• Batman as one of the criminals crucified with jesus Oh, I forgot, Batman WAS jesus.

• "Also, who does he fight in that era?" I bet they'll go with some lazy premise like: 'There has always been (& always will be) a Joker/Catwoman/whoever in some form, forever.'

• Holocaust-era Batman from the backup story in Paul Pope's Batman 100 was amazing

• Crap.

• I totally agree. I've discussed this with my friends in length -- Bruce must have plopped down in caveman land and chased after the nearest giant bat so he could kill it with his bare hands and wear it. And then he even bothered to find a normal sized bat to have rot across his chest. WHAT A MAN. (Also, who does he fight in that era? Cavemen who steal the other cavemen's meat?)

• Imagine how much time Batman must have to spend sewing and itemising his new costume in each era before he can go out and batpunch historical crime in the face.

• Apollo 11 Batman Batman in the Precambrian era Batman as one of the criminals crucified with jesus American Civil War Batman Conquistador Batman Batman as a double-agent for the Allies in the second world war Batman in Victorian England,as Spring Heeled Jack, or perhaps Jack the Ripper. Or, Batman as Jack Tripper.

• Dear Grant, I thought we had something really special when I read Arkham Asylum. Then R.I.P. happened and I feel like we just don't understand each other anymore. You're giving me such mixed messages and I can't deal with it. It's over.

• Steve Rogers went through moments in His Life Bruce is lost in all of time, or did you just not read Captain America Reborn

• The little bat flag is just plain cute.

• I've said it before and I'll say it again. Pirates were opportunistic, hyper-violent, cowardly, villianous, back-stabbing, traitorous, murdering, raping, pillaging, criminals. They weren't the rebellious vigillante anti-heroes fighting a corrupt system that we see in pop culture revision (though the legit system was plagued with corruption). You can call me a stick in the mud, and I'm fine with creative license/disbelief suspension, but how are they gonna reconcile a just and moral Batman with this characterization? Is he gonna be a pirate that hunts pirates while never doing anything pirate-y? I don't know why I'm fixated on this particular implausibility over others, but I am.

• Bliss. Sheer, unmitigated bliss. I figure there'll be an inevitable sequel. I mean, it's not like it's hard to squeeze a few more ideas out of this type of deal, just like the billions of Doctor Who stories 'between' the actual television episodes.

• Does anyone else notice that this is almost EXACTLY the same storyline that brought Steve Rogers back to Marvel?

• Is it me ore does Bruce looks happy as if he's enjoying being a pirate?

• Well trolled Sir.

• My favourite bit is the Bat skull and cross swords on the flag in the background. I really hope they throw in a Native American Batman. As I am Native American, I would die of happiness.

• hmmm... I feel like a read those already when they were called Elseworlds. Batman: Gotham Noir Dark Joker: The Wild It just sounds silly. Did they seriously mention bringing in a holographic Alfred to guide Bruce Wayne home?

• hmmm... I feel like a read those already when they were called Elseworlds. Batman: Gotham Noir Dark Joker: The Wild It just sounds silly. Did they seriously mention bringing in a holographic Alfred to guide Bruce Wayne home?

• It just looks like a pirate, not Batman the Pirate.

• Batman as a cowboy > Batman as a pirate

• I didn't know that. Thanks!

• I'm on your side, dude. This is silly, and I'm kind of been over pirates since I was 12 years old. - Batman jumping through time, dressing up and doing all this goofy crap? It's just cheesy and makes Batman even more of a joke than he has been these past five years or so. - And when he gets back, Bruce has to deal with Red Robin, his son Robin, Nightwing Bat-Man, Batwoman, Batgirl, and probably five more new Bat characters that will spring out of the woodwork. Maybe DC will mix things up and give us a Bat-Flash, or a Bat-Lantern, seeing as there are half a dozen Flashes and Green Lanterns (for Earth Alone) running around. - Siege is much more interesting than Batman playing pirates in historically inaccurate garb.

