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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.

    when bruce gets to old to be the batman who will be next in line?

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    #1  Edited By ultimatejones

    who could be next in line to take up the mantle? will dick continue being batman? will tim take up the mantle? how about damian? 
     
     
     
    how do you think the mantle will be passed on?
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    #2  Edited By NexusOfLight

    I'm thinkin' Terry.

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    #3  Edited By junkmasterzero

    In "current continuity" Terry comes after Damian, so I would say he would at least have to come first.

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    #4  Edited By jrock85

    I prefer Tim Drake.
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    #5  Edited By Murasame

    Tim Drake, but I don't think it will last long and they'll just reboot Batman Wayne again. It's not really Batman if it's not Bruce Wayne.

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    #6  Edited By jrock85
    @Murasame: 
     
    Yeah, Bruce Wayne is irreplaceable.
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    #7  Edited By virgin4life

    comic book characters dont age 
     
    (close thread)

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    #8  Edited By entropy_aegis

    Damian,batman 666 and 700,worthy heir indeed.
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    #9  Edited By vishwasshrikhande
    @virgin4life: agree. And hopefully no one replaces Bruce.
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    #10  Edited By digimod

    My vote would be Damian.  Dick and Tim would make excellent Batmen but there is that scary serious element to Batman that they are missing.  Damian has it.

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    #11  Edited By PrinceIMC

    If they're trying to keep up the illusion that it is the same person I think it'll have to go through Dick, Tim, then Damian then whoever their sidekicks end up being. If it's just a mantle that gets passed probably the same but maybe Cassandra down the line maybe.
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    #12  Edited By weaponxx

    Bruce will never be too old and will always be Batman. 

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    #13  Edited By nefarious

    Bruce will always be the true Batman. 

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    im thinking tim or terry

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    #15  Edited By junkmasterzero

    Tim has said many times that he wouldn't ever want to be Batman.

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    #16  Edited By jrock85

    I don't think I will ever get tired of Bruce.
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    #17  Edited By entropy_aegis
    @Nefarious said:
    "Bruce will always be the true Batman.  "

    @weaponx said:
    "Bruce will never be too old and will always be Batman.  "


    QFT.
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    #18  Edited By HarveyBullock

    Bruce has said it himself before by saying that Dick Grayson could be a better Batman.

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    #19  Edited By Rudyftw

    Jason Todd

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    #20  Edited By InnerVenom123

    Bruce is gonna end up making a Lazarus Pit to sustain himself so he can keep running his Batman Inc, and eventually he'll just become a less evil version of Ras Al Ghul.

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    #21  Edited By ssejllenrad

    His son Brandon Lee of course! Oh different Bruce... Nyehehehe!
     
    @InnerVenom123 said:

    " Bruce is gonna end up making a Lazarus Pit to sustain himself so he can keep running his Batman Inc, and eventually he'll just become a less evil version of Ras Al Ghul. "
    You know you should write comics. This is an awesome idea!
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    #22  Edited By InnerVenom123
    @ssejllenrad said:
    " His son Brandon Lee of course! Oh different Bruce... Nyehehehe!
     
    @InnerVenom123 said:
    " Bruce is gonna end up making a Lazarus Pit to sustain himself so he can keep running his Batman Inc, and eventually he'll just become a less evil version of Ras Al Ghul. "
    You know you should write comics. This is an awesome idea! "

    And thusly, Zach's head ventured deep into his rectal cavity

     
     
    I KNOW, RIGHT? I'm actually planning too. Herp herp. 
     
     
    Nah but seriously, thanks. I dunno about canon, but it'd make a good elseworld's story at best, maybe? I can see Damien having no problem leading an army of ninjas.
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    #23  Edited By entropy_aegis
    @Rudyftw said:
    "Jason Todd
     
     
    "

    BWHAHAHAHA,i can already see a parade of heroes and villians alike waiting to kick his a$$
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    #24  Edited By daredevil21134
    @entropy_aegis:
    you are such a hater dude
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    #25  Edited By the_stegman  Moderator
    @junkmasterzero: he's SAID that, but he actually became "Batman" twice 
     
     
    once in the battle for the cowl 

        
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    and once in a teen titans story "The Future is now"     
     

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    (that's him next to superman (Superboy)
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    #26  Edited By junkmasterzero
    @The Stegman: Yeah I know, and if you read Red Robin, I think he's becoming more like Batman everyday, what with the hit list and the ünternet (Bats is starting a new internet with Babs in charge.)  And in the Teen Titans arc he also killed a bunch of people right?  I'm not sure if that one really counts.
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    #27  Edited By firewrkninja

    Bruce Wayne will always be batman.
    /thread
    **nice job spelling too by the way.

