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That last line is great. Good thing I preordered the trade.

That scene with Bruce Wayne and Alfred up top is pretty cheesy, although very well written by usual Didio DC standards (no emo noir narration captions or cringeworthy dialogue). The other excerpts are much better though, especially in the cave and the junkyard.

And that art is really great. Reminescent of Quitely but with better faces.

I’ve only had a chance to read this once so far, but it was delightful on the first read, much moreso than usual with Morrison. I was actually preparing to post a big old broadside blasting the previous issue, Batman Inc #5, in the comments section of “What I Bought,” but it looks like Burgas’s not doing one this week, so everyone is spared.

Also, is Chris Burnham DC exclusive yet? If not, they need to get on the ball because Marvel will snatch him away.

“Morrison explores that approach more by showing Batman trolling message boards”

Maybe the best part of the book, in an issue full of highlights.

Bruce Wayne is an internet troll, everybody.

I loved this issue. Probably the best one yet. Burnham is fantastic. (And yes, I’m pretty sure he’s exclusive, I think they announced it a while ago.)

Why is there a two year old girl manning the kiosk in panel 3?

Burnham was announced the week leading up to Inc.#4′s release. I had a “aww yeah!” moment when I read this. Simply awesome.

Another thing I like, at least from the excerpts here, is that the book is both simultaneously light and dark. Batman and Gordon are having a somewhat pleasant conversation despite the fact that they’re holding a disembodied hand. There’s kinda this weird contrast that’s both uncomfortable and enjoyable in that.

Definitely, Joe. That’s all throughout the comic. It mixes hopefulness with some scary stuff (to wit, Leviathon is one freaky ass operation).

I have enjoyed the series but not this issue. That internet scene was really lame… magnified because of the ridiculous look on Bruce’s face.

In the review you mention that there are similarities between this style at Final Crisis… I can see that, but seeing how Final Crisis was terrible (pretty much the worst thing, by far, I have ever seen out of Morrison) that isn’t much of a selling feature.

I hope he gets back to just telling the story next issue. (A story that has been rpetty straight forward and hasn’t needed an ‘info-dump’ to follow it.)

For those of us that loved Final Crisis, though, this is a selling point. Despite the internet backlash against it, there are still folks out there that think it was the best of the recent summer events.

@Eldric: assuming you’re not trolling, she’s clearly not 2 and is a reference, I think, back to Batman RIP where Bruce as Batman offers a young girl a job.

Final Crisis was awesome.

Two year old girls don’t usually have breasts. It’s probably the girl that Batman helped get off in the streets early in Morrison’s run on Batman.

Yeah, it’s Ellie, the same girl he helped get off the streets and ran into in the aforementioned R.I.P./Final Crisis tie-in issues of Batman. You can even read her nameplate in the actual comic. This being Morrison, I have to wonder if there’s something more to her recurring cameos than just fun little bits of continuity.

This has been my favorite Inc issue since #2, maybe because it was such an exposition fest and not so much of just the tedious set up the last couple issues have been. Leviathan seems like an interesting threat to put up against the new global Batman organization. I just want it to get to it, and hope that the climax will be more comprehensible than RIP.

I love Bruce’s manic look throughouth this issue! Those eyebrows seem like they were intentionally modelled on Keaton’s. This is the crazy Mofo Bruce criminals should be afraid of!

I don’t buy the idea that spreading conspiracy theories on message boards is going to effectively throw off those who are attempting to piece together the organizational workings of Batman, Inc. and the mystery of Bruce Wayne’s relationship to the original Batman. There will need to be some transparency between Batman, Inc. and the appropriate regulatory agencies, and any smart investigator is not going to be thrown off by conspiracy theories. The internet trolling is only going to throw off those who cannot face the obvious.

The art looks like a Quitely/Chaykin hybrid. It mostly struck me as pretty good, but the big panel of Bruce just below the “two year old” looks like… it will haunt my dreams.

From the cover to the last page, I don’t think there was a point in this issue I wasn’t smiling.

G-Mozz was tickling my brain, whilst Burnham was treating my eyes!

I probably didn’t get to the end and throw my arms in the air and yell ‘Comic Books! Fuck yeah!’, but I really should have.

Despite the internet backlash against it, there are still folks out there that think it was the best of the recent summer events.

Despite the backlash?

It’s quite possibly because of the backlash!

98% of internet complaints about Final Crisis, much like with JLA or New X-Men, are complaints about things that aren’t in the book, or are explained within the book.
(Of the other 2%, 1% are complaints about Morrison fans thinking they are so smart for trying to explain the story to those who dislove it. 1% are people who followed it perfectly, but still didn’t love the madness).
(There may be an error margin in my numbers, but whose counting?)
Looking at what folks hate, and why they hate it, reminds one of what actually happened in the scene, and makes you think ‘that was so awesome’.

This being Morrison, I have to wonder if there’s something more to her recurring cameos than just fun little bits of continuity.

I reckon it could just be a bit of fun – it’s also a good way of showing that Batman/Bruce Wayne does do lasting good, despite the self doubts he’s often given that he achieves nothing.

I just want it to get to it, and hope that the climax will be more comprehensible than RIP.

What was your issue with RIP? Just didn’t like it, or don’t think it all fit?
If you haven’t done it already, try re-reading from the Man-Bat story back through – I was a bit underwhelmed first time through, but reading from the start again, knowing the ending, really let me see what was happening, and very much increased my enjoyment of RIP when I got to it again.