Post by Transmetropolitan on Dec 9, 2009 19:34:09 GMT -5
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"As 2009 opened, Final Crisis drew to a close. One of the most shocking moments of Grant Morrison's chaotic epic was the apparent death of Bruce Wayne at the hands of the evil god Darkseid. However the last page of the storyline revealed that Wayne was alive and well - but in another time altogether. Just as Morrison was the creator to send Batman to exile - and replace him with Dick Grayson - he will also be the one to bring him back. April 2010 will see the launch of "Return," which will see Morrison joined by a variety of artists, the first of which will be Chris Sprouse. Morrison is calling this project, "The latest chapter in the long-running, 'definitive' Batman epic."
In an interview with USA Today, Morrison described "Return" as a, "fairly intricate time-travel story in which the world's greatest hero, the optimum man, is up against the supreme challenge to his ingenuity and skill. How does Batman get out of the ultimate trap? It has a mystery and an apocalyptic countdown going on, there are some major twists and reveals, and it sets up big changes to the Batman universe status quo."
When asked to elaborate on the plot, and he'd definitely have to with art samples like the ones we have below, Morrison said this: "Each of the stories is a twist on a different "pulp hero" genre — so there's the caveman story, the witchhunter/Puritan adventurer thing, the pirate Batman, the cowboy, the P.I. — as a nod toward those mad old 1950s comics with Caveman Batman and Viking Batman adventures. It's Bruce Wayne's ultimate challenge — Batman vs. history itself!"
One more quote - the one to address those of you complaining about another "rebirth" in the industry. "As we saw at the end of the Final Crisis book, Bruce Wayne was never dead, only AWOL, so this was never a literal "back to life" story. And I like to think the series will have a wider general appeal than some of the continuity driven "death and rebirth"-type stories we've seen before," Morrison told USA Today. "This is more for me about putting Batman/Bruce Wayne through my own, and my collaborators' version, of the ultimate test of who and what he is. So far I've had him overcome the Devil, Madness and Death; now we see him, truly lost, amnesiac, and stripped down to basic human survival mode..."
We don't have further details about the series at this point, but a couple designs by Andy Kubert speak louder than most words could. Can you say Pirate and Caveman Batman?"
I'll be sorry to see Dick Grayson-Batman go, but it was bound to happen. I know I'll be picking this up, Grant's work on Batman got me back into comics. I hope he'll stay on Batman after this series is completed, but if he doesn't and decides to take a bow, I know I'll be there giving him a standing ovation.
"As 2009 opened, Final Crisis drew to a close. One of the most shocking moments of Grant Morrison's chaotic epic was the apparent death of Bruce Wayne at the hands of the evil god Darkseid. However the last page of the storyline revealed that Wayne was alive and well - but in another time altogether. Just as Morrison was the creator to send Batman to exile - and replace him with Dick Grayson - he will also be the one to bring him back. April 2010 will see the launch of "Return," which will see Morrison joined by a variety of artists, the first of which will be Chris Sprouse. Morrison is calling this project, "The latest chapter in the long-running, 'definitive' Batman epic."
In an interview with USA Today, Morrison described "Return" as a, "fairly intricate time-travel story in which the world's greatest hero, the optimum man, is up against the supreme challenge to his ingenuity and skill. How does Batman get out of the ultimate trap? It has a mystery and an apocalyptic countdown going on, there are some major twists and reveals, and it sets up big changes to the Batman universe status quo."
When asked to elaborate on the plot, and he'd definitely have to with art samples like the ones we have below, Morrison said this: "Each of the stories is a twist on a different "pulp hero" genre — so there's the caveman story, the witchhunter/Puritan adventurer thing, the pirate Batman, the cowboy, the P.I. — as a nod toward those mad old 1950s comics with Caveman Batman and Viking Batman adventures. It's Bruce Wayne's ultimate challenge — Batman vs. history itself!"
One more quote - the one to address those of you complaining about another "rebirth" in the industry. "As we saw at the end of the Final Crisis book, Bruce Wayne was never dead, only AWOL, so this was never a literal "back to life" story. And I like to think the series will have a wider general appeal than some of the continuity driven "death and rebirth"-type stories we've seen before," Morrison told USA Today. "This is more for me about putting Batman/Bruce Wayne through my own, and my collaborators' version, of the ultimate test of who and what he is. So far I've had him overcome the Devil, Madness and Death; now we see him, truly lost, amnesiac, and stripped down to basic human survival mode..."
We don't have further details about the series at this point, but a couple designs by Andy Kubert speak louder than most words could. Can you say Pirate and Caveman Batman?"
I'll be sorry to see Dick Grayson-Batman go, but it was bound to happen. I know I'll be picking this up, Grant's work on Batman got me back into comics. I hope he'll stay on Batman after this series is completed, but if he doesn't and decides to take a bow, I know I'll be there giving him a standing ovation.
