The last of the hanging-on, old "52" books is here, and now it's all over. Grant Morrison bows out of Batman, finally, but, c'mon...even Gaiman is doing
Sandman again so Morrison and Batman probably aren't over. Morrison famously brought back Damian from the late 80's and then killed him off after making him the new, rough around the edges Robin. Morrison also killed Batman, sort of, and made a lot of us scratch our heads more than once. Morrison's run has been hit or miss...but I will say there have been more hits than misses. What he did bring was a fresh take on Batman. This isn't just bad guy vs. Batman...it's weird, strange, curious along with bad guy vs. Batman. The big bad has been Talia Al Ghoul. She gets shot in the head and apparently killed in this issue...but her body is dug up and there are more Damian's out there growing in glass jars. It's not over! Morrison's Batman run, a little less than ten years, has been one for the ages. This particular issue had some nice, gritty art by Chris Burnham. A solid ending. I miss it already. ***1/2
