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Ummmmmm...

WTF is this!?

According the DC's blog and Grant Morrison, this giant prehistoric rodent pelt wearing caveman, and the pirates, witch hunters and cowboys that will apparently follow, are all part of “The latest chapter in the long-running, ‘definitive’ Batman epic.”
Personally, I'd like to know exactly what he's been trying to "define" over the last few years. I get the whole nod to the nutty Batman comics of the 50's, but I thought that Frank Miller gave the finger to those pieces of shit and buried them once and for all.

Wasn't that the point of "The Dark Knight Returns" and "Batman: Year One" - including the brilliant Christopher Nolan movies based on them - to create new book ends for Batman, between which all the silliness of the past didn't exist and could finally be forgotten?

Like a sitcom that's run a few seasons too many, Batman has had more Robins that a bird sanctuary, and more spin-offs than Dr. Who. He even has a stereotypical demon seed son with the stunningly creative name, "Damian".
In the latest crisis to befall the Caped Crusader, poor Bruce now has to star as a historical dress-up doll in the conclusion to the cop-out story of his "death", which occurred only a short time ago.
I've stopped even trying to make sense of it.

So, while Bruce Wayne regains his memory and finds his way through history in in incoherent continuity, and DC publishes pointless stories of Dick Grayson babysitting the real Batman's bastard son as well as his tattered legacy, I'm going to read other comics and wait until what's left of Bruce Wayne's comic book integrity has found it's way out of this abyss of science fiction and psychobabble bat-shit, and back into interesting, maybe even fun, storylines.
With any luck Batman's historical journey through time will take a sharp turn and lead him back to Year One so we can try this again, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Until Christopher Nolan's next movie makes you cool again, or until Frank Miller comes back and f*cks with you in style; I give up, Batman!

Yes, your parents are (we think) still dead. If only you could have been lucky enough to stay dead for a while more too.

So long for now, Batman.
And Merry Christmas!