Comics braniac Grant Morrison resuscitates a slipstreaming Dark Knight in the highly anticipated six-part miniseries Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne. The time travel starts with the late Paleolithic era, judging by the panels above and below, which debuted Thursday on DC Comics blog The Source.

Those who know their Morrison remember that his sprawling, apocalyptic Final Crisis ended with Superman cradling what was left of the Dark Knight after a titanic fight with multiversal nemesis Darkseid. Now Morrison is dragging a time-lost Bruce Wayne back to the future, with help from a rotating cast of stellar artists: Chris Sprouse, Frazer Irving, Lee Garbett, Yanick Paquette, Cameron Stewart, Ryan Sook and Andy Kubert, who crafted the series' compelling covers.

Morrison's six issues, the first of which arrives May 12, will plunk Bruce Wayne into various pulp scenarios, from a colonial village to pirate-infested high seas to the Wild West and forward through time into the character's more familiar noir-scapes. "It's Bruce Wayne's ultimate challenge," Morrison told USA Today last year. "Batman vs. history itself!"

We'll speak later with Morrison about Bruce Wayne's ominous return, as well as his forthcoming Batman and Robin collection, Patrick Meaney's biopic and much more.

For now, feast your eyes on Bruce Wayne's strange return in these panels from Issue No. 1 of Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne. Then let us know your thoughts about Morrison's run on the iconic superhero in the comments section below.









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