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Post by All Star Batman on Jul 23, 2010 18:23:49 GMT -5
dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/07/23/sdcc-2010-and-now%e2%80%a6batman-inc/SDCC 2010: And now…BATMAN INC. Friday, July 23rd, 2010
By Alex Segura
remember when we told you to sit tight for another BATMAN announcement?
Well, here it is.
As revealed on the BATMAN panel at San Diego Comic-Con, writer Grant Morrison will be helming a new, ongoing Batman series: BATMAN INC., featuring art by the ultra-talented Yanick Paquette.
What does the “INC.” stand for? How will this new series build upon the amazing stories Grant has crafted in the pages of BATMAN and BATMAN AND ROBIN?
All will be revealed shortly on the BATMAN San Diego Comic-Con panel, as Grant shares a few details about the new series, talks about his overarching Batman story and teases BATMAN: THE RETURN, the issue that leads into the new ongoing.
It’s not an understatement to say Grant’s vision for the Dark Knight and his world has been an epic, evolving and all-encompassing tale. One that has not only put Batman – both Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson – through the ringer, but also redefined what the legend of the Batman means to those around him.
With BATMAN INC., Grant Morrison inverts the expected and presents a huge element of the unexpected to the Batman mythos, presenting a Batman status quo that is both new and energizing while at the same time remarkably familiar. We caught up with BATMAN Group Editor Michael Marts for some thoughts on what’s to come. Mike?
“Everything’s been leading to this. Bruce Wayne made his long journey home in THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE. Then Gotham City’s protector came back in BATMAN: THE RETURN. Now comes BATMAN INC.–the next phase of the Dark Knight as only mastermind writer Grant Morrison could imagine it. Joined on art by Yanick Paquette, this brand-new monthly series starring Batman and an unexpected supporting cast is sure to shock and surprise!”Okay, DC is really pushing it. This makes 7 main Batbooks now!
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Post by Batlaw on Jul 25, 2010 23:59:08 GMT -5
This doesnt appeal to me much at all and seems completely unnescessary.
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Post by All Star Batman on Jul 26, 2010 0:03:01 GMT -5
This doesnt appeal to me much at all and seems completely unnescessary. I'm willing to see more info on it and see what it's completely about, but I some what agree. I feel this is just to keep Morrison on Batman even though his main story since he started in '06 is coming to an end.
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Post by Dark Nightwing on Jul 26, 2010 0:55:32 GMT -5
I wish we had more info on this. I'll probably get this, but I just need a little more to get excited about it.
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Post by All Star Batman on Aug 10, 2010 13:37:09 GMT -5
latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/08/grant-morrison-.html'Batman Inc.' gets busy as Grant Morrison takes the hero beyond 'blue-collar' rage August 10, 2010 | 5:09 am EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW & FIRST-LOOK ART
After time travels and dark challenges, Bruce Wayne is back in Gotham City and writer Grant Morrison has big plans for the hero. I interviewed Morrison about "Batman, Inc.," a new series that launches in October and will present the "franchising" of the caped crusader -- essentially the dark knight of Gotham City drafts, trains and commands a team of heroes who will wear their leader's colors. "It's all about branding," says Morrison. The team will include Dick Grayson, Knight and Squire, El Gaucho and eight others. Their leader, meanwhile, gets that little yellow circle back on his costume. Read all about it below and check out the exclusive art after the jump . -- Geoff Boucher
GB: In recent years, the dominant image of Batman in the public mind is of an angry man who hunts down criminals in shadowy alleys. You've taken the character on voyages of the fantastic and even cosmic...
GM: I thought we had to put him up against something that he would be very uncomfortable with, and time travel seemed like it would be fun. It was also to show what he grew out of, those antecedents in the heroes of the past, the pulp fiction heroes. Cavemen and cowboys and pirates – it was a lit bit of a literary joke as well in the sense that he was kind of reeling in the entire history of pulp.
GB: I imagine that with any character that you work on for a period of time, there will be the expectations you have coming in and then the surprises along the way. Have you found unexpected things in Bruce Wayne, both masked and unmasked?
