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A review by kacey
Batman Incorporated, Volume 1: Demon Star by Frazer Irving, Andres Guinaldo, Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham
2.0
There was something nagging at me the entire time I was reading this collection, something which kept me from enjoying it as a self-contained story of Batman Incorporated. It's only now that I've gotten into the second volume that I've finally figured out what it was that was bothering me so much.
For all that Batman Incorporated appears to tie-into and affect the rest of the Batman New 52 storylines, its events are completely irreconcilable with the other comic runs. I cannot figure out when all of what is portrayed in this volume is meant to be taking place, using the main continuity (by which I mean Snyder's run of Batman) as a baseline, I cannot puzzle out when all of this is happening.
Batman Incorporated would have functioned far better had it been made as a standalone run, but as one which has repercussions along rest of the Batfamily continuity (notably the reason behind the brief Requiem arc) it just doesn't make sense.
The story itself is not at all bad, but my inability to make sense of WHERE all of this happens in the grand scheme of things, really ruins a lot of what it has going for it.
For all that Batman Incorporated appears to tie-into and affect the rest of the Batman New 52 storylines, its events are completely irreconcilable with the other comic runs. I cannot figure out when all of what is portrayed in this volume is meant to be taking place, using the main continuity (by which I mean Snyder's run of Batman) as a baseline, I cannot puzzle out when all of this is happening.
Batman Incorporated would have functioned far better had it been made as a standalone run, but as one which has repercussions along rest of the Batfamily continuity (notably the reason behind the brief Requiem arc) it just doesn't make sense.
The story itself is not at all bad, but my inability to make sense of WHERE all of this happens in the grand scheme of things, really ruins a lot of what it has going for it.