The Batman's Grave: The Complete Collection
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Summary
The World's Greatest Detective must try to inhabit the mind of a murder victim to solve a case--without filling the empty grave next to those of his parents。
Can Batman imagine the life of a corpse with a half-eaten face without dying himself？
A man was murdered， and the Batman is in his head--and he knows how it happened。 All he has to do now is survive his own deduction。
Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch， one of the most legendary creative partnerships of the modern age， reunite in this tale about life， death and the questions most are too afraid to ask。
Collects The Batman's Grave #1-12
Can Batman imagine the life of a corpse with a half-eaten face without dying himself？
A man was murdered， and the Batman is in his head--and he knows how it happened。 All he has to do now is survive his own deduction。
Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch， one of the most legendary creative partnerships of the modern age， reunite in this tale about life， death and the questions most are too afraid to ask。
Collects The Batman's Grave #1-12
Reviews
Jan Andersen
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After reading Batman's Grave， I simply don't what to make of it。 The first half left me quite disappointed， the second half was better than the first half， and the finale was somehow disappointing as well。 Sure the explosions were there but the big confrontation really fizzled out。Bryan Hitch on illustrations is breathtaking， he can really impress me， even to this day。 Kevin Nowlan is inker on some issues， with or without him it is still perfect。 Over the years Hitch has impressed with his disti After reading Batman's Grave， I simply don't what to make of it。 The first half left me quite disappointed， the second half was better than the first half， and the finale was somehow disappointing as well。 Sure the explosions were there but the big confrontation really fizzled out。Bryan Hitch on illustrations is breathtaking， he can really impress me， even to this day。 Kevin Nowlan is inker on some issues， with or without him it is still perfect。 Over the years Hitch has impressed with his distinct hyper-detailed style on Stormwatch， Authority， Ultimates， JLA， JLA: Heaven's Ladder， Fantastic Four， Captain America: Reborn， Justice League （volume 3）， Age of Ultron and Hawkman。 But this is what I expect of him， and while this is more of that， I'm still somehow left if not disappointed， then just not that overwhelmed。 It might be me being used to this level of details and big explosions， but it just seem a bit more of the same without the same punch。And I think this is due to Warren Ellis' writing。 Overall the writing is too Warren Ellis， Batman and especially Alfred both talk like Ellis。 While it works on other characters in titles as Authority， Planetary， Transmetropolitan， Nextwave and even Hellblazer， it just reads off on Batman。 I know he has a style and tone but Batman and Alfred is not this bitter and cynical。 He has written Batman before without going overboard like this。 In #11 Bruce and Alfred have a talk， reading more like the way it should be between the two， with Alfred worrying for Bruce。Writers like Grant Morrison， Jeph Loeb and even Scott Snyder and Tom King all have very distinct styles and tones as well， but they still keep inside the voice of a character。 This is more like Frank Miller on All Star Batman and Robin。 Sure Miller showed off his voice in Dark Knight Returns， but this reads like Miller going all in。Finally I get the feeling， I have seen this villain before。 Scorn and his Scorn Army comes across as a Wrath and Prometheus， with some Dark Knight movie Joker and Bane thrown in。 The design by Hitch also looks quite bland， and could be Architect， Talon or any other armored Batman villain。 In the end I still feel Batman's Grave deserves a 3 of 5 rating。 The first few issues would be 2 of 5， while the middle becomes 3 and even 4， and the finale a mere 2。 It's not something I will look back upon or pick up from time to time。 。。。more
Robert
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Sarcastic killing machine with a taste for booze and blow and without two f*cks to give is my new favorite iteration of Alfred。 And the rest of the story is good too。
Gianfranco Mancini
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I'm in the minority here， but I just loved these 12 issues long miniseries from Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch， something halfway between Nolan's cinematic/realistic Batman， sometimes I just could hear Hans Zimmer's theme in my mind， and an hard-boiled detective tv show。I think Ellis nailed for good the essence of the Caped Crusader as World's Greatest Detective here， cutting away some iconic elements of the character like the usual bat-family/villains freakshow cast of supporting actors while kee I'm in the minority here， but I just loved these 12 issues long miniseries from Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch， something halfway between Nolan's cinematic/realistic Batman， sometimes I just could hear Hans Zimmer's theme in my mind， and an hard-boiled detective tv show。I think Ellis nailed for good the essence of the Caped Crusader as World's Greatest Detective here， cutting away some iconic elements of the character like the usual bat-family/villains freakshow cast of supporting actors while keeping a nice Gary Oldman based Gordon and just best depiction ever of good old Alfred Pennyworth as a funny， cynical， David Noven reborn。Maybe 12 issues were too much for this apparently meandering storyline with so many silent brutal fight scenes filled pages， but Hitch's stellar artworks were 100% eye-candy for me， so that's just ok for me。Probably not best Dark Knight comic-book ever， but if you are in the mood for reading a non-canon crime/detective tale with strong Christopher Nolan's movies trilogy vibes， just check it out。And I think that abrupt and unexpected circular ending， open to more than one interpretation， was a real cherry on cake at last。Excelsior。 。。。more
