Saturday, January 10, 2009

Batman R.I.P. Ends!

Well, Batman R.I.P. ended this december and it was a great ride. I'm still new to the comic book world (starting at the infinite crisis a couple of years ago) and this monthly batman comic has been my favorite so far (Booster Gold coming in a close second though). In this six issue arc bruce tries to find the leader of the Black glove, an organization he believes to be out to kill him. Some of the ideas Morrison used in writing this series were great, like using very strange and campy batman stories from 50 years ago and somehow making them work in a modern day comic book.

I have to say though, I am a bit disapointed with the ending. It leaves off Batman's fate and the identity of the black glove pretty ambigous (though we all know Bruce isn't going to die right :P). I myself was getting very excited for the big reveal and was sort of letdown with the lack of clear answers. I guess I'll have to read closer on subsequent reads.