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Batman: R.I.P. (Batman)

by Grant Morrison, Tony S. Daniel (Art), Guy Major (Coloring), Alex Sinclair (Coloring), Randy Gentile (Lettering), Jared K. Fletcher (Lettering), Nick J. Napolitano (Lettering), Sandu Florea (Ink)

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Tying into his other blockbuster stories of 2008 Final Crisis and Batman: The Ressurection of Ra's Al Ghul, the legendary Grant Morrison confronts readers with the unthinkable...the death of The Dark Knight.
The troubled life of Bruce Wayne seems to spin out of control when his releationship with the mysterious Jezebel Jet deepens. Soon Bruce Wayne drops out completely, ...more

Hardcover, Deluxe Edition, 210 pages

Published February 17th 2009 by DC Comics (first published January 1st 2009)

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Sep 21, 2009

Dan rated it

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Batman gets cut by one of the Black Glove's minions on the first page, drugging him in the process. A little later, Jezebel Jet (who wouldn't have spotted a girl named Jezebel as being linked with the villains?) utters a code word Dr. Hurt implanted in Batmans' subconscious during an isolation experiment years ago (see Batman: The Black Glove) and the shit hits the fan. The Bruce Wayne part of Batman's psyche is completely eclipsed by the Batman portion. Batman goes on a rampage in a patchwor...more

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Feb 03, 2010

Kathleen rated it

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An excellent story told perfectly within its medium, this is one of the best superhero comics I've ever read. The art integrates seamlessly with the language, contributing immeasurably to the whole. I found the red and black theme to be aesthetically, intellectually, and viscerally pleasing. The fact that the Black Glove is playing the game six moves ahead, but it takes everyone but the Joker that long to realize that Batman is already reasoning his end game. That he has, in advance of this,...more

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Feb 19, 2009

Tom Troutman rated it

I went into this book like I just groped a pepper spray packing woman’s self defense course graduate-partially blind. Not being familiar with Black Glove or the preceding storyline, I oft felt myself bodysurfing a low tide wave of confusion. I'm starting to realize that trying to follow Grant Morrison’s writing is like trying to solve the mystery of a black hole that got tired of vacuuming light so it changed its hue to become a pink hole and turned the galaxy fabulous. Orion’s belt is now a rh...more

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Mar 13, 2009

Lyric rated it

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Recommended to Lyric by: Mollie

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. So the BATMAN R.I.P. saga wasn't as good as I had hoped it would be. While the artwork is fantastic, the story was kind of hard to follow. I didn't like the fact that Batman was going crazy (again), I believe that he is a much better hero when he is in his right mind (or as right of mind as Batman gets).
The best part of this series is the Joker. The artist drew the Joker with a tall slender almost Marylin Manson quality. The writing for the Joker was the best in this saga as well, I ...moreSo the BATMAN R.I.P. saga wasn't as good as I had hoped it would be. While the artwork is fantastic, the story was kind of hard to follow. I didn't like the fact that Batman was going crazy (again), I believe that he is a much better hero when he is in his right mind (or as right of mind as Batman gets).
The best part of this series is the Joker. The artist drew the Joker with a tall slender almost Marylin Manson quality. The writing for the Joker was the best in this saga as well, I felt that the character development that they decided to go with for the Clown Prince was perfect. "I keep building mouse traps and this guy just keeps coming up with better mice." Brilliant.
I did not like The Black Glove. I thought he violated a lot of the comic villain rules and I found him to be a little too brutal. I guess he had to be though if he was going to be the one to finally kill Batman. I find that I haven't been a fan of recent comic books. The heroes and villains have both fallen a little too far from grace for my liking. I miss the good old days when the villains were just robbing banks and Batman (or other hero) would kick their butts and leave them for the police. Justice was served and the hero was exonerated. Nowadays the villain kidnaps the hero's wife and kills and rapes her and the hero has to go on a quest for vengeance and tear the villain's throat out. It all seems a little too unnecessary to me.
I am calling for my old heroes to come back. Heroes that stood for truth and justice. Heroes who refuse to use guns because they are a symbol of violence. Heroes that use their powers/ skills to better the human race (or universe). I want heroes that fight for those who can not fight for themselves. I demand a recall on this new breed of comic book. I want the glory days of comic books to make a come back.
The old heroes gave the people hope. With the state that the world is in right now, we don't need heroes who breed hate... we need heroes to give us hope.

