Finally: A Batman We Can Love

Fantastic news coming from DC this morning: Bruce Wayne will no longer be Batman. Instead, series mastermind Scott Snyder explains that “The character we’re putting under the cowl never expected it, never saw it coming and never set out to be Batman.” Which makes perfect sense within the character of Green Lantern the Dark Knight.

This is great news, because as Chris Nolan’s ponderous, stultifying movies proved, there’s no way to tell interesting stories with the Bruce Wayne character anymore.

If the new Batman isn’t Muslim, trans, AND gender-queer, then it just means that the reactionary Republican bigots at DC aren’t interested in growing the audience for comic books.