Speculating About Batman's Next Story Arc!

[vampiric_cannibal]

I'm assuming maybe Riddler, Clayface, Croc or Black Mask. Perhaps Great White Shark. One of the ganglord villains.

[Choppa]

Joker becomes a woman.

Choppa called it first!

[Sunbird]

Dick gets shot in the spine, becomes the new Oracle.

[TZDEKA]

Joker becomes a woman.

Choppa called it first!

http://forums.comicbookresources.com...1#post14473652

Sorry man, but I did!

[bhandelman]

Death of Alfred?

Even this has been done before.

[darkseidpwns]

Quote from Caplluo from an io9 interview

"Following the Night of the Owls, yes, I'll put my hooks into one of the most broad rogues in the Batman gallery. The most I can tell you is that it will be maniacal, twisted, grotesque, and bloody. So of course, I'm very much looking forward to that."

Sounds like Joker to me,but would'nt be surprised if it were Riddler or Mad Hatter.

[Gnarkill]

Im kinda hoping mad hatter cause he can be creepy as hell when given the chance, but Clayface would be kind of cool.

[Choppa]

http://forums.comicbookresources.com...1#post14473652

Sorry man, but I did!

Damn you!!

[ethank]

From what I've gathered, Hatter is in issue #8 of Dark Knight and is being strongly considered for an upcoming arc...

[ForeverYoung8]

The Joker used Doc Brown's old time machine to start the Court of Owls. Batman teams up with Marty McFly to save the space-time continuum.

Heavy...


If the "status quo" is to be changed, I hope it's something that pushes the character forward and not another change to his past (like young Bruce getting locked in that attic while searching for owls). As somebody mentioned, seperating him from his money for a while could possibly lead to some interesting stories.

[WhitOro]

Gotham City literally becomes the villain, by revealing herself as an ancient Evil-God shaped like a city named Goth-Ahm.

[ForeverYoung8]

Gotham City literally becomes the villain, by revealing herself as an ancient Evil-God shaped like a city named Goth-Ahm.

"We thought we ran this city. The way the park looks under snow was totally our causing. The cracks beneath the feet of citizens, we put there. But after we scared the sh!t out of the goddamn Batman and got a few lols...we found out we were WRONG."

~The Court of Owls

[Arkham_Frog]

"We thought we ran this city. The way the park looks under snow was totally our causing. The cracks beneath the feet of citizens, we put there. But after we scared the sh!t out of the goddamn Batman and got a few lols...we found out we were WRONG."

~The Court of Owls

Brilliant! I would read that!

[bat39]

This is the real problem with these big story arcs like Morrison's run or Court of Owls. You always have the feeling of...what next? I mean, what DOES Batman do after defeating a centuries-old cult? Go back to fighting Mob bosses and costumed freaks of course...kinda anti-climatic, but there you have it; the cyclical nature of comics!

Trouble is, that all the big earth-shattering stories and 'events' have already been done with Batman. Death of a Robin? Check. Crippling of a Bat-family member? Check. Robin becoming Batman? Check. Renegade Bat-family member? Check. Batman dead and resurrected? Check. Batman having a son? Check.

I mean, after ALL this...there's literally nothing left to surprise people!

In the last few years we've had Batman discover he had a son who's a trained assassin; go up against the ultimate villain, a very personification of the Devil himself; lose his memory and travel through time; establish an international network of crime-fighters; and now return to Gotham to take on an ancient cult which has ruled Gotham for centuries...(and that's not even bringing up the stuff which happened BEFORE...)

What else is there?

[nepenthes]

Joker reforms and moves into Wayne Wanor. This is a serious idea I still think it could work