P.S. THE WATCHMEN is the worst comic/ superhero movie and it goes against everything that comic books were created for.(less)

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Dec 09, 2011

Eric Mesa rated it

If there is a simple message to this trade it's that Batman is always prepared! The narrative starts off a little incomprehensible as Grant Morrison is want to do. But once it gets into high gear, I think this is one of the most well-written of his Batman books. I love how he fishes into the past for silly things from the olden days like Bat-Mite and makes it make sense in the post-Year One world of Batman.

I love the art in this book. There are many ways to portray Joker and I'm a hug...moreIf there is a simple message to this trade it's that Batman is always prepared! The narrative starts off a little incomprehensible as Grant Morrison is want to do. But once it gets into high gear, I think this is one of the most well-written of his Batman books. I love how he fishes into the past for silly things from the olden days like Bat-Mite and makes it make sense in the post-Year One world of Batman.

I love the art in this book. There are many ways to portray Joker and I'm a huge fan of his Batman: The Animated Series incarnation (and I'll always hear Mark Hammil when I read these comics), but I LOVE the Joker that Tony Daniel brings us. He looks as demented on the outside as he is on the inside. And, in every Grant Morrison portrayal of Joker, I think he gets his neurosis perfectly. Sure, this Joker is beyond macabre, but it's a good phase for the Joker to go through and a great contrast to the playfulness of the Golden/Silver Age and The Animated Series. (Although I would like to see a modern writer tackle a sillier Joker once more. It would take a lot of work to make that fit in with the serious tone Batman books have nowadays, but TAS seemed to toe that line well)

The story is that of an evil conspiracy which was apparently first mentioned in earlier issues of Batman. I just got into Batman this year and I find that DC does a horrible job compared to Marvel of letting you know which books to read in what order. In fact, this copy of the trade I own doesn't even list the collected works on the back cover. If it were sealed in a store I'd have no idea which issues were in it. Anyway, this conspiracy, The Black Glove, is after Batman and seems to know all his secrets. (Why they do is revealed in the epilogue)

Buy this and read it - it's one of the greatest cape stories I've read in a long time. Sometimes Grant Morrison gets a pass simply because he's famous for being awesome. And I've read some of his work that I thought was OK or even sub-par for someone of his statures. This is actually one of the great ones! Read it!

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Oct 26, 2011

Rose rated it

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Despite some of the on-acid feeling of confusion this one had, it held together well and was mostly follow-able. (Yes, when discussing a Morrison book, whether or not you're grasping all of it is always a point worth touching upon!) While this one didn't have quite the air-punch moments for me that "The Return of Bruce Wayne" would go on to have, I had a lot of love for it anyway -- particularly with the plot point involving the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh, which I found brilliant and aweso...more

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Jul 17, 2011

Scott Promish rated it

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"Batman: R.I.P." tells the story of the apparent downfall of Batman at the hands of Doctor Hurt, a criminal mastermind who may or may not be someone from Batman's past.

When I first read this storyline as it was published in serial format, I found it confusing. But that's what happens when a month goes by between each chapter and you don't get to the comic shop regularly.

Reading it again in collected form...it's still confusing. I'm putting that down to the art, ...more

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May 01, 2011

Trekscribbler added it

Contrary to what some folks will tell you, there are plenty of differences between what draws a reader to a good Batman story (or any Batman comics, for that matter) versus some of the other costumed hero tales out there, but most fans can agree on one central premise: what keeps the reader coming back to Batman stories is the fact that, at the core, lies a character who is driven by his own private psychology -- the desire to face evil at his own peril -- over and over and over again. Batman is...moreContrary to what some folks will tell you, there are plenty of differences between what draws a reader to a good Batman story (or any Batman comics, for that matter) versus some of the other costumed hero tales out there, but most fans can agree on one central premise: what keeps the reader coming back to Batman stories is the fact that, at the core, lies a character who is driven by his own private psychology -- the desire to face evil at his own peril -- over and over and over again. Batman is the real character in this world, and Bruce Wayne is the facade, and the costumed freaks he faces venture into equally treacherous territory with each subsequent outing ... but, in the end, one can't help but ask "at what cost?"

