And you kinda figure the first thing they would have done after the whole Seduction of the Innocent deal would have been to give the athletic teenager who spends all his time with the reclusive billionaire a nice set of leggings at least. This is an interesting route because Batman had already been playing a father figure since 1940 when Robin was first introduced into the book.

Además de reunir los números de Morrisón, presenta un pequeño o mínimo resumen de eventos ocurridos en historias que se relacionan de una o de otra forma con lo contado por Morrison en "Batman" así que realmente te da una visión amplia de lo que hizo este autor con el personaje, tal vez se necesite de un poco de contexto para enten 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 .Damian wants to replace Tim Drake as Robin, because he fells that as Batman's son, he's the only one that deserves to be Robin. Morrison isn't just doing this to subvert expectations, the tale itself is riveting, exciting and delirious. Morrison does revisit some of his characteristic themes and motifs: the day of initiation that is also eternity, the necessity of passing through the abyss, the instability of reality, evil as physical degradation and decay.

If that would happen in the odd page, it wouldn't be a big deal, but sometimes there are over 10 pages in sucession without numbering.Eh, I’m not the biggest fan, but it does coherently tie up the Doctor Hurt storyline that began in the first volume. Although the creator has steered clear of most of Batman’s well-known foes (save the Joker and small roles for the Red Hood, Catwoman, the Penguin, Man-Bat and Talia Al-Ghul), Morrison has taken great joy in reworking various classical and established pieces of the Batman mythos to create something which seems fresh and new. 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.

So this crazy last arc leads to Bruce going head to head with the Black Glove organization in a nice bloody battle. I love that he borrows the imagery of the well from Batman Begins, a portion of the mythos I haven’t seen beforehand. It all happened" is Grant Morrison's inspiration for this, something to tie together and reconcile the zany Batman stories of the 1950s and early 60s with the grim Batman of the 1980s and beyond. Using the soul-destroying Anti-Life Equation, Darkseid is remaking the heroes, villains, and everyday people of Earth in his dark image…and destroying the very fabric of reality itself in the process.If you are a fan of Batman, it would be a travesty to miss out on this collection of his dark times and some of the best villain interactions, and the stories that include his son. In his secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. Batman was part of it, but also international crime fighters whose methods were similar to ours, directly inspired by the Dark Knight. It’s interesting that, as the title implies, the story affords Batman a chance to reflect on his origin and whether – in the magical world of the DC Universe – Batman would ever take the chance to change things as they unfolded. The revelation, for example, that Darkseid’s “god-bullet” is the “essence of bullet” or “the blueprint, the template for every bullet that had ever been” seems a bit redundant.

Since then he has written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Then we head into a arc that introduces the concept of Batman training 3 cops to help take down crime incase he wasn't able to. Batman had no idea there was a child but learns he was grown using Batman’s DNA and an embryo from Talia, raised to be a master assassin and is only twelve years old. Since the end of The Modern Age/Post-Crisis era, DC Comics soft rebooted its universe more than once.During their run, Morrison managed to reinvent Batman, adding one particular element that has stuck around for fifteen years and counting: Batman’s son. Absolute Edition: Ultra-oversized, slipcased editions meant for a refined bookshelf and reading in the home. It's a nice capstone for the Batman comic, though not as good as Neil Gaiman's "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader", which followed a few months later [4+/5]. 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. 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.