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A review by earnest
Batman, Incorporated by Grant Morrison
4.0
Along with the original Batman and Son storyline, where Grant Morrison began his epic saga and introduced Damian Wayne, this is probably the best of what amounts to a decade's worth of Bat stories as only Morrison can do. That doesn't mean that the entirety of his saga are modern classics, some aren't even good reading. Saying so, Batman Incorporated is also the most coherent, again at the same time with Batman and Son, but this still isn't a straightforward action adventure. I'm not much of a fan of Morissons' meta-psychedelic style of writing. He does make it work with his other stories but Batman is a character that relies on mood and plot, not with postmodern tricks. Sometimes pure inventiveness comes out of the man's brain.
Here we get to see several versions/analogues of Batman fighting crime across the globe, hence the title of Batman Incorporated. The stories are both hit and miss. Some members and their stories are bound to appeal to more to some than others. There's are British, Muslim, African, Native American, Japanese Batman and others that has become indelibly part of the Bat-family. My favorites were Chief Man-of Bats, The Knight and Batwoman. I also,liked Oracle in the virtual world where she fights viruses and avatars of villains.
I would definitely read a comic that features a superhero set in a country other than America where it successfully integrates the genre with another culture. I would do better to read comics from more diverse countries but it's not like there's a lot of them going around.
One thing that really irks me is how The New 52 continuity ruined the story. It got less interesting with the retconning of severeal members out of the story. DC would have done better by letting Morrison continue the story as it is. It's not like the story is directly to anything in their New 52 stories.
Here we get to see several versions/analogues of Batman fighting crime across the globe, hence the title of Batman Incorporated. The stories are both hit and miss. Some members and their stories are bound to appeal to more to some than others. There's are British, Muslim, African, Native American, Japanese Batman and others that has become indelibly part of the Bat-family. My favorites were Chief Man-of Bats, The Knight and Batwoman. I also,liked Oracle in the virtual world where she fights viruses and avatars of villains.
I would definitely read a comic that features a superhero set in a country other than America where it successfully integrates the genre with another culture. I would do better to read comics from more diverse countries but it's not like there's a lot of them going around.
One thing that really irks me is how The New 52 continuity ruined the story. It got less interesting with the retconning of severeal members out of the story. DC would have done better by letting Morrison continue the story as it is. It's not like the story is directly to anything in their New 52 stories.