A review by stevenk
Batman Incorporated: The Deluxe Edition by Pere Pérez, Grant Morrison, Scott Clark, Cameron Stewart, Michel Lacombe, Dave Beaty, Yanick Paquette, Chris Burnham

3.0

This is a pre New 52 book that finds Bruce Wayne/Batman, having seen a global catastrophe in the future, working to prevent it by financing a multitude of "bat-family" characters as an army to lead in this fight. This book starts out well, Batman traveling the globe to recruit for Batman Inc., this part had a Brave and the Bold team up feel and entertaining characters. I wasn't as much a fan of the main villain for this story arc, the global conspiracy and Alzheimer's suffering former super villain didn't really do it for me and Burnham's art, that worked so well when it first appeared, felt out of place in the final confrontation scenes. A bit trippy, but done with a great reverence for the history of Batman and the "Batman of.." characters of the 50's (i.e. Man of Bat's and Raven, El Gaucho), and the rest of the Bat Family (i.e. Oracle, Batgirl, Batwoman). The character explanations and concept art at the back is also very helpful to understanding the story.