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    #28  Edited By entropy_aegis
    @daredevil21134 said:
    "@entropy_aegis: you are such a hater dude "

    Not hate,i'm realistic.You think jason will ever be batman logically?Forget the heroes,even villians like bane and deadshot will go for todds head.
    They respect him too much and would'nt stand someone screwing his name and legacy. 
    And then bane will be known as the man who broke the "hood" LMAO.
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    #29  Edited By entropy_aegis
    @The Stegman:
    Save dick everyone acted uncharacteristically in BTFC,Titans was the most horrible thing to happen to tim.Are we sure that's not jason in disguise.
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    #30  Edited By daredevil21134
    @entropy_aegis said:
    "@daredevil21134 said:
    "@entropy_aegis: you are such a hater dude "
    Not hate,i'm realistic.You think jason will ever be batman logically?Forget the heroes,even villians like bane and deadshot will go for todds head.They respect him too much and would'nt stand someone screwing his name and legacy. And then bane will be known as the man who broke the "hood" LMAO. "

    Fair Enough,but what if he decided to stop killing,then became Batman?Not that I ever want him too but just a thought
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    #31  Edited By daredevil21134
    @entropy_aegis said:
    "@The Stegman: Save dick everyone acted uncharacteristically in BTFC,Titans was the most horrible thing to happen to tim.Are we sure that's not jason in disguise. "

    Nope thats Tim
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    #32  Edited By entropy_aegis
    @daredevil21134 said:
    "@entropy_aegis said:
    "@daredevil21134 said:
    "@entropy_aegis: you are such a hater dude "
    Not hate,i'm realistic.You think jason will ever be batman logically?Forget the heroes,even villians like bane and deadshot will go for todds head.They respect him too much and would'nt stand someone screwing his name and legacy. And then bane will be known as the man who broke the "hood" LMAO. "
    Fair Enough,but what if he decided to stop killing,then became Batman?Not that I ever want him too but just a thought "
     
    Hmmm not sure.
    @daredevil21134 said:
    "@entropy_aegis said:
    "@The Stegman: Save dick everyone acted uncharacteristically in BTFC,Titans was the most horrible thing to happen to tim.Are we sure that's not jason in disguise. "
    Nope thats Tim "

    I know,just expressing my amazement at how different tim was in that storyline.
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    #33  Edited By daredevil21134
    @entropy_aegis said:
    "@daredevil21134 said:
    "@entropy_aegis said:
    "@daredevil21134 said:
    "@entropy_aegis: you are such a hater dude "
    Not hate,i'm realistic.You think jason will ever be batman logically?Forget the heroes,even villians like bane and deadshot will go for todds head.They respect him too much and would'nt stand someone screwing his name and legacy. And then bane will be known as the man who broke the "hood" LMAO. "
    Fair Enough,but what if he decided to stop killing,then became Batman?Not that I ever want him too but just a thought "
     
    Hmmm not sure.
    @daredevil21134 said:
    "@entropy_aegis said:
    "@The Stegman: Save dick everyone acted uncharacteristically in BTFC,Titans was the most horrible thing to happen to tim.Are we sure that's not jason in disguise. "
    Nope thats Tim "
    I know,just expressing my amazement at how different tim was in that storyline. "

    Oh I see
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    #34  Edited By the_stegman  Moderator
    @junkmasterzero: yeah tim was quite different in that story, i mean he used GUNS!!! and it's a possible future, so i don't know if you want to count it or not, but it's just showing that when the chips are down Tim did become Batman
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    Clone Bruce.

