1. Time
DC ComicsSo, you know how the previous entry said that at the conclusion of
Final Crisis that Batman was dead? Well, we lied. Or more accurately Grant Morrison lied and then proceeded to create one of the most ridiculous Batman story arcs of the past twenty years (and trust me, hes responsible for a lot of them),
The Return of Bruce Wayne. As it turns out, instead of just killing the Bat, Darkseid sent him back in time to the dawn of man as a kind of unwitting time bomb that will blow up reality. Bruce, suffering amnesia and unaware of this plot, fights through the ravages of history in an effort to return to the 21st century, bringing us such terrors as Neanderthal Batman, Pilgrim Witch-Hunting Batman, Pirate Batman, and other renditions that wed never care to see again. Ever. How he manages to just punch his way through time in a Jason-Bourne-meets-the-Time-Bandits-esque fiasco, is never really fully explained and that may just be a good thing because the sooner this arc is forgotten the better. The takeaway from all this? 1. If the character ain't broke, don't fix him, and 2. Even if youre absolutely certain Batmans dead, youre wrong.