Title: Batman
Issue: 700
Date: August 2010
Publisher: DC Comics
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Tony Daniel, Frank Quitely, Scott Kolins, Andy Kubert, David Finch, Richard Friend
Colorist: Ian Hannin, Alex Sinclair, Tony Avina, Brad Anderson, Peter Steigerwald
Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher
Editor: Mike Marts, Janelle Siegel
I reviewed Batman #699 way back in 2011, in the early days of this blog (it was the first time I missed a day, something that I learned to get a lot less uptight about since then, as this blog has not usually been even close to daily since then).
I'm always a fan of "big round number" milestone issues. This one had two special features. The frist was a Batman pinup gallery by Shane Davis, Juan Doe, Guillem March, Dustin Nguyen, Tim Sale, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Phillip Tan. The other bonus item was a detailed map of the Batcave by Freddie Williams II.
The main story was something of a hot mess, a time-travel piece involving multiple version of the Batman, bunches of classic villains, and too much Damian Wayne. It did feature a lot of great visuals by its rotating cast of artists, some great action, and a ton of nods to past stories (I particularly liked the use of the Mutants gang from The Dark Knight Returns, and a rare appearance by Chief O'Hara). It was not very accessible to the casual fan, which is too bad, as these milestone issues often attract some casual fan interest, and the convoluted plot of this story would probably leave a lot of them wondering what the heck they just read.
I was a bit unsure myself. Very pretty issue, but not enough reward for the effort of parsing all of the time travel threads to try to get it to make sense.
Rating: 5/10
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