Batman Incorporated #9

As Batman, Alfred, Nightwing, and Red Robin lay Damian Wayne to rest Grant Morrison's craptastic Leviathan storyline continues. Talia, her overgrown clone of a son, and the Leviathan troops are in control of Wayne Enterprises and issue demands for Batman to be banned from Gotham City and all of Batman Incorporated's operations around the world to cease immediately.

Sure I could sit here and rip apart Grant Morrission's "plot," such as how Leviathan could ever make good on their threats, or the near-impossibility of removing all likenesses of Batman from a city in eight hours. Or I could simply point out the writer's usual brand of mumbo-jumbo that the writer uses in place of actual plot.

Or I might mention how ridiculous the events covered in this storyline appear when (aside from Damian's death) are completely being ignored in EVERY OTHER BATBOOK. You'd think Gotham under siege of a terrorist organization run by Batman's former lover might be something that would effect other Batman-related comics.

Or I could simply point out the completely over-the-top final panel featuring Batman screaming into the cave which is so bad it's laughable. Or I could just say this: Grant Morrison has been planning the death of Damian Wayne for years, and if this is the best he can do with this amount of planning I don't know why anyone would want hire him to write a Batman comic ever again. Pass.

[DC, $3.99]