• I know they're keeping this short to get Bruce back to Gotham but it would have been so much more fun to make this a stand-alone ongoing series. Somehow I don't think there is anyone who doesn't know that he's going to get back to Gotham anyway, so it's not like it's going to drive the fanbase insane if the "Batman Leap" series is running parallel to him returning to the regular titles. Instead it's going to be another comic where Grant Morrison tries to jam a Wikipedia's worth of ideas into six issues and it makes no flippin' sense to anyone other than Grant Morrison...

• i am all for this! i need these comics in my life now!

• Lol. Probably. Art History and History are two diffrent things though. Unless Dali was a pirate.

• Grant has already confrimed Jonah Hex for the Cowboy Issue <i>Morrison: You'll see a lot of that stuff, like the growth of Gotham, the bloodlines of certain characters and so forth. There are DCU guest stars in most of the stories. The first one has Vandal Savage, of course and Anthro's family are there as well, and we see the origin of 'Kong the Untamed'. The Black Pirate. Jonah Hex.</i>

• Sure, sending Batman into the past in various time eras is cool while there are cool outfits...but what if they can't bring him back in time before they get to the dumb/offensive outfits? See Batman all fopped up like a French aristocrat with a powdered wig and tights, the Marquis de Bat? Or a hooded klansman, the Ku Klux Bat?

• The voice I hear in my head when I look at that is Russell Crowe's. D'ye know what oi fancy doin' today, mates ? ...FOIGHTIN' !!! Ohhh... Makin' movies, singin' songs, and foightin round the world...yo ho !!!

• :-)

• I hope to Zombie Jesus that in the cowboy one, he rides by a tavern or something and Jonah Hex is looking outside and gives a WTF look at cowboy Bats. Hex doesn't even have to be in the plot or anything, I just want a quick nod and then back to the action involving Bats.

• You win. :D http://imgur.com/gI3zO.jpg

• I checked out the cover for Return of Bruce Wayne #4. Batman in the wild wild west. Hell. And. Yes. The pirate thing? That's cool, too.

• Grant talked about the 6 issues in a recent interview Caveman Witch Hunter Pirate Cowboy Hardboiled PI Dark Knight

• Maybe his next leap will be the leap home? All we need is Alfred as AL with the little data pad... Jeez, I seriously could see that happening.

• Can we ban this guy for being a Negative Nancy? Seriously guy. Stop raining on everyone else's parade!

• Weird. Because I remember taking a class called Art History. We must've gone to different schools.

• Accurate or not, it makes for one hell of a picture. This is art, not history. I seem to remember those being separate classes in school.

• And you officially have minus 1,000,000 points for being an uptight doofus in regards to what is without a doubt awesome comics. Disagree? Well, you're wrong. You just are.

• You know, Pirates didn't really dress like that. The fashion was applied to the images in the mid 1800's because it looked "quaint." Minus several thousand points out of ten for historical accuracy folks. http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/pirate-clothing.htm

• Cant....stop.... but I'll try and PATCH things up. Mwa. Mwaha. Mwahahahahahahahahaha *punches self*

• So awesome. Seriously. Pilgrim pirate caveman horseriding Batman? Fuck and yes.

• Using the Horizon to draw out the Bat Symbol over the 6 covers is a fantastic idea and yeah April has a lot of great things coming oh and all you Batman fans THIS FRIDAY 7:30 pm on Cartoon Network Episode #35 - The Super-Batman of Planet X! http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/bravebold/guides/reviews/35superbatman/ Kevin Conroy as Batman of Zurr En Arrh and Clancy Brown as Rohtul Episode will be off the hook

• *punches* Bad Lo Pan! NO MORE LAME JOKES!

• wait... bat-beard would be both a ninja AND a pirate... That... that.... THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!

• This is so lame, dude. Seriously?

• I wonder if theyll reference Aaaaaaarrrrrkham.

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