Product Description

What would Gotham City be like without Batman? Legendary writer Grant Morrison (JLA, Final Crisis) concocts an unthinkable plot - the death of The Dark Knight! Bruce Wayne is nowhere to be seen and Batman is acting strangely. A crime spree hits Gotham City, while Batman's allies attempt to keep order in the city and find The Dark Knight. Finally, Wayne is found wandering the streets dazed and confused, unable to remember his alter ego. What has happened to him? And can he recover his identity, or is this finally the end for Batman? This title collects "Batman" Number 676-683 in a new Deluxe Edition. This volume features artwork by Tony Daniel ("Teen Titans").

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6632 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-24
• Format: Special Edition
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

About the Author
Grant Morrison is one of comics' most innovative writers. His long list of credits includes JLA, Animal Man, Judge Dredd and New X-Men, He is also the author of the award-winning Batman: Arkham Asylum, and is currently writing Final Crisis. Tony Daniel is the regular penciller of Teen Titans; he has also drawn Superman, X-Force and more.

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

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.

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.