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 == Death == 

 Batman was killed by Darkseid's Omega Beam in Final Crisis #6. It should also be noted that Batman actually killed Darkseid as well by firing a god-bullet at him. 
 http://www.wizarduniverse.com/011409batmandead.html 
    

 Batman is not dead, the body of Bruce Wayne has been destroyed, however he is still alive somewhere.  Someone should really add this it seems important.   

 :The process of turning a live body into a corpse is called death. Reincarnation (or preincarnation in this case) in some other form still means the one in question died.    

 But the Omega Beam does not kill.     
 :What happened here is that Batman broke his rule, became evil, so had to ""kill"" himself. At least, in the story, it's implied that Batman's gone into hiding, if you read closely. Morrison said that Bruce Wayne isn't necessarily gone, so it doesn't quite work out as Bruce being dead. Therefore, Batman is not dead. We'll have to wait until summer to see for sure, because that is the release of the next comic book in that particular series in our Batman sub-universe within DCU. •  
 ::Personally, I think DC writers need to stop watching English/American soaps for plot ideas. I am quite done with the recent spate of tripe and Smell-the-Fart acting. Its a poor reaction of Marvel's Death of Cap America/Civil War storyline. Sorry, accidentally bumped against my Dismay-o-Meter, turning it on for a moment. ;)     
 :::Yeah, it's a trifle annoying. I really think that ""ending"" Batman is stupid and shouldn't be done. The legacy lives.... • "