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BATMAN INCORPORATED #4

Superstar writer Grant Morrison and artist Yanick Paquette have sent The Dark Knight on a trip to Japan and Argentina, but now Batman’s taking a brief breather back in his home base of Gotham City for a team-up with Batwoman!

Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art by CHRIS BURNHAM
Cover by JH WILLIAMS III
Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE

Price: $2.99
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  1. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    March 21, 2011 at 2:06 pm

    Yes! Kate’s gonna be in this one.

  2. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 21, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    This has to be wrong. Unless the Gaucho adventure will be concluded in the first couple of pages….which seemed unlikely judging the last issue.

  3. Avatar photo glunders says:
    March 21, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    Hmmm.

  4. Avatar photo glunders says:
    March 21, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    The solicit for #3 had an error, too.

  5. Avatar photo misterckent says:
    March 21, 2011 at 2:32 pm

    Errors or not, a faster Batwoman release will get no argument from me.

  6. Avatar photo glunders says:
    March 21, 2011 at 2:40 pm

    This does actually feature Batwoman, I guess: http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/03/21/from-the-editors-desk-chris-burnham-accepts-exclusive-with-dc-comics/

  7. Avatar photo Franktiger says:
    March 21, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    Needless to say, awesome cover.

  8. Avatar photo mikegraham6 says:
    March 21, 2011 at 3:44 pm

    HURRAY! Burnham on art!

  9. Avatar photo cubman987 says:
    March 21, 2011 at 4:19 pm

    That cover is kind of amazing, looking forward to this issue, didn’t love the last one so much.

  10. edward says:
    March 21, 2011 at 4:43 pm

    i assume everyone that whined about the last issue’s lateness is going comment about how awesome it is that we’re getting an early issue

  11. Avatar photo ctrosejr says:
    March 21, 2011 at 5:51 pm

    @edward: I was going to comment how great it is that we’re getting two in one month.  Good thing, too.  I think they’ve solicited issue #8 already.  

  12. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    March 21, 2011 at 6:18 pm

    Yay! Back on track!

  13. Avatar photo robbydzwonar says:
    March 21, 2011 at 7:12 pm

    I couldn’t even understand what the hell happened last issue so I hope they don’t refer to it all that much!!  Cheers to an installment of Batman Inc I actually interpret!!

  14. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    March 21, 2011 at 7:23 pm

    Chris Burnham is awesome! Can’t wait for this.

  15. Avatar photo TexasZombie99 says:
    March 21, 2011 at 7:44 pm

    Is that it for Paquette?  I loved his art in the first 3 issues.

  16. Avatar photo NawidA says:
    March 21, 2011 at 7:48 pm

    @Texas

    No, I believe Morrison is being late so they’re alternating artists to make up for him. 

  17. froggulper says:
    March 21, 2011 at 8:03 pm

    @edward: Nope, this is still technically late since it was originally solicited for February. Not whining, just saying.

  18. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 21, 2011 at 8:05 pm

    It looks like Yanick comes back for issue #5, Burnham does issues #6-7, and Scott Clark comes in for the recently solicted 8th issue.

    Also….looks like this issue has nothing to do with what happened last issue. 

  19. xiseerht says:
    March 22, 2011 at 2:05 am

    So I get Batman , Batwoman , Grant Morrison and J H William III !  Sold.

  20. edward says:
    March 22, 2011 at 2:27 am

    @froggulper  i’m going to allow it

  21. Avatar photo Smutty says:
    March 22, 2011 at 6:58 am

    What happened to the Gaucho story? Is it being retconned out already?

  22. MisterJ says:
    March 22, 2011 at 9:52 am

    So, is DC’s editorial plan for us to buy this and let it sit until Paquette can finish upthe last arc?

  23. jerome says:
    March 22, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    Why don’t we wait to read it before we decide that it has nothing to do with the current arc?

  24. Avatar photo Zeppo says:
    March 22, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    I have lost all interest in this series, I will be buying this for Batwoman alone. I don’t think I’ll be bothering any more with Inc. anymore.

  25. Avatar photo robbydzwonar says:
    March 23, 2011 at 12:30 am

    You think somebody could sound off about what happened last issue because I’m still totally lost about it!!  PLEASE?!

  26. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 23, 2011 at 1:13 am

    On Robot 6 (on CBR) there was a quote by Yanick saying he may, or may not be delayed to do the fifth issue for this.

    So we may have yet another delay or we may just have a fill-in artist do it.

    Apparently Yanick’s digital style is too slow for Morrison’s taste because he’s shipping him scripts faster then he can draw them. 

  27. Avatar photo wallythegreenmonster says:
    March 23, 2011 at 12:04 pm

    @robbydzwonar –You seem to say that alot. Just go back and read it slower or something. I thought it was pretty straight forward…

  28. Avatar photo huntersan182 says:
    March 23, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    @robbydzwonar  I HIGHLY recommend David Uzumeri’s  annotations on Morrison’s Batman run. they are fantastic for getting all the little Morrison-y nuance to these sort of issues. These issues are challenging, but working them out is worth it.

    http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/03/14/batman-incorporated-3-annotations/

  29. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 23, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    This has Batwoman in it! Although more on the 1950s Batwoman and not today’s Batwoman!