Davide Saladino
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Interessante opera di decostruzione orchestrata dal solito schietto Ellis。L'autore applica la sua solita "pulizia" degli elementi di contorno per narrare l'essenza del personaggio， senza interferenze esterne。Il ritmo della narrazione richiama quello delle serie tv， quasi cinematografico。 Consigliato。 Interessante opera di decostruzione orchestrata dal solito schietto Ellis。L'autore applica la sua solita "pulizia" degli elementi di contorno per narrare l'essenza del personaggio， senza interferenze esterne。Il ritmo della narrazione richiama quello delle serie tv， quasi cinematografico。 Consigliato。 。。。more
Kevin Duvall
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Not a bad story， but it’s one of the most decompressed comics I’ve read in years。 It’s not an exaggeration to say this could’ve been half as long without losing a single plot point。 Bryan Hitch is always great for big action sequences， though， so at least the padding looks nice。
Anubhav
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Dig the visceral action sequences， ably penned by the great Bryan Hitch illustrating many of his trademark widescreen comics panels。 The story has some bright spots， but overall a disappointing venture given the calibre of the now-cancelled writer involved。 I hope Ellis can redeem himself and return， he's a writer I admire and it would be a shame if his career ended with this whimper of a book。 Dig the visceral action sequences， ably penned by the great Bryan Hitch illustrating many of his trademark widescreen comics panels。 The story has some bright spots， but overall a disappointing venture given the calibre of the now-cancelled writer involved。 I hope Ellis can redeem himself and return， he's a writer I admire and it would be a shame if his career ended with this whimper of a book。 。。。more
Sam Quixote
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Gotham’s latest nutter is a Power Rangers-cosplayer calling himself Scorn and he’s got an army because he’s a Batman villain。 Which means Batman gotta punch ‘im。 For twelve bloody issues！ I mostly love Warren Ellis’ books （the man himself - ehh， not so much， particularly in light of recent， um， things）， and， while he’s written some Batman comics in the past， he’s never tackled a full-length storyline before， so I was excited to see him teaming up with Bryan “Never Met a Dutch Angle I Didn’t Like Gotham’s latest nutter is a Power Rangers-cosplayer calling himself Scorn and he’s got an army because he’s a Batman villain。 Which means Batman gotta punch ‘im。 For twelve bloody issues！ I mostly love Warren Ellis’ books （the man himself - ehh， not so much， particularly in light of recent， um， things）， and， while he’s written some Batman comics in the past， he’s never tackled a full-length storyline before， so I was excited to see him teaming up with Bryan “Never Met a Dutch Angle I Didn’t Like” Hitch for this 12-issue maxiseries， The Batman’s Grave。 And it’s underwhelming， mostly quite boring stuff， unfortunately！ The story itself turns out to be wholly unremarkable。 Scorn is just another ordinary dude with conveniently absurd hi-tech/training， for no other reason than plot， with a grudge against the GCPD。 He’s a character we’ve seen Batman face a hundred times before （normally he’s called Deadshot）。 Batman’s journey to finally punch Scorn doesn’t warrant 12 issues - but I’m sure DC knew that combining Ellis and Hitch with Batman meant that they could string along fans for that long， so they did。 They were right but still， up yours DC。 Which is why Hitch is given free reign to draw numerous extended fight scenes that add little-to-nothing to the overall story but certainly add to the page count！ Watch Batman fight nobodies like the Eater of Faces， Colonel Sulphur， Dr Karl Helfern’s Scorn goons， more Scorn goons in Arkham Asylum， Scorn himself a couple times， and more Scorn goons。 Throw in tons more splash pages， lots of pointless dialogue， and pages like an entire page of Batman walking past a bus stop because his Batmobile got blowed up。 The book is essentially 80% filler for what is a feeble， instantly forgettable story。 Ellis tosses in a lot of convoluted elements like hypnotic drugs and serial killer murders and the takeover of Arkham but it’s just loud nonsense to distract you from the nothing-to-it plot and the villain’s eye-rollingly flat motivations。 No idea why this is called “The Batman’s Grave” either - like a lot of this book， it fails to connect to anything halfway meaningful。 