WTF. These writers are screwing with us!
It's like that time when I read about Mary Jane dying from cancer from Spiderman's radioactive sperm. =\
Update
Due to insistent public demand here are the CBR of the latest release on Batman RIP. For now I will be posting it but will not be updating for the subsequent issues.
Enjoy
Prelude to Batman R.I.P.
http://rapidshare.com/files/127056407/Prelude_to_Batman_R.I.P.__Pt.1_.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/127055857/Prelude_to_Batman_R.I.P.__Pt.2_.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/127056663/Prelude_to_Batman_R.I.P.__Pt.3_.rar.html
Batman 678
http://www.mediafire.com/?hb0mwwbq4ol
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First of all I don't have a scan. I'm really not a DC reader though sometimes if the arc is well written, I make an exception. I just learned about the ongoing Batman R.I.P. So far the latest issue is Batman 677. I will grab a copy as soon as possible.
I just read the synopsis in Wikipedia and I'm completely shocked by the revelations like the truth about Bruce Wayne's parents death.
Here is the synopsis from wikipedia:
At an unknown location, a group of international supervillains are gathered together under the behest of the Black Glove, led by Dr. Simon Hurt, the man responsible for the isolation chamber experiment that Batman underwent and the creation of the three replacement Batmen. They are planning a danse macabre for Batman and arrange for the sending of an invitation to the villainous Joker.[4]
Back in Gotham City, Batman and his new girlfriend Jezebel Jet receive an invitation to attend a party being held by the Black Glove, of which the theme is that of a danse macabre. This causes Batman to react in fear, as he believes that Jezebel (who has recently learned that Batman is Bruce Wayne) could conceivably be targeted for death by the Black Glove.
Elsewhere, Commissioner Gordon tries valiantly to convince a local newspaper into not running a story on a dossier that the publication has recently came into possession of. The dossier, allegedly compiled by a detective hired by the parents of Martha Wayne (Batman's mother), contains many shocking revelations: that Thomas Wayne was a drunk who got his wife Martha addicted to heroin, as well as photographs of an orgy involving Thomas and Martha Wayne, Alfred, and the stars of a noir film "The Black Glove". The editor also tells Gordon even bigger revelations: that Thomas Wayne may still be alive and that the "murder" of his wife Martha was part of an elaborate scheme to kill his unfaithful wife and fake his own death.
The dossier itself conceivably is part of a larger game being played by the Black Glove and his League of Villains, of which Doctor Simon Hurt is leading in their campaign against Batman. Having drugged Batman with a slashing from a tainted blade, Hurt gives M'Sieur Le Bossu and his henchmen, the gargoyles, the location of the Batcave.
Batman has the Batcomputer analyze all known data he has on the Black Glove and Simon Hurt. The result Batman receives, just before he collapses due to the drug he was exposed to and a trigger phrase implanted by Doctor Hurt; Zur-En-Arrh. Upon returning, Alfred is attacked by Le Bossu and his minions, and is badly beaten and restrained in the Batcave.
Bruce Wayne, meanwhile, has been drugged with crystal meth and heroin and left to wander the streets of Gotham. He is found laying in a pile of garbage by a vagrant named Honor, who takes the amnesiac Bruce under his wing, and adopts him as his bodyguard while Honor is buying street drugs. He gives Bruce a black-and-red plaid piece of cloth containing what appears to be a broken radio, telling him that it was once his greatest treasure.
Honor advises Bruce to speak with "Lone-Eye Lincoln", who reveals that Honor died the previous day of a drugs overdose. The implication is therefore that Bruce has imagined their entire interaction.
In the Batcave, Simon Hurt dons the costume of "The First Batman", which was the costume Thomas Wayne once wore to a costume ball, in mockery of Batman and his allies. He celebrates his victory, and solidifies the Batcave as his new base of operation for crime. Alfred can be seen behind him, badly beaten and covered in blood.
Robin tries to get in contact with Nightwing while being chased by the members of the Club of Villains, but Nightwing has been drugged, beaten, and placed in a straightjacket within Arkham Asylum under another patient's name.
Bruce Wayne, repeating the phrase "Zur En Arrh", takes the cloth he was given, and sews it into a new Batman costume: the red, black, purple, and yellow costume of the Batman of Zur En Arrh. It is implied that his drug-addled mind has made him believe that he is a Batman from this other planet.
