Kube

For those who still read the comic book, how come every few months do they re-tell Batman's origin?

They do it quickly. Sometimes they take a page. Sometimes half a page. But they keep telling and retelling it.

They just did it again in a Bruce Wayne Fugitive story. Are there really people who don't know it?

Why?

Jackskeleton

takes up space

elias

I think the idea is that potentially every issues is picked up by someone for whom that issue is the first they've ever seen.

Cat

Batman has been around for what, 40-50 years? Who doesn't know his history? Anybody that picks up a Batman comic and reads a one page "history" of how he became Batman and says, "Wow! I always wondered how that happened!", should be kicked back to the cave they came out of.

Cat

AgtFox

Amazingly there probably are people out there that have no clue about Batman's origin. Writers in today's comics have to write for the lowest common denominator at times because the comics industry DESPERATELY needs new readers. New readers are not likely to jump on a book halfway through a story arc where they have no clue who the people are or what the situation is.

Comics need new readers and having short origin stories might make someone continue on said book if they pick it up. Having it constantly is a problem...however, you have different writers on the different Bat books and although they work on keeping continuity they are mostly left on their own.

madcougar

As a regular reader of all the Batman titles, I have no real idea what you are refering to. Perhaps, I just don't realize it since I read the books on a regular basis.

However, you have to realize that at times the writers must visit the motivation for a character's actions. This is a reality of ALL comic books heros.

RudeBoie

As another regular Batman reader, I don't think it happens THAT often. Besides, there are a lot of details on how Batman came about that get altered through the different mediums (movie/comic/animates series). The main idea stays the same, but the details do change.

This stuff happens with Spider-Man and most popular comics.

BJacks

From yet ANOTHER regular Batman reader, and someone who's in the business, I also haven't noticed anything even remotely akin to what the original poster is stating. It is far and few between when an issue of any Batman series recounts the origin story. Occassionally, if it makes sense to put it in the story, then they will. I skipped the Fugitive arc, so I can't comment on that.

-Brian

SpacemanSpiff

just read year zero and stop crying

Kube

Spaceman - nobody here is crying. And what are you talking about?

SpacemanSpiff

just kiddin dude


year zero is supposed to be tight though

Kube

What is year Zero?

Is it a new story line or a trade paperback?

SpacemanSpiff

graphic novel by frank miller
check it

Kube

I thought Miller did Year One.

SpacemanSpiff

thats what i meant
im just slow today

RudeBoie

Of course, there's Zero Hour, which was a whole different thing in the DC Universe that did revisit the origin of Batman

Kube

I think (but not sure) that you can buy Zero Hour in 3 trade paperbacks. Their version of Batgirl looks good.

RudeBoie

I didn't know that. Anyone know if this is true and what title I could find it under? Be interesting to check it out. May go look on Ebay and Amazon right now.