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A review by scheepvaart
Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul by Grant Morrison
2.0
Why exactly does Ra's Al Ghul come back? Do Batman writers not have enough villains to play with? This crossover of Batman, Detective Comics, Nightwing, and Robin feels clunky at parts, not because the writing's bad, but because each chapter (by necessity) changes which character gets top billing. Robin's story, about being tempted to use the Lazarus Pit for his (many, many) dead loved ones, harkens back to [b: Spider-Man: One More Day|1791288|Spider-Man One More Day|J. Michael Straczynski|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348517721s/1791288.jpg|1790254], though it's obvious that he won't be corrupted, because neither Nightwing nor Batman show the slightest desire to use the pits for their own fallen friends.
[a: Grant Morrison|12732|Grant Morrison|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1311378308p2/12732.jpg] gets in just a few crazy ideas, and [a: Paul Dini|61935|Paul Dini|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1294337447p2/61935.jpg] gets in a few clever bits, but both of them deliver their worst writing on Batman yet.
[a: Grant Morrison|12732|Grant Morrison|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1311378308p2/12732.jpg] gets in just a few crazy ideas, and [a: Paul Dini|61935|Paul Dini|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1294337447p2/61935.jpg] gets in a few clever bits, but both of them deliver their worst writing on Batman yet.