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themonkeybar · 08-20-2011, 07:35 AM

Wouldn't Bruce need more than 4 years training to be good enough to just not get killed on his first night out as a 17 year old bat in Gotham?

feliciano2040 · 08-20-2011, 07:37 AM

(08-20-2011 07:35 AM)themonkeybar Wrote: Wouldn't Bruce need more than 4 years training to be good enough to just not get killed on his first night out as a 17 year old bat in Gotham?

Naturally.

Personally I'd rather just not take anything as fact unless mentioned explicitly by either Didio or Geoffcon.

Rurik · 08-20-2011, 07:39 AM

(08-20-2011 07:37 AM)feliciano2040 Wrote: Personally I'd rather just not take anything as fact unless mentioned explicitly by either Didio or Geoffcon.

And anything they say will probably get retconed by them away in a few years.

themonkeybar · 08-20-2011, 07:40 AM

Didio would probably have him trained by magic fairies though...

Mr. X · 08-20-2011, 07:45 AM

It's an interesting idea. While that definitely makes the Robin dynamic work a little better, I really only see a teen Bruce Wayne traveling the world like in that Chris Roberson Superman team-up from a few months back. I can't see a teen Batman without thinking of Terry McGinnis.

matt.ishii · 08-20-2011, 07:48 AM

(08-20-2011 07:35 AM)themonkeybar Wrote: Wouldn't Bruce need more than 4 years training to be good enough to just not get killed on his first night out as a 17 year old bat in Gotham?

Well Bruce is a prodigy, so I don't think it would be a problem. Look at how quickly all the Robins learned to fight and went on patrols. They can't fight as well as Batman, of course, but then they didn't have 4 years of training, and they aren't Bruce Wayne.

chudleycannonfodder · (This post was last modified: 08-20-2011 09:57 AM by chudleycannonfodder.)

I can see Batman being in his early-mid 30s in the regular series (and that he started being Batman around 20/21 at the earliest). Until Superman showed up he was an urban legend, not a superhero, so Supes would still be the first "superhero" to show up.

**BIGREDROBOT** · 08-20-2011, 09:59 AM

I heard he was gonna be in his mid-40's. Which could be interesting.

chudleycannonfodder · 08-20-2011, 10:01 AM

(08-20-2011 09:59 AM)bigredrobot Wrote: I heard he was gonna be in his mid-40's. Which could be interesting.

I though he already was (close to) mid-40s.

Rurik · 08-20-2011, 10:03 AM

(08-20-2011 09:59 AM)bigredrobot Wrote: I heard he was gonna be in his mid-40's. Which could be interesting.

It would be weird if Batman was significantly older than Superman. Although it might work on a whole new level with the optimism of youthful Supes and an older hardened by life Bats