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Its probably a good thing, then, that he’s been working on this book for a year now. He’s got to be done with at least half of this work already, and the book won’t even hit until for another four months. Unless he pulls a JG Jones, I’m sure we’ll get all 12 issues.

First it was Jason Todd in the god awful Countdown. Then he inexplicably throws it away and some guy named the General starts wearing it. Then Robin (Drake) wears the hood for a cup of coffee until his massively scarred face healed.

At this point, Dick Grayson would be Red Robin IV. Overkill.

Thanks for explaining that. I honestly had no idea what they were talking about, hence the snark.

Then he just sat around for the script to Seven Soldiers #1 to arrive, then did that arc in Batman with Morrison.

Johnny – I didn’t say “highest selling” I said “best”. And it was.

Nothing personal, I lurve Mr. Williams’ artwork and have bought most of what he’s drawn, it’s just that he’s pretty consistently not a fast penciller – probably because he puts so much care and attention into the design as well as the execution of his pages.

Simply put, ‘TEC is a noir comic that usually features Batman but should be more open than that… it can be crime drama, police procedural, or a whodunit. If you have any doubts, look at the title. I would love to see ‘TEC get back to its roots… it started out as a showcase for crime stories and Batman didn’t show up until later.

Not that I have anything against Batman. Far from it. I just think there’s such a thing as over-saturation. He’ll be in a half dozen comics every month, so how much more do you need? There have to be other characters worth writing.

As for Batwoman being Rucka’s “pet character” I’d say that every writer has their favorites and if said favorite happens to be a character you helped create or develop, then that’s fine. Did people complain about character favoritism every time Denny O’Neil wrote another Ra’s al Ghul story? How about when Paul Dini writes Harley Quinn? It’s OK for writers to have certain favorites that they gravitate towards.

I say stand back and let the man tell a story. The fact that he’s committed to a year on the book and that it’ll be illustrated by JH Williams III is absolutely fantastic news. JH WILLIAMS III !! Yes, it’s fantastic. I’m a huge fan of both these guys, so I’m thrilled.

The only thing I’m concerned with is that I think DC might re-number. I think fanboys get too caught up with the nerdy collections side of comics reading, but now that it’s my favorite comic, I really don’t want them to restart these books with new numbers. I don’t have any real reason for feeling this way, I’m just sentimental.

No; it’s pretty abundantly clear that Dick Grayson is Batman when all this mess settles for a while.

Indications are that if they’re killing off anyone, it’ll be the current Batgirl, given that there’s a new Batgirl series starting, the prior Batgirl mini sold poorly, that Didio said at another panel that Barbara Gordon wouldn’t be Oracle going forward, and that there’s the “Oracle: The Cure” mini running during BftC.

Nightwing and Flamebird coming back to the Superman mythos all but guaranteed that Grayson would be retiring the mantle long before this announcement. If I were to guess, Two Face does something in the arc that drives him to take up the Batman mantle. Harvey has been positioned as his big bad arch nemesis for almost a year. “Big plans for you and me down the line, Nightwing! Big Plans!” Those last words with the Battle for the Cowl teaser image say a rematch is coming.