Batnan has reached 700 issues and thank to Grant Morrison and a damn good group of artists it is a good one . Time and the Batman is a great read that takes place over several generations of Batmen , the first  was an adventure with Bruce Wayne as Batman taking on the Joker , The Riddler , The Scarecrow and the Mad Hatter .  The story was typical Morrison with the right amount of wierdness and fun . The art in the first chapter was by Tony Daniel and it may be that I am getting used to his work but I did'nt hate it . It still felt crowded and it was the weakest art in the book . Hopefully Mr Daniel will try to find his own style and stop with the Image style layout s that he seems to favor now . I would love to see him try a more minimalist approach in the future .

  The second chapter was drawn by my favorite Bat artist Mr Frank Quietly and Scot Kollins . Mr. Quietly's work was nothing short of spectacular and it was by far the best of the issue . That is no slight at the others but Quietly's artwork is on a level that few other artists will ever reach . His grasp of body language and facial expressions are truly amazing I really wish they would get this man on a monthly book soon .

Scott Kollins work was good but there were a few panels that Batman looked a little wonky , but his rendition of Robin in his last frame captured all the recklessness of Damian , that we have all come to love .

 The future story with Damien Wayne wearing the cowl , was drawn by Andy Kubert . It was another fine example of his rapidly growing Bat work . If  Quietly were not in this book this would have been the best chapter in the book . Andy has got a really sense of creepiness when he creates villans and his Two Face like charecter was just disturbing , fun but disturbing as heck . Way to go Mr Kubert .

  David Finch was the artist on the final chapter and his work was great . He had fun with it from his one page Batman Beyond , to a post apocalyptic Mad Max style Batman , to finally the Batman from 1,000, 000 . story wise he did not have a chance to create a memorable story but he what he did create was memorable .Especailly the last page with the current Batman and Robin leaping off a Gotham skyscraper . The last line on the page says simply to 700 more and thanks to Mr Morrison and his wonderfil crew of artists I can't wait .