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| Issue |
Batman
655 |
| Subtitle |
Batman
& Son part 1: Building a Better Batmobile |
| Date |
September
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Grant
Morrison |
| Artist(s) |
Andy
Kubert |
| storyline |
Commissioner
Gordon was infected with Joker gas; Joker had Batman
down and a group of disabled kids hostage. Batman pulled
out a gun and shot him, picked up his limp body, and
threw him in a dumpster.
Batman visited Gordon in the hospital - the man who'd
shot Joker was an ex-cop who snapped and dressed as
the vigilante.
Robin checked in with Bruce and Alfred - Bruce was busy
working on his costume and rebuilding the car. Bruce
told him they were heading to London for a charity event.
A woman threatened the life of Francine Langstrom if
her husband didn't hand her over the man-bat serum.
Bruce bumped into Kirk Langstrom in London and noticed
he was acting oddly.
While looking at guests at the gala, Talia's son picked
out his father. It was time for her to introduce them. |
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| Issue |
Batman
656 |
| Subtitle |
Batman
& Son part 2: Man-Bats of London |
| Date |
October
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Grant
Morrison |
| Artist(s) |
Andy
Kubert, Jesse Delperdang |
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Bruce
was approached by a woman named Jezebel Jet. She was
a fashion model who was now running a small African
nation. After a quick chat, she left him to schmooze
with other guests.
Outside, Alfred saw the Langstroms thrown from a van.
Kirk explained to him that he'd been force to give up
his man-bat serum. A group of the creatures attacked
the gala. Bruce changed clothes and went after the ninja
man-bats. He stopped the first six, but more arrived
to take their place. He was eventually overwhelmed by
their sheer numbers. He looked up to see Talia and a
child. She introduced Batman to his son and left them. |
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| Issue |
Batman
657 |
| Subtitle |
Batman
& Son part 3: Wonderboys |
| Date |
November
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Grant
Morrison |
| Artist(s) |
Andy
Kubert, Jesse Delperdang |
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Batman
introduced his son to the cave and Robin. Damian was
unimpressed. Batman sent him up to the manor with Alfred
and explained things to Robin. Tim didn't take it quite
well and stormed out after telling Batman the Spook
was holding the mayor hostage.
Back upstairs, Batman used fear to convince the boy
that he was not the boss.
When Gordon and his men got to the Spook, Batman was
holding his dead body. Everyone else was OK.
Robin returned to the cave to try and make good with
Damian. Damian showed him the head of the Spook - he'd
killed him. Damian and Robin fought. Batman was later
met on a rooftop by his son dressed in a hybrid of his
League of Assassins garb and Jason's Robin outfit. He
told Batman that Robin had quit. |
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| Issue |
Batman
658 |
| Subtitle |
Batman
& Son part 4: Absent Fathers |
| Date |
December
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Grant
Morrison |
| Artist(s) |
Andy
Kubert, Jesse Delperdang |
| storyline |
Batman
got back to the cave - Robin was injured. Batman sent
Alfred down to check him out. Batman and Damian (so
he could keep an eye on him) headed out to track down
Talia and her ninja man-bats. Damian seemed genuinely
sincere about helping his father.
They took the Bat-Rocket and headed toward Gibraltar,
then parachuted down on Talia's stronghold. Once the
Prime Minister's wife was safe, Batman told Talia to
take the kid and leave. The British Navy fired on her
submarine. Batman refused to join her and he watched
the sub explode. |
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| Issue |
Batman
663 |
| Subtitle |
The
Clown at Midnight |
| Date |
April
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Grant
Morrison |
| Artist(s) |
John
Van Fleet |
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Clowns
gathered at a cemetery to bury Bozzo the Bandit. He'd
been one of Joker's henchmen who the "Boss"
had killed. One lost grip of the coffin. It fell and
killed another. They all began falling from their boss's
poisons.
Batman headed to Arkham to see the Joker. He was informed
that he'd just gotten out of shock treatment and had
been spending most of his time in speech therapy - he
no longer seemed to be a threat after Batman had shot
him and thrown him into a dumpster.
