Batman » Batman #678 - Batman R.I.P.: Zur En Arrh released by DC Comics on August 2008.
At first I was very intrigued with this story line. I could not wait for it to get going. I kept thinking about the possibilities of who could be the next Batman. Bu this issue confused me. Half the time I could not tell who was saying what to whom. And how the heck the bad guy get Nightwings mask?
I hope this arc will end on an interesting note. I would hate for all this hype to end Batman on a dud.
Morrison uncorks Batman in Dante's Inferno in this issue. The Batman R.I.P. books are typical Morrison scatology kicked up a notch. What I love about this series and Morrison's work leading up to this storyline (as well as the All-Star Superman work) is that it mines long-buried and out-of-fashion source material to add depth and mystery to an avant-garde, contemporary take on the character. This is not Frank Miller's gritty urban Stark Knight, but a brilliant, pulp Batman, the love-child of Aga...
WARNING!!!THIS REVIEW WILL SPOIL THIS INSANE STORYLINE! Or bring new light to it... Buyer beware!I love this series, even more this week when I found out what the hell was going on in this book. Let me let you understand a little bit more on the craziness. During the 50s a single issue of Batman came out (located in the TPB Batman: In The Fifties, around page 168 or 198, one of those two) where Batman goes to this kind of parallel dimension, where he meets... himself in the land of Zur En Arrh. ...