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^ I really don't mind that aspect of Morrison's run on Batman....I like the nods and winks to history...I just don't care for Damian and the whole R.I.P./Final Crisis/Return of Bruce Wayne was too dragged out IMO...
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... The Original Knight ..., Often Imitated, However Never Duplicated. The 1st Knight in Customs.
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Y'know, I just noticed that Batman had a DALEK in the Scifi closet. Awesome.
Although when you think about it... Damian is torn right out of that tradition of "imaginary" Batman stories where he has some kind of problem with his child (Superman as well had a number of those, sometime both of them at once).
And it does come straight out of Mike Barr's Son of the Demon as well.
Remember the ones where Dick becomes Batman? The only thing that is significantly different is that serious undertone that Batman seems to need thiese days, but you can clearly see Morrison often has his tongue firmly planted in cheek while playing it straight camp. But with Pirate Batman and such, it's very difficult not ot.
My prediction for Batman Leviathan....
Other than that, he's pretty much emptied out the 50's of all it's trappings.
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Yeah, Morrison mined the Bat-stories most fans dismiss. I appreciate him taking a somewhat novel approach, but Steve Engelhart did a legendary run in the 70s where he mined the earliest Batman stories, and when he was done he put the toys away where he found them. Can't do that with Morrison's run without a major reset or a Bobby Ewing shower moment.
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Of course Batman has a Dalek. Would love to see that crossover done by Morrison.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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I just found out recently that Morrison had written some Doctor Who. But of course they were both the Doctors that I am pretty unfamiliar with. Still not completely understanding the Penguin even though it's been explained to me that it's not simply typical Morrison nuttiness.
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>Of course Batman has a Dalek.
Who do you think took down the Iron Giant?
>Still not completely understanding the Penguin
....er.... the Doctor was going through an "Evangelion" phase?
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Ya know, I think if DC had kept "Hypertime" (a Morrison invention, no?) things would have been much easier...People like Morrison could play in the sandbox the way they wanted to and it wouldn't have to screw up things for everyone else. All stories could have happened at one time or another, and the DC Multiverse would have been a much richer place.Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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You guys honestly don't think they can't kill Damian at a moments notice and get back to the regular Batman status quo like we're seeing over at Marvel with Bucky-Cap?
Get Tim out of the Bird Suit and back into the cave and you've pretty much got it all back again... particularly with Babs back as Batgirl. Heck, Kathy Kane is Batwoman again after disappearing for a good half century!
It really is the illusions of change more than anything else when you think about it.Comment
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Morrison's Batman is the best version of the character since Adams & O'Neil. It's just that simple.Comment
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I think this one has much potential...
Anyone else dig Warren Ellis and John Cassady's Batman/Planetary? Basically a love letter to all the different eras and incarnations.
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