Joker, wrapped in bandages, seemed to confirm the "hit"
via eye blink Morse code. Batman suspected Harley Quinn
was his "speech therapist" when Arkham told
him the doctor's name was "Wisakedjak" (the
name of the Cree Indian trickster god).
More henchmen were found dead. Batman found a pattern
- everything seemed to be either black or red. He tracked
down Harley. She opened fire on him and placed red and
black flowers near each other, setting off a chemical
reaction (the same that had been killing clowns). Batman
bombed them as Harley escaped.
Joker, too, escaped. Two guards were killed on his way
out of Arkham. Harley was there for him, but she was
somewhat uncomfortable with his new look (he'd had reconstructive
surgery after being shot in the face by the fake Batman).
Batman watched and warned Harley that she would be his
next victim. Joker attacked her with a straight razor.
She fought back, breaking one of his arms, before realizing
she didn't care. She walked to him in submission.
Batman attacked the Joker. When their fight began to
wind down, Harley shot her lover. Batman dragged him
back into the asylum. |
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| Issue |
Batman
664 |
| Subtitle |
Three
Ghosts of Batman |
| Date |
May
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Grant
Morrison |
| Artist(s) |
Andy
Kubert, Jesse Delperdang |
| storyline |
Bruce
Wayne met Jezebel in the mountains for some skiing.
Bruce caused a small paparazzi helicopter to crash by
throwing his ski rod at it. They had dinner before he
headed back to Gotham City.
Batman moved in on a pimp who was supplying to the GCPD.
There was a "monster" who'd been preying on
hookers. He found a den with corpses and one prostitute
still alive. A giant of a man (on venom?) approached
him. He picked Batman up and threw him through a wall
into the alley outside. The giant stomped him and left
him. |
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| Issue |
Batman
665 |
| Subtitle |
The
Black Casebook |
| Date |
June
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Grant
Morrison |
| Artist(s) |
Andy
Kubert, Jesse Delperdang |
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Roxy,
one of the hookers Batman helped earlier repaid the
debt. She found him and dropped him off near the Penthouse.
From there, he called Alfred.
When Bruce woke up, Alfred and Tim were there with him.
He told them about the Bane-like man who'd beaten him.
While he was doped up on morphine, Tim went out to investigate.
Bruce told Alfred about a black casebook full of situations
where he and Robin (Dick) had gone up against time travel
and other unexplainable situations. Alfred knew of it
and had been working with it recently. Bruce then told
him about a dream where he'd encountered three different
ghosts of Batman.
Robin crashed his motorcycle into the creature, then
Batman arrived and did the same with the Batmobile.
As Batman went after the stunned man, police arrived
and told him to back off. Batman disappeared and told
Gordon about the dirty cops. Gordon knew and said he
was working on it.
Elsewhere, Talia got Damian to a medical facility for
"full organ harvest and replacement." When
she learned that he was stabilized, she also learned
that Bruce had been seen twice with Jezebel Jet. Someone
was watching when he met with her again. |
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| Issue |
Batman
666 |
| Subtitle |
Legend
of the Batman |
| Date |
July
2007 |
| Writer(s) |
Grant
Morrison |
| Artist(s) |
Andy
Kubert, Jesse Delperdang |
| storyline |
Since
the death of his father, Damian Wayne had become Batman.
After taking down one of the Dollotrons, Batman escaped
from Commissioner Gordon (Barbara) and her cops. Back
in the cave, Damian spoke with his cat, Alfred. He believed
the killer he was after was one of three "replacement
Batmen that haunted my father years ago." The killer
was making himself out to be the biblical anti-Christ.
Batman tracked him down - he, too, was wearing a Batman
costume. Batman killed him while telling him he'd sold
his soul to his father years before. |
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references to time, and chronology: |
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Issue
656 references Son of the Demon.
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"He
died when I wasn't much older than you are now." (Batman
to Damian about his own father, Batman 658) |
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Issue
658 appears to depict why Harley turned a new leaf. |
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Issue
666 reveals that Damian was grown in an "artificial womb."
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