That's what's got me most pissed off about this. Dickbat and Damian, against all odds, have been a joy to read. Tim's run as Red Robin has been pretty great, and I'll even admit I've enjoyed Batsteph quite a bit.

But nope, probably about to get stuck with the old Bruce-Dick-Babs trifecta and it's a damn shame...

Babs is Batgirl, and Dick is Nightwing. I couldn't care less about Cass or Steph, mostly because I haven't read most of their shit, but I'll miss Damian and Tim.

I am so excited for Cass to be raptured up into Retcon Heaven, you have no idea.

Oh dear baby Jesus Superman please, please let this mean nobody at DC writes a story about her in anything, ever again.

At the same time I'm pretty sad about Damien not existing anymore because of this event, because it means I'll never get to see him stop existing anymore due to being thrown off a cliff and then repeatedly run over with a truck.

OH WELL

Damnit, Steph's the only character I buy comics for these days. She damn well better make it through this ok. (SPOILER: She wont.)

Goddammit, I got into comics one year too early, I just spent like a hundred bucks getting into this shit. Luckily it was mostly Batman, Inc. which seems enjoyable on any level...I hear that is the only one that is going to get finished so I guess I chose the right "batcomic" to get into.

I've also been getting the new Batman Beyond, are they going to leave that one alone, because it just started this year...besides it's set in the future or whatever, it has nothing to do with the current shit...unless they retcon Hush out of existence or something I'd say it's not a big deal at this point. So hopefully they leave it alone.

Apparently Morrison's Batman work won't all be undone.

Link.

Not gonna lie, that's a major relief to me. I'm still pissed that Dick won't get to be Batman anymore but maybe he'll get the title back someday soon. But here's something else that's driving me up the wall: Barbara Gordon is back as Batgirl. Not only are they taking her out of the wheelchair but they're also taking Stephanie Brown out of the costume.

DC, why can't you just let your characters grow? Dick made real progress and for the first time ever Stephanie Brown wasn't annoying as all hell.

Personally, I'm fine with re-using the same characters forever-and-ever amen, just as long as they used within stories that end. (Elseworlds and One-Shots like 'Birthright', for instance). Even an ongoing complex continuity that lasts for a decade or two is fine, I just don't want them to try and retain previous continuities by crazy 'crisis-themed' specials.

I don't see a model like the one you're describing working out very well for anybody - I mean, you really want your superheores to age in real-time and then have them invent new, (potentially sucky) super heroes to replace them when they are too old? On the other hand, it sort of works for Doctor Who I guess.

I'm more in support of seeing sidekicks or some other person take over the mantle. It works for plenty of other superheroes and Dick Grayson proved that it could work for a major one.