Grant Morrison has finally provided an answer to that central theme that's equally supported and plagued Batman since his inception seven decades ago, and, like any good story, it's been delivered with measured portions of greatness, silliness (these are comic books, after all), pity, and pathos in BATMAN R.I.P., the tale that many media outlets have openly advertised as the final death of Batman, aka Bruce Wayne. I'll save discussing the ending -- a troubling choice, I know, but I'm trying to respect the reader's right to privacy without spoiling anything earth-shaking -- but I will say that it wasn't quite what industry mags and professional reviewers said it would be, not far off the mark, but more than a few feet shy of a fieldgoal, too.

Confused? You should be, because this is Grant Morrison's story -- not Batman's or Bruce Wayne's -- as one writer who's had a pretty solid career delivering the kinds of characters and situations one would expect from a veteran of comic book prose. In short, Batman's crossed a few lines here: much like the events depicted in the first third of KNIGHTFALL (the last massive coordinated multi-arc event to promise 'the breaking of the Bat'), he's pushed himself to his physical and psychological limits. He's made some choices -- bringing a new love into his life and, even, the BatCave -- that are a bit out-of-character, but he's done so because of 'where' and 'who' he is in the life of Bruce Wayne as much as he is Batman. Those around him -- Alfred, Nightwing, Robin, etc. -- show open concern (if not mild contempt) for some of these choices, but they've always had to tide themselves over with knowing that Batman was going to do what Batman was going to do, despite their protestations, and get on with their lives. However, Bruce's choices do come back to haunt himself, and once's he deprived the psychological facade of 'Bruce Wayne' he can hide behind, Batman is left to roam the streets of Gotham City -- compliments of a drug-induced haze administered by the Black Glove's gang -- trying to put not so much his life back together as he does his psyche.

Now, telling this kind of story -- a mental lapse and possible recovery -- is never an easy thing to do, so hats off to Morrison for giving it the bard's attempt, but there are parts of R.I.P. that make little sense. While under the influence, did Batman actually see these things he believes he sees -- did he actually do some of these things he believes he did -- or is it all in his imagination? The reader's led to believe that one or two of the elements may not have happened the way Bruce/Batman recalls them, so what can be made of them? Did they occur as they were drawn, or are they manifestations of the hero's subconscious? There's no definitive line drawn here -- most like a deliberate device of the writer -- and, in the end, some muddying of the waters serves the story here. It's to be expected. However, I found it hard to accept Batman's broken psyche given the fact that, once the pieces start coming together, they come together relatively quickly. If that's the case, then how far did he truly fall? Wouldn't that uphill climb be a little more difficult? Also, the supporting players here (namely Nightwing and Robin) spend a panel or two talking about how exhausted Batman looks, but the man's actions don't seem quite true, if that's the case. One would expect more of a struggle through that recovery process, and, without spoiling the conclusion (and some pretty nifty character twists regarding the past of Bruce Wayne and his family), I found it hard to accept much of the events of the last third. Plus, come to postscript (a little two-part story that presents an encapsulated history of the Batman up until these events), it's hard to know if Morrison truly told a tale about R.I.P. ... or being R.I.P.P.E.D. off.

Controversy aside, R.I.P. isn't exactly a great jumping on point for new Bat-readers. There are a handful of characters and situations here given very little backstory (one of my chief complaints against graphic novel collections). As a long-time Bat-reader (cripes, is it going on 30 years already?), I can think of many other arcs I've enjoyed much more than this one, but R.I.P. does serve what it set out to do: it presents a solid mystery/adventure of everyone's favorite hero-on-the-edge choosing what he does so well -- to serve justice -- when his best interest may be to hang up that suit for good.

Of course, the Batman can never die. Even if Bruce Wayne did hang it up, someone else would rise up to wear the mantle of the Bat. Everyone knows that going in. Despite that shortcoming, R.I.P. is a solid yarn, if not a bit incomplete ... much like Batman's psyche. (less)

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Mar 07, 2011

Bludhaven rated it

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I'm writing this review after rereading this - after the Return of Bruce Wayne and with that new knowledge some more of the hints made sense now.

I loved this when I first read it though. It's an interesting take on the Batman mythos that probably isn't for everyone, but that pushed all my buttons.It probably helps if you've read "Batman & Son" and "The Black Glove", though.

