David Johnston wrote:

Really there is no part for Batman in this.  After all, a Batman
of the future would concentrate on threats to MegaGotham, and Freeze
was hardly a Joker or even Catwoman level of interest for Bats on
a personal level.  You are right to leave him out.

	I agree. I'd like to point out that in my original posts on this
subject, my objective was NOT to get RPM to add a new character into his
fic but that if Batman had already been written in, to feel free to use
him. I would also like to point out that I mean as a CHARACTER and not a
plot device...

<Nene & Mackie sitting to breakfast and wondering just what to do about
the horrible turn of events>

Nene: Mackie? What are we going to do? 

Mackie: duh, I dunno Nene, perhaps will simply implode?

<crashing sound and ILM effects as figure forms in their kitchen>

Firgure<yelling>: POWERED BAT-MAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN!!!

Nene & Mackie: Powerd Batman!

Powered Batman: Leave everything to me!

	...you get the idea.

	What would be an interesting cameo or appearance would be Oracle. In
the Alan Moore (if Frank Miller is the King, Alan Moore is a GOD IMHO)
manga "The Killing Joke" Barbra Gorden was shot through the spine and
paralyzed for life (unless they changed this recently, I haven't kept
up) To find someway to be productive in her life, she took on an
Internet persona as Oracle, being an omnipresent force of info and tips
to any who needed her help. Nice little possiblities here, both are
Redheads, both LOVE computers and both have a strong police background.
Sounds like a match made in cyber-space.

	Keep in mind that I'm only suggsting possibilities and am in fact
already enthralled by the current story... laser unit price not
withstanding.