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    Bruce Wayne, who witnessed the murder of his billionaire parents as a child, swore to avenge their deaths. He trained extensively to achieve mental and physical perfection, mastering martial arts, detective skills, and criminal psychology. Costumed as a bat to prey on the fears of criminals, and utilizing a high-tech arsenal, he became the legendary Batman.

    The Return Of Bruce Wayne Begins In April

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    #101  Edited By Xion

    Its awesome that they are bring Bruce back. But imo, its to soon, they could have given him like 3-5 years then, u know a good time length so it can be a bigger surprise with Bruce returning!

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    #102  Edited By Sanman24
    @Omega Ray Jay said:
    " Captain America called he wants his Plot back "
    omg that was FUNNY ! ! ! ! ! !
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    #103  Edited By jdeluca2

    I'm incredibly disappointed to find Grant Morrison on this again. Yes, I have learned to love the Batman and Robin title he's been working on but after Batman R.I.P, I've lost a lot of respect. I love the Batman books, they are by far my favorite titles from D.C, but I still believe Bruce Wayne deserves more time off. More time for us to miss him, more time for Dick and Tim to Grow on their own. I know Grant Morrison once said in an interview he hopes not to be remembered for killing the Batman but for something else he does with the character. Is this what he was talking about? The return? I also don't care for the whole Bruce Wayne v.s History concept. I know the D.C Universe can get all Topsy turvy sometimes but this is just lame. I thought we were following Tim in Red Robin because he was going to find and save Bruce. I was really looking forward to this, but what am I going to do? We can only hope Morrison gets it right this time, and by the way, EXPLAIN whats up with Bruce's corpse in the hands of Superman at the end of Final Crisis when he was clearly sent to either the beginning of time or some other universe. I have to say I do like some of Morrison's other work but, I really wish Geoff johns was on Batman's return.
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    #104  Edited By Media_Master

    Sounds good.

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    #105  Edited By Silverwolf
    @burr787 said:
    " Grant Morrison said that Dick will remain Batman for at least another year but this still feels too soon to bring Bruce back. Also does he have to dress like a bat in every life, does he have a fetish or something? "
     
    Does Bruce Wayne have bat fetish?  
    ... 
    YES
     
    Anyhoo... yeah, too soon. Definitely needed some more time not knowing what will happen (if anything), and why not have them w/o Bruce for a while. 
    And how is he going to go through time? AND when is Bruce finally going to go completely insane? 
     
    And does anyone else kind of wish they'd kill Wolverine and leave him dead?
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    #106  Edited By likalaruku

    That first one is like a cross between absolutely addorable & hilariously rediculous.

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    #107  Edited By vance_astro  Moderator

    Well I expected this.First Cap comes back way before Bucky had become acquainted with the uniform and now here comes Bats when i'm liking Grayson in his costume.

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    #108  Edited By Lantern Prime

    Man this is gonna be the same kinda thing they did for Hal Jordan....I don't wanna go through another rebirth....

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    #109  Edited By Andferne

    Much like many have said, I think it is too soon. But it was inevitable. The concept art for Cave-Bat does look pretty cool though.

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    #110  Edited By ~Mystery~

    interesting costume

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    #111  Edited By touch37

    And the revolving door that is death in the DCU continues to spin...
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    #112  Edited By mz_selina_kyle

    I suuuuuuuuuure dont like those costumes. Over the top. Bruce is more simple. He is complex.. but not gaudy.

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    #113  Edited By ArtJoker

    i like bruce, hey looks awesome, but really? it seems that all of these new elements and characters were for nothing

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    #114  Edited By E.I.S.A.M.

    This was so poorly handled from jump street. Bruce died, twice, and nobody could figure out what happened until much later. Then they spend half a year with battle for the cowl, and another half with Grayson getting comfortable with the cowl. Now, Bruce is coming back as a pirate, a cave man, and possibly a hippie.  They did this character a great disservice, and they should either put Grant Morrison on a leash, or get him the hell away from Batman.

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    #115  Edited By Shaunw1973

    Too soon!! I'm enjoying Dick as Batman. Shake up is a good thing. 
    Having said that, if it brings the awful run of Detective to and end, as well as Gotham City Sirens and Streets of Gotham it ain't all bad. They are some of the worst books in history.

