CBR News: Year of the Bat panel

[Joe Grendel]

WW PHILLY:
BAT-TIME IN PHILADELPHIA
by Justin Jordan, Special to CBR News
Posted: June 5, 2005

Dan DiDio, Scott Beatty and Bruce Jones finally revealed the answer to one of the DC Universe's deepest and most abiding mysteries at the Year of the Bat Panel at Wizard World Philly: How exactly do you pronounce Ra's Al Ghul?

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=5372

[Mister Intensity]

The panel proved that DC still has no clue on how to handle Batman.

Mister Intensity

[west3man]

WW PHILLY:
BAT-TIME IN PHILADELPHIA
by Justin Jordan, Special to CBR News
Posted: June 5, 2005

Dan DiDio, Scott Beatty and Bruce Jones finally revealed the answer to one of the DC Universe's deepest and most abiding mysteries at the Year of the Bat Panel at Wizard World Philly: How exactly do you pronounce Ra's Al Ghul?

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=5372
The name has been pronounced on one or more of the animated series. Was that not definitive enough or did they contradict themselves?

[jetter_cheeze]

The panel proved that DC still has no clue on how to handle Batman.

Mister Intensity


Got any details to go with that statement, or was the intent to be vague?

[Sharcque]

The name has been pronounced on one or more of the animated series. Was that not definitive enough or did they contradict themselves?
Read the article....they address that very issue.

[Mark Thorson]

The events of "Infinite Crisis" will push Batman even further back to his roots as a lone vigilante and detective fighting a one-man battle against the darkness that took his parents.

Despite the tragedies with the various Robins and the push to return Batman to his more solo roots, Robin will remain a vital part of the Batman story. The panel all agreed Robin was a necessary part of the myth. He helps keep Bruce in touch with his humanity, stopping him from becoming ever more relentless and brutal in his crusade.

Wow...that's interesting....no Oracle maybe? Just Batman and Robin in Gotham?

[Corrina]

"The loss of another Robin, with death of Spoiler, was a tragedy but not the same kind of failure that Jason. Stephanie had already been fired, been told she wasn't good enough by Bruce, but she did it any. And died in the process. Sad, but different than Jason's death at the hands of the Joker. "

GAH!

Sure, yank the kid's chain around then cut her loose. To my mind, Batman is far more culpable in Stephanie's death than Jason's death. Jason had no future when Batman tried to help him. Stephanie, with the right emotional support and attention, could have been anything she wanted.

That, coupled with the fact it seems accepted fact now that Bruce Wayne is only a mask, means I probably won't be buying any Batman comics in the future, unless All-Star Batman is any good.

The funny thing is, from the previews and the reviews, Batman Begins has a much better handle on the character than the comics.