

    has anyone seen two-face lately? maybe its him, jim gordon said something about a scarred face when he introduced him to dick

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    #46  Edited By 12ty12

    I like the theory about the Riddler as the 'Batman' title has an upcoming 2 story arc involving the Riddler which leads right into Batman #700 by Grant Morrison. Maybe Batman #700 will tie the 'Batman' title with the 'Batman and Robin' title and we will have our answer. 
     
    I'm still betting on Bruce though as I think its cool that he got hit by the Omega Sanction and returned like a few months later but to him it was like a few years stuck in the past and he thought you know what I'm gonna put my feet up for a bit but still check in on Dick.

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    #47  Edited By Benzo

    I'm still standing by my theory that Alfred could be Oberon Sexton lol 

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    #49  Edited By danhimself

    my money is on Thomas Wayne, Bruce's father

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    #50  Edited By warlock360
    @danhimself said:
    " my money is on Thomas Wayne, Bruce's father "
    in #11 it would be kinda weird if he were

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