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From Adventure Comics 462 in 1979.

This is the death of Bruce Wayne. Bruce looks like he is in his 60s here. Dick is still Robin but is all grown up now, and his biological daughter Helena is the Huntress.

Bruce comes out of a year long retirement one year after Selina his wife was shot and killed.

If this issue isn't deserving of the title "Manly Tears", I don't know what is...

The comic is 68 pages, but the Batman part is just the beginning.

Jensen managed to defeat the combined power of Green Lantern and Dr. Fate quite easily.

Also instead of a Justice League there is only the Justice Society.











Suggested tags: char: batman/bruce wayne char: huntress/helena wayne char: nightwing/robin/dick grayson title: title: adventure comics theme: manly tears

Date: 2010-02-10 02:12 am (UTC)
bob_dylana: (huntress)
From: [personal profile] bob_dylana
The smiling Batman in the horizon cracks me up more than words can express.

Date: 2010-02-10 03:26 am (UTC)
nezchan: Toony version of me, more or less (happy Batman)
From: [personal profile] nezchan
More likely, they've got primo weed in heaven.

Date: 2010-02-10 04:44 am (UTC)
star_of_airdrie: (Default)
From: [personal profile] star_of_airdrie
and nachos!

Date: 2010-02-10 02:25 am (UTC)
chipsnopotatoes: (Default)
From: [personal profile] chipsnopotatoes
Batman with the Square Jaw! That's how I tell it's Earth 2 Bruce

Date: 2010-02-10 02:42 am (UTC)
darklorelei: (Default)
From: [personal profile] darklorelei
I blame BTAS, but smiling!Batman always fills me with unease.

Date: 2010-02-10 12:20 pm (UTC)
stig: "It Was A Boojum..." (Default)
From: [personal profile] stig
I was more amazed by the combo of Dick's oblivious stupidity ("Huh? You mean...YOU want to be Batman?") and his...really odd-looking mouth. Jay Leno's chin spliced with the overbite of a Beaver.

Date: 2010-02-10 03:53 pm (UTC)
bob_dylana: (Default)
From: [personal profile] bob_dylana
Yeah, Dick's comment was kind of the cherry on top to all of this.

Date: 2010-02-10 06:02 pm (UTC)
mystery: (Default)
From: [personal profile] mystery
But that's not stupid, is it? Do you mean because it's just the wrong gender? I actually love that comment and think it's terrific.

Date: 2010-02-10 10:24 pm (UTC)
stig: "It Was A Boojum..." (Default)
From: [personal profile] stig
No, just that he doesn't get the gist of her point and leaps to a somewhat illogical conclusion.

Date: 2010-02-11 05:31 am (UTC)
bob_dylana: (Default)
From: [personal profile] bob_dylana
I thought it was funny because he was kind of hysterical over it in a matter of seconds because he assumecd that it was what she wanted. I wasn't saying the remark was stupid just that ya know, Dick was over reacting in a funny way.

Date: 2010-02-10 02:27 am (UTC)
xammax: (Herc)
From: [personal profile] xammax
... I know some people prefer this to Earth 1 or New Earth or Current Batman; but the idea that Batman would just walk towards the guy taking out the JSA seems so stupid I can't tolerate the idea.

Date: 2010-02-10 06:07 pm (UTC)
mystery: (Default)
From: [personal profile] mystery
Huh. I never really realize there were people who preferred Earth 2 Batman. I mean, I don't hate him or anything--it just never occurred to me. Fewer stories, for one thing, I suppose.

Mod note

Date: 2010-02-10 02:43 am (UTC)
kingrockwell: he's a sexy (Mod Hat)
From: [personal profile] kingrockwell
Looks like you have nine pages here. The 1/3 limit on a 15-page story like this is 5 pages. Please trim accordingly.

Re: Mod note

Date: 2010-02-10 04:07 am (UTC)
kingrockwell: he's a sexy (Mod Hat)
From: [personal profile] kingrockwell
Cool time, thanks.

Date: 2010-02-10 02:45 am (UTC)
thokstar: Spot (Default)
From: [personal profile] thokstar
Huh. Somebody should have noticed the title of this story when Final Crisis was being hyped as "Heroes die. Legends live forever." especially given what Morrison was doing on Batman.

Date: 2010-02-10 02:57 am (UTC)
sistermagpie: Classic magpie (Default)
From: [personal profile] sistermagpie
The tears, they are manly. Even coming from the women. I love that Dick thinks Helena wants to be Batman.

Date: 2010-02-10 03:20 am (UTC)
uadlika: (goddamn fabulous batman)
From: [personal profile] uadlika
Thoughts:

Bruce burns the Batsuit. I would assume since he's Batman that the suit cannot actually catch on fire, which is why he can grab it out of the trophy case.

What was the context of Selina's death besides a gunshot wound? I'm surprised that Bruce didn't apeshit over "MY PARENTS AND WIFE ARE DEEEEEEAD."

lol at Dick's first thought being Helena wants to be Batman. "But I would fill the briefs so much better!"

Date: 2010-02-10 03:39 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] cricharddavies
"By 1976, Selina's criminal past caught up with her. One of her former underlings, a henchman named "Silky" Cernak blackmailed Selina into resuming her Catwoman identity. He forced Selina's obedience by way of a falsified photograph which showed her murdering a Gotham City police officer. Cernak forced Catwoman to rob the Gotham City Civic Center. Commissioner James Gordon caught wind of the incident and contacted Batman for assistance. The aging crime-fighter arrived at the Civic Center and fought with Cernak's goons. Kicking a gun from an assailant's hand, the weapon went off, shooting Catwoman in the chest. The blow knocked Selina from a fourth floor mezzanine, where she subsequently fell to her doom. She died cradled in Batman's arms, claiming that 'I did it all for you'. "

Date: 2010-02-10 03:33 am (UTC)
iskander: (Default)
From: [personal profile] iskander
The enxt issue is really kick-ass. Fate and the JSA get some pay back on the grass that juiced up the guy who killed Bats.

Date: 2010-02-10 03:59 am (UTC)
sarno001: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sarno001
Really? I'm the first person to jump on the "He was a second father... and more" line? Really, s_d, I'm disappointed in you.

Date: 2010-02-10 04:21 am (UTC)
arysteia: (Default)
From: [personal profile] arysteia
Thought it... Refrained... Must be gaining maturity in my old age. :D

Date: 2010-02-10 10:17 pm (UTC)
uadlika: (Default)
From: [personal profile] uadlika
motto

Date: 2010-02-10 04:27 am (UTC)
perletwo: His parents are dead. (Batman - parents are dead)
From: [personal profile] perletwo
I can't be the only one who sees it, right? I mean, this is s_d.

Page 11, the bottom panel. The "Batman Dies!!!!!11!1!" panel. isn't the focus of the panel pretty much on Helena's ass there?

Date: 2010-02-10 12:16 pm (UTC)
iskander: (Default)
From: [personal profile] iskander
That's Joe Staton. He never missed an opportunity....

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