Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus Volume 3 (Batman Omnibus) (Batman Omnibus, 3)

This is the third and final omnibus of Grant Morrison's run. These omnibi are hefty collections, well bound and with good, sharp edges. The first two volumes I sometimes use as weights in order to achieve more batman looking arms.

Epic conclusion to the Morrison saga. DC nearly scuppered this with the new 52 launch, but he got it home and the story stuck the landing. Excellent art throughout in particular by Chris Burnham. Still the best Batman run of this century.

The Grant Morrison books are very well written and offer good insight to the characters.

Great book.

Vol 3 and hopefully there will be more.

La mejor manera de leer el Batman de Grant Morrison cronológicamente.

En USA la etapa de Grant Morrison se recoge en 3 tomos omnibus, los dos primeros están recogidos en España en el mega tomo Batman RIP de ECC. Sin embargo la parte referente a este tercer omnibus con el cierre de Morrison no está agregada y es un poco lío encontrarla, para mí mucho mejor comprar este tercer ómnibus y leer el final de la etapa de Morrison donde se concluye Batman Incorporated, Leviathan, Damian Wayne, etc.Grandes historias a mi parecer, interesante el enfoque multi Batman, brutal el desarrollo del mundo de los Robin (no haré spoilers).Para mi, necesario para cerrar la etapa RIP.Llegó en perfectas condiciones para guardar en la biblioteca con las esquinas intactas.

This Omnibus is better than the Absolute edition, in both content and quality.The stitching seems more secure in this Omnibus than it does in my copy of the Absolute edition. The pages of my Absolute edition are starting to come loose. Whereas my GM Batman Omni Vol. 1 (Sept 2018) and Omni vol. 2 (June 2019) are still holding up strong. And this GM Batman Omni Vol. 3 looks like the same great sturdy quality of the previous two Omnis.Thankfully (unlike the Absolute Batman Incorporated) this book actually has bonus material. Not just bonus material from Batman Inc Deluxe Edition, but they added bonus material for the New 52 portion of the run. The original New 52 releases in HC & TPB had only included a variant cover gallery. Now we have NEW extra content by Chris Burnham as well as Grant Morrison. This Omnibus also includes Batman The Return (One-Shot) that was illustrated by David Finch.If you haven’t already, you’re definitely going to want to pick up Batman by Grant Morrison volumes 1 & 2.Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus Vol. 1Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus Vol. 2I try my best to not go into heavy spoiler territory in my reviews, as I know there are folks new to this run. I will say that since Grant Morrison’s Batman run began, he has built up events that have come full circle in this final volume.Batman is investigating a Global Terrorist organization called Leviathan. They have been showing up just about everywhere, and infesting everything. Batman enlists the help of the Batmen of All Nations, and starts recruiting his own Army of Batmen around the world to combat Leviathan.If you’ve read Batman Incorporated in single issue form and collected trade as I have, you will have seen that towards the New52 portion of the run that there are pages that used fill-in artists.It was a bit jarring to be enjoying Chris Burnham’s unique style, then suddenly be reading pages illustrated by other artists. We were treated to Chris Burnham going back to draw all the pages, that he previously was unable to for the Absolute Edition. Thankfully this book includes all the redrawn Burham pages that were done for the Absolute. Chris Burham also redrew into the flashback scenes that referenced the 70’s Batman stories. When Batman Inc was published during the New 52, events from classic 70s Batman comics were made to show Batman wearing his New52 costume. Now they are redrawn with Batman as intended with the 70s Blue Cape and Cowl, and classic Yellow Oval as intended.Many fans were unsure if this Omnibus would also include Batman Inc issue #11 written by Chris Burham, as well as the Batman Incorporated Special written by guest writers. Rest assured they both are included within this book.This Omnibus has been printed in a beautiful Deluxe size. The binding, stitching and page quality all look solid and secure. The page color actually looks more vibrant than previous releases. The paper is a nice semi-gloss stock. Nice and easy on the eyes.Grant Morrison’s Batman run is my all-time favorite Batman story ever. This spanning saga has so many layers. It gets better with every re-read. I discover some hidden detail that I’d not noticed before. Revelations within this book actually change the way certain events from earlier portions of Morrison's Batman run are perceived.All I can say is, if you’re willing to invest the time in Grant Morrison’s Batman run, there’s a good chance that you’ll fall in love with it just as I have. You will find that you want to return and begin again, and enjoy many re-reads.

This final volume continues Morrison's treatise on the character, an epic reinforcement of the Batman's unbreakable spirit - which even literal living ideas and Gods fail to affect that ends with Batman Inc. - a true realization of the globe trotting, slick, suave, node in a network concept of worldwide vigilantes and the "anybody can be a hero" trope. The concept of Batman Inc., funded by Wayne Enterprises and thus tying the two together without unifying the secret identity with the masked one is a brilliant one, and logical extreme of the possibilities with Batman. The international Batmen are an epic set of fun characters fully realized after their brief appearances in the Silver Age and Island of Dr. Mayhew from omnibus volume 1.There is also the exploration of Batman's never ending mission, an Ouroboros, the snake that devours itself and the Dark mother archetype in Talia. Those are subtextual facets best read and pondered upon.Just a fantastically put together set of omnibi and a pleasure to own for aesthetics, book build and of course content.