Batman gets COMPLETELY deconstructed! | Batman: RIP

The troubled life of Bruce Wayne seems to spin out of control when his releationship with the mysterious Jezebel Jet deepens. Soon Bruce Wayne drops out completely, having seemingly become the victim of mental illness and abandoning his Batman identity for a life on the streets of Gotham City. Capitalizing on the fall of their greatest foe, the Club of Villains begin a crime spree through the streets of Gotham that threatens to bring the city to its knees. Pick this up right here: amzn.to/1KtQY7x Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #batman
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[@marknutt4398]

Sal's Grant Morrison's impression is so spot on its ridiculous.

[@Atem_in_the_streets]

Mark Nutt It really is.

[@merinoteflon1128]

Mark Nutt It is atrocious and veers into Irish, or Oirish, but it is awesome at the same time.

[@ViolentVegan]

Merino Teflon Yeah it starts OK but turns Irish. Not bad for an American though

[@Betoven81]

+Mark Nutt you got the ridiculous part right

[@rudrakshmalik7202]

MARK NUTTT

[@devildham]

23:22 So funny to hear Sal call Zur En Arh a "Failsafe" considering the current storyline

[@MagoDSnowman]

I know holy terror is sitting on your shelf Sal. Waiting. Expecting. Learning.

[@jonfrombuckland_3784]

Just continuing to be amazing

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

That is a book you have to drink the hard stuff before reading

[@hazimdizdarevic8417]

Ii

[@CAPappy]

@@caitlinbrewer4843 Drunk Back Issues?

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

@@CAPappy that is a side series I'd watch

[@hacksawjimthuggin4957]

Sal calls the future with the war of jokes and riddles!

[@5FingerBallad]

😮😮😮😮😮

[@aisnota5192]

And Failsafe.

[@CosmicNerdStudios]

Sal: "i want to see a joker vs riddler story" YOUR TO BLAME SAL! YOUR TO BLAME FOR WOJAR!

[@csibatmanfan]

i didn't mind Wojar! I thought it was a good story.

[@adrianvelante8014]

*you're

[@kane3j336]

Good story

[@kordelshorgar122]

Soooo if you are a rich man in gotham you are either a vigilante (or related to one in some way), a member of the black glove or a member of the court of owls... that's an interesting aristocracy i think...

[@jaytheartman610]

Why did I just imagine trump as a member of the court of owls?

[@IvanKroloCroGeek0424]

I'm kinda sad you guys missed the point of Morrison's Joker. After he was shot, Morrison used it as an excuse to explain that every time Batman beats Joker, he basically mentally reboots himself so he can keep Batman perpetually on his ropes to keep their fights interesting. Its basically a way of canonizing every version of Joker from the golden age killer to the silver age clown to the modern psychopath. In RIP he explains it as "Every time I try to think outside the box, he builds a whole new box around me!" or something similar to that.

[@comicpop]

***** Yeah, it's an amazing point Morrison makes about the character. But we only have 30-50 minutes to do the show, so we can't include everything.

[@driveasandwich6734]

@@1SpicyMeataball Interestingly enough, his Batman is too

[@djcook3991]

@@comicpop 5 years later... Doomsday Clock is 3 hours and some change

[@blunteastwood]

​@@djcook3991 Was just thinking this

[@DarkTechnical]

There's a interview where Grant Morrison explains the grid (I think it's Kevin Smiths Fatman on Batman) and he was saying that he got high in Kathmandu and he saw this grid in the sky and that's where the idea comes from

[@jclombardi8471]

Yep, that sounds like Grant Morrison alright.

[@BrowncoatAllywang]

The idea that Batman is an irresponsible childhish fantasy designed to deal with his grief would be more believable if Batman hadn't saved the world a hundred times.

[@azulral]

One of the interesting things about Riddler is that he knows not to mess with the Joker. He avoids him when he can, and openly admits to being terrified of him. He only works with him when it would be insulting not to.

[@interregnum_]

So, at the end, are you saying that Jezebel...jets?

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

***** *slow clap*

[@wannabewriter1346]

***** Da dum tush

[@tonybussoli1676]

Get Out 😂😂😂

[@jonfrombuckland_3784]

Ohh nooo!

[@maniax7517]

"He hasn't become Red Robin yet (shows a picture of a cheeseburger).....yum" got me every time 😂😂😂

[@krishna7404]

I loved this story, partly because of Batman-Joker dynamics. Joker was throwing hints at him all along that Jeezbel Jet wasn't what she seemed and was with Black Glove and he also made fun of the organisation for thinking that they have broken the Bat.

