Didn't actually get the "deluxe edition". Anyway, big fan of Grant Morrison and of his Batman and Robin stuff, but this end was a bit disappointing. It certainly is appropriately epic and crazy and there's some nice Frazier Irving art, but I found it a bit too dense for so little reward. I usually don't mind Morrison craziness, but here it just didn't make for an entirely satisfying finale (also, it tied into The Return of Bruce Wayne and there was stuff that makes it a lot more confusing if you haven't read it). The other problem I have is similar to a problem I often have with Morrison: really great ideas that don't feel like they have room to breathe, in this case Dr. Hurt's plot to turn Gotham into an "addicted city" which we get glimpses of but we don't get to spend to much time with. Too much compression to really enjoy the stuff.
Still, overall I am positive about it, I just wish the breathless pace was in favour of either a simpler story (something I rarely expect or ask of from Morrison, but it really would have helped things in this case) or a story that allows breathing room. Then again, maybe the idea was to pick it up from month to month and decompress it in those months, but as a whole it's just a bit too much. I will say I liked how the Joker was used, overall. A nice step back from the previous "super-nightmare" incarnation Morrison used in Batman R.I.P. without diminishing him as a threat.
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