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Unsatisfying in story and art. (view spoiler)[Damian's death is short and more or less meaningless, and Talia's has no impact as well. It makes me mad to see Batman's son thrown away in more or less a fistfight with his clone, and then to have another roomful of clones makes his story arc seem pointless. (hide spoiler)] Much more could have been done with this material. And as in the first volume, it doesn't seem to be living up to its title as a world wide crimefighting organization when all th...
FUCK THIS. FUCK ALL THIS SHIT.After the absolute EPICNESS of "Death of the Family," issue #18 of every single New 52 Batman series I was following is essentially ruined because I have to go and find this shit to see how one of the (view spoiler)[MAIN FUCKING CHARACTERS DIES (hide spoiler)]?!-18 Stars
Probably 3.5 stars. The Talia al Ghul story-line appears to come to a blood-spattered, teeth-spilling, bone-fracturing, glass-breaking end. When I think of this book I likely will remember all of that detailed carnage. But . . . Even more entertaining were the several short Batman Inc. character stories that close the edition. Batman of Japan & Canary have a couple of horror/comedy adventures. The Squire-turned-The Knight (I imagine her played by Saoirse Ronan in the big-screen adaptation) works...
Also posted at Addicted2HeroinesEhhhh.I didn't love this volume of Batman Incorporated as much as some of my friends. Sorry, but I guess it just seemed kinda of chaotic and weird to me.Then again, with Grant Morrison you never know what you're going to get. I doubt that anyone will argue with me when I say that he's almost as iconic as the characters that he writes about. And when he's on his game he's undoubtedly the best. When he's not?Well, let's just say I have a love/hate relationship with
A really fitting conclusion to the Grant Morrison Batman saga. There were a few major deaths in this storyline, but I know some of them have already been "erased" to speak as most characters in comics just don't stay dead. If I didn't know better I'd almost thing "Grant Morrison" was just a pen name several different writers use, because the way his writing goes from one extreme to the other shocks me. Sometimes I have no clue what's going on in his stories, and other times it's really great wri...
I wrote and entire review for this. Then my internet connection acted up and it was all lost. I hate it when that happens. But here goes another shortened attempt at a review for this finale to Grant Morrison’s run on Batman:I did it. I've read the entire Grant Morrison Batman run. I even squeezed in some of the books by other writers. The original pitch for this was 15 issues, which wound up being Batman R.I.P. These 15 issues became a seven year run. One of the greatest things I’ve ever read.I...
Kind of disappointed a little by this book. On the one hand, Grant Morrison wraps up his multi-year run on Batman with the battle of Batman's life, but on the other hand everything gets tied up somewhat too neatly at the end. The build-up was so great, Morrison having piled it on so thick, it's no surprise that - even though I had no clear expectations as to the ending (other than being 'awed') - I feel that what I got did not meet what I was led to believe I'd get. If that makes any sense. Howe...
Grant Morrison's epic saga Batman Incorporated was seven years in the making, going back as far as Batman and Son where he introduced Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul's love child Damian, and continuing on with his run for Batman and Robin where Damian becomes the new Robin to Dick Grayson's Batman, as well as touching upon other Morrison Bat-stories like Batman 666 and Batman R.I.P. Its scope was that far-reaching; an accumulation of years of careful planning that aimed to unify and tie up every p...
I'm excluding the last two part arc in this book because I don't care about Japan's Batman. He's okay, semi-interesting backstory, but I just do not give a flying fuck. It just wasn't something I read and was like "OMG" saying that, excluding the "okay" story there, the rest of this book is a damn near masterpiece. It really banks on you reading the first rise of the leviathan arc from volume 1 to get the full emotion here. Talia is the villain and never has she been more...evil? I mean I know s...
Unfortunately, while Grant Morrison consistently puts out the best ideas in comics time and again, the esteemed author's strong suit just isn't endings. These years of Batman stories finally culminate in global Batman Inc's climactic final battle with Leviathan led by Lady Talia, and that's it. Some the disappointment stems from DC's sudden New 52 continuity that interrupted volume 1. The way the previous stories "counted" was left unclear. Still, the promised potential of all these different Ba...
Craaaaazy!!That was the one word that kept coming back to me through out this entire volume... Especially during the Japanese Batman story!! :D What was up with that tiger stronghold? Reminded me a lot of the thundercats' home :PFor the main story: Well, I think it's safe to say we all felt a major shudder when that blade went all the way through. It was quite the breathtaking moment...And what about the FULL BAT mode ... my .. god...And the artwork... FLAW-less !you see, there are a lot of good...
(A-) 82% | Very GoodNotes: Replete with homages, deep cuts and callbacks, it's packed with poignant pay-offs: evocative echoes of an era ended.
This didn't have as big an effect as I expected it to. Maybe because A Death in the Family was so great (Jason's death) in terms of showing Bruce grieving for one of his sons. I just felt like that one did a better job and there's some great stuff with him talking to Clark in later comics. This felt shortened, in a way. Perhaps it's better done across other Batman books of the time. I'm sure they mention Damian. As this was compiled, it didn't do a lot for me. Anyway, I enjoyed the bits with Dam...
The finale of Grant Morrison's lengthy Batman run, Gotham erupts in war and chaos, hyperbolic violence, and a satisfying resolution. After reading this entire series, I think of how perfectly Morrison weaves storylines together, retcons all of Bat history into one unbelievable continuity, while making it feel fresh with a myriad of colorful yet forgotten characters. The comedy and heartbreak, the love and madness. The incredible artwork. It’s over.
Solid Batman tale but seems like it takes place in another universe. Characters from the Canon out of nowhere to take major roles. That bugged me. I mean look, this is all fiction, but the best hero stories seem real still, somehow. This reads like fiction.Also, I hate to critique art, because I can't draw for shit. Chris Burnham is a great artist but his vision just didn't fit with what I expected, and actually distracted me a little.Damian...well, what can I say. I almost miss him. Almost.
Talia Al-Ghul’s Leviathan is taking over Gotham and only Bruce Wayne’s Batman Inc. can stop them! This is it, the final battle between good and evil, father and mother - and what happens when parents fight? The kids suffer. Gotham’s Most Wanted is a kitchen sink soap opera played out as high melodrama between superheroes. It’s also Grant Morrison’s final book in his seven year Batman run and it’s as amazing a finale as you’d hope. I highly recommend re-reading the first volume to remind yourself...
Still loving this art.
Why waste an entire comic telling a Japan Batman story when you needed every one of those pages to give the series finale some substance? For the love of gawd, Grant Morrison!! FOCUS!!!!! For once in your career, focus on the story you started with!! A ridiculous ending to a typical Morrison project. It's a frenetic, unsatisfying mess. Moo.And the "Big Event" in issue 8? Without the brief Requiem arc to follow it up, you would never know it even happened. Zero lead-up, zero catharsis; the opposi...
Was kinda hard to avoid hearing the big news re: Damian that spills in this book, so I come to the volume with a little dread and a little hope that comics will keep the dream alive the way they have done quite a lot of recently. I really hate to see the really great characters go away, and there's just so much potential for mischief and permanently-changed tension to keeping him on as an oversized piece of Batman's life puzzle.I find the re-emergence of Jason Todd is one of the better subtle su...
Well they do say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. This is certainly the case here as Talia Al Gul and Leviathan war against Bruce Wayne and Batman Inc. comes to a dramatic conclusion as she intends to make both Damien and Bruce pay for turning their back on her. To quote Batman explaining to Jim Gordon how it came to this, "There are people who's hurt feelings become a grand opera on an international scale". That sums this book up better than I ever could. It’s not quite what I expected a...