Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus Vol. 1

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Singer, Marc. (2011) Grant Morrison: Combining the Worlds of Contemporary Comics. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-61703-136-6.

Grant Morrison - Wikipedia

Mahadeo, Kevin (23 July 2010). "CCI: Batman The Return". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010 . Retrieved 26 October 2010. Archive requires scrolldown. Ellis, Jonathan (2004). "Grant Morrison: Master & Commander". Popimage.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 . Retrieved 16 September 2006. Detective Comics published the first story of "The Bat-Man" in May of 1939, written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Bob Kane. In the years since then, Batman has become one of DC's premier superheroes; along with Superman and Wonder Woman, Batman comprises a vital part of DC's Trinity. And in the decades that have followed his debut, the Caped Crusader has been influenced by a slew of great artists and writers; each having a unique interpretation of the character and a good number leaving a lasting impression on the Dark Knight and his world. Campbell, Josie (5 October 2012). "MorrisonCon Wrap-Up: Fans Experience Magic, Religion, Comics and Grant Morrison". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012.

Tropes particular to Morrison's Batman:

Near the end of "The Revenge of the Red Hood", Jason Todd finds himself shot, unmasked, beaten and at the total mercy of a gaudily dressed psychopath with a characteristic Slasher Smile, just like in A Death in the Family. Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: The Hood and el Gaucho really don't like each other, due in no small part to the lasting enmity between Britain and Argentina. They still manage to work as a team when both join Batman Inc. Morrison Spends 18 Days with Dynamite" (Press release). Comic Book Resources. 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010 . Retrieved 31 May 2010.

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The story is woven tightly around a small number of symbolic elements, which combine and recombine throughout, as if in a dream.the story] became sort of a symbolic play. We piled all this stuff on top of it, and dressed it up in its best clothes, and sent it out. Then I sat down afterwards and realized, "Why? Why bother? It's such an absurd thing to do." It's like suddenly realizing the fact that you're desperately trying to work around the subject matter — trying to make the book despite the subject, rather than because of it. At the end of the day, if you really love to do Batman comics, then that's probably the best thing to do. Not liking them, and then trying to make something out of them is just a waste of time.

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Characterization Marches On: In another example of Cerebus Retcon, this trope as it applies to the Joker is reworked into another element of his insanity, where he completely changes his personality every few years. The crime boss Small Fry, and his heavy Bully, are visually based on The Dandy characters Bully Beef and Chips. Ellis, Warren (9 June 2000). "Come in Alone No.28". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Morrison returned to creator-owned work in 2010 with the eight issue Vertigo series Joe the Barbarian, launched in January with artist Sean Murphy. [78] Originally a six issue series, Morrison felt that the story would benefit from an extra two issues. The titular Joe is a diabetic young boy who begins to hallucinate a fantasy world populated with his toys and other fantasy characters when he stops taking his medication. [79]

Success!

Don't You Dare Pity Me!: The reason Hurt wants to destroy Thomas and Martha Wayne's legacies - they dared to try to help him. As the name suggests, Batman supposedly dies in this comic book story, however, that does not happen until the Final Crisis, and this story is used as a lead-up to that. Morrison's reworking of Kathy Kane, the first Batwoman, in Batman Incorporated #4. Originally a circus stuntwoman who inherited money from a dead uncle and later became a token "girlfriend figure" for Batman, Kathy Kane (nee Web) is reimagined as a stuntwoman, an underground film director, and an author before she married Nathan Kane. After he died, Kathy was approached by a representative of the spy organization called Spyral, and joined as part of an investigation into the life of Batman. Kathy legitimately fell in love with Batman and decided to quit Spyral after learning the organization was run by Otto Netz, a.k.a. Doctor Daedalus. She then becomes the Headmistress of Spyral/Agent Zero and has been acting as a mole in Leviathan along with her young operatives. She ends up shooting Talia in the head.