Neil Gaiman Kills Batman

There’s an interesting interview over at Wired with Neil Gaiman talking about his current run writing Batman. Apparently DC decided to kill Batman, wait awhile, then reboot the whole franchise. Much as they did with Superman in the 1980′s. Back then, they had Alan Moore do the honors. The result was “Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?” Gaiman’s take on Batman is bound to be interesting:

What I wanted to do was write the last Batman story. What should it be? And I wanted to play very, very fair with the reader. So what I was trying to say is that it honestly doesn’t matter if it is in or out of continuity. And it doesn’t matter whichever Batman you love, whether that is Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns and Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight, or the Batman TV show or even the various, glorious animated series. This is the last Batman story. He’s dead, and this is what’s happening. It’s been 70 years, and it’s been wonderful, but this is the last one.

It’s worth a click just for the preview pages. There are some more … here … IGN … is very slow …

squallleonheart

*spoilers*

He’s not dead. He’s currently….*misplaced*
No. This is not a joke.
http://youtube.com/churchhatestucker Church

Does it touch on Batman’s ancient Cylon ancestry?
lostepic

I have my favorite Batman comic series and I prefer mine over others, as does anyone with theirs, but to say that Batman is dead and this is his last hurrah. Never say never dude. Rebooting a staple character is fine so as long as you respect the traditional story. Take the characters different places in their arc but tread carefully. I remember when Superman was killed. The aftermath on how it was handled and progressed could have been better. But it recovered and all is not lost.
Look I am not a troll. I went to comment on Batman but Church, but I respectful advise that you really need to let go of the BSG issue. If your leaning to comment on my own references in the comments page they were only in response to previous statements at an attempt to be humorous, which I will cease making. Great show but just because someone is such an avid fan doesn’t make them a philistine.