A review by groblinthegoblin624
Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus: Volume One by Andy Kubert, Grant Morrison

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.5

I really wasn’t feeling a lot of this. I found in this omnibus that I don’t really gel with Grant Morrison’s very scattered writing style, where pages can be a jumble of scenes and moments only loosely connected, and for the most part I found the storylines to feel entirely too grim and edgy for my taste. I did think the tone felt at home during the And Then There Were None-esque murder mystery arc, but otherwise the story in tandem with the art made a comic experience pretty personally unappealing. I enjoyed the aforementioned murder mystery part, and came to like the culmination of the Black Glove storyline as it was happening, but pretty much hated the short story of the Joker’s comeback and the entire Final Crisis event. Tough stuff to get through. Middling comic for me and I hope that the next two volumes of Morrison’s run help me to enjoy it more. At least they’re both shorter