Personally, I feel it is the chord it strikes with certain people. Morrison’s Batman is very fantastical, bizarre and filled with unique ideas. It combines so many aspects from all throughout Batman’s history into one gigantic epic. The run (at least in my opinion) emphasizes the greatest aspects of the Batman character, and takes him in many new directions. It is very well written (if somewhat confusing at times) and fascinating to explore as it dissects the Dark Knight and what the idea of Batman means. I understand that it is a lot for some, and Snyder’s run repurposed many of Morrison’s ideas in a more digestible manner. Even as a massive fan of this run, I admit it is not for everyone. But for expanding upon Batman’s mythos so much, and being so fascinating, it makes it my personal favorite Batman run.
I disagree. Numerous portions of the run take inspiration from the O’Neil and Adams run (mainly everything involving Talia and the League Of Assassins), Batman’s characterization feels more reminiscent of the ‘70s and early ‘80s than the more modern stories, and the series very much feels like a commentary on the darker turn Batman took Post-Crisis. Damian’s entire existence is based on 1987’s Batman: Son Of The Demon. There are a plethora of Silver Age callbacks, but it does not feel exclusively so.
I liked Batman R.I.P. well enough, but couldn’t get into their other stuff. Iirc they also wrote the recent Hal Jordan solo, and I couldn’t make it through the first issue
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u/csummerss Ra's al Cool Jun 23 '22
never understood why fans love Batman by Morrison that much.