The Penultimate issue of ‘Death of the Family’ opens with prison guards dressed as Batman and Joker dancing in Arkham cells. These are the guards with no family members for Joker to threaten, so they are forced to stay in the asylum as part of what Joker calls his ‘Royal Dance Macabre.’ If you’ll recall, The Black Glove’s redecoration of Arkham in R.I.P. was also referred to as a ‘Dance Macabre.’ It’s the first challenge Batman faces in this maze of horror that Joker has created, and the next in line…

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The Future of Batman and the Road That Leads To It
    It's been nearly five years since Grant Morrison took the reigns on the Batman books. Starting his run on the Batman title proper, then leading into the new titles Batman and Robin and more recently Batman Inc. With his run has brought about an almost irrevocable change in the Bat-Books, with the supposed death and return of Bruce Wayne, the coronation of Dick Grayson succeeding his mentor as the…

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Every good detective story starts with a dame. Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #5, the penultimate issue of this timelost mini-series, is no different. After being shot and run over by a car at the end of the previous issue, we first see a confused Bruce Wayne recovering in a Gotham hospital bed. That’s where he’s introduced to the beautiful but mysterious Ms. Marsha Lamarr. While she has paid for his treatment, it becomes clear that…

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So another week has past and we move into the very last week of September. We know that October will not only bring cold weather, but also a ton of new Batman books. But today isn’t October, so let’s see what September ends with.
Batman: The Black Glove   $17.99   Last year when this story was released in the main Batman series, I started to question what Morrison’s intent really was. A lot of…

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