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    #116  Edited By ChaseT826

    Would sum1 please get Grant Morrison out of comix.

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    #117  Edited By ChaseT826
    @E.I.S.A.M.:
    I agree....get Morrison out of comix completely i say.
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    #118  Edited By umbrafeline

    bruce: im back, dick 
    dick: [gasps] bruce, w-we thought you were dead 
    bruce: so did i but appearently darkseids omega beams sent me to be lost in time. but im here and ready to be the dark knight again 
    dick: [speechless] im batman now, your time is over old man 
    bruce: you forget who raised you after your family died. so dont tell me whats what around here little boy 
     
    they scuffle and bruce summons his might and beats dick to death 
     
    id buy this series even though im a marvel fan
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    #119  Edited By DEGRAAF
    @Beast-X said:
    "They "kill" Bruce Wayne just now come and say that "not kill" give the post to Nightwing who has not completed even one year as Batman and you'll have to return the hood to "Father Bruce" and not know if it will be back to Nightwing as it has a Kriptonian from New Krypton using this title and comes with the history of Batman in different periods of history as the line "Elseworlds" had not had a "Batman Cowboy" Lone Ranger style, a " Pirate Batman "The Wings of Leather a" Batman Samurai "(or" Jonin Ninja "I do not know ...), a" Batman Knight of Camelot, "a" Batman Indiana Jones and Batman Egyptian gods, astronauts "in" Batman Book of the Dead "and even a" Super-Batman "(that story of what would happen if the adoptive parents of earth Kal-El were Thomas and Martha Wayne instead of Jonathan and Martha Kent and he was set up in Gotham instead Smallville as Bruce Wayne instead of Clark Kent ...) and now want to make a history of Batman in different historical periods with different positions and contexts?? But "What context" that someone has not already tried??     "

    unless things change, the current night wing is dying, so unless he changes in to a god like flame bird, he wont be around much longer. he'll be sent back to the phantom zone or captured by brainiac
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    #120  Edited By Plaguetouch83

    april fool ?

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    #121  Edited By your_navigator

    I kind of hope that this is more along the lines of, 'So, what has Bruce been up to in Cave land?'  Because, as much as I love Bruce (and I do!), I'm just not ready to see him back yet.  I feel like Dick hasn't been given a chance to really handle any crisis and I've been mildly enjoying Damien in that 'I-love-to-hate-you' kind of way.   
     
    Seriously, we just got over Dick whining about costume changes and now we have a story!  I for one, would like to see the direction he takes the Mantle... for a bit, at least. 
     
    And more importantly, I want Tim to find Bruce.  The only reason Tim became Red Robin in the first place was to find Bruce and I'm not sure what place he'll have in the Bat-Fam once Bruce is back.  I really don't want Tim to become another Nightwing. 
     
    Oh well.  I guess we'll all just have to wait and see.
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    Love the cave man Batman but as for the pirate I only have one question.... Is that Davy Jones?!
     
    Bruce Wayne, do you fear-gh Death?! :p

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    #123  Edited By ~The Wanderer~
    @DEGRAAF said:
    " unless things change, the current night wing is dying, so unless he changes in to a god like flame bird, he wont be around much longer. he'll be sent back to the phantom zone or captured by brainiac "
    ACTION COMICS #884 SPOILERS, REGARDING NIGHTWING OF NEW KRYPTON. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.
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    #124  Edited By Nerd Of A Hero

    (Sarcastic moment) WOW.,. That's just, great news. Batman coming back for more action, AWESOME. We knew he'd come back sooner than expected, didn't we?  (Serious Moment)...and it's only been about a couple of month's since he was gone and now he's doing this time travel thing? C'mon, man.  
     
    They should've waited at least like a year or two for him to return some the fans would be longing and excited.for him. It sucks that there treating Dick more like a subsitute than the "New Batman". I don't think Dick is a good Batman since he's been messing up a bit lately, but I haven't had the time for him to grow on me. Gotta see if this is worth a read...

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    #125  Edited By HaloKing343

    Weird, but quite a shame. I had hoped that this current situation would last longer.

