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Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne (Batman)
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Grant Morrison,
Chris Sprouse , Frazer Irving , Ryan Sook , Yanick Paquette , Lee Garbett , Georges Jeanty , Karl Story
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Grant Morrison’s best-selling multi-part Batman epic continues with Bruce Wayne’s return to Gotham city.A time-spanning graphic novel featuring Bruce Wayne’s return to Gotham City to take back the mantle of Batman, written by award-winning writer Grant Morrison and illustrated by a stable of today’s hottest artists including Chris Sprouse, Frazer Irving and Yannick Paquett...more
Hardcover, Deluxe Edition, 232 pages
Published
February 8th 2011
by DC Comics
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I have read and enjoyed many comics written by Grant Morrison, and then I have read others that struck me as a kind of low-grade metaphysical action writing: a spew of cultural information thrown at the rough grid that is the basic foundation of comics, with the expectation that readers would make sense of it, and credit him with the ability to construct disparate connections between far-flung subjects.
This book fits fully into the latter group. For all the strengths of such Morrison books as W...more
This book fits fully into the latter group. For all the strengths of such Morrison books as W...more
Surprise! The sixth-ish installment of Grant Morrison's Batman run is neither as earth-shatteringly amazing as its most fervent critics would have it, nor as overblown and overrated as the harsher reviews might claim. If you didn't like Batman RIP or Final Crisis, this won't convert you; it's still just Morrison riffing on superhero fiction, opening up intriguing textual possibilities for readers with an interest in such things but more or less exclusively preaching to the choir. If you're alrea...more
I buy literally every Bat-book or Gotham-related title out there in graphic novel form. I'm talking even Simon Dark, Azrael relaunch bullshit. I finally just read Return of Bruce Wayne. This was the biggest pile of horse shit I have ever read. RIP, Black Glove, all of that murky semi-intelligible nonsense. RoBW made those look like Year One or Death In the Family. I fell in love with Batman because he didn't have super-powers and didn't revolve around science fiction time travel bullshit. I lov...more
THE Batman is dead.
Bruce Wayne lost his life in final battle with the insidious New God Darkseid as part of the reality-shattering Final Crisis conflict, his desiccated remains retrieved by Superman for a private burial service afterwards.
Except he didn’t.
In fact, Darkseid sent Wayne spiralling backwards through time to a prehistoric era, and replaced his body with that of a failed experiment in cloning to prevent his comrades from trying to find him in the depths of history.
Stripped of his memo...more
Bruce Wayne lost his life in final battle with the insidious New God Darkseid as part of the reality-shattering Final Crisis conflict, his desiccated remains retrieved by Superman for a private burial service afterwards.
Except he didn’t.
In fact, Darkseid sent Wayne spiralling backwards through time to a prehistoric era, and replaced his body with that of a failed experiment in cloning to prevent his comrades from trying to find him in the depths of history.
Stripped of his memo...more
After battling a particularly strong foe, Batman is thrown thousands of years into the past, to prehistoric times. Suffering amnesia, and therefore not knowing he’s Batman, he struggles to find his way back to the twenty-first century, while fighting Puritan witch-burners, pirates, and wranglers of America’s wild west. But as Batman comes closer to the present, he puts the universe at an increasing risk of destruction, and other superheroes like Superman and Wonder Woman try to stop him by.
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Not the greatest Batman comic in my opinion and by far not the worst.
