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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    09:54 PM

    In reply to Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year... And Throughout Time
    Pirate Batman? But, but.... isn't Bruce Wayne a ninja?

    There's a stupid joke in there, I'm sure!
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    05:19 PM

    In reply to Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year... And Throughout Time
    From the Bats in Mesoamerican Mythology section of the Wikipedia article on bats -- "A gigantic, life-size ceramic bat-man has been discovered and dug up from the Templo Mayor. The Templo Mayor is located in the center of the Mexica capital of Tenochtitlan. Known as a god of death, this statue has the clawed feet and hands of a bat, but the body of a man."
    [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    05:01 PM

    In reply to Life is Tough for an Atomic Cowgirl
    Gotta be real tough with a jack-ass for a best friend/travelling companion.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09:51 PM

    @Ruthless, If you let me: It's a mule, so only half-jackass; t'other half's horse.
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    04:43 PM

    In reply to Dress Like A Rapscallion with a Corto Maltese Jacket
    You can either wear a trench coat and be like Neo or a pea coat and be like the Boondock Saints.

    Might I direct your attention towards this most relevant site,

    [stuffwhitepeoplelike.com]
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    Edited by ThisDudeRufus at 12/09/09 4:45 PM ThisDudeRufus was starred ThisDudeRufus was unstarred
    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    03:33 PM

    In reply to Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year... And Throughout Time
    He should overshoot the current timeline straight into the future. Kamandi can be his new Robin.
    The Joker can be a Hyena.
    The Penguin can be a penguin.
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    Edited by Hamslicer at 12/09/09 3:34 PM Hamslicer was starred Hamslicer was unstarred
    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    03:06 PM

    In reply to Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year... And Throughout Time
    Wha?!!!! Ga!? Huh?
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    Image of schrodingers-katana schrodingers-katana
    02:37 PM

    In reply to Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year... And Throughout Time
    I think I liked this idea better when it was called "Captain America: Reborn" and Ed Brubaker was doing it for Marvel Comics. Granted, the Big Two rip each other off all the time, but this seems a little on the nose and soon. I actually can't believe I'm the first to make the comparison.

    Before the flame-wars begin, I do realize that there are big differences in the storylines, but seriously, this seems like it maybe should have been held off on a bit longer.
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    Image of Jogfrog Jogfrog
    04:10 PM

    @schrodingers-katana: It was a bad move in the first place, not that I can fault DC for trying to shake things up by taking away the World's Finest for a while, but it was horribly timed.

    Bruce disappears while TDK is demolishing the box office and was absent for his 70th anniversary, but his return for DC's 75th anniversay as one of comics and pop culture's biggest icons isn't something they'd want to miss out on exploiting.
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    schrodingers-katana promoted this comment Edited by Jogfrog at 12/09/09 4:10 PM Jogfrog was starred Jogfrog was unstarred
    Image of psybab psybab
    04:42 PM

    @schrodingers-katana: Like Blackest Night and Necrosha?
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    Image of Atomictao Atomictao
    05:32 PM

    @schrodingers-katana: I had what I thought was a fairly well-thought out response to this point, but I decided that this is one of those discussions that no one wins and the whole internet loses.

    And I can't contribute to that in all good conscience.
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    Image of Bongoes Bongoes
    05:57 PM

    @psybab: Siege and War of the Supermen? (Or at least they seem similar, but we don't know that much about WotS.)
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    Image of schrodingers-katana schrodingers-katana
    06:48 PM

    @Bongoes: All valid examples I would say. I'm not here to argue the merits of one company over another. I just wish they would focus more on doing their own things then trying to rip-off or one-up each other.
     Reply
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    01:55 PM

    In reply to Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year... And Throughout Time
    I didn't know the paleolithic era had giant bats from whence Bruce could get his giant bat-head for his costume.

    Also: Batman: Quantum Leap!

    "With each Leap Bruce tries to right what once went wrong, hoping that the next leap...will be the leap home."
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    Edited by TemporalSword at 12/09/09 1:57 PM TemporalSword was starred TemporalSword was unstarred
    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    02:15 PM

    @TemporalSword: And alfred is a hologram only he can see and hear?

    FUND IT!
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    Image of leicester leicester
    01:50 PM

    In reply to Dress Like A Rapscallion with a Corto Maltese Jacket
    there's always this guy...

    [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    01:45 PM

    In reply to Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year... And Throughout Time
    No, here's why Bruce Wayne is so cool.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    01:32 PM

    In reply to Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year... And Throughout Time
    Was the Paleolithic known for its street crime?
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    Image of zerofritz zerofritz
    01:59 PM

    @Bill-Lee: no, but cavemen were a cowardly and superstitious lot.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    01:29 PM

    In reply to Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year... And Throughout Time
    Finally a storyline to go with all those weird Kenner action figures.
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    Bill-Lee was starred Bill-Lee was unstarred
    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    02:23 PM

    @Bill-Lee: Seriously. Kenner right now are chomping at the bit.
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    Image of Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
    02:33 PM

    @Bill-Lee: As a child, I had:

    Lunar Attack Batman (with weird Laser Cannon)
    Midnight Hunter Batman (with glowing green Bear Trap)
    and
    Deep Dive Batman (with bright yellow leggings)

    As a Bats connoisseur, my 10 year old brain always had this question, "What the fuck!? When did this happen?"

    I look forward to Kenner's full prophetic realization.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    02:52 PM

    @Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: The one I remember is Viking Batman from the Legends of Batman line with his "fur" cape and huge bat shaped battle axe.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    03:20 PM

    @Bill-Lee: I still have a bunch of these. Batman on the horse is pretty cool.
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    Image of badSamurai badSamurai
    04:40 PM

    @Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies:

    The same thing came to my mind.

    WHAT BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT BECOMES REAL?!?!?
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    Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies promoted this comment badSamurai was starred badSamurai was unstarred
    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    01:20 PM

    In reply to Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year... And Throughout Time
    I didn't realize bats were that big in caveman times? I must have missed that snapple fact... the one I got said beavers used to be the size of bears.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    01:18 PM

    In reply to Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year... And Throughout Time
    BATMAN SUCKS. MOON KNIGHT RULES!!!

    It's a new meme I'm starting, guys.
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    Moff was starred Moff was unstarred
    Image of schrodingers-katana schrodingers-katana
    02:34 PM

    @Moff: You've got my support, not that I necessarily agree, but I am certainly a "Marvel Boy" at heart (even I thought that was awful). Moon Knight certainly has a compelling origin and set-up, he just needs that perfect writer to come along and make him into a star.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    02:56 PM

    @schrodingers-katana: I really do think Moon Knight is kinda great. The story arc I envision, by the way, involves Phil Spector turning out to be his murderous father.
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    Moff was starred Moff was unstarred
    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    01:16 PM

    In reply to Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year... And Throughout Time
    So, to put this in perspective, Captain America was dead (lost in time) longer than Batman was dead (lost in time). If my memory serves correctly, Superman was dead (recovering in the Fortress of Solitude) longer than Batman. And nobody can keep track of how long Jean Grey has been dead.
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    01:46 PM

    @Darklighter: Thor was also dead for years.
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    AngriestGeek was starred AngriestGeek was unstarred
    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    01:56 PM

    @AngriestGeek: Thor's a god, so I'll give him a pass (also, was he dead-dead, or lost-in-time-dead?).
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    Darklighter was starred Darklighter was unstarred
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