Alright, potential Earth-2 spoilers, I guess, even though it's not 100% confirmed since the change in creative teams, so be ye warned.
Okay, so, Earth 2 Batman. The alleged implication is that the new E-2 Bats is none other than Thomas Wayne, and not just Thomas Wayne, but the very Thomas Wayne who appeared in 2011's Flashpoint mini-series prior to the new 52 restructuring. Now, ignoring the arguments as to why that is or isn't likely (A few of them being presented in this week's Earth 2 issue), what I'm more interested in is the question of how ol' Tom Wayne made the crossover from the Flashpoint universe, if the above is, in fact, true. The only thing I can come up with is the letter he gave to Barry Allen to give to Bruce. It's the only part of the Flashpoint world that survived and crossed over to the new Earth, as far as we know, and it has a direct connection to Flashpoint's Thomas Wayne. Is it possible this piece of that world being preserved (although I don't believe we've seen it since that final Flashpoint issue, someone correct me if I'm wrong) has somehow also brought Thomas through to the new reality? Just a thought. 'Course, then the question becomes 'why Earth 2', and the answer to that might be as simple as 'because it was convenient and Earth 1 or Prime or whatevs already has a Batman.
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