The misses and I took our kids to a Halloween party on Saturday where I got my picture taken with a pregnant Batman (see image, that's me on the left).

This image led on to a conversation at work today which I found quite fascinating and led me to a few questions which I thought I would share as an article with you.

My work colleague said after seeing the picture “Well it can’t really be Batman as they are pregnant and Bruce Wayne being a guy is not going to fall pregnant is he?”

I could see where they were coming from BUT I then felt compelled to start explaining the multiverse concept to them whilst simultaneously explaining Flashpoint too.

I was explaining that in flashpoint ‘The Flash (Barry Allen)’ in his attempt at saving his mother's life went back in time to stop the killer which in avertedly alters the entire course of history in the DC Universe, it changes Batman to become Thomas Wayne and not his son Bruce, it also changes The Joker to become Martha Wayne and not the guy we have known for so long, not to mention what happens to everyone else in the DC Universe like Kal-El, Aquaman, Hal and Wonder Woman to name just a few whose lives were altered by Flashpoint.

Take this into account with the multiverse (or meta-universe, metaverse) which is the hypothetical set of multiple possible universes (including the historical universe we consistently experience and mainly read about in the DC comics) that together comprise everything that exists and can exist: the entirety of space, time, matter, and energy as well as the physical laws and constants that describe them, then I think that the possibility for a pregnant Batman is there or thereabout.

The DC Multiverse consists of numerous worlds, most of them outside DC's main continuity or the DC universe where our main DC hero’s live. The first time DC used this was way back in 1953 where Wonder Woman fell through a space-time warp and encountered her other self, so tell me why couldn’t a flashpoint type scenario have happened on one of the multiverse universes, its earth 1, 2, 3, or whatever???

NOW taking all this into account AND the fact there is already a guy who gave birth to children (Thomas Beatie), granted he used to be a woman but lives his life as a man and gave birth to the children as a man (if you haven’t seen before please check Google) this leaves me with a few questions.

Could a multiverse Batman who has gone through a Flashpoint event become pregnant?

Could Batman go though a possible transgender operation on a multiverse which turns him from a man into a female that can give birth?

Could this Flashpoint type event have altered Thomas and Martha’s pregnancy which in turn then makes Bruce Wayne a she who could then become a man and give birth?

Could multiverse Bat's get a woman's womb implanted into him to carry a child?

So many questions/theories my head may explode!!!!!!!!

Time for me to finish for the week but before I go I will tell you that YES!!!! This is the stuff that goes through my head on a daily basis, so if you ever speak to my misses please say well done as she has to put up with this type of conversations on a daily basis.

Regards

Muldwych

What?! I couldn’t find another one with speaking in it. So, the reviews are shifting back to the DC universe and it’s all about the cape and the cowl. This week’s Hot Picks will focus entirely on one series, I’ll review two of the books and make recommendations for other books that are available from (Cardiff) Library.

Superman/Batman started back in 2003 (can’t believe its been going that long) and was given to Jeph Loeb (Hulk, Ulitmatum, Ultimate Avengers). At the time he was working with industry favourite Ed McGuinness, although later stories have featured art by a whole range of other artists, and similarly writing duties have also frequently changed.

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Link: http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/

It's been exciting times with all this DC relaunch news, exciting but exhausting, being on this side of the pond makes it difficult to keep up but here is a collection of all the covers for the relauched Bat Family books with a little bit of comment by me when I think it's needed.

Detective Comics #1 - Tony Daniel

Writing and drawing from Tony Daniel again, he's done it well before just after Batman: RIP, tough job but if anyone can do it, he can. Shame Detective is going back to #1 but I'm certainly not as cut up about it as some fanboys, it just a number dudes.

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Link: http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/06/03/green-lantern-1s/

We've already seen Justice League #1 and yesterday a whole host of other covers but today brings possibly one of the bigger titles given Green Lantern's rise to prominence under Geoff Johns. Judging from this first cover, it looks as though the Green Lantern is rising from the grave but surely not, haven't we already been through this? I say The Green Lantern, rather than Hal Jordan because really we have no confirmation that he will be our Green Lantern...but he probably will be.

So what do the The Source have to say about it?

GREEN LANTERN #1

This fall, Geoff Johns reunites with artists Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy, as the series begins anew with GREEN LANTERN #1 with cover by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado. Together they will continue to thrill readers and expand the Green Lantern mythos.

Well that tells us absolutely nothing, thanks, but what about the rest of the Lantern titles? (continue past the jump for the rest of the Lantern titles)

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Link: http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/06/02/the-new-justice/

We saw the full cover to Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 yesterday but today DC have dropped a whole lot more on us with another look at all the latest relaunch covers and yes it seems this is now being called a relaunch and not a reboot. So far I'd say these are looking very 90's, all extra pipping in the suits, new belts, funky boots, bigger claws and trousers for the ladies. We'll still have to wait and see how they turn out but at the moment I'm looking forward to getting me some Savage Hawkman action, hell yeah!

WONDER WOMAN #1 - Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang.

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Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/

I could go into long winded explanation of what's been going on at DC but the long and short of it is this; Wildstorm is no more and DC Comics is staying in New York whilst DC Entertainment moves to Burbank, California.

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