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Batman: The Black Glove [Hardcover]

Grant Morrison , Tony Daniel , J.H. Williams III
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)

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Book Description

September 16, 2008
Written by Grant Morrison Cover by Williams Art by J.H. Williams III, Tony Daniel & Jonathan Glapion Writer Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN, FINAL CRISIS) brings Batman and a group of global heroes to a mysterious island to face a killer in this volume collecting BATMAN #667-669 and 672-675. Then, Batman relives a defining adventure in the life of young Bruce Wayne: the hunt for his parents' killer. Advance-solicited; on September 3 - 176 pg, FC, $24.99 US

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This Batman collection is, unfortunately, bifurcated. The first half cheekily updates the 1950s Club of Heroes, a motley group of global counterparts of Batman who assemble, with the Caped Crusader, on a secluded Caribbean island and face an old-dark-house murder mystery. Morrison’s clever script is greatly abetted by J. H. Williams’ gorgeous art and imaginative storytelling. In the prosaically illustrated rest of the book, Batman has a near-death experience and a hallucinogenic dream populated by figures from his past. The end of this sequence is a cliffhanger lead-in to the “Batman R.I.P.” story line, for which fans have been relentlessly primed. --Gordon Flagg

About the Author

Grant Morrison is one of comics' greatest innovators. His long list of credits includes Batman: Arkham Asylum, JLA, Seven Soldiers, Animal Man, Doom Patrol, The Invisibles and The Filth. He is currently writing Batman, All-Star Superman and Final Crisis. JH Williams III is best known as the illustrator of the critically acclaimed Chase, Desolation Jones, Promethea, and Seven Soldiers. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 176 pages
  • Publisher: DC Comics; First Edition edition (September 16, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1401219098
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401219093
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.6 x 10.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #391,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The lead in to what seems to be a great mystery. NLG2008  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
It took me a couple of times reading through the book to get it and maybe I still don't. E. David Swan  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The mystery deepens... September 18, 2008
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When brilliant comic writer Grant Morrison (Final Crisis, The Filth, New X-Men; c'mon, you know the list) took over duties on Batman, readers knew we were going to a get a bit of a different take on the classic character. The Batman & Son storyarc proved that, and also served as a set up for The Black Glove, which finds the mystery that began in the pages of Batman & Son getting even deeper. The Black Glove picks up with Batman and Robin taking a trip to a secluded island and meeting up with a group of international Batman-inspired heroes, only to have a murder mystery in their midst. Later on, Batman makes it back to Gotham City, and has another run-in with the Batman impersonators that were once Gotham City cops, which leaves more questions than answers naturally. If you've read anything from Morrison, then you should know that a majority of his work is structured like a tree, and typically pretty cryptic. His run on Batman is no different, and he writes the character wonderfully. Sadly though, and this may be a put off for a number of fans, Morrison is gleefully pulling a good amount of material from Batman's silver age past, which he does do a good job putting to use here, but for newer or younger readers, many of the references may be a little over their heads. That aside though, The Black Glove is a solid read that will keep you entertained, and the great artwork from Tony Daniel and J.H. Williams III (Ryan Benjamin's pencil work in the closing chapter features some odd-looking facial expressions however) is a joy to look at as well. All in all, if you've been following Morrison's run at all, The Black Glove is a worthwhile pickup, and will leave you salivating for Batman R.I.P.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Morrison's Black Glove Fits All May 31, 2010
Format:Hardcover
When comics' writer Grant Morrison assumed authorship of the Dark Knight's legends in 2006, he stated in a Newsarama interview (which I can no longer access from their site, sadly) that he "wanted to see a psychologically 'healthier' Batman... [one that] combines the cynic, the scholar, the daredevil, the businessman, the superhero, the wit, the lateral thinker, the aristocrat." Batman: The Black Glove occurs midway through the run in which he accomplished that and much more. His approach to the character, that has undergone serious deconstruction throughout the eighties and nineties, is to reconstruct him; bringing to light Batman's best parts, while reconciling his paradoxical contradictions.