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    #36  Edited By VampireSelektor
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    No, he'll end up refining and injecting himself with Venom, becoming a less evil version of Bane.
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    #37  Edited By VampireSelektor
    @The Stegman
    Tim assumed the cape and cowl out of frustration towards Batman's, his "father", death and, to some extent, Dick for stepping up. It's perfectly understandable that Tim put on the Batsuit (the same model worn by Bruce when Tim was first introduced) and defend the reputation of the Batman. 
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    #38  Edited By Billy Batson
    @Emperor Gonzo Noir said:
    Clone Bruce.

    A.k.a. Terry. 

    BB

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    #39  Edited By Westlife

    Terry.

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    #40  Edited By Kairan1979
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    Terry McGinnis.
    I don't even want to think about Damian as Batman.
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    #41  Edited By Feliciano2040
    @Kairan1979 said:
    I don't even want to think about Damian as Batman.
    Too much awesome to be handled ?
     
    Anyone else with the right characteristics can be Batman, but we know that won't happen since AMERICAN comic book characters don't age.
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    #42  Edited By Dracade102
    @Feliciano2040 said:
    @Kairan1979 said:
    I don't even want to think about Damian as Batman.

    Too much awesome to be handled ?  

    Anyone else with the right characteristics can be Batman, but we know that won't happen since AMERICAN comic book characters don't age.
     
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    #43  Edited By fodigg
    @junkmasterzero said:
    In "current continuity" Terry comes after Damian, so I would say he would at least have to come first.
    Wait, really? Damien is Batman first? I thought that was some alternate-U thingy.
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    #44  Edited By All_StarSupes

    It should be Terry as Dick is nothing like Bruce. He doesn't really share the same dark emotions as Bruce, which are really needed when being Batman.

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    #45  Edited By junkmasterzero
    @fodigg: Batman 700 all but confirmed it.
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    #46  Edited By Roldan
    @All_StarSupes said:
    It should be Terry as Dick is nothing like Bruce. He doesn't really share the same dark emotions as Bruce, which are really needed when being Batman.
    Damian will come before Terry.
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    #48  Edited By Obsurity
    @InnerVenom123 said:
    Bruce is gonna end up making a Lazarus Pit to sustain himself so he can keep running his Batman Inc, and eventually he'll just become a less evil version of Ras Al Ghul.

    I wouldn't mind seeing this played out in a one-shot.
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    #49  Edited By Timandm
    @Feliciano2040 said:
    @Kairan1979 said:
    I don't even want to think about Damian as Batman.
    Too much awesome to be handled ?  Anyone else with the right characteristics can be Batman, but we know that won't happen since AMERICAN comic book characters don't age.
    This says it.....  Marvel and DC don't want characters to mature and have real lives...  No, except Reed and Susan, can have children unless those children are taken off to another dimension or timeline to age instantly.   Characters (in general, not all) are allowed to be as  young as 13, but then they rapidly become old enough to vote, drink, and have sex... Once they reach that age, however, they stay that age forever.  Comics never lose characters to old age, they just keep acquiring characters that are suddenly old enough to vote, dink, and have sex...
     
    Then, when you have too many super heroes old enough to vote, drink, and have sex, you have some pitiful event like 'One More Day', or 'M Day', or 'Flash Point' to cull things down a little....  However, they STILL end up with too many heroes... And since characters like Batman don't age, they don't retire.  So, instead of younger heroes assuming the role, you end up with things like BatMEN instead of Batman.  In fifteen years or so, we'll see Batmen Inc, Batmen Ltd, Batmen subsidiaries, Extreme Batmen, Uncanny Batmen, Batmen Force, Mighty Batmen, and Batmen.....
     
    Many of the Batmen will have children that they didn't actually raise, as the children were kidnapped and sent into the future where their aging was accelerated, they were experimented on, and augmented.  Their children will coincidentally come back to the same point in time because, THAT'S the 'real time.'    and it's so much better than any OTHER time...
     
    Of course, when THAT gets too much to handle, we'll see The Batmen Wars, where the Batmen that the writers don't want, will be killed off... Of course, since it's comics, and in comics only Uncle Ben stays dead, most of the dead Batmen will come back; augmented...
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