WHAT DID BRUCE DO DURING THE TIME DICK GRAYSON STEPPED IN AS BATMAN DURING THE “PRODIGAL SON” STORYLINE?
The world will probably never know! Moench says that “Sherlock Holmes” writer Arthur Conan Doyle built a Holmes story called “The Giant Rat of Sumatra” that was referred to in a number of Holmes tales, but never actually told itself. “It was a fun thing for Doyle to do and something that piqued the interest of fans for years,” says Moench. “The idea behing ‘Prodigal Son’ is the same as that. We may or may not ever write the story of what Bruce did during this time.” WHAT MARTIAL ARTS FORMS DOES BATMAN KNOW? Damn near all of ’em. DIxon tells us that Batman’s two favorite are aikido (“That Steven Seagal style. As soon as Batman gets his hands on you, he starts breaking fingers and stuff”) and jeet-kune-do (“Bruce Lee style. Very effective against groups of attackers”). HOW MANY MARTIAL ARTS TEACHERS DID BATMAN HAVE? Lots. According to Dixon, “just about anyone in the DC Universe who is a master of his art, Batman has trained with.” In addition to training under Henri Ducard and “The Sens
