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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 2614344" data-attributes="member: 1288">Probably not... But maybe.The fact that the movies and comics are not directly linked may be true, but it's inaccurate to assume there's no connection. The various media drive each other. The movies and cartoons exist because of the comics, and often draw storylines from them. The comics change because of what's popular in the movies. (As an example, they changed Raven in the comics to more closely match her abilities in the Teen Titans cartoon.) While it might take years to "catch up," it's naive to assume that a major change in comics won't eventually reach other, more mainstream media. If DC were to kill off Bruce Wayne, I guarantee you one of two things would happen:A) Movies, cartoons, and the like would eventually change to match, orB) The comics would "undo" the death.It might take years, but one of the above would happen.On a personal level? Batman isn't just a suit with a mask. The character includes both aspects, Batman and Bruce Wayne. I can guarantee you that while I'll watch "alternate takes" that take one out of the other--such as Batman Beyond--I will never watch, or purcahse, anything that purports to be "real continuity" that does so. I'm not interested in reading about or watching some guy in a bat suit. I want to see Batman. Nobody else but Bruce Wayne fits that description.And frankly, it'd be foolish. Replacing Batman won't do a thing for comic sales in the big picture. Sure, it'll boos the circulation of a couple of issues, as people buy out of curiosity. But I have serious doubts that it'll attract that many long-term readers, and it may well lose some. If DC is really counting on the success of this sort of stunt to save their comics in general, I wouldn't bet even a buck on their chances--and I might almost be inclined to say they deserve to fail.</blockquote>

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