Grant Morrison’s run is predicated on his embracing some of Batman’s pre-Crisis history as canonical – or, at least, as being a hyper-exaggerated take on canonical tales. Part 0: Pre-Reading The Black Casebook: Selected Pre-Crisis Batman For the full collection information about each set of issues, see the individual pages for Batman, Detective Comics, and Batman and Robin. I have omitted collections that only include partial runs. Part 1 includes some additional deluxe formats. Standard Size: These are the standard-sized collections that were most-readily available upon initial release.Deluxe Hardcover: These hardcovers are taller than standard collection and high quality, but still portable.Absolute Edition: Ultra-oversized, slipcased editions meant for a refined bookshelf and reading in the home.Parts 1-3 break their contents up by type of collected release: 2B: Time, The Batman, and The Return of Bruce Wayne.The Black Casebook: Selected Pre-Crisis Batman.Pairing him with the most-popular comic book hero in the world was a lightning-in-a-bottle moment for DC. Like him or not, Grant Morrison’s arrival on a superhero title almost always makes for appointment comics. They is a psychedelic comic author as likely to mine continuity for details that deserve fresh exploitation as they are to take characters on inexplicable journeys with some of the steps missing or out of order. Plus, there’s the x-factor of Morrison himself.

Also, no single author had previously had a Batman run of this scope – running across three titles and seven years and intersecting with one of DC’s biggest events along the way. Grant Morrison’s run is predicated on a knowledge and reference to past Batman stories, including some Pre-Crisis stories that had been in continuity limbo for several years. What makes Grant Morrison’s run any different or more notable?

It includes every issue in comprehensive trade reading order, listing all of the formats in which each issue has been published.īatman has had several epic single-author runs in his modern history, from the likes of Denny O’Neil, Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker, Scott Snyder, and more! This page tells you everything you need to know and buy to read Grant Morrison’s Batman opus from 2006 to 2013.

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