Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #454483 in Books
• Published on: 2010-05-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Customer Reviews

Well i thought it was really good!
You have to read Batman and son and maybe the Black glove first but if you read them chreonologically a great culmination of a very well put together story

Grant Morrison, take a bow!
This storyline has been building for a while. Morrison has been working hard on integrating all the Batman stories ever written into one narrative, and has succeeded brilliantly, even managing to include the weird 1950's SF stuff by explaining it away as an hallucination brought on by a sensory deprivation experiment.

This is not linear storytelling. This is a challenging (but very rewarding) read. The story does become fractured, but that fits perfectly with the context of The Black Glove taking Batman apart at a psychological level. Be prepared to have to read this several times to pick up on all of the threads. You'll also have to be prepared to read it all in one go, since as with the majority of Morrison's best work, the devil is indeed in the details.

If you want a traditional Batman tale, this is definitely not for you. You'll probably hate it (as many of the reviewers here seem to) if you just want a comic book action movie featuring Batman. If you're prepared for a wild, insane ride through Batman's biggest challenge so far (well... until The Omega Effect, anyway), you'll enjoy this.

Euthanasia
Wow! I sympathise (a little) with the previous reviewer, this Batman story isn't an easy journey, but it's a bravura piece of story-telling. Morrison's outdone himself here. This is a reimagining, a reconstruction, a demolition-job/love-letter on a Watchmen scale. I don't say that lightly. I fell in love with comics largely due to Batman (...and Silver Surfer and Howard the Duck.) I've followed his legend, on and off, for over thirty years, through good times and bad. Even the most devoted fan knows, deep in their dark heart, that the hanging up of the cowl has been long past its due date. It's more or less essential that you read the entire Morrison run to 'get' Batman R. I. P., but it's absolutely worth it. It's an epic, entertaining, occasionally bewildering mix of pantomime and psychodrama. But, every deft move that Morrison pulls perfectly illuminates an aspect of the development and decline of the Batman. This is a long, steady look at a story that has run its course. It's not easily done, it's not a whim... It's like agreeing on a divorce after a romance has gone cold, ending a partnership after it no longer yields a premium, putting down a faithful old dog after a lifetime of friendship and service. It's sad but it's essential. The epilogue chapters are a particularly revealing precis of the entire run. Alfred's ruminations, The Lump, the cloning of Batman's qalities...

This book is brilliant!

Sorry, got to go. I have to read it again. Right now.