The major problem with this in the end was that it ended up feeling more along the lines of a Justice League or maybe a Superman comic. What really sets Batman comics apart is the battle with himself not to kill any of his extensive list of villains. However in this novel what you have is Batman moving through time to get back to the 21st century after being hit by Darkseid's Omega Effect. There's also a twist on that whole mo...more
The major problem with this in the end was that it ended up feeling more along the lines of a Justice League or maybe a Superman comic. What really sets Batman comics apart is the battle with himself not to kill any of his extensive list of villains. However in this novel what you have is Batman moving through time to get back to the 21st century after being hit by Darkseid's Omega Effect. There's also a twist on that whole mo...more
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The Batman Files reading spurred me on to read this interesting journey of Batman's supposed death and trip through time, and I'm left wondering what exactly these new writers have done to our beloved Batman. I'm pretty okay with multiple Robins and Batgirls and Batwomen and every other superhero that he seems to involve and invent, but Grant Morrison basically turned Batman's story into a science fiction that not only doesn't make sense, but doesn't make sense in terms of what and who Batman is...more
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Neither the best nor the worst comic I've read by this author. I was confused through a lot of it, a fact that might have been alleviated if I read it closer and more carefully, but every time I tried to really give it a deep perusal, I lost interest because the secondary characters in this were by and large neither memorable nor particularly easy to identify with, and so I found I just didn't care what happened to them - and what Batman was doing was largely tied up in what was happening to the...more
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I have been harsh on DC in recent years, for finding Final Crisis to be a hot mess and for disliking Damien Wayne as Robin with a fiery passion. So I was skeptical that this whole "bringing back Batman from the whole evil/death/time travel" thing would be worth my while. But it was actually the best Batman story I've read in years. If you are on the fence about it, get off the fence and get yourself a copy.
The time travel was actually realistic and yet complex enough that I had to reread certai...more
The time travel was actually realistic and yet complex enough that I had to reread certai...more
Grant Morrison - writer
Chris Sprouse, Frazer Irving, Ryan Sook, Yanick Paquette, Lee Garbett, Georges Jeanty & Karl Story - artists
4.5/5 stars
Batman was cast backward into time by the death throes of the cosmic god Darkseid; as a consequence the dark knight lost his memory and became a living battery for some kind of evil, negative energy that builds up through time. The confused superhero wakes thousands of years in the past and is forced to battle his way through successive time periods, b...more
Chris Sprouse, Frazer Irving, Ryan Sook, Yanick Paquette, Lee Garbett, Georges Jeanty & Karl Story - artists
4.5/5 stars
Batman was cast backward into time by the death throes of the cosmic god Darkseid; as a consequence the dark knight lost his memory and became a living battery for some kind of evil, negative energy that builds up through time. The confused superhero wakes thousands of years in the past and is forced to battle his way through successive time periods, b...more
Although a huge Batman fan, I’m not too keen on most of the monthly Bat-titles that DC churns out. Sure, there are the occasional one-shots and mini-series – usually penned and illustrated by the best in the industry – but the serial ones tend to be either derivative, hastily written and drawn, or – worse – both. This collection of the six-issue series combines the best of the former with a dash of the latter. That is, the time-traveling premise of an amnesiac Bruce Wayne is clever enough, thank...more
The hero of your youth has died. As a man, you mourn the loss because it is a great one. You can cry, its alright. Your emotional investment in it was enormous. Because you identified with the Bat. You loved him for the calculating logic, the perfection of mind and body in an Aristotelian embodiment. And for his Confucian understanding that duty and justice are not rigid structures but able to bend depending on the situation. But now he's dead and you're scared about what happens to the universe...more
Upon finishing this volume, I wanted to jump off the couch and yell, "YES! I finally understand what the hell Grant Morrison is talking about!" After numerous trips to wikipedia, other DC comics, and people in the know, I am finally reading these stories at a level of comprehension worthy of it. Maybe because of that, or because Morrison came down to earth while writing this, but whatever, I loved this one. The story is a true credit to the legend that is Batman. He's a freaking smart cookie. I...more
So remember that time Darkseid Omega Sanctioned Bruce Wayne back to the Paleolithic era or whatever? Now he finds himself jumping through time, and it sounds like it should be awesome, what with Bruce as a caveman, a pilgrim, a cowboy, a pirate, and a gangster, but, unfortunately, I found myself surprisingly uninterested in most of the goings-on in each time period. Since I knew we'd only spend an issue in each era, I didn't get attached to any of the characters, and there's not much to them exc...more
Time travel plus Batman should equal awesome in my book. They're two of my favourite tastes; surely they should taste great together? But I was left kind of cold by this tale of Bruce Wayne clawing his way blindly back to contemporary Gotham through various ages. I read it in the prescribed context - after Batman & Robin volumes one and two, and Time and the Batman - but the larger story Bruce's brief adventures are meant to convey seemed rather dull. Indeed, I didn't expect there to be a la...more
There are those, like with many of the books of Grant Morrison's Batman run, that think this book is pretty good. There are those who hate what he's done with the character.
