The reason most people grow out of reading superhero comics is that nothing ever changes for long. Inevitably, everything eventually returns to the status quo. Enter Grant Morrison.I've been a fan of Grant Morrison's work for quite some time. From Animal Man to The Doom Patrol to the Invisibles to Marvel Boy. His appeal for me is the same as Roger Zelazny's: he has so many ideas flying off the page at the same time. I started picking up Batman because I had a hunch Morrison would shake things up...

This is kind of all over the place. Not my favorite Batman collection, but parts of it are good.

Re-reading this second collection of Morrison's Batman run was a total blast! I loved it and it has made me extremely curious to read his upcoming (Oct. 2018) take on Green Lantern.The 'Black Glove' storyline opens with Batman and Robin reuniting with the International Club of Heroes on a mysterious island. It all turns a bit Agatha Christie-esque as they realize a killer lurks among them and is intent on picking them off one by one. Can they discover the murderer's identity in time to save them...

Basic Plot: Batman imposters are crowding Gotham and Bats is on the case.I collect the Batman comic (just the main title), and as a result, was more than a little confused by the storytelling. I don't know how much is told in the other books, so this story was a bit confusing for me. Good- with lots of interesting layers to the story that made it much more of a mystery than a traditional "superhero" story- but a tad confusing for a person who doesn't know the entirely of the history and doesn't

I think The Black Glove is always where my comprehension of Morrison's run starts to break apart. The main problem, as I see it, is that this is where the series becomes deeply intertwined with The Black Casebook, a collection of Silver Age stories that Morrison is heavily reliant on as inspiration--so heavily reliant, in fact, that the flashbacks he incorporates here are given no real context, so you sort of have to have a couple books open side by side to absorb everything, further challengin...

The League of Heroes (667-669). The conceit of a League of Batman Heroes is terrific, and another touchback to the Silver Age. This is also an enthralling thriller full of great characters and it offers a great new foe that we want to learn more about. The awesome Williams art is just the cherry on top [5/5].The Third Batman (672-674). A confusing story, but one that rather magnificently links the story of the Three Batmen to date with the story of Dr. Hurt to come. The question of whether Bruce...

I enjoyed the first arc in this collection with its 10 Little Indians set up on a mysterious island, gathering the global Batman style heroes from yesteryear. There is also a pleasing Watchman style nostalgia vibe going. I love Watchmen but usually hate the imitators but this one is quite enjoyable without breaking too much new ground. Unfortunately the rest of the book is pretty impenetrable which nearly turned my brain to sludge trying to follow it. Not enjoyable at all.

If Batman and Son was Revolver, The Black Glove is Sgt Pepper’s – Grant Morrison goes a bit off-reservation with his stories here, something his critics hate, but his fans love. Fortunately I’m a fan and I enjoyed this re-reading it as much as I did the first time around. The first half of the book is Morrison rewriting Agatha Christie’s AMAZING novel …And Then There Were None, where a group of strangers go to an island to meet with a wealthy host and stay the weekend at his mansion – only to fi...

2.5 starsThe book felt pretty choppy to me. I kind of get it, because I've already read the stories that came after it, but I can't imagine what I would have thought of it otherwise. Between the abrupt changes in the story and the multitude of loose ends just left dangling.... Eh. It's Morrison.I think Mike's review summed it up pretty nicely. Too bad I'm too retarded to figure out how to put a link in here to it.

I understand the desire of some comic book readers to skip the monthlies and move to these sort of collected trades so that they can have a larger chunk of the story at one time.That mentality helps this collection get a second star, otherwise it would have gotten just the one. The opening story (not sure how many parts it was, this is one jumbled mess of a collection) attempts to bring some of the goofier Batman stories of the 50s and 60s and bring them into modern day Batman continuity. It wor...

WOW -- Batman: The Black Glove blew me away. It contains some masterful writing. I will warn you ahead of time, that in order to make sense of Batman: The Black Glove you must read Batman: The Black Casebook . Without this you will be lost. I think Batman: The Black Glove is perhaps the most underrated chapter of Grant Morrison’s Batman run based on reviews I have seen on Goodreads. Make no mistake; this is an indispensable piece of the R.I.P. Series.The book is separated by two...

This was choppy and confusing and all over the place for the most part. The second half story line had me far more interested than the first. Meh!

First part with Morrison's version of Ten Little Indian was a blast and second one explained a lot what whas going on in the previous volume.Sadly last issue artworks were not as good as the others.

Welp. I have this volume in my collection even though it's all in my Batman and Son Deluxe Edition. I went through this to see how it plays out without the first story arc that mentions Jezebel Jet in Batman and Son. This volume clearly has two distinct stories in one. The first story arc revolves around The Black Glove and the whole costume party in a lone mansion where a person gets killed, one by one. The artwork for this story arc is splendid and unique. The difference with the second half o...

The story in the beginning was a bit confusing to me but I liked the rest of this the devil Batman is scary as hell props to Morrison for making him terrifying.

Ummmmmm.... what? The order of this book is so disjointed there were a few times that I had to go back and double check which plotlines were real and which ones were flashbacks or hallucinations.I think I am getting the gist of the whole overarching storyline (Batman and Son, Black Glove, and RIP) but I'm not 100% set on Grant Morrison as a whole. I've heard that his Batman stories were trippy and weird, and they're totally right.If I didn't know that SPOILER Batman's death was in Final Crisis,

Two distinct stories in this volume and they go together about as well as peanut butter on egg rolls. The initial outing is a costumed vigilante version of Ten Little Indians a.k.a. And Then There Were None (including the 'stuck on an island' bit, and featuring Batman's international 'offspring') that was okay but derivative. The latter story - back on the miserably mean streets of Gotham - noticeably / violently shifts gears and was of more interest. A similarly-dressed character, who is reveal...

I wanted to love this so much, but it was so messy/disjointed. There were so many things going on. Although it made sense in the end, getting there was tough. The art was absolutely beautiful and iconic, but I expected so much more, considering everyone loves Grant Morrison's Batman stories. The second half, and the storyline of the Batman replacements was really interesting and great, but the first half was just a mess. It's BATMAN, come on. There could've been more prominent villains or charac...

I loved the introductory story. I have no idea where Damien is, but Tim Drake and Batman go to an isolated island owned by a reclusive billionaire for a reunion of sorts. Batman once teamed up with a set of international superheroes to form a league, under the aegis of this billionaire. They fell apart, but they care enough to show up for the reunion. Only, when they get there, the host is missing. And eerily, they start getting picked off. This is Grant Morrison's And Then There Were None, and

Morrison's use of long-forgotten silver age characters adds some wonderful nostalgia to an already fantastic story.