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Batman: The Black Glove by Grant Morrison, Tony S. Daniel, J.H. Williams III, Jonathan Glapion
colindalaska's review against another edition
4.0
The Club Of Heroes Ten Little Indians story is very good, the second half is Morrison's standard surrealist nonsense.
daileyxplanet's review against another edition
4.0
Fascinating look at the darkness beneath Gotham and the world. Love the Batmen of all Nations.
murphyc1's review against another edition
4.0
I loved everything about this arc! I'm a sucker for Silver Age characters, revisited plot threads, and tropey gimmicks in contemporary comics. These issues really blew me away the first time I read them!!
dantastic's review against another edition
4.0
The reason most people grow out of reading superhero comics is that nothing ever changes for long. Inevitably, everything eventually returns to the status quo. Enter Grant Morrison.
I've been a fan of Grant Morrison's work for quite some time. From Animal Man to The Doom Patrol to the Invisibles to Marvel Boy. His appeal for me is the same as Roger Zelazny's: he has so many ideas flying off the page at the same time. I started picking up Batman because I had a hunch Morrison would shake things up. In his first few issues, he had Batman's illegitimate son turn up and had an army of ninjas injected with the Man-Bat serum. That's what led me to continue reading, which brings us to The Black Glove.
The Black Glove starts with Batman meeting a group called the International League of Hero on a reclusive billionaire's private island. From what I gather, the League first made its appearance in a Batman story in 50's. Anyway, one member of the League isn't what he appears to be and starts killing the other members in a pretty good story.
The second story involves someone Batman trained as possible replacement going haywire and nearly killing Batman. Batman hallucinates/has flashbacks of an ritual he went through in the Himalayas as well as an isolation experiment he took part in. Eventually Batman recovers and things get settled.
The third story does little more than set up the next arc, Batman RIP. Bruce Wayne and his love interest, Jezebel Jet, are attacked by terrorists and Jet discovers Bruce is Batman in the process.
The common thread of these three stories is the Black Glove, a secret organization that has its sights set on taking down Batman. I won't go into how they are involved so as not to spoil the story. Needless to say, they are a foe unlike any Batman has faced.
To sum up, if you're a fan of Batman movies, you'll like this. Morrison's Batman is the most like the movie Batman than any other writer's depiction.
I've been a fan of Grant Morrison's work for quite some time. From Animal Man to The Doom Patrol to the Invisibles to Marvel Boy. His appeal for me is the same as Roger Zelazny's: he has so many ideas flying off the page at the same time. I started picking up Batman because I had a hunch Morrison would shake things up. In his first few issues, he had Batman's illegitimate son turn up and had an army of ninjas injected with the Man-Bat serum. That's what led me to continue reading, which brings us to The Black Glove.
The Black Glove starts with Batman meeting a group called the International League of Hero on a reclusive billionaire's private island. From what I gather, the League first made its appearance in a Batman story in 50's. Anyway, one member of the League isn't what he appears to be and starts killing the other members in a pretty good story.
The second story involves someone Batman trained as possible replacement going haywire and nearly killing Batman. Batman hallucinates/has flashbacks of an ritual he went through in the Himalayas as well as an isolation experiment he took part in. Eventually Batman recovers and things get settled.
The third story does little more than set up the next arc, Batman RIP. Bruce Wayne and his love interest, Jezebel Jet, are attacked by terrorists and Jet discovers Bruce is Batman in the process.
The common thread of these three stories is the Black Glove, a secret organization that has its sights set on taking down Batman. I won't go into how they are involved so as not to spoil the story. Needless to say, they are a foe unlike any Batman has faced.
To sum up, if you're a fan of Batman movies, you'll like this. Morrison's Batman is the most like the movie Batman than any other writer's depiction.
serafim's review against another edition
3.5
kinda two arcs in one, the first one was ok, the club of batman copycats concept didn't quite land for me, liked the trippiness of the second one though. very firmly a prequel though, story feels distinctly unfinished if not immediately followed by RIP
lunchlander's review against another edition
3.0
The first half of this book, the "Club of Heroes" with art by JH Williams III, is the highlight of Morrison's Batman run. The second half, with much weaker art by Tony Daniel, has all the weaknesses of Morrison's run, notably the disjointed, overstuffed full of ideas and short on narrative flow, that characterized the first two trades.
It's still good, mind you. But the "Club of Heroes" story is great, and I wish it was more indicative of the general quality of the run.
It's still good, mind you. But the "Club of Heroes" story is great, and I wish it was more indicative of the general quality of the run.
jameshaus's review against another edition
5.0
I really liked this one. The start of the other side of Morrison's story arc, the Black Glove and the attempt to destroy Batman. Grant Morrison is attempting in this story and R.I.P. to make a the old, pulpy, ridiculous golden age batman stories fit in as actual history with the modern, more serious and "adult" narrative. Spoiler: He basically writes it all off as a series of hallucination brought on after repeated exposure to mind altering chemicals from villains like the scarecrow (and some other guy I can't remember). It sounds hokey but he pulls it off well. He pulls in the silly cast of Batmen from around the world to have a good, old-fashion ed murder mystery at haunted mansion on an island in the middle of nowhere with artwork reminiscent of spy movies from the 60s (and in the process kill off some silly Batmen from around the world). Enjoyed it a lot. The Black Glove is sufficiently spooky and dangerous and 5 steps ahead of Batman at all times. A good read.
deepfreezebatman's review against another edition
5.0
I bought the individual issues of this series back in 2007, but it was nice to reread the story and remind myself of how amazing the artwork was. The first half of this trade was a Clue-like mystery party that was a lot of fun and worth reading for Williams' art alone. I especially loved the bat-shaped panels and the painterly/graphic splash pages.
The second half picked up where the last trade left off, and sucked me right back into the drama/action/classic Morrison surreal storytelling. Overall I was glad that there wasn't any random prose, and I although I've already picked up a few issues of Batman R.I.P., I can't wait to find out what happens next.
The second half picked up where the last trade left off, and sucked me right back into the drama/action/classic Morrison surreal storytelling. Overall I was glad that there wasn't any random prose, and I although I've already picked up a few issues of Batman R.I.P., I can't wait to find out what happens next.