Wholly BatDad

Thomas Wayne killing son Bruce seems pretty unlikely, no matter that the headlines scream Waynes' superhero alterego, Batman, dies. It's not that fathers can't do that, or even that kids won't do that — or maybe even for merciful reasons wish their father dead.

No, we have to go back in history, back to this week's objet d'eBay, the Detective Comic #235 that details how Bruce took over the "real-life" role of Batman from his father, following what is now being proposed as his father's "death." When dad's a superhero and son follows in his cowl-licks, it seems bad storytelling for pops to kill junior, not the twists and turns for the caped crusader promised by the writer for the next few issues.