MODOG?

Mechanical Organism Designed Only for Gnawing.

Macroscopic Orator Destroying Octagonal Gardens.

My Old Dog Only Growls.

"Batman will be dying and Robin will take his place"

Sorry, Marvel beat you to it with Cap/Bucky.

@braak:
Miasma Occured. Damn the Odorous Gases.

@tetracycloide:
Marvel's Obliterated, Drinking Only Gin.

Marvel Obviously Deserves Only Gibes

*sigh* Robin will become Batman? Robin? Who's about sixteen years old? Not Nightwing? Which would make, y'know, sense?

I'm very patient with comics, and I accept the cyclical nature of the primary characters' story arcs, but seriously... Can't they *just* tell some good stories? Do they *constantly* have to kill people off for dramatic effect? They managed to just tell stories in the past, but now Shocking Death(TM) is the only thing they seem to be able to come up with to add drama.

Note to DC and Marvel: BORED NOW!

Man, I want a C&D from The Hulk. Off to eBay...

Grant Morrison talks a little about this in an IGN article.
Sounds like its more of a metaphoric death for the concept of "Batman".

@DeepFriar: *Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*

@DeepFriar:

Morrison's Obviously Deeply Obsessed with Grant.

@braak: Excellent.

I would like to add that if I ever met MODOK, or Ms. MODOK, or their dog, I would freak the fuck out. MODOK looks scary.

Marvel Only Dishes Out Garbage

Mental Organism Designed Only for Grooming -Tony's pedicure bot goes on a rampage
Mediocre Onion Destined Only to Grow

Spiderman - Do I even have a reason to pick up the book anymore? His reveal was the best part of Civil War, had so much potential and had to be ruined by Marvel.

@Final: Meant for Oubliettes: Dead Old Girlfriends.

@braak: you said octagonal, therefore:

HODOG

Hexagonally Oriented Demolisher of Octagonal Grids

@Final: that's not even the worst part. I mean, a deal with Mephisto? Seriously?
About five Avengers teams, maybe seven X-men titles, and now the big deal is about Skrulls.

You'd think the writers strike was still going.

@JennaW: Actually it makes sense. They have talked about this in several of the Bat-Family books. Nightwing has established his own identity, and has no interest in becoming Batman. Robin, is the chosen replacement. And if you want to take into account the "Titans of the Future" possible future, that is how it ends up being.

That being said, I don't see Bruce going away for any extended length of time. He sells better than Captain America has over the long term, so it would be a bigger risk to several ongoing books for DC to take out Bruce Wayne for a long time, and lose Robin from his own series and from Titans.

I agree with JennaW.... zzzzzzz *snort* zzzz ghgggh zzzzz

And Craters in Dragonball? Well hell there better be some... They routinely make craters every episode... lol

@dOk: I was more excited when I thought it was really a Mexican Hell Pit.

I do like the reference to the "Death In The Family" cover...

It would be nice to have some real stories once in a while. Killing Bruce...ugggg.

Hmm, I figured the only way to do a Dragonball movie would be entirely CGI.

Title 15 for Battlestar is "No Exit". AWESOME. Also the whole Batman/Robin thing I think EVERYONE has been expecting for years and Nightwing isn't going to become Batman, because he's, you know, Nightwing. He's a fully formed hero with his own shit goin' on. And Robin has and will always feel inferior as Robin, and will want to take on the Mantle of the Bat. Dragonball i've always thought was ridiculous b-shit, but I watch Star Trek, so, there ya go. My thoughts on BAttlestar (and anyone with half a brain has had some idea close to this since the beginning) They all follow Kara way back to the past, (Greece and Atlantis anybody?) Evolve. Capricans eventually become Romans, feed the Cylons to the lions for Effing up their whole species, wham bam The Christians turn 180, now it's Cylon RULE TIME AGAIN BITCH! How about your emperor's a Cylon-Christian now and we'll set back the evolution of your species 2000 YEARS! Where at some point a bunch of crazy religious types obsessed with greek mythology create FTL and start 12 colonies near Gemini and Virgo, full of other Greek Cultists and invent a race a Terminators that go all Arnie on your ass.

Or not. Whatever.

OK, the Spoiler is Stephanie. Or else it's a clone of her, but I doubt anyone would take the time to clone a nobody like her. She just didn't die. Otherwise, who else was that blonde at the end of the latest issue?

And I doubt they're killing off Batman. For such a major rumor to have been circulating since the Fall, no one is doing much of anything to propagate it. Technically, they already killed Batman in the books. His heart stopped completely and he was revived by the dude torturing him. From what I understand, Grant Morrison is deconstructing the Batman character and exploring him from a different perspective. If that is still in the cards, then there's no point in killing off the character so soon.

re: Nightwing and why he can't be Batman, this is the same Nightwing that DC was considering to have die at the of the last Crisis (but that lawsuit over the Superboy name helped them decide). DC editors have stated for a while that they don't know what to do with Dick Grayson, and it's not like his books sell extremely well. Turning him into Batman would actually be far more logical than Tim - especially since Dick has already been Batman.

Then again, I'm happy with things so long as the new Batman isn't Jason Todd...

"killed" and "batman".
wow i never thought i would hear those two words in the same sentence.

dragonball es muy peligroso

@Gospel X: Oh god Jason as Batman is terrifying on sooo many levels. He'll finally become the full blown Fascist-Vigilante he's been sneaking up on all of these years. I really, really hope that Stephanie is Dead and stays DEAD! War Games, while I know wasn't viewed as that great by others, I LOVED, because it felt a bit more like what Batman would REALLY be dealing with if he ruled a city. Gangs, power vacuums and stupid police effing up his shit. Also, that perspective change that Morrison is dealing with right now, as it is GM is brilliant. I wrote a little essay last year that seems to be somewhat along the same lines. I argued that Batman was in need of some major ideological restructuring for the 21st century if he was going to continue to be an interesting character. He needs a flaw, a major one, that he is incapable of "Shark Repellent Spraying" Away. Like a mental condition, SPLIT PERSONALITIES ANYONE? (Seems like all of my good ideas are stolen by GrantMorrison before I've even read em. ! guess I need to start working that pen a little faster.) Fortunately for comics fans, unfortunate for DC and MARVEL, the comics industry is exploding right now! (I finally have a JOB! YAY!) But the newer fans are more drawn to Speculative Fiction (DMZ, Y: The Last Man, Walking Dead, Casanova, Ex Machina) Than the super hero stuff. And as long as these Legacy characters continue to be broadly written and without stories with unalterable consequences, they will continue to see their properties decline (until the next movie of course). On that note, I think that the death of The Batman, could do much more for the franchise than his continuing life, but could just as easily create a Crisis only a Zero Hour could repair (or destroy further).

@ithidet: Sí! Síííííí!