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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
Honestly much better this time around. The first half is a murder mystery that's actually really fun. Not gritty just who done it feel with a satisfying end. The second half we get someone dressed as Batman coming for him. The reveal of why is fucked up but makes total sense for someone like Bruce.
Can't believe how much I'm enjoying this run this time.
Can't believe how much I'm enjoying this run this time.
So a rich guy invites Batman, Robin, and all of the international Batman rip-offs to a private island for some Batguy fun times. Murder most foul occurs and Batman is totally on the case. Who could it be? Who could it be? Not the Batman guy that looks a little how do you say, evil. But seriously, it could anyone, Native American Batman, British Batman (he's a knight), Hispanic Batman, Frenchy Batman, Italian Batman, Australian Batman, but no it is totally the Batman guy who is looking malicious is every panel. I kid, I kid, this story is pretty great, and as silly as they sound the UN of the Bat family is a whole lotta fun. Check 'm out in [b:Batman Incorporated, Vol. 1|10863384|Batman Incorporated, Vol. 1 |Grant Morrison|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320415493s/10863384.jpg|15778514].
And, did I mention J.H. Williams III is on art. Love it. And, truth be told I would have given this book a 5 stars, but the final stories are kind of a snooze fest.
And, did I mention J.H. Williams III is on art. Love it. And, truth be told I would have given this book a 5 stars, but the final stories are kind of a snooze fest.
Not my favorite Batman graphic novel. I enjoyed the look more than the storyline.
Incredibly quick read. It's a Batman title, so it is impossible for me to hate it, but I will admit that it was only so-so. Perhaps I was expecting too much from it. One certainly has to be familiar with most of the Batman mythos to understand several parts of the stories. Like many others, I might just suspend absolute judgment until I read "Batman R.I.P.," which is still in its shrink-wrap.
Just a few issues of this have instilled an immense appreciation for J.H. Williams III's illustration within me. Perhaps I put too much stock into aesthetics with this medium but the artwork certainly brings this volume up a notch for me. The writing is almost up to par with it, the narratives are alright and the meta elements are continually captivating - and they culminate into a really investing, kinda psychedelic odyssey through Bruce Wayne's head. Really cool stuff.
"I practice that self-conscious, hard-boiled style Alfred loves to read. Anything to keep it interesting."
"I practice that self-conscious, hard-boiled style Alfred loves to read. Anything to keep it interesting."
I'm finding [a:Grant Morrison|12732|Grant Morrison|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1181534811p2/12732.jpg]'s Batman to be a bit more obtuse than his other superhero work, but it's still good, despite being often indecipherable.
This book is bisected in two stories. The first story introduces but doesn't explain the villainous Black Glove as the evil force behind a superhero murder mystery featuring Batman and a team of multicultural near-Batman (including creations like Wingman, The Knight, Dark Ranger, and Man-of-Bats and Little Raven). It's a good caper, and [a:J.H. Williams III|884135|J.H. Williams III|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]'s art is usually great, but the storytelling last few pages falls apart.
The second story is also mostly great but with short bursts of nonsense. Batman goes through flashbacks and hallucinations as the fallout to an old Gotham police-sponsored experiment he went through years ago. And he has a new girlfriend. The end of the book flows directly into [b:Batman R.I.P.|3430164|Batman R.I.P. Deluxe|Grant Morrison|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514Ysa2vmBL._SL75_.jpg|3471065]
This book is bisected in two stories. The first story introduces but doesn't explain the villainous Black Glove as the evil force behind a superhero murder mystery featuring Batman and a team of multicultural near-Batman (including creations like Wingman, The Knight, Dark Ranger, and Man-of-Bats and Little Raven). It's a good caper, and [a:J.H. Williams III|884135|J.H. Williams III|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]'s art is usually great, but the storytelling last few pages falls apart.
The second story is also mostly great but with short bursts of nonsense. Batman goes through flashbacks and hallucinations as the fallout to an old Gotham police-sponsored experiment he went through years ago. And he has a new girlfriend. The end of the book flows directly into [b:Batman R.I.P.|3430164|Batman R.I.P. Deluxe|Grant Morrison|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514Ysa2vmBL._SL75_.jpg|3471065]
To date, I have really enjoyed going back and reading Grant Morrison's run on Batman. Batman and Son and The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul were terrific reads. The insert of The Clown at Midnight was the perfect prose insert to a graphic novel. But The Black Glove was difficult for me.
I tend to like the solo Batman, the one that gets deep into his detective work. While I realize that Robin and a number of other sidekicks are (and have been) central to the story line through the years, those characters don't resonate nearly as well with me as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Alred, and Commissioner Gordon. So when I begin this graphic novel with Damian/Robin traveling to some island to meet a band of superhero buddies of Batman's....a tough sell nonetheless.
The tough sell continued throughout all of the first half of Batman: The Black Glove. It wasn't until we got off of the island and starting delving a little into Batman's psyche that this one turned around a bit. I have enjoyed Morrison's writing on Batman enough that I'll look forward to the next edition of his arc, but Batman: The Black Glove makes me do so with trepidation.
I tend to like the solo Batman, the one that gets deep into his detective work. While I realize that Robin and a number of other sidekicks are (and have been) central to the story line through the years, those characters don't resonate nearly as well with me as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Alred, and Commissioner Gordon. So when I begin this graphic novel with Damian/Robin traveling to some island to meet a band of superhero buddies of Batman's....a tough sell nonetheless.
The tough sell continued throughout all of the first half of Batman: The Black Glove. It wasn't until we got off of the island and starting delving a little into Batman's psyche that this one turned around a bit. I have enjoyed Morrison's writing on Batman enough that I'll look forward to the next edition of his arc, but Batman: The Black Glove makes me do so with trepidation.
Not my favorite Batman story. Convoluted yet derivative.
Found the lead story, which appears to cover two monthly issues, hard to follow. The villains are far more intriguing than Batman, and the other material in the book is uninspired. It's hard to make a new spin on such a oft-used character, but even then, there's nothing particularly interesting about this collection of stories.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Morrison at it again with their modernisation of silver age concepts. The murder mystery party with the batman of many nations was really fun felt very silver age if slightly darker. The flashbacks were even drawn in a more silver age style. These batmen were also very interesting and I would love to see more of them. The main message to feels like a critique of the way silver age stories were written "To a child all adults can seem like superheros but they are all just people" People are more nuanced than how the silver age portrayed. The second half of this story continues the three batmen mystery and has the classic Bruce not being able to have a normal life due to batman. However this is more due to his unstable side, Morrison delves into the mad nature of Batman and his trauma. This Bruce has violent hallucinations (including ones of Batmite) that show that he can't move on and has an animalistc outburst on the ten eyed man. Paralleling how the new Batmen also can't move on from their trauma resulting in them killing people.