#batman 15

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batman #15: the loneliest men in the world

[talesfromacrippledphoenix]

Death of the Family.

[cape-and-mask-texts-blog]

Image Description:

Comic excerpt in which Barbara Gordon, Jason Todd, Tim Drake Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne and Bruce Wayne are gathered in the Batcave as Batgirl, Red Hood, Red Robin, Nightwing, Robin, and Batman respectively. Batman is sitting on a cot and is not wearing his cowl. There is a block of text above Damian who is addressing Bruce and gesturing at the other members of the Batfamily. Barbara, Tim, and Dick are facing Bruce while Jason is leaning against a wall with his arms folded apart from the rest of the group.

Text reads: (570): Who would win... a chainsaw pooping pterodactyl or a bear with machine guns for feet. big debate about this right now

[selinrkyle]

“I love you, Bat.” “I love you, Cat.”

[rassilon-imprimatur]

Spoilers for Batman # 42

I’m 100% convinced Tom King is building for a brain damage story later down the road in his Batman run. 

Since #15, King’s been playing with the idea that Bruce and Selina remember two different continuity versions of their first meeting. Bruce remembers the original waaaaay back in 1940 down to the art style, Selina remembers their initial encounter in 1986′s Year One (despite the fact that neither really work anymore due to Zero Year)

This idea returned in Batman Annual # 2, but very quickly took a dark turn: 

The memory inconsistency immediately goes from a fun toying with comics’ continuity to Bruce having an unnamed disintegrating mental condition. Throughout the rest of the annual, his mind decays and his memory goes until he dies surrounded by Selina and his family. 

The annual itself is not a literal prediction of the future of Tom King’s version of Batman... little hints such as costumes and members of the Batfamily clue that it’s more of a timeless AU, a glimpse into the ideas of Tom King’s run. 

Which is why I still think the implication of Bruce’s decaying mind are going to resurface following the wedding in July’s Batman #50, and the fact that this happened in today’s #42 just pushes me further towards that idea: 

[fyeah-batfamily]

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batman #15: the loneliest men in the world