Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul (Batman by Grant Morrison series Book 2)

Batman must prevent Ra's Al Ghul's return to life through the sacrifice of his blood son Damian Wayne. Family, friendship, and morals are tested in this great adventure comib from Grant Morrison, Paul Dini, and a slew of other authors and artists. The jokes hit as hard as the action, while mysticism and magic are aplenty in this really solid book. I think you should give it a chance. It's a lot of fun!

I have never been a big fan of Grant Morrison but this book is an exception. Ra's needs Damians body so he can be resurrected and Batman, Tim Drake, Talia, Nightwing and even Alfred fight to stop it. Part of the story centers on the tension between Damian and Robin...adopted son versus biological son. The book reads quickly which is good. A lot of action and some top notch art and, as much as it pains me to say this, top notch writing. If you want a fun action packed story then you really should read this. You wont regret it.

Fantastic!

What happens when one of Batman's most powerful enemies comes back from the dead? Nothing too good, as Batman, Robin, and Nightwing and are about to find out in The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul. The story picks up with Damian, the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia Al Ghul, seeking Batman for help when his grandfather returns from the grave to use him for a new body. Soon enough, Batman is on the scene, as Robin struggles with playing second fiddle to Damian, and Nightwing gets thrown into the mix as well. The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul is pretty much a crossover of a number of Batbooks, and feature contributions from writers including Grant Morrison, Paul Dini, Peter Milligan, Keith Champagne, and Fabian Nicieza; and artists including Tony Daniel, David Lopez, Jason Pearson, Freddie E. Williams II, Don Kramer, and Ryan Benjamin among others. The biggest problem with this hardcover collection is that a majority of the book just feels uneven and disjointed thanks to having so much talent on board throughout so many books. The brilliance of Grant Morrison's run on Batman in particular gets lost in all of this, but for the most part, The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul manages to be pretty entertaining regardless. Still though, it just seems that the story as a whole could have been much better too. Flaws aside though, The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul is a decent and entertaining Batman saga that you will get some enjoyment out of, but if you're looking for some Batman stories that really prove memorable, just stick with Grant Morrison's current run.

This story doesn't hold a candle to the older Demon stories. Maybe it's not supposed to: it's not about the goal of cleansing the earth, the art is disjointed, the character of Ra's seems a bit off and its focus on a relationship between Ra's and Batman is awkwardly portrayed at best.In this story Ra's disembodied spirit is looking for a host and we get the filet of his life story as the host body is being prepared for possession. My understanding was that, if the Lazarus pool failed to resurrect the body then the character would be gone. I was hoping the redirection the story titled itself after was something less literal.Now that Batman's got a son with Ra's Al Ghul's daughter, maybe the story is going to be about the Ascention of the kid to the role, or even more clever: his mother. Nah. This is a 'cult' story, a story of worship and ritual. This isn't a story of a rise to power and acceptance of the role (ala, I don't know, the Godfather, for example). Gramps want the body of the boy. And when that doesn't work out, we get the rise of zombie Ra's and soon another bodily possession of a character who was introduced just for that purpose and then to die. Meh.I've always liked the relationship Ra's and Batman: his daughter loves the 'Detective' and is regularly blinded by his own love of his daughte to the point that she thwarts his plans time and again. But that's aside the point because these relationships are really unimportant in this story: just that the boy is Batman's son. And that Robin wants to resurrect his father. Geez. Not every character born of tragedy needs to be bathed in it and ignorantly obsessed...There's no plan for world domination ... that's fine. There's no romance between Batman and Talia. Okay... There's no real character development ... Uh... The villain is a zombie. Oh.And in the end? A toast to family and nothing's changed. It's just not what I want in a story focusing on Ra's Al Ghul, let alone a crossover 'event'.I would save the money.

Part of the era with Grant Morisson writing Batman and Paul Dini writing Detective Comics, this book feels like an editorially mandated distraction from the better writing in each of those series. It's not bad, just very mediocre when compared with what both writers are otherwise capable of. I would not recommend it as part of either run and it's hard to think of another appropriate time to read it. Still, not terrible.

I kind of came into the Damien Wayne era of Batman a little late and picked up this volume, on kindle at a ridiculously cheap price, to jump-on to the storylines at a fairly early point.This is pretty obvious in its plot points and pretty deconstructed in its gradual pacing but I have to say - I like it.The resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul is only a background to this collection, this is much more about the manner in which Damien joins the Bat-Team supporting cast proper and the various interactions with the other Bat-boys.The artwork varies a little but remains good enough throughout and the writing, although a tad repetitive and drawn out is consistent enough to hold the characterisations well.Damien's story begins to bed in well here, a classic development and I am quite suprised at some of the less than glowing reviews posted here - so much so I wanted to add my own - this is a recommended volume.

There are positives and negatives to this story; it's certainly not a classic by any means but that's not to say it's all bad. However I will admit that I think the actual story has been badly developed, it's all so basic and you can guess what's going to happen before even having to turn the page. Why one graphic novel needs four writers and subsequently four artists to complete is beyond me. And that is where my main issue lies, the constant changing of the artwork really annoyed me. Some of the chapters, specifically the ones drawn by Tony Daniel, are very well done; But there are some that look so cartoony and truly awful. But if I look past that then I still rather enjoyed it.For me Ra's Al Ghul is one of the premier foes of Batman, and he is deserving of a much better resurrection story than what he's been given. And as a result this is not an essential read if your following the whole Batman & Son arc towards RIP, but as long as you don't set your standards to high then you will probably enjoy this.

This book arrived today, and was as described by the seller. A full colour Batman story. Very pleased with this graphic novel. Thanks.

crap i was expecting better chacterisation from grant morrisson plot was contrived and the ending disappointingdont waste your money