The actual story is pretty linear in that the "Black Glove", crazy Do...more

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Feb 16, 2011

Christopher rated it

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Oct 29, 2010

Madeleine rated it

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Before I began reading Grant Morrison's R.I.P., I had heard nothing positive about it. The complaints were sometimes that it was too confusing to it was just "bad."
Now, Morrison does reference occult and esoteric things that a lot of people might not know anything about, so I get that that might throw some people off - but these references are hardly so important to the story to make the entire thing confusing.
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Oct 23, 2010

Tom Waters rated it

It’s safe to say that there’s a fine line between genius and madness and in Grant Morrison’s case, there is no line separating the two whatsoever. My buddy Ian told me that he read an interview about Morrison where he was quoted as saying that aliens gave him his plotlines for the next ten years while he was tripping his face off on mushrooms while vacationing on a tropical island somewhere. I’m not sure if there’s any truth to that story, but it would certainly make a lot of sense. After re...more It’s safe to say that there’s a fine line between genius and madness and in Grant Morrison’s case, there is no line separating the two whatsoever. My buddy Ian told me that he read an interview about Morrison where he was quoted as saying that aliens gave him his plotlines for the next ten years while he was tripping his face off on mushrooms while vacationing on a tropical island somewhere. I’m not sure if there’s any truth to that story, but it would certainly make a lot of sense. After reading Batman R.I.P. (DC, $24.99), nothing would surprise me. I’ll go one step further and say that if it takes mushrooms to write as often as he does, I’d almost be willing to come out of 17 year retirement and start shoveling bags of them into my mouth.
Everyone told me that the story was awful. Everyone was wrong. The R.I.P. storyline is another great example of how trade reprints tell a more cohesive story than single issues. If I’d read this arc in the monthlies, I’m positive that I’d have no idea what the hell was going on. In addition, R.I.P. isn’t your casual reader’s Batman. It’s Dark Knight 404. The tale is complex, engrossing, deep and clearly insane at times in a good way. The story is almost designed to spark psychosis, unease and a feeling of insanity in the reader and Morrison respects us enough not to spoon-feed decades of history into our mouths like so much bland baby mush. He assumes that we’ve read as much Batman as he has and in my case, he’s right. Over the course of the book, multiple stories and entire eras are referenced through quick snapshots with little to no explanation before bolting onward with one of the most bat-shit crazy character arcs I’ve read in some time.
Batman is overworked, overstressed, oversexed and on the brink of schizophrenia looking for any clue, connection or trace of the Black Glove’s involvement in a vast conspiracy to destroy his life from the very foundations. In the wake of the deplorable Resurrection Of Rha’s Al Ghul plot line (don’t bother if you haven’t read it), the Detective has forged a deep relationship with Jezebelle Jet. With the people closest to him questioning his sanity and his around the clock work ethic, Batman (driven to desperation) seeks the Joker’s advice by requesting a divination. Robin, Alfred, Night Wing and Commissioner Gordon wonder if he’s on the brink of complete collapse when his supposed delusions come true and the Black Glove strikes with calculated timing and hits him where he lives. A code word triggers a deeply suggested alternate personality that removes the Bruce Wayne personality completely from the Batman equation and he literally loses his mind. It’s like the old adage: You’re not paranoid if everybody’s looking at you.
Not only is R.I.P. more master thesis in everything Batman than any storyline I’ve read since Arkham Asylum, but having a former history with mind-altering drugs or insanity is practically a required prerequisite for the reader. I can see how most people would misinterpret or become angry with the story. I found it incredible. After kidnapping Jet, strapping Night Wing down to a gurney and prepping him for a lobotomy, we find out hero wandering the streets with no memory of his former life pumped full of crystal meth and analyzing his supposed homelessness with the observational skills that have served him so well over the years. Against all hope, this drug-addled hobo defaults to a scarier, crazier version of the Batman where his moral compass (Bruce Wayne) never existed and goes after the people responsible with a relentless enthusiasm. The beauty of this story is that Morrison actually pulls off a Bat Mite cameo by turning him into Batman’s delusionary sidekick. In the context of the story, it’s pretty goddamned believable.
By the halfway mark, R.I.P. had me addicted. There’s a point of no return in the book where you’re not sure who’s crazier, Batman or the Joker. We discover that the Black Glove has plotted Batman’s downfall for a number of years to prepare for an annual bet that dates back to the death of Thomas and Martha Wayne and that they’ve contracted the Joker to complete the task under the assumption that he’d abide by anyone’s wishes but his own. The Black Glove is foolish in this assumption, and Morrison gives us one of the scariest and cunning versions of the Joker’s that I’ve seen since Killing Joke.
Like much of Alan Moore’s work in comics, Morrison addresses continuity issues by presenting a believable theory about the Joker’s diagnosis: he recreates his personality from the ground up every time he walks out of Arkham Asylum. Occassionally, he’s a colorful crime boss with bad props. Many times he’s a deceptively intelligent mass murderer who’s methods and motives are apparent only to him. Morrison also theorizes that the human spirit is steadfast enough to persevere even under impossible odds and rigorous depravation by relying on a backup identity, like a computer’s hard drive. This is a high concept epic that dabbles with multiple themes and draws on centuries of mythology and mysticism.
There were a few cases in the book where my concentration was off and I didn’t grasp what was going on completely. Much like Morrison’s ground-breaking Arkham Asylum, the story is designed to be analyzed through multiple re-reads. If Arkham is any indicator, I’ll gain a deeper appreciation of the book over time and take a different interpretation or discovery away from it every time I come back to it. R.I.P. is the farthest thing from light reading for Batman novices. It’s also much better than the heresay and conjecture of fellow comic fans. I would only recommend this book to those who have one entire box (or more) of Batman comics. It’s an amazing tale that proves Grant Morrison’s talent as a comic writer as well as his obvious insanity, which has paid off financially and creatively. You don’t have to have multiple diagnoses or a bag of psilocybin mushrooms on standby when you read R.I.P., but it certainly wouldn’t hurt.
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Mar 16, 2010