GM: Oh, definitely. You kind of go in with an idea of Batman, but I think that when I started the book – which, I think, was about a thousand years ago or five years or whatever -- the prevailing trend was the Frank Miller-style Batman, “The Dark Knight Returns” Batman, which was great. I grew up with that stuff and loved it. But I felt like the character right now could handle maybe dealing with some of the more problematic aspects of his past, which were some of the weird villains and strange science fiction. The notion of putting that stuff back but treating it in a very modern, grounded, realistic way – at least within the parameters of Batman’s world – gave us scope for a whole new kind of story. So for me, what I discovered was the depth of the character. I was kind of used to the savage vigilante, but when I really began to think of it, someone who had gone through this life process to be Batman would have much more psychological depth. A man who is that advanced in meditation and martial arts and yoga is not going to be a one-note vigilante crime fighter. There are a lot more spiritual aspects and weird aspects to Bruce Wayne’s personality that have not been explored a lot. That opened up a lot to me, and the character got a lot richer and a lot more depth.
GB: Miller’s work was an absolute pivot point in comics history and pushed the medium into new pop-culture conversations, but, over the years, other writers and artists grabbed the most superficial aspects of Miller’s Batman. Often, they reduced the character to sputtering rage and ultra-violence.
GM: There was a lot of that. Batman’s paranoia and alienation and rage became foreground, but I guess these things have to happen. People take a direction to the limit and the limit reveals the character kind of trapped in a box. So, yeah, I think you’re right. I mean, there was a lot of great Batman work being done – there always has been – but there was a tendency to push the character into a very dark place where I think he didn’t entirely belong. There’s a lot more to a man like that, if you want to try to take it seriously and imagine what he would be like. There was almost a blue-collar Batman that was being presented. This guy who is very singular and thuggish in his motivations and I thought we had to kind of bring back an aristocratic seeker, the guy who has traveled the world and seen and done everything. That has a lot more story potential.
GB: When I was young, I adored the version of Batman by Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers . He wasn't a chipper guy, by any means, but he seemed to be driven more by the light of intellect than the heat of rage. And he was a citizen of the world, too.
GM: Yeah, very much. He kind of dealt with his trauma. A lot of the post-Miller stuff was all about trauma and re-living the trauma. I kind felt like he got over a lot of it by being Batman. If he hadn’t been Batman he would have been insane...
GB: Sane or not, Batman is not a guy that plays well with others, at least not all the time. That makes it intriguing to hear that you have plans for the Bruce Wayne to "franchise" Batman and enlist others to wear the costume.
GM: A lot of the experiences that he's been through now, the way I want to play it is that they have changed his focus and his view of what his mission is and what he can accomplish. He starts to bring in more people. The first 12 issues of the book will be team-ups with Batman and different characters as he traveling the world and kind of training people. And at the end we found out what that's all about; it's not just habit or routine. He actually has a big agenda. That leads into where I'm taking this. At the end of the "first season" I want to wind up with a really enormous Batman story. Everything is building up to that kind of climatic arc.
GB: For the characters around Batman, I imagine there's some tension. To wear a Batman costume and join his team, you have to submerge yourself, correct?
GM: Oh yeah, I mean, 10 of the team-ups will be like that. The second team-up is Batman with El Gaucho, the Argentinian hero. So here's these super macho guys, these alpha males, and the Gaucho isn't sure he wants to wear that bat symbol, He doesn't always agree with Batman but he does agree with his principles and ideals. He agrees with the mission but not the branding. That's what it's all about: Branding.
GB: You've made a change to the costume. The yellow circle is back around the chest symbol. Fans can obsess about costume tweaks...
GM: Except, as we all know, all the costumes have been in constant change.... You look at the difference between the costume tights that Adam West wore and the gay disco armor that was in "Batman Forever" compared to the modern, militaristic thing that Christopher Nolandoes. They are all completely different but they are all instantly recognizable as Batman.
GB: Well it goes beyond that too. I'm fascinated by the flexibility of the character. Batman is a cheery Saturday morning cartoon with "The Brave and the Bold" but he's also beating people to a pulp in "The Dark Knight," a film that pushed the limits of PG-13. He's a Fisher Pricetoy for toddlers and a sociopath in Frank Miller's books. And nobody blinks. It's amazing how supple the character is...
GM: Supple is the word. It's really weird. Batman can take anything. You can do comedy Batman, you can do gay Batman...it all works. It something intrinsic to the character. It 's so strange and amazing.
GB: Another thing I loved growing up was "Batman Family," which was kind of a hysterical title, I suppose, if you think about it...
GM: It's a greattitle. "Batman Family" -- you just want to see him sitting there in a his Bat-slippers while Batgirl gets him his dinner. [laughter]
GB: It all made sense to me as a kid. Here's the ultimate orphan and now he's created this strange family and there's even room for Man-Bat, who sort of the ugly cousin. Did you enjoy that book? I only bring it up because it presented a sort of confederacy led by Batman.
