Batman #678 R.I.P. (2008) DC comic book. Written by Grant Morrison, Art by Tony Daniel & Sandu Florea, Cover by Alex Ross. Part 3 of "Batman R.I.P."! Batman's mysterious adversary has won. All is lost for the Dark Knight. Bruce Wayne is now deranged and dissociated, wandering homeless in the alleys of Gotham City. Is there a chance that Bruce can rebuild his Batman identity from scratch, or is this truly the end for one of the world's finest heroes?