Guillermo rated it

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Batman R.I.P. is one of those collections that had me flipping backward through the panels, inspecting each panel for something that will lead me to understand its conclusion before I get to it. Much like Watchmen - and at the same time, very much unlike it - Batman R.I.P. allots you a lot of important information in small doses.

The superb writing is greatly complimented by the awesome artwork. The sinister Joker's qualities are intensified within these pages, reminiscent of somethi...more

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Jul 27, 2009

Nicholas rated it

This review will be for both The Black Glove and for Batman R.I.P.:

So what if there was a super-super-super criminal mastermind that has been following and manipulating Batman from the very beginning? Orchestrating his every move, his every love affair, his every nemesis to bring him to one final moment where they can break him?

Sound awesome?

Yeah, not so much. I was really disappointed by Morrison's work on this series. This event sets up major, major chang...moreThis review will be for both The Black Glove and for Batman R.I.P.:

So what if there was a super-super-super criminal mastermind that has been following and manipulating Batman from the very beginning? Orchestrating his every move, his every love affair, his every nemesis to bring him to one final moment where they can break him?

Sound awesome?

Yeah, not so much. I was really disappointed by Morrison's work on this series. This event sets up major, major changes in the Batman universe. Is Batman dead? So far, the signs are pointing to yes. He's been missing from all the major Batman titles for all of 2009 so far. In fact, the entire story line in the Batman universe right now is consumed by the Battle for the Cowl, in which people are fighting over the right to take over the mantle of the Dark Knight, which is fascinating, and an awesome premise.

I think my main complaint is with execution. This is a trade paperback, which collects a series of single issues into one volume to convey the main story. But the problem with tpbs, as opposed to graphic novels, is that often there are side stories in other issues that concern side characters that are not included. When read together, without those missing pieces, the story often feels like it is rushed, and has huge holes missing in it. I think that that is the case with this series, just as it was for Marvel's Civil War tpb, in which Captain America dies. Again, awesome story, but too big to put into a 100 page trade.

The story revolves around the mysterious Black Hand and begins with several flashbacks to past events in the Batman universe in which he encounters references to this man/organization, which make no sense whatsoever put together. It turns out the Black Hand is a terrorist/gambling society that intends to make a spectacle of the demise of Batman for the sake of rich people who have nothing better to do with their money than place ridiculously high bets on high-stakes situations. The Black Hand places evidence of a sordid past in the local tabloids about Thomas and Martha Wayne, destroying their reputations with evidence of drug addiction and crazy swinger parties, even dropping the suggestion that Alfred may indeed be Bruce's father. They also manage to implant psychological triggers in Batman's mind so that they can induce a psychotic break, which they do, and shoot him up with heroine and leave him on the streets with no recollection of who he is, take over the Bat-cave and beat Alfread to a pulp, take the original Robin, now Nightwing and lock him up in Arkham and hunt down and almost kill Tim Drake, the current Robin.

