Chaos! Joker, now revealed as Oberon Sexton and the Domino Killer, has poisoned Gotham's population with an unknown viral narcotic that has yet to be triggered. He and Damian fight it out and get inextricably linked for the duration of this volume. Meanwhile Doctor Hurt, having survived the helicopter crash at the end of Batman R.I.P., has returned to Gotham to masquerade as Thomas Wayne and destroy Bruce's reputation and livelihood. But wait, who is Doctor Hurt? Add to that Professor Pyg runnin...

The Joker and Dr. Hurt wage an all out war against each other as Gotham burns. Can they make Dick and Damian look sufficiently like chumps in time for Bruce Wayne to return and save the day?As you can tell by my brief and sarcastic synopsis, I didn't think much of this Batman collection. It showcases the entire problem with Morrison's run on Batman and Robin: when no attempt is made to make the readers accept Dick and Damian as Batman and Robin, does it really matter much when they bring Bruce b...

2.5 stars

Okay, so everything Grant Morrison has done with "Batman" since taking over the title with the Batman and Son storyline has been leading up to this. And let me tell you: What a ride! Every little hint or plot development that's been left for the readers to ponder, over the years, all this gets neatly tied up. All questions are answered, and the next step in the evolution of the Batman franchise is set up as well. As with the previous 2 volumes of this series (Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reb...

God, I hate Morrison. None of this shit makes any sense.

While I loved the true villain in the story, the face villains were not that great. I thought that something more would pan out for Pyg, but his arc really went nowhere. Sadly. He was so creepy at first, and I was so hoping to have something interesting come of his part of the story. I also didn't feel like Bruce Wayne's ancestor had the best story. I mean, it was weird, yes. He was a devil worshiper, so there's that. But I didn't feel impressed by his part of the story either. Maybe at first, b...

Finally, Grant Morrison completes his Bruce-Wayne-is-dead-oh-wait-he’s-not-storyline that’s been going on for aaaaaaaaaages with this book “Batman and Robin Must Die!” (which by the by doesn’t complete Morrison’s run on the character as you’ll see by the end). With “Thomas Wayne” seemingly returning from the grave to smear the good Wayne name in Gotham, we see the gradual take-down of the Wayne empire as Dick Grayson as Batman battles Dr Pyg, his drug addicted, blank faced fiends, while Damian A...

'I know how it looks like. You turn around for five minutes and we let the whole place go to hell.' The artwork is lovely! Plus the art style really looks like Art Nouveau and those Expressionism stuff I love it so much! Especially the Joker! He looks like he had walked right out from a 1920s German Expressionism black-and-white horror movies! I love it so much!Although I don't like the Batman Inc. storyline all that much, but previously the Grant Morrison's run of Batman and Robin ((view spo

I really did like the first two volumes of Batman and Robin. Really. I liked the characters and what Morrison was doing with them, I liked the storylines, I liked the interactions between people... It was going great. And then there's this.I'm not even going to try and describe what happened in volume three, because I'm not entirely sure I'd get it right. Let me just say that it was a big mess. Way too much supernatural stuff going on in a Batman book, which I just don't think works. Batman is t...

Impression of Batman Must Die after five pages.Wha......?Impression of Batman Must Die after finishing it.Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham!That was the sound my head made as I beat it against the wall.I read volumes 1 and 2. Why didn't this make any sense?! It should have made sense, dammit!Warning: Long-winded rant on the way....*inhales deep breath...to start long-winded rant*Let's start with Professor Pyg. I hate him. And not in a good way. For those of you who haven't had the misfortune to read about

What a way to end a run my only complaint is that Morrison didn’t stay on this book longer. Definitely my favorite Bat run so far.

3.5 stars. This is a very artful book. I was worried about the covers because I absolutely hate Quitely's art. It's often led to me knocking stars off of books because it's so bloody unpleasant. Luckily, he only did the covers and I believe Finch did the art (or Irving? I'm unsure). The lines and the colors make for a very dark, almost beautiful vibe and I was surprised by it, honestly. I thought they'd run out of interesting ways to draw the Joker but Finch manages it. The action sequences were...

It took all I had not to throw this out of an open car window instead of returning it to the library.

Dear Grant Morrison,I hate you.

4.5/5I loved Batman and Robin Must Die. Loved it. I think Dick Grayson makes and awesome Batman. Bruce Wayne even notices that all of Gotham loves Dick as the Bat. To which Dick responds, “You should smile more.” Dick and Damian have great chemistry as Batman & Robin too --far better than Bruce and Damian. The art work was incredible and Morrison reined in the metaphysics here telling a straight on, exciting Bat Saga.Batman and Robin Must Die opens up with an iconic image that is slightly differ...

(B+) 76% | GoodNotes: Batman & Robin used to be fun, but all its former eccentric, garish, muscular verve's turned lifeless, muddy and bleak.

I’ve been reading Batman comics since I was a kid in the 1970s. I’d watch reruns of the cheesy Adam West show and the Superfriends every chance I had. I dressed up like Batman for Halloween and had all kinds of Bat-toys . And as I got older, the comics seemed to grow up with me. I read The Dark Knight Returns, The Killing Joke, Year One, Year Two, A Death in the Family, A Lonely Place of Dying and countless other collections. For a while in the 1990s I had subscriptions to every monthly Batman c...

What...the hell did I just read. Thank god it’s over.

Makes little sense at the beginning. Doesn't improve much by the end. For details, see Anne's masterful review.

Can I just go on record in saying I wish Dick got to be Batman another 2 years. He was great. Now let's talk goods and bads. The good begins with some great fight scenes done in here, love the back and forth between Damien and Joker, I really dug the Joker in general here, and watching a certain someone return was fun. The flipside to the bads are two major things. The art and pacing. So the art is darker, weird faces, and just not nearly as fun looking as the last two volumes. Also the pacing s...