Grant Morrison's Batman: Difference between revisions

[[DC Comics|Detective Comics]] published the first story of "The Bat-Man" in May of 1939, written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Bob Kane. In the years since then, [[Batman]] has become one of DC's premier superheroes; along with [[Superman]] and [[Wonder Woman]], Batman comprises a vital part of [[Power Trio|DC's Trinity]]. And in the decades that have followed his debut, the Caped Crusader has been influenced by a slew of great artists and writers; each having a unique interpretation of the character and a good number leaving a lasting impression on the Dark Knight and his world. Yet being published in at least one, then two, book(s) continuously for 70 years presents two problems: (1) how to keep the character of Batman interesting and (2) how to keep the character from becoming too esoteric as time goes on. Batman, like most of the DCU, had at least two attempts to reconcile this, by first separating the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] Batman from the [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] Batman and then later by partially rebooting Batman's history with the [[Crisis Crossover|Crisis Crossovers]] of ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' and ''[[Zero Hour]]''.

Morrison has stated that he intends his work to be [[Word of God|part of a series]], with [[Writing for the Trade|"four [collected] volumes and, if the cards are right, a fifth volume, a final volume"]]: The work he has done so far{{when}} includes the following: