London
(ANI):
Batman
fans
may
witness
a
gruesome
death
of
the
Caped
Crusader
in
the
upcoming
comic
book,
the
creator
has
revealed.
The
character,
which
first
appeared
in
Detective
Comics
in
May
1939,
might
be
killed
off
after
70
years
in
the
new
book
titled
'Batman
RIP''.
''Batman
RIP''
will
see
"the
end
of
Bruce
Wayne
as
Batman",
according
to
author
Grant
Morrison.
Rumours
are
abuzz
that
Batman
will
suffer
a
gruesome
end
when
his
sidekick
Robin
goes
over
to
"the
dark
side" and
destroys
him
in
a
terrible
betrayal.
Others
speculate
that
Bruce
Wayne
may
either
retire
from
his
duties
or
be
killed
by
a
mystery
villain
known
as
the
Black
Glove.
"What
I
am
doing
is
a
fate
worse
than
death,
things
that
no
one
would
expect
to
happen
to
these
guys
at
all,"
the
Telegraph
quoted
Morrison
as
telling
Comic
Book
Resources.
Morrison
declined
to
reveal
who
the
new
Batman
would
be,
but
the
frontrunners
include
Tim
Drake
who
has
been
Robin
since
1991
and
Dick
Grayson
-
the
original
Boy
Wonder.