Batman Incorporated #5

[superfangirl1]

In the future Gotham is taken over by people who have been exposed to Joker gas a parting gift from the Joker. They siege the city like zombies in the Walking Dead as the survivors are holed up in Arkham Asylum. Damian now as Batman is on a mission to save a little baby who may hold the answers to curing the swaths of people infected by the Joker gas.





Barbara Gordon gets infected by the Joker virus and kills the baby. She then proceeds to shoot Damian to stun him enough. So she have enough time to open the main gates of Arkham Asylum. Barbara gets brutally killed by the crowd of infected people.



Meanwhile the president of the united states with persuading from the devil (while disguised as one of his advisor), decides to nuke Gotham city hoping to sterilize and contain the virus and stop it from spreading to other cities.

Comments

[bewareofgeek]

Y'know, between this and Happy, I'm starting to wonder about Morrison's state of mind.

[darkknightjrk]

How so?

[bewareofgeek]

He just seems to be writing darker stories than usual. Last time I saw him like this was when he wrote THE FILTH.

[sadoeuphemist]

This is pretty whimsical compared to The Filth.

[darkknightjrk]

With Incorporated, this has been the only real "gritty" issue of it so far. Remember the rest has been over-the-top action and moments like "Bat-Cow." With Happy, it seems to me to be more of a parody of the typical Garth Ennis book. Also, don't forget that he's also writing Action Comics at the same time, which has been a blindingly optimistic book.

[bewareofgeek]

Point taken. It just felt to me like this issue dove right into the deep end of the cynic pool.

[icon_uk]

The Special thingie was fairly dark IMHO.

[darkknightjrk]

Special thingie?

[icon_uk]

The Batman Inc special, the one with Steph in it when she shouldn't technically exist, and then had the Spyder's Web thing with the rotted bodies and the drugs etc....