Frank Miller's decided to send Batman after Osama in a new graphic novel

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

February 14, 2006 -- Batman will use his extensive knowledge of caves to go after a new villain — Osama bin Laden. DC Comics' famed Caped Crusader will turn his focus from clowns like the Joker to face off against chillingly real al Qaeda thugs in an upcoming graphic novel called "Holy Terror, Batman!"

"It is, not to put too fine a point on it, a piece of propaganda," legendary Batman writer Frank Miller said of his latest project. "Batman kicks al Qaeda's ass."

Miller called the comic "an explosion from my gut reaction of what'shappening now" and "a reminder to people who seem to have forgotten who we're up against."

In the comic, the Dark Knight's hometown of Gotham City is attacked by terrorists, and Batman sets out to settle the score.

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[democracyindanger]

1. On the other hand,

"Batman: Year 100" will "...battle his own villains. The series is set in a high-anxiety future, where totalitarianism has nearly snuffed out the remnants of humanity. America in 2039 is a police state, individual liberties have been curtailed, and there's a dark sense of impending doom...A distressed-looking Batman is the only person Big Brother fails to track, and the superhero's mask symbolizes the last hope against a corrupt government encroaching on individual privacy."

[Benfea]

2. Eh....

…this sounds cheesy and exploitive, if you ask me. Besides, Miller's Batman stories have been getting weaker and weaker over the years, so I'll probably pass on this one.

Wake me up when someone does a proper movie remake of "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns"