Ultimately Off-Topic V: NemeSinx

[wyokid]

Good for you. Personally I've been trying to figure out how to destroy my copy of the first issue, but I keep stopping myself because then I'll only have 51 of the reboot.


Deadpool #49.1: 8/10

Batman: Arkham Unhinged #15: 8/10

Batman Incorporated!

“Grant Morrison’s new BATMAN, INCORPORATED series is the final, unbelievable act of a saga six years in the making,” said Marts. “Along with his artistic partner-in-crime Chris Burnham, Grant delivers twists, turns, punches and reveals no reader will see coming. Things pick up directly after the shocking cliffhanger of last year’s LEVIATHAN STRIKES one-shot—and only get crazier from there!”

[Sinx]

Good for you. Personally I've been trying to figure out how to destroy my copy of the first issue, but I keep stopping myself because then I'll only have 51 of the reboot.


Deadpool #49.1: 8/10

Batman: Arkham Unhinged #15: 8/10

Batman Incorporated!

“Grant Morrison’s new BATMAN, INCORPORATED series is the final, unbelievable act of a saga six years in the making,” said Marts. “Along with his artistic partner-in-crime Chris Burnham, Grant delivers twists, turns, punches and reveals no reader will see coming. Things pick up directly after the shocking cliffhanger of last year’s LEVIATHAN STRIKES one-shot—and only get crazier from there!”

Is that an... antelope-man? Wtf Grant Morrison. Really? Weird stuff like that doesn't really jive with me.

How long is this series going to be? I'm assuming it's not an ongoing if there's an end already planned.

[wyokid]

Is that an... antelope-man? Wtf Grant Morrison. Really? Weird stuff like that doesn't really jive with me.

How long is this series going to be? I'm assuming it's not an ongoing if there's an end already planned.

Dude did you read the rest of his run? It was insane.

Morrison is notorious for stuff like that.

[RockyBanks]

Is that an... antelope-man? Wtf Grant Morrison. Really? Weird stuff like that doesn't really jive with me.

How long is this series going to be? I'm assuming it's not an ongoing if there's an end already planned.

It's Grant Morrison. Weird is kinda his thing.

Batman Incorporated will probably be a limited series of 12 or so issues. He has a definite conclusion in mind.

He's basically spent the last six years hopping from one Batman title to the next, slowly/erratically weaving together one long epic. Leviathan Strikes connected everything together (especially with the big reveal at the end) in preparation for his big finale.

[wyokid]

It's Grant Morrison. Weird is kinda his thing.

Batman Incorporated will probably be a limited series of 12 or so issues. He has a definite conclusion in mind.

He's basically spent the last six years hopping from one Batman title to the next, slowly/erratically weaving together one long epic. Leviathan Strikes connected everything together (especially with the big reveal at the end) in preparation for his big finale.

I gotta be honest, I saw that ending coming a mile away.

[Drz]

Batman Incorporated was originally 24 issues, with 12 issue "seasons" but season 1 cut 2 issues of context, but the 2nd volume is 12 issues. It's pretty normal to see a Goat headed man in Morrison's Batman comic, it brings the whole satan worship and pagan god stuff, you know! Baphomet! Heck, even Kevin Smith made a character like Baphomet in his Batman run.

SINX: Thanks for asking, but i need to catch up with New Girl and Spartacus, so i can't respond yet i'm sorry.

[Sinx]

Dude did you read the rest of his run? It was insane.

Morrison is notorious for stuff like that.

Yea I read Leviathen Strikes and I could barely follow it.

It's Grant Morrison. Weird is kinda his thing.

Batman Incorporated will probably be a limited series of 12 or so issues. He has a definite conclusion in mind.

He's basically spent the last six years hopping from one Batman title to the next, slowly/erratically weaving together one long epic. Leviathan Strikes connected everything together (especially with the big reveal at the end) in preparation for his big finale.

That's good it's only going to be twelve or so issues. I'm going to have to go back through and read his Batman, Inc stuff again.

[Drz]

How come? Batman Incorporated is the most mainstreamed Morrison comic there is. It doens't even have any absurd concepts like Batman and Robin did.

[RockyBanks]

Yea I read Leviathen Strikes and I could barely follow it.

That's good it's only going to be twelve or so issues. I'm going to have to go back through and read his Batman, Inc stuff again.

Leviathan Strikes was a mind-bender fo sho. I loved the second half of that book.

If you really want the full story, you'll have to go all the way back to Batman and Son.

[wyokid]

Furman Restores The Marvel Transformers Continuity!

[Plawsky]

How come? Batman Incorporated is the most mainstreamed Morrison comic there is. It doens't even have any absurd concepts like Batman and Robin did.

Not even close. Incorporated is way more out there than Batman and Robin was. B&R might have had more puzzles, I suppose, but it was pretty straightforward at the end of the day. Batman Inc had adventures in the digital world. There was nothing normal about that run. And other than the first story, Leviathan Strikes was all kinds of Morrisonian crazy.

[Drz]

Batman & Robin had Oberon Sexton mystery, the Domino Killer mystery, the Crime bible, resurrection & death, time travel, a Pink Zorro, Professor Pyg (!!!), a Wayne who had lived for centuries, satanism and so forth.

Batman Incorporated is pretty much the James Bond/Christopher Nolan Batman with a slice of Brave and Bold with team ups. You got this evil organization turning villains into super criminals, hence Batman is turning vigilantes into international Batman/Batwoman agents, even the digital world thing pales comparison to the Dr. Hurt madness. Oh and the Leviathan mystery ofcourse!

[wyokid]

The Experts Who Put Actual Science into Hollywood Science Fiction

Very interesting article, however it was at the end that I almost shat a brick.

Now that Carroll's done with Thor, he's moved on to Doctor Strange, about a surgeon who becomes earth's Sorcerer Supreme. Carroll's job is to apply limits to Strange's powers. "You need constraints to provide tension," he says. A world where anything can happen makes for a very boring movie. It's when science imposes boundaries on what a superhero can do that the real drama begins.

[Plawsky]

Batman & Robin had Oberon Sexton mystery, the Domino Killer mystery, the Crime bible, resurrection & death, time travel, a Pink Zorro, Professor Pyg (!!!), a Wayne who had lived for centuries, satanism and so forth.

Batman Incorporated is pretty much the James Bond/Christopher Nolan Batman with a slice of Brave and Bold with team ups. You got this evil organization turning villains into super criminals, hence Batman is turning vigilantes into international Batman/Batwoman agents, even the digital world thing pales comparison to the Dr. Hurt madness. Oh and the Leviathan mystery ofcourse!

From a basic plot outline, Inc might sound simpler, but Morrison's writing was all over the place in Inc than it was in B&R (not in quality, but in structure). Batman and Robin, despite the craziness of Professor Pyg and Joker's mystery, was a lot easier to follow. Inc was extremely fast paced with a much more complicated overarching plot. Batman and Robin worked well as a jumping on point, where Inc pretty much required you to have read Morrison's whole complex run.

Also, a lot of the stuff you mentioned for B&R was more from the rest of his run or Return of Bruce Wayne, and not focused on as much in Batman and Robin.

In a related note, I got Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul and Return of Bruce Wayne in the mail today, so I only need Black Glove to finish up his run. I just wish that DC wasn't so damn slow in releasing the paperbacks, because I kind of want to switch to trades on the rest of Batman Inc (is it not called Leviathan anymore?).

Also, how much, if any, do the rest of the Batman books of the past few years tie in? There's a lot of stuff in the Bat-franchise that I'd like to eventually catch up on; Batman post-Morrison, Detective, Streets of Gotham, etc. I read the first several issues of Streets of Gotham and REALLY liked them, but I don't want to rush into buying the trades unless they're going to be "essential" for the overall plot. Especially since I still need to complete my collection of the "Year One Era" books. And the DC Crises. And Invincible. And so, so, so many other books.

[Drz]

Batman & Robin's mysteries we're alot harder to follow, while Leviathan's only real mystery was behind the Leviathan, which ultimately made alot of sense and brought nice closure, but people had no idea about Pyg, Domino Killer, Dr. Hurt and so forth until the very issues in Batman and Robin that explained them. People did guess immediately who Sexton was, but not that he was also the Domino Killer.

Incorporated has been alot simpler and straightforward then Batman and Robin. RoBW did have a bigger focus on the time travel, but it was Batman and Robin that revealed Dr. Hurt and showed his true face.

Morrison's run is self-kept, sure you get references from other titles and whatnot, but you don't really need to read anything because Morrison is telling his story Grant Morrison did handpick Peter J Tomasi as his succesor for Batman and Robin, and the Paul Dini Detective COmics + Streets of Gotham is good stuff till House of Hush, which sucked alot. It was so poorly written i couldn't believe it.

DC was unsure what to call the title, but one of the choices was Batman: Leviathan or Batman: Incorporated with the LEVIATHAN words written over the Incorporated word.