People tend to either love or hate Grant Morrison. Personally, I love the guy. Figured I would get that out of the way before continuing on with the review. Batman 676 is the first issue in Grant's big Batman RIP storyline which is supposed to be the culmination of everything he has been doing thus far on the book. One of the main complaints I hear about Morrison's run on Batman thus far is that it is just too "all over the place" and while there are elements of truth to that why does it have to be a bad thing. I just don't understand why people can't just sit back and enjoy where Morrison is taking us it isn't like the guy doesn't have some end point that he wants to reach, all of his issues so far are obviously leading up to something, and I'm sure it will all pay off as we get further into Batman RIP. Also, even if the issues have been a bit disconnected at times it isn't as if they haven't been well written stories. Do people want the same old stories all the time so that they know exactly how everything is going to end up? Some of these people should just stop reading comics issue to issue and just depend entirely on trades and hardcovers.
The book begins with Batman and Robin on top of a roof, but something tells me we are not looking at Bruce and Tim. Robin certainly looks a lot like Damian to me, but who knows. Immediately after this we are taken backwards six months and get an introduction to Dr. Hurt and the Black Glove. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this assortment of villains. The next few pages are dedicated to the new Batmobile which actually looks more look older versions of the Batmobile which I was thankful for because that stupid tank looking thing in Batman Begins is pretty awful. One question though why is Batman still using a CD player? The strongest part of the issue is the conversation between Tim and Alfred which was very well done, but kind of boring for people who have been reading Morrison's run all along as it basically was just a recap. I'm now very excited to see what is done with Tim in this storyline.
Finally comes the part so many people have been waiting for, The Joker. These pages might require a second reading over as it might be unclear at first what exactly has happened and what has been imagined by the clown prince of crime. The final panel shows an awesome and scary looking Joker licking his lips and you should be doing the same because this issue should have you very excited for part two of Batman RIP.
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