After Grant crossed swords with Quesada,
his great X-Men run became, not difficult to understand, but annoying
to read.  The story went from groundbreaking (within the confines of
the X-Universe) to stale X-Men cliche.  The villain became Magneto,
Jean Grey was killed, and suddenly we found ourselves in a dystopian
future.  It was frustrating to read, until I realized it was a giant
middle finger to Quesada and Marvel.

The start of
Morrison’s most recent Batman run was engrossing, straight
forward, and fun to read.  Clearly he had an end target in sight. 
Then, he had a much publicized back and forth with Dan Didio who’s
editing completely fucked up the continuity of Countdown, and Final
Crisis, among other titles.  Didio asked him to change the end of
Batman RIP.  The title became much more confusing almost overnight
(or…uhhh…over month?).  And while I’ve no doubt the original
intention was to be slightly confusing.  I firmly believe that his RIP
story was made much more complicated to write by Didio’s overediting,
and, so, he made it much more complicated to read.

Is
this story going to become a giant middle finger to Didio and DC?  Will
Darkseid, realizing he won’t be able to put his essence into Batman’s
body,  seek out the body of Bane, who will break Bruce Wayne’s back,
thus making Azrael the new Batman?  Will Spoiler answer the door at her apartment, only to be shot and paralyzed by The Joker?  Is Xorn really Ra’s al Ghul?  I don’t know. 

I know that I enjoyed this issue more than I’ve enjoyed the last few, but that it still didn’t get its hooks in me the way “Batman & Son”, “The Resurrection of Ra’s al Ghul”, and “The Black Glove” did.    I also know that I would have given up on this title many months ago if I had to pay for comics.