GM: I did love that book at the time. What we're doing is somewhat in the tradition of that. Nothing I've done with Batman is so shockingthat it hasn't been seen before. I've tried to tell fans: 'Don't worry about time travel, he's done it before, we're just going to see it in more conventional, more down-to-earth way." Don't worry about the aspects of this stuff, we're re-drawing aspects of Batman's history all the time. He had team-ups before and, as you say, had "Batman Family." This is a lot like "Batman Family," I suppose, except the family is very extended in this case and it's global. I tell people not to worry. Batman can take it. He'd done it before.
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Post by coliv1977 on Aug 10, 2010 17:12:21 GMT -5
Their leader, meanwhile, gets that little yellow circle back on his costume. [/b][/quote]It's about time...!!!
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Post by All Star Batman on Aug 11, 2010 12:16:16 GMT -5
Cover to #1:
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Post by DrGreenEvil on Aug 11, 2010 18:05:37 GMT -5
This book is starting to really interest me. I might just pick this up.
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Post by IamI on Aug 11, 2010 21:52:41 GMT -5
Looks like he's wearing his No Man's Land costume to me:
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Post by kilowog52 on Aug 25, 2010 22:55:13 GMT -5
Okay, so they are unleashing three new Batman series-
Batman, Inc Batman: The Dark Knight Batwoman
They already have-
Detective Comics Batman Batman: Streets of Gotham Batman and Robin Batgirl Gotham City Sirens Birds of Prey Azrael
Will the three be added to the eight already in existence or will some of them (most likely Batman and Robin and Batman: Streets of Gotham) be canceled?
I'm not nearly as big into Batman as I am into Green Lantern. I have never collected a Batman continuous series (I own all four volumes of the animated series on DVD though) so don't take it as a surprise that I say Batman, Inc sounds like the best Batman title ever. I just might have to get that.
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Post by jokermatt on Aug 31, 2010 10:12:33 GMT -5
Okay, so they are unleashing three new Batman series- Batman, Inc Batman: The Dark Knight Batwoman They already have- Detective Comics Batman Batman: Streets of Gotham Batman and Robin Batgirl Gotham City Sirens Birds of Prey Azrael Will the three be added to the eight already in existence or will some of them (most likely Batman and Robin and Batman: Streets of Gotham) be canceled? I'm not nearly as big into Batman as I am into Green Lantern. I have never collected a Batman continuous series (I own all four volumes of the animated series on DVD though) so don't take it as a surprise that I say Batman, Inc sounds like the best Batman title ever. I just might have to get that. You forgot Batman Confidential and Red Robin. I think that Streets of Gotham, Confidential, and Azrael will be on there way out.
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Post by All Star Batman on Nov 23, 2010 19:25:55 GMT -5
Okay, I've been gone a while, but I'm back, so let's get caught up. BATMAN INCORPORATED #1 Written by GRANT MORRISON; Art by YANICK PAQUETTE; Cover by JH WILLIAMS; Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE Grant Morrison continues his earth-shattering run on the Batman titles with this exciting, new ongoing series! Featuring; Art by the remarkable Yanick Paquette (SEVEN SOLDIERS: BULLETEER), BATMAN, INC. marks the next stage of evolution for The Dark Knight. This can't-miss series will star not just Bruce Wayne as Batman, but also a huge number of guest-stars! Don't miss out on this all-new start to a stunning direction for Batman! Batman32pg.Color$3.99 US On Sale November 17, 2010 BATMAN INCORPORATED #2 Written by GRANT MORRISON; Art by YANICK PAQUETTE; Cover by JH WILLIAMS; Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE The dynamic new era of Batman continues! The Dark Knight and Mr. Unknown – the Batman of Japan – go up against Lord Death Man. It's going to be a fight to the end that could see the failure of Batman, Inc. before it's even begun! Batman32pg.Color$3.99 US On Sale December 22, 2010 BATMAN INCORPORATED #3 » View Larger Image Written by GRANT MORRISON; Art by YANICK PAQUETTE & MICHAEL LACOMBE; Cover by DAVID FINCH & SCOTT WILLIAMS; 1:25 Variant cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III Batman and Catwoman travel to South America to reunite with Gaucho, Argentina's Batman Incorporated representative. But their trip may be cut short when an unexpected adversary sends things spiraling downward! Batman32pg.Color$2.99 US On Sale January 19, 2011 BATMAN INCORPORATED #4 Written by GRANT MORRISON; Art by YANICK PAQUETTE; Cover by JH WILLIAMS; Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE Superstar writer Grant Morrison and artist Yanick Paquette have sent The Dark Knight on a trip to Japan and Argentina, but now Batman's taking a brief breather back in his home base of Gotham City for a team-up with Batwoman! And don't miss the first issue of BATWOMAN's new monthly series, on sale this month! Batman32pg.Color$2.99 US On Sale February 16, 2011
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Post by DrGreenEvil on Dec 1, 2010 1:18:52 GMT -5
Have to be honest...
