COMICS: Gotham City Has A Brand New BATMAN In DETECTIVE COMICS #41 Preview

Manapul draws the new suit the bes out of everyone, especially the ears.

@campblood - Bruce is supposed to be dead....supposed to be...

I hated it when James Rhodes took over for Iron Man . . .
REALLY didn't like Bucky taking over for Cap . . .
Went nuts when Eric Masterson tok the "mantle" of Thor . . .

So while I might be a Marvel fan at heart, I think I'm on solid NON-hypocrytical ground here when I say . . .

this whole Gordon thing is just stooooooooopid.

and yes, I know Bruce will be back after convergence is over.
Still stupid.

Laaaaaammme!!!

Tim should take my place til I return..

Hey look its the Hulk Buster batman or is it just Iron Batman?

Story is now dead in comics. It just no longer exists. Events and hype have replaced character development and reason of any sort.

I am now thoroughly convinced the editorial staffs at both Marvel and DC are merely semi-trained chimpanzees randomly hurling shit at a wall festooned with 3X5 cards covered in story ideas written by mentally challenged five year olds; whatever it sticks to gets thrown into the next event.

Please, for the love of all that is holy, please, for the next five years no universal reboots, no major character deaths with minor character replacements, no random and radical backstory changes for established characters, no more freaking events. Just give me good old fashioned character development, well written interesting stories that allow the characters to grow and evolve on their own without being shoehorned into characterizations or actions that make no sense. And for the love of God if you want more diversity then, by all means, develop new interesting characters that reflect more variety of race, gender, religion, and sexual preference without having to suddenly alter an established character in that regard as it just feels like pandering.

Sad thing is Batman was one of the few books that seemed to be making an effort to give us just what I’m talking about. And now this…

That is NOT Jim Gordon... The Jim I know has a mustache

Bruce is dead...or temporarily so.

"The f%$#" is my immediate reaction to... pretty much ALL of this.

Why are Bullock and Montoya trying to kill Bullock's partner? What possible reasonable explanation could justify such out-of-character behavior? Is it all just a ruse? (More than likely... which raises the question of why they're ACTING like they're going to/have murdered a fellow officer.)

Also, good GOD, what the hell is up with Jim Gordon here? Why does he look like a twenty-five-year-old bodybuilder! I mean, look at that last shot of his face... That looks REMARKABLY like Bane did back in the '90s!

This is just weird all over. I'm curious about the whole Gordon-as-Batman storyline, but I think I'll just stick with Snyder and Capullo, thanks.

Z

Look at that DC cashing in on the popularity of Ironman. XD