BATMAN R.I.P. (Spoiler Alert)

[SebastianPiccione]

So?

The last issue came out today, what did everybody think?

I was disappointed, but not surprised. I mean, c'mon? All that for a classic "we didn't recover a body" ending?

So, now we have to read a year or two of RACE FOR THE COWL/NEW BATMAN and it's all just filler leading to Bruce's inevitable return?

::sigh::

[DavidPaul]

This ended exactly the way I knew it would.
Also, if you haven't read elsewhere, I hate the holidays.

[TomLupo]

I READ IT TUESDAY NIGHT(THE BENEFIT OF WORKIN' IN A COMIC SHOP) AND WAS SO DISAPOINTED!
TO ME THE PERFECT ENDIN' WOULDA BEEN BRUCE COMMITED IN ARKHAM!!
SO WHO IS THE NEXT BATMAN??
DICK IS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE, BUT I BET DC GOES WITH SUMONE ELSE!

[MattGrant]

The whole story, i found disappointing.

I'd say Jason Todd (did he make it through Countdown?). Why? Everyone else (especially Dick) is too obvious for a choice.

With Jason they could do a whole "Turn over a new leaf" story where he becomes like the BEST BATMAN EVER.... hartwarming and touching and all that.... then he gets cocky and blows it all. Bruce comes out of hiding to kick his ass once and for all and reveals it was all a set up to see if Jason had what it took or not.

Dick has a good laugh over the whole thing and admits to being in on it.

Everyone goes to Nanda Parabat to celebrate with pastrami sandwiches.

[TomLupo]

DID R.I.P. EVEN HAPPEN?? AT THE END OF BATMAN #682 HE WAS IN THE DEVICE THAT DESAAD PUT HIM INTO IN FINAL CRISIS #2....THE REAL ****CLUSION TO R.I.P. HAPPENS IN F.C. #6 DUE OUT THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY!

MORRISON IS REALLY FUCKIN' THINGS UP AT DC I.M.H.O.

[Eman]

I agree I am really confused I don't understand how he can die in a Batman comic if he's already been killed in the Final Crisis series, I think if D.C keeps making story lines cross from title to title then they need to be more consistant than that, So how did he really die in a helicopter crash or did Darkseid kill him. For being such a big character in D.C I think he deserves to die in a better story line than in a helo crash in F.S at least a being way more powerful than himself kills him not some idiot flying a helicopter.