So far so good. I like it.

Then the rushing stuff happens and Morrison does this weird post-modern thing where he illustrates and narrates Bruce's psychotic break by mixing in real and imagined events, past, present and future events in a jumble he believes is story-telling, but in reality is just headahce inducing garbagé (yes, it's so bad I want it to sound French). Anyway, long story short is that this story is just poorly told, but based on a solid concept: what would happen if Batman finally caved to the enormous psychological pressure he must be facing? 2 stars for the mysterious disappearance and the set-up of the next chain of events in which I'm sure, inevitably, Batman will be found alive and well and probably in charge of orchestrating the whole series of events so that he could flush out said arch-nemeses. I am disappointed. However, I read this more as a set-up of the universe-shattering events of Final Crisis, which is supposed to be the DC event of 2008 and set-up for changes in my most favorite character, Superman. :) And for the record: I really, really hope Dick Grayson (Robin #1) becomes Batman.(less)

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Jun 19, 2011

Bevans rated it

This was all over the place. It had a cool premise, but its execution left a lot to be desired.

The Black Glove organization seems like it could've been great, but it's an idea that would've been better if it had been given more time to grow in the reader's mind as a potent new threat. Also, the members of the Black Glove were mostly forgettable, and we learn very little about them and nothing about their reasons for wanting to destroy Batman.

I still have no idea why or ho...more

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Dec 07, 2011

Craig Powell rated it

Fact: I love Batman. Always have. He is my favorite character from any comic publisher. I make it a point to read as much of him as I can.

Fact: I love Grant Morrison. I first was drawn to his work reforming the X-Men family thru his excellent "New X-Men" run a decade ago. Sometimes he gets a little heady, very heavy sci-fi. Which is exactly why I like him. He is a big name writer not afraid to take big risks.

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Oct 05, 2010

Ian rated it

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This book is definitely not for everyone, especially fans of Batman that adhere to a strict continuity, That being said I think it is one of those stories that tests what makes an iconic character iconic. Morrison strips Batman down to his most absurd, and basic elements creating a terminally ill hallucinatory tale that in the end shows you that beyond the mythological qualities of Batman, that Bruce Wayne may, in the end, be the strongest aspect of the Batman persona. We see here that Batman...more

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May 20, 2010

Mario rated it

Now, Batman: R.I.P. was not the worst (or confusing) Batman event of all time. Like I mentioned before, Morrison is an ideas man. There were a lot of great ideas in this book that was excellent. Black Glove is an excellent addition to Batman's rogue gallery. I really loved how a group of social elites was coming after Batman. I liked the psychology aspects of this Batman was great.I did not liked the love interests, because Talia is his greatest love, no matter what! However, it was too muddy an...more

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Oct 19, 2009

Ronny rated it

Recommends it for: Miaaa, Tomo

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2009#60
Awalnya tidak begitu mudah dicerna karena aku tidak mengikuti seri "Batman & Son" dan "Black Gloves" yang sebenarnya harus dibaca terlebih dulu karena merupakan babak2 pembuka seri ini. Selain itu Morrison juga banyak memakai tokoh2/cerita2 Batman lawas. Batman of Zur-en-arrh misalnya, setelah dicek di wiki ternyata Batman dengan kostum konyol ini muncul pertama kali th 1958! Atau Bat-Mite yang pernah kukenal semasa kecil dulu waktu zaman komik Cypress.
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Aug 09, 2011

Jesus added it

Batman arrastrado al borde de la locura (y más allá del borde) por un maquiavélico plan que se remonta a años atrás, con movimientos y sucesos fríamente calculados para quebrar la mente del mejor detective del mundo. Batman siempre ha mantenido un delicado equilibrio mental, y en ocasiones ha tenido más que problemas para mantenerse cuerdo y no traicionar la cruzada que emprendió tras la muerte de sus padres. En este cómic, se le va el panchito pero bien, pierde el equilibrio y sale a relucir el...more

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May 10, 2009

Jason rated it

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Mar 16, 2011

Jeremy Muse rated it

I think the hardest thing with all the super hero comics that have been around for awhile, is jumping in and beginning. There is so much history with each character, that at times you get lost with the small characters that make appearances, and the mention of events that you aren't aware of.

