Batman: The Resurrection Of Ra's Al Ghul
Continuing from Batman & Son, though not entirely by Grant Morrison, it follows Damian Wayne and his desire to be with his father. Ra's Al Ghul is back and has taken the body of a rotting corpse. His intentions are to steal the body of a healthy blood relative. The chosen one is Damian.
Without ruining the story, it is full of unexpected yet un-exciting plot twists, like a minion of Ra's turning out to be his unworthy son, and an enemy known as the sensei revealing himself to be Ra's father. Though as action packed as this was, it could have been so much better. Instead we get a messy crossover the gives us nothing new except for Damian expressing his want to be with his father.
It fails on several aspects, especially artwise and writing due to a different team on each issue. The Grant Morrison issues stand out greater than the others. Character wise, Tim Drake is very out of character, almost choosing to side with Ra's and revive his lost love ones through the lazarus pit. Even to the point where he fights Nightwing just to do so. Damian's character doesn't suffer through uneven interpretations, but more so a lack there of. Not to mention, characters seemed to travel far too easily between Tibet and Gotham. Batman and Talia chased Ra's around the world for what was apparently 12 hours behind, yet Ra's ninja minions could kidnap Damian and Robin in Gotham and bring them back to Ra's before Batman gets there. I dunno...
The art hurts it the most. Damian is seen with too many unexplained costume changes, a character called White Ghost looks the same until the last two issues in which his hair is shorter and his look entirely different. As for the zombified Ra's Al Ghul, every issue he looks different. One issue he may look old and familiar and the next he has rotting skin. Too unbalanced to make the read smooth. Though it is the unexplained that ruin this story most. At one point, Batman has his right arm broken, fingers broken on his left hand, and then stabbed through the gut, yet he survives. Are we meant to believe that rejuvenating water at the temple of Nanda Parbat (where they fought) healed Batman just healed him good as new? The same water that may or may not have burned his enemy to death? It remains unexplained. Not to mention I am pretty sure that Nightwing may have killed some ninja's by squashing them to death under the giant penny in the batcave and Robin blew up some ninja's with a grenade. They're not meant to kill, right? Though, it was still an action packed read.
RATING:
Batman Story - 6/10
Continuity - 10/10
Art - 6/10
Epicness - 4/10
OVERALL - 6.5/10
Without ruining the story, it is full of unexpected yet un-exciting plot twists, like a minion of Ra's turning out to be his unworthy son, and an enemy known as the sensei revealing himself to be Ra's father. Though as action packed as this was, it could have been so much better. Instead we get a messy crossover the gives us nothing new except for Damian expressing his want to be with his father.
It fails on several aspects, especially artwise and writing due to a different team on each issue. The Grant Morrison issues stand out greater than the others. Character wise, Tim Drake is very out of character, almost choosing to side with Ra's and revive his lost love ones through the lazarus pit. Even to the point where he fights Nightwing just to do so. Damian's character doesn't suffer through uneven interpretations, but more so a lack there of. Not to mention, characters seemed to travel far too easily between Tibet and Gotham. Batman and Talia chased Ra's around the world for what was apparently 12 hours behind, yet Ra's ninja minions could kidnap Damian and Robin in Gotham and bring them back to Ra's before Batman gets there. I dunno...
The art hurts it the most. Damian is seen with too many unexplained costume changes, a character called White Ghost looks the same until the last two issues in which his hair is shorter and his look entirely different. As for the zombified Ra's Al Ghul, every issue he looks different. One issue he may look old and familiar and the next he has rotting skin. Too unbalanced to make the read smooth. Though it is the unexplained that ruin this story most. At one point, Batman has his right arm broken, fingers broken on his left hand, and then stabbed through the gut, yet he survives. Are we meant to believe that rejuvenating water at the temple of Nanda Parbat (where they fought) healed Batman just healed him good as new? The same water that may or may not have burned his enemy to death? It remains unexplained. Not to mention I am pretty sure that Nightwing may have killed some ninja's by squashing them to death under the giant penny in the batcave and Robin blew up some ninja's with a grenade. They're not meant to kill, right? Though, it was still an action packed read.
RATING:
Batman Story - 6/10
Continuity - 10/10
Art - 6/10
Epicness - 4/10
OVERALL - 6.5/10