I think the high concept for this book was brilliant.
I'm not gonna comment too much on what it actually was because it ties heavily into "Batman: R.I.P." and "Final Crisis", but I really feel like this one was the last piece of the puzzle with that particular bit of the Morrison Batman story and one that excited and really en...more
I think the high concept for this book was brilliant.
I'm not gonna comment too much on what it actually was because it ties heavily into "Batman: R.I.P." and "Final Crisis", but I really feel like this one was the last piece of the puzzle with that particular bit of the Morrison Batman story and one that excited and really en...more
Let's see, where should I start. There was a lot going on with this graphic novel. And I mean a lot. I haven't read many Batman comics so that may be why I was confused as hell for a good chunk of the book. By the time I was starting to understand what was happening, the book was almost over. A little background information or maybe a recap of the previous volume would have been helpful.
Besides that it was actually quite interesting. The time travelling thing was really complicated, but I loved...more
Besides that it was actually quite interesting. The time travelling thing was really complicated, but I loved...more
I remember seeing the panel of Final Crisis where the emaciated corpse of Batman was held in the arms of Superman and I remember my jaw hitting the floor. Of course there was the epilogue panel where Bruce is shown to be alive and well in the prehistoric era. This story was hard to tackle and I'll give Morrison that however Batman has always been grounded in reality it's really difficult to imagine him leaping through time. Transitions between timelines were actually well done to Morrison's cred...more
This books refers to lot of Batman history covered in gamut of past books. It also connects to Final Crisis, another book written by Morrison himself that I hated.
In this book, the long dead Batman (after events of Final Crisis) is actually lost in time travel - through the world of cavemen, witch crafts, to the creation of Wayne manor. Justice League realises that Batman is alive and amnesiac and lost in time. But, as Batman reaches present, he is a weapon that Darkseid has created to bring th...more
In this book, the long dead Batman (after events of Final Crisis) is actually lost in time travel - through the world of cavemen, witch crafts, to the creation of Wayne manor. Justice League realises that Batman is alive and amnesiac and lost in time. But, as Batman reaches present, he is a weapon that Darkseid has created to bring th...more
So confused. I thought I had a handle on this story, but then it went sideways. Bruce Wayne is lost in time. His memory erased, he was made into a weapon by Darkseid. If he makes it back to his own time, he basically detonates and destroys the world. Got that? Good. Now, figure into this that there's a box of supposedly important information that he keeps chasing throughout the ages. Then there's something about beings at the end of the world hiding Wayne's knowledge from him at his request, and...more
Extremely intriguing - fast-paced - very imaginative. Bruce Wayne moves through time as the Justice League races to find him and prevent his return to the current time causing the end of the world. Meanwhile, Red Robin works desperately to convince them that Bruce can be saved.
Very fun to see the stories and art develop through cave-man days, Pilgrim America, the era of the pirate, the Old West, and the 1950's as the reader is taken through the development of Gotham and the Wayne family as Bruce...more
Very fun to see the stories and art develop through cave-man days, Pilgrim America, the era of the pirate, the Old West, and the 1950's as the reader is taken through the development of Gotham and the Wayne family as Bruce...more
The book starts off without too much excitement, and I was worried it was going to just be a set of episodic adventures with Bruce Wayne in various eras until he gets home, with the references to previous parts of the storyline simply little side notes. By the end, Morrison's brought it all together, making use of several years' worth of the recent story in effective ways.
Like the rest of the stuff from this era, it will warrant re-reads.