This book was no exception. In the final two comics presented in this book, it gives a brief overview of some of the Batman story which was helpful, but most of the actual storyline for Batman:...more

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Oct 23, 2010

Tyler rated it

Shelves: batman, fantasy, horror, thriller, mystery

Overall, I liked this. However, I think the end is really what earned this 3 stars. I was left with It was so intricate and crazy that it took a very careful reading of it just to keep everything straight.
I feel that Joker should have been more involved with the takedown of Batman, rather than this cabal of villains that we just met a little while ago.
What maybe makes me vacillate in my rating, possibly bumping it to 3.5 stars, is the epilogue, which gives a history of Batman as Alfre...more

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Oct 06, 2010

Justyn Rampa rated it

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Having read the entirety of RIP, I thought I might have to read it again, but try as I might...I don't want to read it again. So I've read several recaps of the work to make sure I understand what is going on and for the most part I did although this is probably one of the most disorienting comics I've read in a long time.

There were good moments and some bad ones, but overall I left feeling kind of meh about it. Not enough to stop reading the series, but this is my least favorite part ...more

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Jan 27, 2011

Justin rated it

Recommends it for: Batman fans

Shelves: comics

This one's a really fantastic read, but with one caveat. The final two issues collected here make little or no sense outside the context of Final Crisis (presumably after FC#4), so you'll probably want to read them in place. Likewise, if you're reading Final Crisis, it'll make much more sense to read the last sections here.

The "R.I.P." aspect isn't exactly what you'd expect (though I'll avoid spoilers, even assuming most readers are likely to have some sense of it). Morriso...more

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Dec 27, 2010

Federiken Masters rated it

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Recommends it for: Fans de Batman como ícono y de Morrison como iconoclasta.

Recommended to Federiken by: Todo.

Espectacular cierre a una de las mejores etapas del personaje que jamás haya leído. Bah, más que cierre, "bisagra", ya que acá se plantan todas las semillas que se verían después en la flamante "Batman & Robin". Algunas partes de la narración son un tanto confusas, pero tiene sentido si tenemos en cuenta que en gran parte de la historia Batman está loco. El dibujo no me pareció espectacular perro sí un muy buen acompañamiento. La mayor queja que tengo de la edición española e...more

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May 18, 2010

Jin rated it

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"A six out of six stars actually! I can't help myself from smiling while reading this book. Grant Morrison's work is really "psychologically elemental", awesome storyline. Best part is where Batman recovers from the psychologigal attacks and literally rises from the grave. The artwork of Tony Daniels is, what can I say? Detailed and exceptional! This book is one of a kind it delves on the readers' understanding of the Batman/Bruce Wayne or of the Bruce Wayne/Batman character. The ...more

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Jul 13, 2009

Alex rated it

If you know every plot and story that has ever been written for Batman, then you will probably love this book. Batman R.I.P. is a collection of references to some pretty obscure and old Batman comics, and if you don't know those references in detail, then you will be a little confused, and way let down. The illustrations, panel layout and actual story felt very tangled and disorienting. I think Morrison tries too hard to include forgotten and quirky ideas from the past and reinvent them into som...more

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Dec 30, 2009

orangerful rated it

Shelves: adult_w_ya_appeal, graphic-novels-adult, superheroes

There are some superhero collections that you can pick up and, with only a cursory knowledge of the mythos, enjoy the story. Unfortunately, at least for me, I felt I needed to have read the stories that led up to this book before plunging into it.

The artwork is gorgeous (I found the Joker's new look particularly disturbing) and the writing is solid, but since I didn't understand the origins of the Black Glove and other characters and plot lines, it wasn't as enjoyable a read as it...more

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Oct 22, 2009

Cerebralsubversionyahoo.com rated it

Yet another excursion into the brilliance of Grant Morrison, who's maybe in my mind the most important writer of our time. His ability to take characters who I don't even find terribly interesting (like Superman or Batman for instance) and come up with completely bizarro and inventive takes on them is mind blowing, like nearly everything he does. Kind of the mark of a good writer, but admittedly I like his own titles like the Invisibles way better. But you know, man's gotta eat and Batman and Su...more

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