Batman Inc must be over

[samurainoir]

Glad Damian's staying for the time being and glad Morrison's writing him.

Would be entirely surprised however if they didn't make Morrison put all the toys away back the way he found them after his run.

Making the reader who actually has been following his run initially hate the character of Damian... because they are predisposed to anyways, before making him much more sympathetic as time goes by, and finally killing him just as you start to care about the character.

Although when you think about it, Damian is very much the reflection of much of today's potential kid audience. Just as Robin was initially intended as a certain kind of wish fulfillment back in the day.

Think about it... how cool would it be to find out that Batman was your dad? Not only that, but you are the biggest badass ninja who can whup anyone's butt. The sad truth is, the state of today's families is that often kids are stuck between a mom and dad who don't live together and don't necessarily get along and are alternately absent (emotionally or physically). Well there is a reasonable explanation for that... he's fighting crime and she's busy trying to take over the world. Y'know, yypical modern parents with careers. Doesn't matter 'cause I'm ROBIN!

[thunderbolt]

Yeah...just you and tbolt it looks like.

And everybody else that actually reads the comics. Which is a lot it looks like since Didio is leaving it alone.

[The Bat]

All I'm saying is, I don't see too many Morrison fans on this board.

[argent007]

Morrison is the same schmuck who "didn't trust" Martian Manhunter despite his being a founding member of the JLA.

His Batman, Inc. is on par with Frank Miller's All-Star Batman and DK2. All this nonsense with Darkseid and time-travel. It seems like Morrison and Miller just hate the character and get their kicks out of spitting in the face of fans and the people that sign their checks.

Anyone remember how Morrison closed out his run on Animal Man? It was basically the middle finger to whoever would write the comic after him.

I was hoping DC's try at Heroes Reborn would undo his crappy run, but instead in their wisdom they appear to erase the Killing Joke. Brilliant.

[argent007]

That said I did enjoy All Star Superman and Astonishing X-Men.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I loved Morrison's JLA (esp the first several arcs) and really liked All-Star Superman. But his Batman work has rubbed me all kinds of wrong.

Chris

[The Bat]

I loved Morrison's JLA (esp the first several arcs)

Chris

Same here.

[samurainoir]

I'm actually more of a raving fan for Morrison's more oddball stuff like We3 and early superhero experiments like Zenith and Doom Patrol than I am for his more mainstream Superhero stuff, although it's always an enjoyable read for me.

Here's why I think there are only a handful of Morrison-likers here though... he doesn't hit the proper notes between that 70s/80s nostalgia demographic, nor the current grounded Batman we see in the Nolan movies.

I mean I often find myself laughing out loud when reading Morrison's stuff, which kind of goes against the grain of what most want out of a Batman comic.

If fans want to see Batman travelling into space, or hanging out with Bat-mite they tend to want to see it in context of that more fun goofy milleau... like the Batman Brave and Bold cartoon with it's devotion to the look of Dick Sprang, or even the Adam West "Camp" tv show.

With much of Morrison's stuff, and undeniably Miller's Latter Days output, there is a definitely an undertone of laughing AT Batman... or at least questioning his mentality on a level that the character was never meant to stand up to. Killing Joke was pretty much the end of the line in that regard. I get why fans would be off-put by that thread of inquiry because it tends to collapse under the weight of his most ludicrous elements as Morrison pays tribute/pokes at Caveman Batman etc.

[thunderbolt]

and being a fan of the 50's Batman stuff and a bigger fan of the Adam West TV show I dig it and get what he is doing. Batman and Robin especially had the flavor of the old show mixed with an angry little Robin playing the bad cop to Dick's good cop. I've read enough grim and gritty Batman for my lifetime and like to see something more inventive done with the characters

[The Toyroom]

I loved Morrison's JLA (esp the first several arcs) and really liked All-Star Superman. But his Batman work has rubbed me all kinds of wrong.

Ditto! Fan of his Animal Man and Doom Patrol runs too...But his recent DCU stuff, not so much...

[ctc]

>Inc is back in 2012 and will be 12 issues,

Wait.... So they're already soliciting the revision of the upcoming retcon?

Don C.

[The Toyroom]

^ No Batman Inc. is going on hiatus after issue 11...to give Grant Morrison more time to work on other stuff he's had back-burnered....it will return in 2012 for 12 issues (with a new #1) to tie up Morrison's run on all of the Batman titles.

[MEMEGO]

so did i waste my time with this story line, where Bruce begins to form a league of Batmen? why bother to put us threw this crap. We fans deserve to see a story reach its conclusion. The only good thing, is that I hope the reboot wipes away Morrison's contrived and lackluster story line.

[BlackKnight]

...
Nightwing had the red suit or something in a few issues of something a while back ... DCU Classics even made an exclusive figure of Him in the suit that was a TRU Only figure.

Not really a fan of the red myself ...

However I feel interested in picking the book up ... I enjoy Borrows Pencils quite a Bit ..., He did some Blackest Night stuff I dug, and some Teen Titans stuff I liked.

I'll most Definately be there for Batgirl ..., Probably Batman & Detective...
I am reading the Finch Batman book Now ..., I got the 1st 2 issues... 1st issue was dated Jan ..., 2nd is dated May ... This is either a 5 Month book ,.. or it's already behind, or something... But From the 1st 2 issues, I like it alot, and it's the 1st Batman Book I've enjoyed in like 5 years ..., With the Exception of Red Robin.

[samurainoir]

"I'm opening up the Sci-Fi Closet Alfred."

Pretty much sums up the genesis of much of Morrison's run and how he approaches Batman since making that statement.



As Adam West, Dick Sprang and the recent Brave and Bold cartoon have show, there is room for multiple interpretations of Batman and I'm finding the wild inventiveness of going back to that 50's stuff kind of refreshing. I have no doubt that there are enough grim and gritty "street" Bat titles for fans of that stuff to not have to read Morrison's run.

Funnily enough though, I really think Morrison's Batman also owes quite a bit to Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams more globetrotting James Bond style Batman.