[@FloorTankMain]

Tim added Wayne onto his name because Bruce named him heir of Wayne Enterprises. So he was Tim Drake-Wayne. Also with the adoption thing, Sal didn't seem to know, but Bruce did adopt Jason as his son before he died. Bruce then retroactively adopted Dick during the time Dick was a police officer in Bludhaven. Bruce then asked Tim if he could adopt him, but Tim did some ridiculously circuitous shit with his father's will just so that he didn't have to tell Bruce "no". Tim did accept Bruce's offer of adoption the second time he asked, though. Bruce shortly after asked to adopt Cassandra Cain, too, in Batgirl v2. So at this point all of the parentless Bat kids had been adopted by Bruce. Also fuck that little shit Damian Wayne. Morrison meant to kill him off at some point and he should have.

[@hix299]

batman RIP was my first batman book and also my first introduction to Grant Morisson's crazy ideas and I loved every minute of it.

[@anthonyeldridge1468]

The thing is, you have to read all of Grant's Bat stories including FC, RIP and the Return Of Bruce Wayne. I finally cracked it after a lot of reading including various blogs and such to help..... SPOILERS DARKSEID: During Final Crisis, Darkseid gets within a hair's breadth of conquering reality while dragging Earth into a singularity with himself at the center. He captures Batman to create a cloned army not only with his DNA but also with his personal emotional torment and trauma driving them. He was put into a kind of "Inception" machine that would allow them to dig into his memories and feed them into the clones. Bruce "woke up" inside the machine and overloaded the clones until they started clawing their eyes out from the emotional trauma Bruce had stored up. Batman finally escapes, picks up the bullet used to kill Orion fired from the past (just go with it) puts it into a gun and confronts Darkseid himself. When he fires the bullet, Darkseid hits him with the Omega Sanction, a "life trap" that no one can escape from. While Bruce is paralyzed by the Omega Beams, Darkseid unleashes a Hyper-Adaptor from an Ancestor Box that will follow Bruce like a hound for the rest of his life. When the Hyper-Adaptor is exposed, the Omega Sanction starts to warp time itself around Batman in that moment. THIS IS KEY. Darkseid literally alters Bruce's continuity. We don't know the full extent of it but everything with Doctor Hurt, RIP, Damian, Jezebel and no telling what else were put in place thanks to Darkseid's use of the Hyper Adaptor and the Omega Sanction. Bruce's whole life became a trap!

[@johnnieriot13]

I thought Morrison’s Batman run was awesome

[@SuperSisby]

After reading this I realized why so many hated Damian Wayne. I loved him in New 52, but after reading this and this was most likely people's first impression of him I was like, "Oh... I see now." Well, at least I stayed for the New 52 version and watched him grow as a character, Robin, and a son. Sadly his newest comic confused by right at the start but I'll still give it more chances.

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

Well, Morrison introduced Damian planning to kill him. I actually think Damian was his exercise in writing character development. Damian is really unlikable at first, but once he teams up with Dick Grayson as his Robin and gets a lot of character development (he really likes animals and adopted a cow, which he named Bat-Cow, he makes a friend named Colin who also has powers and they fight crime together, and grows very close to Dick, actually preferring him to Bruce). Eventually, readers grew to really like him and he got an extended role in other books, but Morrison still killed him because he had completed his arc.

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

I like to think of this book as Batman's version of a midlife crisis.

[@seanarro]

Thomas Wayne's last words, "Zorro in Arkham", to Bruce at the end of this comic is the origin of the phrase "Zur-En-Arrh". The reason Bruce replies, "What?", to his father is because he misheard the last 3 words as the phrase. Zorro In Arkham = Zur-En-Arrh

[@johnlindsay7301]

Not all comics should be an easy read. This first time I read R.I.P. a lot of it went over my head. But I enjoyed enough of it that I realized I just needed to do some work to familiarize myself with the context that Morrison leaves out to better connect with the story. You see there is a place for Shakespeare and Ulysses in literature and there is a place for Grant Morrison in comics. Knowing this I’m so glad I did spent the time needed on this as I now consider R.I.P. the best Batman story ever written. It’s the highlight to Morrison’s amazing Batman run. To make the reader work harder can build a better payoff when the pieces come together. That is what we have here. I find the same true with Final Crisis too, but I’ll leave that discussion for a Final Crisis video. I recommend you go back and read R.I.P. again. Every time I would get lost in a panel and didn’t know what was going on, I either spent the thought and time to figure out what was going on, what was being said, or I went back to figure out how the scene was set up, what the references where and meant. It was worth it. Most of the time I just had to reread a few word bubbles until the words mad sense. Morrison uses complicated language to describe confussing ideas. He writes panels that are just plane confussing at first read. But his dialogue is worth spending the time to know what he is talking about. It inspires great thought. Give it the effort. The payoff is well worth the price.

