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zsakos's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
mschlat's review against another edition
2.0
When Grant Morrison writes of things cosmic, I find that his prose and plotting veer towards the opaque. I'm currently reading his series Annihilator and just picked up The Nameless, and both suffer from an overemphasis on grandiose transcendental architecture and hard to read sequences.
You wouldn't expect that from a Batman miniseries, but it's here, mostly because this is a story of Bruce Wayne traveling through time after dispatching Darkseid in Final Crisis. The good is seeing Batman in a variety of settings that involve older DC characters (e.g., Jon Valor, Jonah Hex). The bad is a confusing combination of time travel dynamics, the intricacies of the Wayne family tree, and different artists on different issues.
You wouldn't expect that from a Batman miniseries, but it's here, mostly because this is a story of Bruce Wayne traveling through time after dispatching Darkseid in Final Crisis. The good is seeing Batman in a variety of settings that involve older DC characters (e.g., Jon Valor, Jonah Hex). The bad is a confusing combination of time travel dynamics, the intricacies of the Wayne family tree, and different artists on different issues.
dryden's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
thatoneseason's review against another edition
2.0
One day Batman writers will remember that Damian is not Bruce's only son. The only reason this is a 2 instead of 1 is because of that scene of Rip Hunter defending his father (Booster Gold) to Hal Jordan.
rashthedoctor's review against another edition
2.0
This is a follow up to the whole Batman R.I.P , Batman and Robin rub , which finally sees Bruce Wayne return from the DEAD. of course he doesnt take up the Batman mantle fulltime until later .
I'd be honest , i was not a huge fan of the whole Batman R.I.P storyline , much less of the aftermath. Although i did like Dick as Batman , but i absolutely dislike Damian as a character . But that's irrelevant to this story , my whole point is , despite people loving Batman RIP and being OK with the aftermath , i disliked the whole run . Of course I hadn't yet read this book .
Guess what ... I dislike it as well .
There's a story being told here but the wording is a whole lot of jagron and understanding it in one go is an achievement . The book tries and fails to be too clever, meanwhile the story was supposedly to be very cool with Bruch travelling through time and impacting history , but man time travel is such a boring and awful trope , i dont think its ever worked properly aside from some novels and back to the future .The shared time tales become too similar and formulaic , lacking in proper imagination .
The good bit is the book showcases Bruce's various talents , martial , deductive and intelligence. Rest is just meh at best
I'd be honest , i was not a huge fan of the whole Batman R.I.P storyline , much less of the aftermath. Although i did like Dick as Batman , but i absolutely dislike Damian as a character . But that's irrelevant to this story , my whole point is , despite people loving Batman RIP and being OK with the aftermath , i disliked the whole run . Of course I hadn't yet read this book .
Guess what ... I dislike it as well .
There's a story being told here but the wording is a whole lot of jagron and understanding it in one go is an achievement . The book tries and fails to be too clever, meanwhile the story was supposedly to be very cool with Bruch travelling through time and impacting history , but man time travel is such a boring and awful trope , i dont think its ever worked properly aside from some novels and back to the future .The shared time tales become too similar and formulaic , lacking in proper imagination .
The good bit is the book showcases Bruce's various talents , martial , deductive and intelligence. Rest is just meh at best
macthebrazen's review against another edition
3.0
I want to like Grant Morrison, but everything I've read of his has been a mess. Fun for the cool concepts, but I had to look up recaps to try to keep up with the overarching story.
howattp's review against another edition
5.0
This is an excellent--an appropriately epic--tale of Bruce Wayne's return from the beginning of time to the present day. It's long, dark, and twisty, and Bruce Wayne's obsession with maintaining order and justice remains with him despite temporal displacement, memory loss, and the end of the world.