    This was…..god I don’t really know what to say. The origin story for Kathy Kane was good, but I’m not sure what the point of it was. Plus Batwoman (today’s version) seemed to only be here just to introduce the mislead for the entire issue. Then the overall story of El Gaucho/Bruce seemed to typical on how it got to it’s end point for the issue. Not sure how Morrison is gonna make this one more issue next month. (If Yanick can finish an issue on time that is) Speaking of art, Burnham’s art was definitely the high point of the issue. A great style that’s a mix of Williams III, Quitely, and Darrow. A definite better look at his style then Batman and Robin #16. Can’t wait for his issues in the coming months.

    3/5 

  30. Avatar photo WheelHands says:
    March 23, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    This was the wackiest one yet. And I loved it. Morrison is starting to give us a taste of his overarcing mystery here, and Dedalus looks like a classic GMo creeper. Burnham really does a great job here, but Fairbairn’s colors definitely help to sell the concept of mixed styles/eras. It may be hard to see exactly how Kathy’s going to fit in to the final product, but Morrison does a really nice job of updating/Grantinizing her origin. Can’t wait to see where we go from here.

  31. Avatar photo glunders says:
    March 23, 2011 at 5:15 pm

    This was so fucking excellent.

    For those a bit lost, I’d recommend these annotations on issue #3: http://mindlessones.com/2011/03/14/batman-incorporated-3-annocomments-pp1-3/

    And it couldn’t hurt to read The Black Glove again, where El Sombrero first appears!

  32. Avatar photo NawidA says:
    March 23, 2011 at 7:02 pm

    Oooh, I REALLY dug this issue.

  33. Avatar photo mikegraham6 says:
    March 23, 2011 at 8:27 pm

    another knock out of the park for Morrison and Burnham is just the delicious, sexy icing on the cake. I love how GMo has dropped the subtly from his references to silver age batman and just full on embraces it in this issue. haters: deal with it

  34. Avatar photo cubman987 says:
    March 24, 2011 at 12:46 am

    I tought this was great, way better than last issue.  I’d love to have a poster of that cover.

  35. Avatar photo drdeeeznutz says:
    March 24, 2011 at 1:54 am

    To me this was the best issue yet of the series,,,,loved the art and the flash back stuff was really funny to me, Great last page too 5/5

  36. Avatar photo stustap says:
    March 24, 2011 at 6:13 am

    Fantastic issue, best of series so far.

    5/5

  37. Avatar photo JaqueNargg says:
    March 24, 2011 at 7:43 am

    Didnt make it to the LCS last night, but I did catch up on issue 3. I hope this one is not as indecipherable as issue 3 was. I love Morisson, but if you come back from such a huge delay with a sub par issue I’m bound to lose some interest.

  38. Avatar photo glunders says:
    March 24, 2011 at 9:04 am

    So… What about a dense issue means “sub par,” again?

  39. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    March 24, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    My pick of the week.

  40. Avatar photo ResurrectionFlan says:
    March 25, 2011 at 5:41 am

    More plz.

  41. Avatar photo mrmister says:
    March 25, 2011 at 11:55 am

    I expect more from Morrison. In this issue he fails to reign in all his ideas and plot threads into something that is enjoyable to read as a single issue. 

  42. Cedric says:
    March 25, 2011 at 5:40 pm

    This was one of the best comics I read in a longtime. Absolutely loved the art by Chris Burnham, he’s like a second Quietly, but still with is own style. I liked the vintage look of the flashbacks, and seeing lovestruck, happy batman was very refreshing.

    5/5

  43. Avatar photo JedeyeSniv says:
    March 26, 2011 at 11:34 am

    Man, this issue was absolutely incredible! The structure was beautiful, I think it may be the most dense and well plotted comic GM has written for years and the way he’s reintegrated the old Batwoman into the timeline is just brilliant, so rewarding for readers that have read the whole story so far and have picked up on the subtle pieces Morrison has sprinkled throughout the run. The way Morrison has recontextualised the silver age adventures as being Bruce’s crazy fun 20’s hanging out with this cool kid and being dosed on too many halucinogens is just so fun.

    The issue itself was really good too, I like the way Gaucho is bought into the mythos and I wonder if I’m right in thinking that this is tying in to the secret evil society we were introduced to in Batman: The Return recently.

    Last issue was a little dull but this one has raised the game considerably. Loved it!

  44. Avatar photo Flash923 says:
    March 28, 2011 at 8:53 am

    Ahhh….I think maybe one more chance before canceling this title.

    K

  45. Avatar photo DocSamson says:
    March 28, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    Looks like the same ol’ Morrison Batman arguments again huh?

  46. Avatar photo Jupiterman says:
    April 7, 2011 at 12:24 am

    For the first time in this series, it truly felt like a Morrison comic, and the art was incredible. I hope Chris Burnham can stick around forever.

  47. Avatar photo JaqueNargg says:
    April 11, 2011 at 10:30 pm

    Sometimes I just don’t get Morisson.

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