Grant Morrison

Dave McKean

15 years ago, this enigmatic graphic novel performed its mental autopsy on Batman and his enemies, and in doing so set both its creators on the road to greatness. In Gotham City's home for the criminally insane, Batman confronts his arch-nemeses, including the Joker, Two-Face and more. Before the battle is over, Batman's mental straight-jacket will have been torn apart, exposing his every weakness and bringing him far closer to his foes than he could ever possibly have wanted! To celebrate this illustrious anniversary, Arkham Asylum has been re-launched in this sumptuous paperback that includes Morrison's complete script, original thumbnail breakdowns, samples of how the story and art came together, and much more!

Arkham Asylum

Batman

Guy Major

Tony Daniel

When Bruce Wayne seemingly becomes the victim of mental illness and abandons his Batman identity for life on the streets of Gotham City, the Club of Villains capitalizes on the fall of their greatest foe and begins a crime spree through the streets of Gotham.

Batman R.I.P.

Ley Stanton

Great story, really shows a different side of Batman. I like how it shows where he has come from and what he is really fighting for. This is the Batman that I love and it shows how much the Bat-Fam really cares for each other. I mean, even the other "Batmans" from around the world show up. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who has even a mild love for Batman.

Brianna

Fun fact: this was the first Batman collection I ever read back in the day. Definitely a wild place to start and I’m here to say it really hasn’t changed.

David Lopez

Paul Dini

Batman, Nightwing, and Robin battle Ra's Al Ghul's army and attempt to prevent him from coming back to life in the body of Batman's son, Damian.

The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul

Omar AlHashmi

sigh. I've never been more disappointed at a comic. It's one that I really wanted to ready because of the idea of batman going insane and off the deep end, unfortunately that was the only thing that even made me give it 2 stars instead of one. Usually when im in korea for uni i read comics in the car or between stuff because they are easy and light, as i keepy novels for when im more relaxed. But this comic just gave me such a rough time having me finish it in 2 weeks! It was so confusing and all over the place i couldnt make sense of the plot. If it wasn't for the concept of batman's insanity and the joker doing what he always does, this book would join "faces of death" as one of the worst comics ever. I know it is Grant Morrison and he is such a fantastic comic writer.. but this was just, so off. All this stuff with the black glove and robin and alfred none of them felt tied in. Its like a bunch of ideas crashed into each other so he tried to fit them all in.... anyway... wouldnt recommend it, unless you like seeing nice art of the joker because this version of him is great. 2/5 meh

Batman & Robin, Vol. 3

Fraser Simons

Worse artist and the plot became more contrived and uninteresting. Rather not continue.

Batman & Robin, Vol. 1

Fun but in a way that touches on backstory I have no idea of, and in a way that plays fun at homophobia and mental illness. Morrison always has the same artist but some issues have a sub in, which I actually preferred to the main one. All in all, pretty much what I expected from the title.

Collects the comic depicting the Joker's rise to power at Arkham Asylum and the ultimatum he issues to Batman, along with supplementary material and a fully annoted script for the original graphic novel.

Alice Uzzan

In my recent foray into the realm of Batman comics, I’ve mostly had luck. Initially rather reluctant to take interest in the character’s universe, The Killing Joke and Year One convinced me to give it a chance. So I guess it couldn’t be that simple. Arkham Asylum suffers from pop culture’s terribly restricted and restrictive understanding of psychology and mental illness. It’s a succession of clichés, weak dilemnas and failed attempts to spark uneasiness in its reader. It’s superficially spooky and profoundly vain. I’m a sucker for storylines interrogating Batman’s own (in)sanity so I appreciate that the authors were trying to do just that but they don’t go very far and, rather, rely on fairly hackneyed gimmicks which fail to truly delve into Wayne’s psyche. There remains a few intriguing pages (I did like the narration of the parts focused on Amadeus Arkham, in spite of his unoriginal fate; the psychiatrist’s strategy with Dent is interesting) and some nice artwork. I liked the blurriness of Dave McKean’s trait and his design of Batman; it does however get quite gimmicky and, problematically, barely legible at times notably because of the aggravating font which is used for the Joker’s lines. Not entirely uninteresting but barely more than passable.

