Quick Comments before the rundown:
1. Grant Morrison absolutely needs to take over Green Arrow/Black Canary, as all of his scenes with both of these characters throughout this series have been fantastic, especially any time Ollie even approaches a rant.
2. Make sure, if you got it, to read Submit before, not after, this issue. It’s a [...]
Batman #680
I dunno what kind of overview to give here other than “holy shit, this issue was incredible.”
So holy shit, this issue was incredible. Annotations below, and Tim Callahan’s got his take up on his site as well.
Hh. Spoilers within. This is actually the first thirty pages of a sixty-page script; I imagine Morrison still did a bit of work to modify it, though, since it ends on a pretty satisfying cliffhanger (if that makes any sense). I assume the second issue won’t hit until at least December, either along with or [...]
Oh hell yeah. This issue was incredible.
Batman #679
Page 1: Batman’s fully enveloped himself in his new persona. Note his weapon, the baseball bat, making him a literal bat-man. (I can’t believe I had to have this pointed out to me.)
Pages 2-3: The tailor doesn’t seem to be Paul Gambi, the Crime Tailor. As an aside, [...]
Part one
Part two
Part three is HERE:
Batman #676
Batman #676 - “Batman R.I.P. Part 1: Midnight in the House of Hurt”
(art: Tony Daniel, Sandu Florea & Guy Major)
Page 1: We shoot forward in time for a page. The background, with red skies and lightning, fairly definitely dates this page as being during or around Final Crisis. Batman [...]
Going forward with part two!
Don’t forget to read yesterday’s part one as well.
Batman #667
Batman #667 - “The Island of Mister Mayhew”
(art: J.H. Williams III & Dave Stewart)
NOTE: Rather than recapitulate it here, I’d just like to point everyone towards J.H. Williams III’s commentary on the Club of Heroes and the particular artistic style associated with [...]
I’m seeing a whole hell of a lot of confusion about Batman R.I.P. out there, which is perfectly understandable - it’s a pretty damn opaque story, even more so than Final Crisis. In the interest of art appreciation, I’ve decided to try to go through Morrison’s recent Batman work and see if I can help [...]