History ComicBook / BatmanGrantMorrison

After the end of ''ComicBook/Batman1940'''s "One Year Later" story, noted writer Creator/GrantMorrison became the head writer for the eponymous "Batman" monthly magazine. As Morrison's run went on, fans soon discovered that all of the previously removed portions of Batman's history had been restored to full {{Canon}} status in some way or another. '''[[ContinuityPorn ALL OF IT.]]''' (Even the bits that contradict the other bits!)

After the end of Batman's "One Year Later" story, noted writer Creator/GrantMorrison became the head writer for the eponymous "Batman" monthly magazine. As Morrison's run went on, fans soon discovered that all of the previously removed portions of Batman's history had been restored to full {{Canon}} status in some way or another. '''[[ContinuityPorn ALL OF IT.]]''' (Even the bits that contradict the other bits!)

* ''Batman R.I.P.''

* BuriedAlive: Towards the end of ''Batman R.I.P.'' the Club of Villains bury Batman alive. Unusually for this trope, their plan is to dig him up just ''after'' air has run out, thus leaving him alive but brain-damaged. He gets out (he's the Goddamn Batman) and he is '''PISSED.'''

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: ''Batman R.I.P.'' includes a sequence where ThroughTheEyesOfMadness, the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh is able to see the "grids" that makes up Gotham City and its streets which created Batman. In other words, Batman is seeing the comic panel grids that Gotham and his world exists within.

* LickingTheBlade: ComicBook/TheJoker licks a knife when he confronts Batman at the end of ''Batman R.I.P.'' and ''splits his tongue'' when he does so.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Doctor Hurt claims to be Thomas Wayne (Batman's father) at the conclusion of ''Batman R.I.P.''. Bruce pretty much shrugs it off and even comes up with his own alternate theory. [[spoiler:While Hurt himself is definitely not Bruce's father, him being an incarnation of Darkseid's Hyper-Adapter, aka the Bat-God Barbatos, had inadvertently and retroactively cemented Batman's legend all across time, thus by technicality Hurt is indeed the father of Batman.]]

* NonIndicativeTitle: [[spoiler:Batman "dies" in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', not ''Batman R.I.P.'', although the Club of Villains certainly ''think'' they killed him]].

* RedHerringShirt: During ''Batman R.I.P.'', the "Bat-Radia" which the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh had turned out to have been more important than anyone thought. Previously in the arc, it was just thought as being another call back to UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}.

%%* TenLittleMurderVictims: "The Black Glove"
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: The middle half of ''Batman R.I.P.'', which takes place from the perspective of "The Batman of Zurr-En-Arr", which appears to be Bruce's mind utterly snapping under the duress of his situation. [[spoiler: This is actually somewhat of a subversion, as it's revealed that Bruce created this "Zurr-En-Arr" personality as a backup in the event that his normal personality becomes "corrupted" somehow. Upon seeing Jezebel in danger, the personality releases control back onto Bruce, who tries to save her.]]
* TongueTrauma: The Joker cuts his tongue in half during ''Batman R.I.P.'', giving it a forked appearance.

* ''[[ComicBook/BatmanAndRobin2009 Batman and Robin]]''

* ''Batman Incorporated''

* BilingualBonus: ''Batman Incorporated'' #3 has ''whole narration boxes'' in Spanish.

* BreakoutVillain: Otto Netz was only meant to be an ArcVillain spanning three issues, but Morrison's fascination with him grew enough for them to expand his role for the rest of the first volume of ''Batman Incorporated''.
* BrickJoke:
** Odd, reverse example - Dick occassionally complains how difficult crime fighting with a cape is. Guess what article of the original Batsuit Damian didn't include in the previously published 666th ''Batman'' issue?
** A more straightforward example where ''Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes! #1'' has Knight and Squire asking Batman about a rumor that he had a shrink ray. Later, Batman Japan tells Batman about a fellow superhero he has a crush on who is only a few inches tall...and asks for the shrink ray.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Batwoman, Oracle and Batgirl are all absent from the New 52 ''Batman Incorporated'', though with the latter two it's due to continuity changes after the reboot (Barbara becomes the new Batgirl, while Stephanie doesn't exist).

* CoolOldGuy: Man-Of-Bats and Legionary are the oldest members of Batman Incorporated, but that doesn't make them any less badass.

* DeathByOriginStory: ''Batman Incorporated'' introduces two more characters with similarly tragic pasts to Batman. Mr. Unknown, the future Batman of Japan, took on the role after his friend and mentor was tortured and killed in a very gruesome manner. Batwing is a former child soldier from Congo whose parents died of AIDS when he was a boy.
* DeathByCameo: Chris Sims, writer for Comics Alliance, host of War Rocket Ajax and "the world's foremost Batmanologist", makes an appearance in ''Batman Incorporated'' #6 -- as a rotting corpse being eaten by Gotham City seagulls. Congrats Chris!

* DesignatedGirlFight:
** Batwoman winds up taking on Scorpiana in ''Batman Incorporated'' #5.
** Used much more darkly when [[spoiler:Kathy Kane]] abruptly and casually kills [[spoiler:Talia]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: In the final issue of ''Batman Incorporated'', Talia al'Ghul sneers that Batman is a "pompous, posturing bastard". While a fair criticism, ''no one'' from the House of al'Ghul -- Talia included -- has much room to be criticising others on ''any'' of those counts.

* KickTheDog: The villain of the week in ''Batman Incorporated'' #7 is introduced in the act of literally kicking his dog. [[spoiler: Naturally it [[TheDogBitesBack bites back]] at the end, just in time to save Man-Of-Bats and Red Raven from getting shot dead.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Knight]], at the climax of The New 52's ''Batman Incorporated'' #6, gets his neck snapped by [[TheDragon the Heretic]]. Though a later issue suggests that some people are researching the means to bring him back to life, his death ends up never being undone.

* TheMole:
** [[spoiler:Hood, revealed at the end of the new ''Batman Incorporated'' #7 as actually working for Spyral.]]
** Bruce initially suspects that Talia only sent Damain to live with him at the start of the run to disrupts his work. [[spoiler:He really isn't one, and is just desperate to please and know his father.]]

* {{Retcon}}: The origins of Batman Incorporated are changed halfway through the story to accommodate a continuity reboot that rendered its original backstory unfeasable. Instead of Bruce announcing to the world that he has been secretly funding Batman and plans to go global with the "Brand", the New 52 origin is Bruce announcing the initiative to a group of investors in a private meeting.

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Made really obvious in ''Batman Incorporated'' #6, in which Batman briefs his various allies on what's going on, but all the reader gets are the bits where he says "Listen carefully, I will say this only once..." or "... and now you know as much as I do", without any of the good stuff in between. Not to mention the bit where Batman and an ally are going over a plan that relies on nobody knowing the ally's identity -- including, apparently, the readers.

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Talia [[OffWithHisHead beheads]] the Heretic for daring to insinuate that she needs him after what she assumes to be his failures.]]
* YouMonster: [[spoiler: Ra's al Ghul, ''of all people'', says this to his daughter Talia after the events of ''Batman Incorporated'' #8. However, he doesn't really seem to dislike her for it, even seeming [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame congratulatory]].]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul:]]''' You have become a monster at last.