Well that was epic! Just as I've always insisted - Bruce Wayne is the real Hero 'Batman' is the disguise he wears. And it's all courtesy of the Black Hole known as 'Darkseid's Apokoliptian hunter-killer “curse” machine'. Otherwise known as that damn bat that flew through Bruce's window that time.
As per Final Crisis Morrison is talking here about the underlying Meta-physics of the DC universe; that it is LITERALLY made up of story and when a DCU emotionally charged object falls through a black hole it compresses into pure narrative, depicted as simple symbols.
I SO love the way Morrison has added one awesome element now to the collection (and how appropriate for a Detective). of 'Clue' pieces - the GUN, the BULLET, the STRING OF PEARLS and now - the BELL Bruce uses to call Alfred when the idea of Batman is formed.
In other words He's never been alone. Batman NEEDS his friends. He is, after all, the Hero most associated with taking on partners and now looks like cloning his whole existence with Batman Inc.
Like I said EPIC. And I use the word advisedly. This saga has been going SIX YEARS! Ever since Seven Soldiers and 52, Morrison’s run on Batman and Final Crisis. RIP and leading into Batman and Robin. That’s literally hundreds of comics and the crazy narrative aint finished yet!