Passing of a Legend

Since nobody really know who I am and why I am writing about this I will give you a quick background on why. I LIKE COMIC BOOKS. That's why, easy enough I believe.

So on Saturday in between classes I went to my LCS (Local Comicbook Store) to pick up my comics for the week. Knowing fully that the issue was going to be there. The one I had been waiting on for roughly 8 months now. Final Crisis 6 of 7, this issue had two big things going on. Number 1 a big fight between Supergirl and Mary Marvel, and number two the death of the Dark Knight Batman.

So the big fight fight between Supergirl and Mary Marvel kinda disappointing. They threw some heavy punches, Supergirl used her heat vision and blasted Mary two her teammate Captain Marvel Jr. and he finished her off with a magic lighting bolt. So that was just a really big let down.

Next the death of the Dark Knight. DC comics has been teasing for about a year now that they would be killing of Batman. Hard to believe I know. When I had heard this, I thought that they would just have Bruce Wayne stop being Batman. Kind of like what happened in the Knightfall series when Bane broke Batman's back and Jean Paul Valley took up the mantle as Batman for a while. That's not what happened at all.

But before the dramatic end, back story. In a nut shell, Darkseid (yes its spelled right, pronounced Darkside) powerful overlord of the 4th dimension got into a big fight with his son. His son was killed, and so was Darkseid so we thought. Any who things got bad Batman was captured, the worlds ending, and low and behold Darkseid is behind it all. Now the good stuff. So Batman does his thing and gets free, beats up a lot of bad guys to get to Darkseid. They exchange a few words and Batman then says "I made a very solemn vow about firearms, but for you I'm making a once-in-a lifetime exception." For those of you who don't know Batman doesn't kill and does not use guns. So Batman shoots Darkseid with a special bullet full of radion toxin from Darkside's world to kill him. Before Darkseid is shot, he manages to use his Omega Beams. Omega Beams are like Superman's heat vision times a 1000. So with that he kills Batman. Not a this was all a dream death, but as dead as a fictional character gets in comic book world.

I know this won't get as much publicity as Superman's "death" but still for someone who likes comics at all this will be a significant thing. So now we will have to go on without Bruce Wayne being Batman. But the world needs a Batman, so who will it be?