When his parents were murdered, billionaire Bruce Wayne vowed to dedicate his life to avenging them. Now he is Gotham City's greatest protector...he is the Batman.But Batman has spent so long avenging crime that he has lost sight of his life as Bruce Wayne. However, his initial plan, a trip to Europe, is cut short by the arrival of hundreds of ninja Man-Bats, not to mention old flame Talia, daughter of his nemesis Ra's Al Ghul...and a boy she claims is his son!Two of comics' most critically successful and best-selling creators - Grant Morrison ("The Invisibles", "We3") and Andy Kubert ("Ultimate X-Men") - join forces to kick off a weird and wonderful new era in the Dark Knight's career!
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"Clever and colorful . . . Batman fans should be more than happy."
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Grant Morrison is one of comics' greatest innovators. His long list of credits includes Batman: Arkham Asylum, JLA, Seven Soldiers, Animal Man, Doom Patrol, The Invisibles and The Filth. He is currently writing Batman and All-Star Superman. Andy Kubert, son of comics master Joe Kubert, has long been one of comics' greatest young talents, with work including both X-Men and Ultimate X-Men, Adam Strange, Captain America, 1602 and much more!
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By Gareth Simon
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This volume reprints Batman issue #655-658 & #663-666. This is an entertaining story, featuring the appearance of Bruce Wayne and Talia's son Damian, come to join his father in the fight against crime and his mother. Although the story jumps from chapter four to chapter five (I don't know what went on in the issues in between - was there another tie-in event, or did the artist need time to catch up?), it is a seamless break - there is an `interlude' episode sits here though, featuring a text story which I couldn't read - superhero text stories don't work for me, as my `suspension of disbelief' ability doesn't transfer from the comics page to text. The final chapter- #7 or issue 666 - `Bethlehem' is really confusing, as we leap forward to a future Batman - who we are led to believe is Damian. Apparently, this volume is the first of a trilogy, the others being `The Black Glove' and `Batman R.I.P.', though we are given no warning of this. The future characters introduced in `Bethlehem' start to appear in the more recent `Batman Reborn' volume.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Mortimer
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What a pleasure to read a comic collection that isn't written like another mundane police drama teleplay. This book fizzes with the joy of ideas. It is a wonderful and compelling reading experience and shows a deep understanding and love for the medium of comics. If you have become jaded by the real world pretensions, stylistic limitations and just plain lack of imagination in many modern mainstream comics, this might just be the book to rekindle the fire that made you fall in love with this medium in the first place. It's a thrill!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Gareth Simon
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
This volume reprints Batman issue #655-658 & #663-666. This is an entertaining story, featuring the appearance of Bruce Wayne and Talia's son Damian, come to join his father in the fight against crime and his mother. Although the story jumps from chapter four to chapter five (I don't know what went on in the issues in between - was there another tie-in event, or did the artist need time to catch up?), it is a seamless break - there is an `interlude' episode sits here though, featuring a text story which I couldn't read - superhero text stories don't work for me, as my `suspension of disbelief' ability doesn't transfer from the comics page to text. The final chapter- #7 or issue 666 - `Bethlehem' is really confusing, as we leap forward to a future Batman - who we are led to believe is Damian. Apparently, this volume is the first of a trilogy, the others being `The Black Glove' and `Batman R.I.P.', though we are given no warning of this. The future characters introduced in `Bethlehem' start to appear in the more recent `Batman Reborn' volume.
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Great start.
I'm new to the Batman world in terms of reading it myself. I have followed it through friends and got in sight through Kevin Smith podcasts. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Prezz is the word
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Batman & son
Wow what a novel damian coming to the batcave and beating up 3rd robin tim drake, being a bit of a nasty piece of work to his father bruce, love the fact that damian is so lost and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by RedRobin117
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Good
A good read, with good length, if a little confusing. I think the Joker part in the middle was unnecessary though.
Published 4 months ago by M. Latham
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Simply useless, sorry
I love Batman and I love Grant Morrison, but this volume really (and I mean REALLY) disappointed me. The story has some very stupid moments (Ninja-Bats? WTF? Read more
Published 18 months ago by M. Riccardo
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Batman's Stepping Stone
About 18 months ago I made the mistake of reading Batman RIP, at the time I did not realise that it was the culmination of a trilogy which started with Batman and Son & The Black... Read more
Published 20 months ago by A. Standen
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Excellent foundations for a Morrision tale of the Batman legacy
In 2007, Grant Morrison arrived with Andy Kubert at the feet of the Batman legacy. Prior to this the only tale of note was Jeph Loeb's/Jim Lee's Hush storyline. Read more
Published 22 months ago by R. Ayavoo
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Grant Morrison begins his exciting and original run on Batman
Grant Morrison traditionally delves deep into DC's back catalogue, using ideas and characters often long-forgotten and breathing new life into them in unexpected ways. Read more
Published on 1 April 2011 by Zur En Arrh
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graphic novel - no I think not
This was particularly peculiar - it's sold as a graphic novel (not part 1 of 2 or whatever) so it should logically be one standalone story right? Wrong in this case. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2010 by Mr. Robert Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars
Four stories collected together - Good overall if somewhat disjointed
This book covers four loosely connected stories so I will review each one individually.
It starts with a four part story chronicling the revelation that Bruce Wayne has... Read more
It starts with a four part story chronicling the revelation that Bruce Wayne has... Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2009 by Mr. T. Fitzpatrick
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Missing?
I couldn't make head nor tale of this story, and found it boring and jumping from one story to another with no explenation as to any of it. Read more
Published on 18 May 2009 by Mr. Brandon Bonning
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