Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with the first of two interesting comic book rumors... this one originated at DARK HORIZONS from a fan who supposedly met Christian Bale and got some mighty tasty words outta him regarding the future of BATMAN... It may very well include the future of SUPERMAN... Read on for the story!

'Frequent Flyer' claims to have met the lovely Christian Bale at Heathrow last week and dropped in this: "He's still quite bulky from the Batman part! Anyway, I said Hi, got an autograph, wished him luck with Batman (asked me if I was going to see it - like, duh) and I said I hoped he's back for Batman again. "Two more actually, and then Brandon Routh, the new Superman, and I, are doing Batman vs. Superman as a movie". Is that a scoop?". You bet it is honey.

Now could this have been a prank on Bale's part? Was he just pulling this poor person's leg? Did this ever happen at all? Would Wolfgang Peterson still be involved if this is true? I don't know, but it's certainly interesting.

For more SUPERMAN news you can go over to BLUE TIGHTS.NET and see our first glimpse of Brandon Routh's Superman curl and smile as well as pics of the yummy-yummy Kate Bosworth all brunette and reporter-like... not to mention the official new, updated Superman emblem being released at Superhero Hype!... Yeesh. Lotsa Super schtuff happenin' these days!