DC Comics Batman #701 By Hervé St-Louis July 25, 2010 - 13:44 Publisher(s): DC Comics Writer(s): Grant Morrison Penciller(s): Tony Daniel Inker(s): Tony Daniel Colourist(s): Ian Hannin Letterer(s): Jared K. Fletcher Cover Artist(s): Tony Daniel $2.99 US What happened to Batman just before he crawled out of the bottom of the river where he was trapped and insane and left off to help the Justice League figure out a case during the Final Crisis? This is the story of the last hours of Batman before being teleported to the past by Darkseid. The fact that I forgot that there was a gap between the story of batman’s death and the one he suffered by Darkseid is probably a sign that it really didn’t matter. At the time Grant Morrison was all over the pace confusing readers with complicated construtivist stories. What this story is about is how Batman is pushed to the limits of human endurance and mental stability by his work. Surely, Superman could have found another detective such as Mr Terrific or Dr. Mid-nite to solve the case of the dead gods. But it would have robbed us of another one of these stories where Batman is an omnipotent god instead of a man who tries really hard. Daniel is a favourite Batman artist of mine. He makes the story even better, although I’m not charmed by how DC Comics portrays the old Batman these days. © Copyright 2002-2020 by Toon Doctor Inc. - All rights Reserved. All other texts, images, characters and trademarks are copyright their respective owners. Use of material in this document (including reproduction, modification, distribution, electronic transmission or republication) without prior written permission is strictly prohibited.