Batman Incorporated, Volume 2 by Grant Morrison

'It's a natural development, and just shows what we're into nowadays,' he said.

See Also: For Trippier Comics Flicks, Hollywood Needs to Turn On to Grant Morrison, Warren Ellisīut you get what you pay for, said Morrison, whose Batman, Inc. Given the superhero's straight-edge persona, indefatigable work ethic and bottomless billions, his new Bat-capitalists should be light-years away from the corporate egotists heavily stroked in films like Iron Man 2, whose Tony Stark is a self-obsessed screw-up compared to Bruce Wayne's solemn justice-seeker. 'Batman travels the world recruiting new Bat-men and stamping them with his seal of approval.' is the idea that we can all be Batman, if we want to,' the acclaimed Scotland-born comics writer told by phone. But is 21st-century capitalism ready for Earth's finest Zen billionaire? Not every New 52 change was undone, but those that were brought the series back to Morrison's original intent that virtually all the 'main' DCU Batman's stories fit somewhere in his history, regardless of reboots.Writer Grant Morrison is betting the house on franchising The Dark Knight's deathless brand in his new comic book series, Batman, Inc. As Fairbairn explained to Comics Alliance, not only did Burnham swap all the scenes by other artists with his own material, but he and Fairbairn changed Batman's flashback costume to the classic Neal Adams blue and gray, complete with bat oval and blue trunks. Another noticeable change is that in the flashback scenes of Batman's early meetings with Talia Al Ghul, the Dark Knight isn't wearing the Neal Adams-designed costume from the stories in which Talia first appears.Ĭouple that with the fact that several additional artists had to pitch in to ensure 'Batman Incorporated' didn't fall behind schedule, and you can see why main penciller Chris Burnham and colorist Nathan Fairbarin decided to make some slight adjustments when the series was collected in DC's oversized Absolute format.

Jason Todd's hair color, for instance, which Grant Morrison had reestablished as being naturally red in 'Batman and Robin,' is made black again, while Commissioner Gordon reverts to his younger, red-haired appearance. This leads to some changes in Volume 2 of 'Batman Incorporated,' albeit largely cosmetic.

Batman Incorporated, Volume 2 by Grant Morrison