Batman Part 3: The Man Behind the Mask - From Grant Morrison to Tom King

Character Corner - A Podcast on Your favorite Comic Book Characters

English - April 19, 2018 15:26 - 48.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 94 ratings
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We finish up the Dark Knight himself with what might be the greatest and longest streak of great stories for a solo character. From the time Grant Morrison takes over Batman to today’s Tom King Run, we have what is arguably the best storytelling at DC. It gets weird, it gets crazy and it brings in things all the way from the 50’s & 60’s. If you want to truly understand Bruce Wayne and Batman, pick up the Grant Morrison Batman omnibus and strap in, you’re going to be in for a ride.
But before we get to Morrison, we pick up where we left with Knightfall and Bane breaking the Bat. While not the best, the ending arc (KnightsEnd) sees some really great reflection of Bruce getting to the core of why he matters as Batman. After that, what we start to see is authors coming in and telling some really great Batman stories. Jeph Loeb and The Long Halloween and Dark Victory, then Hush and Judd Winick and Under the Hood.
And then Grant Morrison steps in and says “So you know all the weird and crazy things from the 50’s & 60’s that went away when Batman became darker? What if we could have both?” and away we go for a ride. There’s A LOT that is in that run and we only scratch the surface but if you want to really dig into the run (and you should) we have the links below.
http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/6498855
Issues:

Batman: Knightfall

Knightfall
Knightquest
KnightsEnd

Batman: Year One (Frank Miller)
Batman: The Long Halloween
Batman: No Man’s Land
Batman: Hush
Batman: Under the Hood

Batman: Red Hood - The Lost Days

Batman: War Games
JLA: Tower of Babel (Mark Waid)
Grant Morrison’s Batman (Reading Order)

The Black Case Book (Not by Morrison but a collection of earlier Batman stories that lay the groundwork)
JLA Rock of Ages
Batman and Son
Batman R.I.P.
Batman & Robin

Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3

The Return of Bruce Wayne
Batman Incorporated
Grant Morrison Ombnibus Vol 1

Scott Snyder

Court of Owls
City of Owls
Death of the Family
Zero Year Secret City
Zero Year Dark City
Grave Yardshift
End Game
Superheavy
Bloom
Epilogue

Tom King

I am Gotham
I am Suicide
I am Bane
The War of Jokes & Riddles

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