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Art by ANDY CLARKE and SCOTT HANNA
Cover by FRANK QUITELY
Variant cover by ANDY CLARKE
Size: 32 pages
Price: 2.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
** CAUTION SPOILERS AHEAD OF A MAJOR KIND!!!***
It's comics like this that remind you why Grant Morrison is held in such high regard. He missteps or over reaches from time to time, but when he gets it right it is a joy to behold. Batman and Robin is the reason that comics are periodical, he's made something that needs to be picked up month in and month out to see where it's going to propel you next. He's cut out all the weird bollocks he sometimes trips up on and given us pure adrenalin on paper, the momentum never lets up and thank god for that.
The mystery moves forward and sets up Return of Bruce Wayne next week brilliantly. As all the pieces fall into place it's clear just how solidly this epic has been built. Nothing is wasted and it all feels important to the overall plot. There's a great section devoted to Dick and Damian visiting Talia. While Grayson confronts Deathstroke, Talia casts out her son in favour of his clone, gestating nicely in her lair. Damian takes it on the chin and tells her he hopes he makes a decent opponent of the Demon's Head. It's the end of a steady process of making us like the kid, no small feat given how reprehensible he was at the start. Morrison hasn't made it easy on us, Damian has had to earn our sympathy and respect through this 12 issue run, which makes this moment even more rewarding.
The main talking point is the reveal at the end, recalling the Magneto reveal of Morrison's New X-Men run. I was talking in my LCS about this and the shop assistant was very careful not to spoil the end, while still making me desperate to read it ahead of everything else. He said it was jaw dropping and I think he was on the money. There's this tiny part of me that questions it, wondering how it would be possible for someone like the Joker to pull off a ruse like this, but in the next moment all I can think is how perfect it is. The Joker is always present in the Batman universe, he's tied inexorably to the Dark Knight no matter who's behind the cowl. Not only that, but there's something fresh about this development. The Joker, for all his importance, can be overused but here I was genuinely, utterly creeped out. I want to read the next part now damnit!!
Artwise, the Andy Clarke work has been solid throughout. In this final part it seems to get looser, maybe due to deadlines starting to bite? Either way, I have to say I kind of liked it. It seemed more natural and even reminded me of some other favourite guys like John Severin and Jordi Bernet.
This is a book that reminds me why I go to the LCS week in week out. Yeah it reads well in collected form, but Morrison uses the chapter format brilliantly and there's no way I could wait six months to find out what happens next. Magnificent in every conceivable way.
Art: 5 - Excellent
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