Gold Digger - magic and magic users still exist but the age of magic is over and most magical beings retreated to other realms some time ago.Five years later, superheroes start to appear again. In Earth 2, after Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman died fighting off the parademon invasion, the world considers the "Age of Wonders" to be over.The knight goes away mourning the end of the romantic era and the chronologically this is the last book of Early years where all the other stories will take place in Dungeon Zenith, where barbarism rules and Hyacinthe becomes a bitter Dungeonkeeper who attracts adventurers to die in his castle. In Dungeon: The Early Years a knight asks if Hyacinthe will avenge his father's death by the traditional way (duel with the offended party one at a time), Hyacinthe says he will use the modern way (slit everyone's throat while they are sleeping).And as a final request, rather then rebuilding the kingdom, that Excalibur and the Holy Grail be returned to the Lady of the Lake in hopes of his kingdom's subjects making their own future. Arthur knew well before going into battle this was going to happen. King Arthur ends with the Knights of the Round Table dead and Camelot in ruins after the war with Dracula. Several other comics came out at the same time dealing with each hero's personal End of an Age. Crisis on Infinite Earths is about the end of the multiverse and the birth of the universe.What makes it the end of an age, specifically for this version of Batman, is that unlike most continuities, the Legacy Character trope is defied when Dick Grayson decides he'll take over as Batman, Helena Wayne (Bruce's daughter and the Huntress in this continuity) tells him not to, instead suggesting that he continue fighting crime but as his own man, since "only legends live forever - not the men who make them". He defeats him, but dies doing so, and the story ends with his funeral.
Golden Age Batman's story ends with "Only Legends Live Forever", where an older, widowed Bruce Wayne dons the cape and cowl one last time to help the Justice Society of America stop Bill Jenson, a thief given magic powers.Batman #400 is the last story of the pre-Crisis Batman, and ends with: "And so the night of resurrection nears its end, but when next he strides forth from this dark womb of bats.
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