I picked this up Sunday... And after only flipping through it a few times... Just doesn't seem that interesting. And definitely not leaning towards picking up the next issue. (The $4 price tag didn't really enthuse me either.)
Perhaps if they had started with the Gaucho issue... DrGreenEvil
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Post by Batlaw on Dec 1, 2010 7:10:51 GMT -5
Not into the idea or direction of this eithe but I didn't find it so bad. Not all that great but better than what we've been getting up to this point. Batman in comics has stunk so bad for so long now it can't get any worse. Ill checl out the next issue or two.
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Post by All Star Batman on Dec 10, 2010 21:33:55 GMT -5
Here's a cover to issue 5:
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Post by kilowog52 on Dec 18, 2010 11:52:51 GMT -5
The idea is excellent but the execution so far is poor.
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Post by All Star Batman on Dec 20, 2010 14:56:50 GMT -5
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Post by All Star Batman on Dec 20, 2010 17:14:50 GMT -5
Cover is above /\
BATMAN INCORPORATED #5 Written by GRANT MORRISON Art by YANICK PAQUETTE & MICHEL LACOMBE Cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III 1:25 Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE & MICHAEL LACOMBE Batman’s Argentinean adventure concludes as The Dark Knight and Gaucho fight to the death to save the lives of countless innocents. Meanwhile, England’s other Batman, The Hood, stumbles across a monstrous conspiracy – can Batman and his international allies stop a plot that threatens to transform the whole world? Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale MARCH 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
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Post by All Star Batman on Jan 5, 2011 10:50:01 GMT -5
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Post by batmanfan1 on Jan 5, 2011 20:25:08 GMT -5
by all means it seems like an ok read at the least. but that's my opinion
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Post by All Star Batman on Jan 5, 2011 22:22:58 GMT -5
by all means it seems like an ok read at the least. but that's my opinion Yeah. It's an okay read, and has potential because of Morrison but I don't know how long this can last. Even though it's one issue in though, I enjoyed The Dark Knight more; Bruce just seems more natural in Gotham than traveling the world. Nonetheless, I'm still giving Batman Inc. a chance.
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Post by batmanfan1 on Jan 6, 2011 19:27:58 GMT -5
Yeah i would say the same thing because That were he fits in best. Well at least that's what I say. Yet Batman Inc. could pose a surprise in some issues. But I really like him in Gotham.
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Post by All Star Batman on Jan 20, 2011 18:39:22 GMT -5
BATMAN INCORPORATED #6 Written by GRANT MORRISON; Art and cover by CHRIS BURNHAM; 1:25 Variant cover by FRAZER IRVING Man-of-Bats is a self-styled hero and community leader who protects his Sioux reservation from crime and disease. His son, Raven Red, can't seem to keep his father's often-embarrassing enthusiasm in check – and he dreams of escaping his father's shadow to become a big time hero. But what happens when this homemade Dynamic Duo become the targets of a sophisticated, well-connected killer from the shadows? Can the intervention of Batman save them before it's too late? Batman32pg.Color$2.99 US On Sale April 20, 2011
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Post by batmanfan1 on Jan 20, 2011 19:10:24 GMT -5
That doesn't really look good
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Post by All Star Batman on Jan 22, 2011 0:40:23 GMT -5
So bad news. The book has been delayed heavily with issues 3-5 all being released in March. #3 will be out on the 2nd while both 4 and 5 will be out the 23.
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Post by batmanfan1 on Feb 5, 2011 0:42:18 GMT -5
Dang!
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Post by All Star Batman on Feb 11, 2011 23:29:52 GMT -5
BATMAN INCORPORATED #7 Written by GRANT MORRISON Art and cover by CHRIS BURNHAM 1:25 Variant cover by FRAZER IRVING Man-of-Bats and his protégé, Red Raven, continue to aid the Dark Knight in tracking down a shadowy, sophisticated killer. Will these two members of The Club of Heroes become the newest additions to BATMAN INCORPORATED? Or will they die before they can even be offered the chance? On sale MAY 25 • 32 pg, FC $2.99 US • RATED T
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Post by All Star Batman on Mar 8, 2011 15:10:26 GMT -5
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Post by All Star Batman on Mar 10, 2011 17:32:53 GMT -5
Batman Inc. #8 cover
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