Morrison has written about his Arkham Asylum graphic novel as being something of a gauntlet for the dark knight. It's bad enough that he played musical chairs with some folks' faces. Top of the Pops with Professor Pyg (Batman & Robin, 2009) If my mom had given an assassin keys to my body, well…no Mothers' Day brunch at Perkins, that's for sure.Ģ. Mom also issued Slade Wilson full control of her son's body by installing a remote transmitter in his spine during surgery. While the science project falls short of rape, it's still pretty messed up. By seducing Bruce Wayne and snatching some of his secret formula, she was able to manufacture a son. Maybe she's not a supernatural imp, but she fits the profile. In doing so, he elevated Talia al Ghul from femme fatale status to honest-to-goodness succubus. Barr's Son of the Demon story and bring it into modern continuity. While Morrison didn't come up with Damian Wayne all alone, he did take a great concept from Mike W. Talia al Ghul: Demon Succubus (Batman & Son, 2006, 2007)

'Cept it wasn't, cuz Bat Mite was there and then it was air tight.ģ. But for Batman to end up dropping some china cat in a back alley, laying low, sewing a new costume out of rags? That shit be unright! We're not talking some jolly pop afternoon flea powder neither. You know for sure it happened to Joel Schumacher. You could maybe imagine it happening to Christian Bale or Adam West. Here's just a few of the batshit crazy things he's injected into the mythos.ĥ. Whether you love or loathe what he's been doing (count me among the former), you have to admit it's been a long, strange trip. Grant Morrison's been tinkering around in the genetic code of Batman for at least twenty years.

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