That said， I liked the way Ellis wrote Batman’s thought processes for getting into victims’ heads and he wrote the funniest Alfred I’ve read in some time。 Some of the lines that made me laff: Bruce: You work in the manor all day and you spend all night in the cave。 How do you even do that？ Alfred: I am habitually ripped to the gills on very fine cocaine， sir。 Bruce: I may not buy people out of a life of crime， but I’ve been developing that approach。 Alfred: Because I have nagged and shamed you。Bruce: No。 Alfred: I have owned you， sir。 Confess it。 Bruce: I should call the police and tell them there’s a shot man on my floor and the butler did it。 Alfred: Sir。 Young master。 You wouldn’t grass on faithful old Alfred to the rozzers， would you？ Not ALFRED。 （slurps whiskey）The scene where Alfred shoots an intruder with rubber bullets is great， especially when Alfred keeps returning to shoot the unconscious intruder again and again to make sure he doesn’t get up！ Hitch draws him like David “Pink Panther” Niven too which is perfect。 Hitch’s art is brilliant as it usually is。 While too much of the book is extended wordless fight scenes between Batman and whichever easily-defeatable foe is standing in front of him， they’re well choreographed and great to see。 It’s just I don’t think people want to see so much of this when they pick up a Batman book - they want something to read， not half a book full of Batman fight scenes！ The excessive Dutch angles are a weird stylistic choice and some of the designs for Batman’s gadgets are awful。 In one scene he’s flying what looks like a robot’s turd （made up of wheels and lights） and the Bat-hound drones looked horrendous！ While the art is good and Ellis’ wit translates well through Alfred， The Batman’s Grave is overall an overlong， bloated， meandering， and completely unmemorable book - a disappointing effort from such a talented creative team。 。。。more
Kevin
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Este libro fue verdaderamente entretenido。 Sin embargo， tengo mucho del equipaje del universo de DC y eso me hace cuestionar por qué no aparecen otros personajes para ayudar a Batman con todos los héroes que tiene Ciudad Gótica。 Con eso fuera del camino， esta es una sólida historia de Batman que pone a prueba su capacidad física y cuestiona la existencia de Batman。 Pero como dije， he leído otras historias de Batman y esta pregunta no es tan nueva después de leer Dark Knight Returns o Whatever Ha Este libro fue verdaderamente entretenido。 Sin embargo， tengo mucho del equipaje del universo de DC y eso me hace cuestionar por qué no aparecen otros personajes para ayudar a Batman con todos los héroes que tiene Ciudad Gótica。 Con eso fuera del camino， esta es una sólida historia de Batman que pone a prueba su capacidad física y cuestiona la existencia de Batman。 Pero como dije， he leído otras historias de Batman y esta pregunta no es tan nueva después de leer Dark Knight Returns o Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader que también cuestiona a Batman como concepto。 Con eso dicho， lo que buscaba de este trabajo lo encontré con una ejecución impecable。 Ellis ya tiene el ritmo de los cómics cuál memoria muscular y como tal， ese ritmo lo hace ágil de leer。 Por un momento me molestó el Alfred que se pasaba el tiempo hablando de los dolores que ocasiona el capitalismo， pero luego de un tiempo me acostumbré al estilo de sarcasmo que Ellis le dió。 Y me reí mucho con más interacciones entre él y Batman。 Las escenas de acción fueron montadas de manera excelente， Ellis con su dirección siempre le da una energía cinematográfica a sus secuencias y esto no fue excepción。 El trabajo detectivesco de Batman brilla como nunca lo he visto antes， pero que tiene mucho sentido， ya que su forma de mirar la justicia es a través de la perspectiva de la víctima， lo cual encaja perfectamente con su origen。 Mi único inconveniente con estos libros de prestigio， es que no se arriesgan con estilos de dibujo más elásticos y dinámicos。 Y siento que es algo que me gustaría ver en los libros de Ellis。 Es digno de ponerlo al lado de otras grandes historias de Batman como Year One y Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader。 。。。more
Bob
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Has its fair share of Ellisisms & a few false notes， but overall a really interesting take on Batman。 I mostly love the ideological disagreements it posits between Batman， Alfred， Jim Gordon， Gotham City PD， & Jeremiah Arkham。 I love how corrupt， brutal， & at a cross-purposes w/ Gordon it portrays GCPD as， something I hope future Bat comics take up。 Also， a great， surprisingly subtle， & minor use of Cornelius Strik， one of the most macabre minor Bat rogues。Hitch's art is tremendous， especially i Has its fair share of Ellisisms & a few false notes， but overall a really interesting take on Batman。 I mostly love the ideological disagreements it posits between Batman， Alfred， Jim Gordon， Gotham City PD， & Jeremiah Arkham。 I love how corrupt， brutal， & at a cross-purposes w/ Gordon it portrays GCPD as， something I hope future Bat comics take up。 Also， a great， surprisingly subtle， & minor use of Cornelius Strik， one of the most macabre minor Bat rogues。Hitch's art is tremendous， especially in the action scenes， & Ellis is adept at getting out of Hitch's way & letting his layouts silently carry the action。 。。。more
John Funderburg
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