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    #126  Edited By theevilhotdog

    if this  happens the world is going to be all mumbo jumbo
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    #127  Edited By brewski420

    cant wait for this to come out. but i do really like dick grayson as batman. wonder if dick will get killed off?
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    #128  Edited By KansetsuWaza

    good news! I CANT STAND DICK BEING BATMAN! i feel like i'm reading a nightwing comic because of the dialogue and the over all nature of  dick grayson. 
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    #129  Edited By theevilhotdog

    too soooooon
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    #130  Edited By MysteriousBlack

    As expected. Very good.
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    #131  Edited By TheRedHood

    Yea,,,,,The GRANT's BATMAN -specially "Black Glove"- Rocked! 
    I'll be right their for this One. Anything that Can get the B-Flagship  
    back on its Feet,,,,,-since/After #687 it's been Terrible
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    #132  Edited By Fan-boy

    Oh boy, Batman's coming back... because he was trapped in time...
    I wonder what Captain America story Morrison will copy from next.

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    #133  Edited By LP
    @umbrafeline said:
    "bruce: im back, dick dick: [gasps] bruce, w-we thought you were dead bruce: so did i but appearently darkseids omega beams sent me to be lost in time. but im here and ready to be the dark knight again dick: [speechless] im batman now, your time is over old man bruce: you forget who raised you after your family died. so dont tell me whats what around here little boy  they scuffle and bruce summons his might and beats dick to death"

    Yup. For me, you can't have Batman without BRUCE. I never was happy with Dick playing house...
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    #134  Edited By fantastic thing

    it's great Bruce Wayne  is coming back 
    I am not  saying do not  dick grayson is bad, but  u known , like him as batman and Damian  Wayne robin is great in all its glory 
    Bruce started it all from the began

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    #135  Edited By SUPER-MAN 23
    @umbrafeline: 
    That sounds like that would fit in the comic fine
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    #136  Edited By YONY

    does anybody else notice that batman and captain america are both lost in time 

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    #137  Edited By Gregomasta
    Bruce Wayne : Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?
    Dr. Emmett Brown : The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style? 
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    #138  Edited By Adam683

    I think if Bruce does come back to Gotham he wont take the cowl back from Dick, it doesn't matter who wears the symbol its what the symbol means that matters,
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    #139  Edited By DEGRAAF
    @Adam683 said:
    "I think if Bruce does come back to Gotham he wont take the cowl back from Dick, it doesn't matter who wears the symbol its what the symbol means that matters, "

    yea but i could see Dick giving it bakc to him willingly and even if Dick didnt give it up immediately Tim would come back and tell him to give it up and thik that Dick is being selfish. 
     
     
    I cant remember, someone please help me. What did Bruce tell Dick, Tim, and Jason about if he disapears or dies or whatever?
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    #140  Edited By theevilhotdog

    the second drawing looks like batman plus davey jones
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    #142  Edited By InnerVenom123

    OMG! I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING!  
     
    What a BRILLIANT twist!  
     
    *Facepalm*
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    #143  Edited By jacobyLIVE
    @ARMIV:  Yeah,it seems too similar. But I'm still looking forward to seeing what he has to go through  
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    #144  Edited By sfizzle

    i'm looking forward to it. but i agree with most of you this was way to soon just like cap. god forbid they make a change last for a few years and really surprise us readers.

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    #145  Edited By sfizzle

    hold up, if batman is going through all these different time periods does that mean he is going to kill?

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    #146  Edited By DEGRAAF
    @sfizzle said:
    "hold up, if batman is going through all these different time periods does that mean he is going to kill? "

    he might have to to survive. which i think would be cool if he returns with that mentality. Must kill the villains for the human race and heroes to survive. 
     
     
    I just read an article asking the questions below to some of the head guys at IGN.com Im not gonna post the article, i want to know what everyone else thinks.
  • Do you want Bruce Wayne to return?
  • If you want him back, do you want him to be Batman again?
  • Are you enjoying the current comic books with Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne as Batman and Robin?
  • Are you looking forward to Grant Morrison's Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne event?
  • Have you enjoyed Grant Morrison's tenure with the Dark Knight?
  • Play fantasy editor for a bit - what creators are your ideal team on a Batman series?    
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