Actually, there were quite a few who certainly suspected Jezebel from the moment she started questioning Bruce’s purpose for being Batman, not to mention her being able to see the trigger word. And yeah, it certainly is a bit of a cilche, which is why I think there are readers who still refuse to believe that she could be the Black Glove even now, but, given that she fits the whole black and red motiff (quite literally and symbolically) and that there have been little hints throughout her appearances (Scans Daily has posted the scenes she’s been in during Morrison’s run) and, if Morrison means that the Black Glove has been there “since the beginning” of his run, she appeared in the first issue of Batman he wrote).

Oh, and she is someone “the whole world knows about.” She’s a world class model and practically the head of an African nation, if you recall.

Hopefully not after the beating he got. But I think everyone guessing Jezebel wasn’t in on it were more desperately hoping it wasn’t the case than anything else. And everyone in the world who’s reading this now knows who Jezebel is.

Exactly how I feel. Each issue has at least one really good moment, but on the whole Morrison’s Batman is a lackluster mess.

The “Damsel-in-disress-that-turns-out-to-be-in-on-it” is such a genre cliche that I’m surprised anyone didn’t see it coming. I was expecting this reveal sooner or later. But no, I don’t think she’s the Black Glove. Morrison also said that he was a character that “everybody in the world knows”, and that sure ain’t Jezebel Jet. I’ve still got a hunch it’s Alfred, because that’s the type of stupid-ass thing DC likes to do these days.

And the praise for Mark Millar’s character work leads me to believe that’s the problem. I’ve always found Millar’s characters to be too callous and superficial for me to connect with any of them as much as I connect with Morrison’s introspective, reflective characters.

An amazing coincident is… she IS black.

Really!

But hey, I guess it could be worse. Hush could be involved.

Don’t worry. Knowing Morrison, the Black Glove is an idea or something.

I think its clear–she’s a villain, a part of the plan.

That doesn’t mean she’s the leader. I doubt it.

> “Maybe the person who is really dying here is the Bruce Wayne identity.”

Yeah, this has been one of the big theories for a while. After all, pretty much everyone involved in this plot seems to know who he is by now. Sure, Morrison could just blow them all up with a big bomb at the end… but I don’t think he will.

My take: He escapes dying, but is outed. He then quits being Batman–for a while at least. But when he eventually comes back he will spend a few years (until some future huge retcon) with no more secret ID.

And this implies that Robin and Nightwing have to be public too. I mean, would it make ANY sense that Bruce could be without them being revealed?

On a side note – Anybody here wondering whether we’re going to end up with a Bat-title that kind of mimics what Brubaker has been doing with Captain America for the past few years? I.e. a “new” Batman learning the ropes/proving himself. Or do we think this is all a feint and Bruce Wayne “WILL” still be Batman.
Maybe the person who is really dying here is the Bruce Wayne identity.
Maybe what happens is he is either revealed to the world as Batman or fakes his death or something and Batman is just plain Batman. No secret ID. No hiding.He’s now just out there. There’s no more seperation between the two identities. They “merge”. That could be what the RIP stands for – Rest In Peace Bruce Wayne.

I just mean I hope she’s not the actual Black Glove.

Frankly, I don’t care about any of these bozos : they’re not characters, they’re plot devices. And Batman fighting uninteresting villains that’s missing the point for me.

(For reference, some of my favorite writers are the 80′s incarnations of Jaime Hernandez and Frank Miller).