The subtlety is breathtaking for anyone familiar with the 70-plus year history of the character. Morrison seamlessly invokes the "Batman fighting space aliens" stories of Batman in the fifties alongside the "Bruce Wayne as corporate philanthropist and socialite" elements of the Steve Englehart-Marshall Rogers era of the seventies. By faithfully restoring characters like Talia and Man-Bat into the modern age with powerful reverence for the source material, Morrison navigates the cul-de-sacs of our scrutiny and effortlessly appeases our demands for stories that fit within our (often over-zealous) need for logical continuity and "realism". This is what good comic writing produces: building new stories from antecedent, rather than ignoring them or worse, defaming them.

Perhaps the highest credit of Morrison's venerated run must be paid to the marriage of his words with the artwork of J.H. Williams III in the first half of the book.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Batman falls into the trap of the Black Glove! September 23, 2008
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When Grant Morrison works with J.H. Williams III, you know only magic can happen. I mean, look at Seven Soldiers #1. In this volume's first arc, Batman and Robin travel to a remote private island for a reunion of the Club of Heroes, a gathering of international superheroes inspired by Batman (their names are just too awesome to not mention--El Gaucho, Man-of-Bats and Raven Red, The Knight and Squire, The Musketeer, The Legionary....). The revelry is soon ended when one of them is found murdered and a taped recording claims "the Black Glove" is responsible.

After barely escaping from the island, Batman is thrown headfirst into another crazy case--that of the third replacement Batman, the mysterious figure hinted at in the previous volume. After suffering a heart attack, Batman has flashbacks to great periods of distress in life--the murder of his parents; his first confrontation with Joe Chill, his parents murderer, as Batman; an isolation experiment he participated in that left him believing Robin was dead; and a Buddhist meditation ritual he underwent in Nanda Parbat where he was sealed off from the world in a cave for 49 days. When he awakes, Batman finds himself the captive of the his impostor, who warns him of the Black Glove and the mysterious Dr. Hurt, the man who oversaw the isolation experiment Batman so many years ago--a man who just may be the embodiment of the Devil himself.

Morrison, Williams, and artist Tony Daniel really take charge here. Williams' layouts and stylistic approach is, as always, revolutionary. Daniel, though not nearly as inspired, still provides solid work. And Morrison unites Batman's history and psyche in ways previously unseen. I can't wait to see where he goes next. I'll be looking out for the ominously titled "Batman R.I.P."
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5.0 out of 5 stars A different angle on a very old character.
A few riches pages added to the tapestry that is Batman. This could be seen as a look at the different ways that Batman could have turned out, through the proxies of other figures... Read more
Published 3 days ago by Gavin Sheedy
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful mystery & homages to Batman's past
The skinny: A mysterious organization dubbed "The Black Glove" has apparently targeted The Dark Knight in a dangerous game of GOOD versus EVIL. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kirk A. Campbell
5.0 out of 5 stars Riddles in the dark
Time is on Grant Morrison's side. If you've been patient enough to wait for his run to end, or are just now coming to the table, you're in for a treat. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Brett Grimes
3.0 out of 5 stars 3 1/2 Stars
I didn't really read all the collections up to this point but I did read a few, as it happens this novel dumps off into Batman RIP which is not well rated on Amazon. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Julian Pope
5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece.
This volume is a perfect summation of everything I love about comics. The primary story arc present is a classic locked-room mystery featuring Batman and a number of minor... Read more
Published 13 months ago by dsan
4.0 out of 5 stars Highly entertaining and very weird- Bat Mite anyone??
Grant Morrison's epic Batman run continues with The Black Glove. Ok, this is good, but can be quite confusing. Read more
Published on June 15, 2011 by Juan Cruz
5.0 out of 5 stars A great TPB!
I just received my book and I loved it! The prelude of Batman R.I.P. (and Batman Incorporated) is very interesting because the story is about the Batmen of some countries. Read more
Published on April 12, 2011 by SETH
5.0 out of 5 stars Morrison at his bests.
This is highly entertaining. A solid mystery. An enjoyable ride. A must to read especially as it leads into Batman RIP.
Published on October 24, 2010 by Fabrice Pierre
2.0 out of 5 stars Batman disappoints again
Great looking book. Nice artwork. But try to read the stuff.

You'll be reeling with trying to assimilate new characters with unspecified powers, and then there is the... Read more
Published on September 27, 2010 by danny boy
5.0 out of 5 stars Second volume of Morrison's run
Here we go with the second volume of Morrison's excellent run on Batman, the first of which was Batman and Son. Read more
Published on April 29, 2010 by General Martok
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