The world’s greatest detective will finally meet his fate in Grant Morrisons’s “Batman: RIP” dropping February 10th, 2009. In the highly controversial new storyline Bruce, who initially appeared in 1939, is murked by Simon Hurt – the leader of the dubious Black Glove organization. Simon proclaims he’s actually the late Dr. Thomas Wayne, who faked his own death when Bruce was young, and the caped crusader will die when he tries to stop the villain fleeing. Don’t for a second think that the death equates the end for the dark night, as it is only the beginning, or genesis to an entirely new story. The character of Batman will be reincarnated with probably one of Robin iterations…

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