One caveat: you'll likely want to be familiar with the re...more
Like the rest of the stuff from this era, it will warrant re-reads.
One caveat: you'll likely want to be familiar with the re...more
"The Return of Bruce Wayne" was as entertaining as the "Batman R.I.P." storyline, which is to say that it wasn't entertaining at all. I thought it had potential, but I was wrong. "Return" is another story from the incoherent mind of Grant Morrison. Each issue/chapter has Bruce Wayne leaping forward in time from the days of cavemen to the days of pilgrims to the Salem witch hunts to today. I'm still confused about much of the storyline (as I am with much -- if not all -- of Morrison's writing), b...more
Well.
This has the best trait of Grant Morrison comics. Sadly, also the worst.
It's heroic, complex, full of smart dialogue and ideas all around.
It also has superconvoluted story that doesn't really make sense, until you read everything three times, and you have to know the entire history of DC and the entire history of Grant Morrison and maybe, MAYBE then you will get what the fuck just happened.
I didn't.
OTOH, seeing Bruce Wayne in all the time periods was nice. So that's a plus.
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When you...more
This has the best trait of Grant Morrison comics. Sadly, also the worst.
It's heroic, complex, full of smart dialogue and ideas all around.
It also has superconvoluted story that doesn't really make sense, until you read everything three times, and you have to know the entire history of DC and the entire history of Grant Morrison and maybe, MAYBE then you will get what the fuck just happened.
I didn't.
OTOH, seeing Bruce Wayne in all the time periods was nice. So that's a plus.
edit:
Oh.
When you...more
What can I say about this one? Well to begin with this easily not the best Batman garphic novel that I have read. The storyline is a tad confusing in the beginning but as you go along you begin to understand what is happening. Bruce Wayne has been sent back in time with no memory of who he is. It shows how Bruce would cope in the different ages starting with the dawn of man, then works its way to witch burnings in the 1600s, then to the pirate legend days of the 1700s, followed by the western da...more
One of the worst pieces of fiction and graphic novels I've ever read. This is completely, convoluted, senseless trash. I can't believe anyone actually edited this. Or that anyone on Amazon gave it a decent 4-5 star review. I made it all the way to the end hoping for some pay-off but this is a story about Batman traveling through time (YES, BATMAN IS NOW A TIME TRAVELER) after kicking Darkseid's butt and getting contaminated in some way that will result in the end of time if he ever remembers who...more
Bruce Wayne, presumed dead, was actually lost in time. Trying to find our who he is and what happened he makes his way through different time persiods, while his friends and family try to get to him in what is his present. Because Wayne has been turned into a weapon that will destroy said present when he manages to reach it before they get to him.
Different other DC books built up to this story and I really think it is an extraordinarly original and exiting idea that is told in different stoies i...more
Different other DC books built up to this story and I really think it is an extraordinarly original and exiting idea that is told in different stoies i...more
Banished into history by Darkseid, the amnesiac Batman makes his way back to the present, living out numerous lives and roles in the process. The Justice League, with the help of Rip Hunter, attempts to track him, always one step behind. A bit confusing at times; I didn't understand how Darkseid "turned Batman into a weapon." Still, interesting to see the elements of Morrison's long game come together: the seeds of Doctor Hurt, the clues that Dick Grayson found in Batman and Robin Vol. 2.
I'm simply not a Grant Morrison fan; I have to come to terms with this fact. I pick up his stories always with the hope that "this time it will be different", but it never is. This volume follows the events of Bruce Wayne's death after Final Crisis. Morrison tries to explain that Bruce Wayne isn't actually dead, but he is skipping through the time stream as a result of an over-exposure to Darkseid's Omega beams. Wayne travels through time and into the future and blah blah blah. It's so lame beca...more
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Scottish comic book author Grant Morrison is known for culture-jamming and the constant reinvention of his work. His often controversial books also rate amongst some of the most popular and critically-acclaimed. He is also active in screenwriting.
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