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Though she isn’t a recurring character throughout Morrison’s run, Morrison draws on her history with Batman to cast his new Robin in a surprisingly believable retcon . That sort of “magic bullet” is one of those great high concepts that you don’t need to spell out for the audience – as a ridiculous comic book idea, it’s fairly self-evident. An abandoned mine in the country houses a Lazarus Pit, making it a valuable target for local gangs like King Coal and The Pearly King of Crime. It also features gorgeous oversized art from DC's top talent like JH Williams III, Tony Daniel and Andy Kubert (SO much better than Adam). After the mysterious and somewhat shocking climax of Morrison’s first act, his second is split between a straight-up superhero story with many chuckles (that’s this part!
It occasionally gives us nice views into the characters' heads, and the (too infrequent) artwork is beautiful, but this is prose writing, not a comic, and written by someone too in love with his own words [1/5]. The second arc of this series is “Revenge of the Red Hood,” which might confuse someone unfamiliar with Batman lore at the time. When I read this full crossover, I found it entirely mediocre, but these two Morrison issues are clearly the good part, suggesting a crossover that's better and more coherent than it really is. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. This triad of characters will be the centerpiece of Morrison’s run, with other supporting figures coming in and out of the story.I don’t doubt that I’ll go back and re-read the entire run and – no longer seeking to surge forward to Morrison’s next brilliant idea – I’ll be able to appreciate this chapter in the saga for what it was, but I am still more than a little disappointed.
It's definitely in my top two favourite Batman runs (the second one being Tom King's), and it's a must-read for every fan of the character. It’s a good piece, and one I couldn’t help thinking of as I read Dick remark in a rather fascist tone, “Spread the word.But this is Damien trained by the league and his insane mother, so he's vicious, a asshole, and beats the living shit out of Tim and even offends alfred. There are plenty of books out there moving at a slow pace, I don’t need Grant Morrison’s work to be among them. The collection takes a brief detour as “The Resurrection of Ra’s Al Ghul” storyline crosses all the titles under the Batman umbrella.
You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The next jump sees Jonah Hex riding into Gotham, hired by Monsieur Savage to hunt down a troublesome “ghost” plaguing his operations in Gotham. It should actually be in the post at the moment, but I don’t plan to review it until my Batman-ithon in July next year. Before reading this, I highly recommend reading Batman: The Black Casebook which contains some stories from the 50s and 60s that the omnibus references.
It actually took me multiple sittings to finish this one and it focuses on Batman as he is introduced to his son Damian and the whole thing with Talia and dealing with the son and then him being the next Robin and how it brings challenges in the family and dealing with Dr Hurt and whatever happens there with the Black Glove which was such a great story aka Black glove, its just too good and one of the most psychedelics story you will ever read and might think that you're yourself going crazy and that proves how well the story is written. She wants Bruce to join her and Damian as a complete family, a dynasty to eventually rule the planet. There are also three epilogues showing the futures of Batman Beyond and Morrison’s own Batman One Million from his JLA storyline. Now superheroes from around the world–and across the Multiverse–must make a last, desperate stand against the forces of Anti-Life.
I love the way that Morrison manages to at once acknowledge the camp era of Batman and also end it, all in under ten pages. I particularly enjoyed Alfred during these sixteen issues, who has a whole new outlook on the war against crime now that two new people are in the driver’s seat. This story arc also introduces Oberon Sexton, aka The Gravedigger, a masked mystery author from the United Kingdom. Now collecting the entirety of this epic saga, this first of three omnibus collections introduces Batman to his son, Damian Wayne, and takes the Caped Crusader from the brink of death to the edge of madness. Time is pliable,” comes the revelation at the end of The Missing Chapter, as Batman reflects on how he has shaped his own destiny through time-travel.
There was a time when his name was synonymous with absolute quality, and just the mention of his name on any book was enough to warrant an instant, anxiety free purchase.