Batman and Robin#1

Aixa Azul

honestly there is no dynamic duo greater than dick grayson batman and damian wayne robin. i'm so happy i could finally read it <3

Batman is forced to wrestle with his own sanity when an adversary called the Black Glove forms a plot to make Bruce Wayne doubt his own memory and believe that he has been betrayed by his friends and lovers.

Lewis John Fisher

I am vengeance. I am the night. I am the Batman of Zur-en-arrh!

Batman relives a defining adventure in the life of young Bruce Wayne--the hunt for his parents' killer. But what dark secret from his past lies behind the creation of the impostor Batmen running rampant through Gotham City?

The Black Glove

Jennifer Gregory

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The new Batman and Robin uncover clues involving the mysterious death of Bruce Wayne before facing off against each other in a heated battle instigated by Talia al Ghul, Robin's mother.

Batman Vs. Robin

Batman & Robin

Sans

The biggest thing I got out of this was how much Dick didn’t move like Bruce, even in the Batsuit. Was he even trying to pretend? And also that Talia is completely horrible. Not that I didn’t know that before, but it’s always nice to be reminded.

What a hot mess. About the only characters that didn’t feel extremely OOC were Nightwing and Alfred. Even Talia wasn’t in character.

Cameron Stewart

Two of the Dark Knight's deadliest foes--the Joker and the Black Glove--are waging an all-out war on each other, and Batman and Robin must stop them before they destroy Gotham City.

Batman & Robin Must Die!

What...the hell did I just read. Thank god it’s over.

Did not enjoy the first couple of issues in this. Loved it once I twigged what was going on. Kinda love Talia even more for exacting that revenge.

Klaus Janson

Mr. Whisper, the man without a shadow, was brutally murdered twenty years ago, and yet...somehow he has returned. And now the mysterious figure stalks Gotham City's most notorious crime lords, killing them off, one by one. With the Underworld of Gotham in chaos, the Dark Knight is drawn into conflict with Mr. Whisper, only to discover that this immortal killer has a terrifying connection to Bruce Wayne's youth. Despite this shocking revelation, the Caped Crusader must find a way to stop the unkillable man from unleashing a lethal plague on Gotham. Writer Grant Morrison (MULTIVERSITY, BATMAN INCORPORATED) on his first Dark Knight story ever, and artist Klaus Janson (SUPERMAN, BATMAN: DEATH AND THE MAIDENS) tell the tale of Batman as he attempts to stop a madman from sacrificing the soul of a city and its people. Collects BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #6-10.

Gothic

Lorien O'Brien

Modern certainly was different from New 52. Been a while since I picked up anything from that era but I decided since I was stuck on New 52, and now it's no longer 52 but Rebirth I need to move forward some way and so I returned to trying to read what I can of Modern.

This story is dark, twisted, and fraught with dark magic. This is the dark side of Batman that you rarely see anymore, as he sorta softened over time. While it can get dark, it rarely gets this dark.

Batman is facing an immortal killer (no, not Ra's Al Ghul) who specializes in killing kids, who is also from his past. He has to dive into the occult to face him.

While this is rather dark, the plot is pretty solid. It's a bit predictable, but this is from the early 90s when Modern was a baby and they were just getting into their style. I didn't enjoy it as much as The Mad Monk, which ended hilariously, but it was nice. I particularly liked the very end, when Batman freed that first victim.

3.5-4 stars.

Batman & Robin must die!

maitha mana

Liam Ellul

Jo A

Jared K. Fletcher

Travis Lanham

After being blasted back in time, Batman awakens with no memory of who he is and embarks on a journey through time fighting evil.

The Return of Bruce Wayne

Andy Kubert

Jesse Delperdang

Talia, Batman's one-time love, returns with a child named Damian and claims that he is Batman's son, he takes him in but will this misguided boy be the one to destroy Batman?

Batman and Son

Malavika Kumar

Michael Cowell

The new Dynamic Duo hit the streets with a bang in their new flying Batmobile as they face off against an assemblage of villains. But will everything go smoothly? And who exactly are the new Batman and Robin? The newest era of The Dark Knight begins here!

Batman Arkham Asylum

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