[@ashrobin55]

"I'd like a Joker vs. Riddler story" Ohohoho, Sal, be careful what you wish for.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

WoJAR!

[@IAYTD]

I just wanted to drop a note that you are doing a fantastic job. Being able to keep up your normal 8-5 jobs, in addition to countless hours of shooting and editing for ComicPOP has to be really tiring. It doesn't go unnoticed! You're an inspiration for me and my channel and seeing how far you've come in such a short time has been incredibly rewarding to watch. You deserve all the recognition you're getting and I can't wait to see what's next for you all! Adam Ryen Daniels, IAYTD

[@comicpop]

I Am Your Target Demographic Thanks so much, Adam!

[@oatmat]

I prefer Talia as a victim who's caught in the middle of a battle between good and evil, The one she loves and her father, rather than a crazy super villain

[@chibbykill]

yeah its almost like she isnt a trophy shared and fought over by two men, it really stinks

[@chibbykill]

@@1SpicyMeataball it is

[@punkxblaze]

Jesus Christ. that Grant Morrison impression is amazing.

[@myconiusmaximus1022]

that page in the beginning of Batman RIP (Batman issue 676) where it's Batman & Robin, and Batman yells- "YOU'RE WRONG! BATMAN AND ROBIN WILL NEVER DIE!" that's actually Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne. it's supposed to immediately follow towards the end of RIP (Batman issue 681) where it says "six months later..." Le Bossu has a police officer captured and is about to start drilling him. Le Bossu says- "compris m'sieu le cop? no one can save you from this. even Batman and Robin are dead." cue Batman and Robin's entrance. another cool detail Grant Morrison added is this scene can also be viewed from yet another vantage point at the very end of (Batman and Robin issue #3) where Dick is telling Damian- "he was part of a criminal cabal that took down your dad and tried to lobotomize me. so this time it's personal."

[@danwithaplan955]

"I want to see a Joker vs Riddler story," if only you knew what you had wished for...

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

I thought Bruce did adopt Jason, which slightly upset Dick because he was never officially adopted until adulthood (really great little story by the way, lots of feels)? I really hated Damian at first but during the 'Batman and Robin' run while he was Dick's Robin, I truly fell in love with him. I actually cried a little when he died and then again when he and Dick reunited in 'Grayson'.

[@bigpictureunderstanding]

Damian is supposed to be hated, that's the whole point. He's this spoiled brat raised by assassins and a crimininal's sociopathic daughter. That's why the writer made him brutally injured Robin and even hit Alfred, of all people.

[@OreoBrawl]

I hope we see "The Whatever happened to" Caped Crusader and Man of Tomorrow books

[@jimfine8001]

Ultimate Oreo we do!

[@olivershires957]

When you said "call your mother more" all I could think was batman breaking down in front of her

[@csr1389]

Grant Morrison blowing the Batverse wide open. He's obviously going to punch reality.

[@violentcomics7510]

Benchpressing a pine coffin lid through 600 pounds of loose soil that's filling your mouth, crushing your lungs flat and shredding your dehydrated muscles? That's harder. But far from impossible. BECAUSE I'M BATMAN!

[@brandontriplin5447]

Why can I make a decent costume out of trash because I'm batman

[@Blackwing_Earth-2_]

I kind of like the idea of the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh being a Batman with no identity, driven insane, hellbent on enacting his extreme sense of justice. In a way, Batman with no Bruce Wayne is a mirror image of Joker, making them perfect enemies.

[@kyrosvlar]

I love Sal's impressions

[@raray12]

This back issue unintentionally inspired the war of jokes and riddles

[@Alistair3900]

Love the video. Only correction is that Hurt actually wasn't mangrove. Later after Batman gets sent back in time, we find out that Hurt was one of Bruce's ancestors who made a deal with the devil, but instead got turned almost immortal by the person hunting Bruce through time.

[@ellrick]

He actually adopted Dick first, years prior, in Gotham Knights. Just another thing Tim does that Dick did first.

[@keikurono192]

Quick everyone send Sal Final Crisis!!! Also in The Matrix doesnt Switch say "Not like this" before Cypher unplugs her?

[@comicpop]

Yes! Yes she did!

[@deborahblack4381]

ComicPOP! WHAT????

[@michaelcolan9622]

"I want a Joker vs Riddler story with Batman in it", little did they know they would get their wish.

[@denzellmovies]

42:47 Holy shit, Sal predicted "War of Jokes and Riddles"

[@morlath4767]

The funniest part of this entire video is the three of you joking about the Black Glove's superpowers being that they're super rich...something that Justice League actually had Batman say!

[@8mad]

Damian is my second favorite Robin but I'll admit I mostly like him with Dick Grayson as Batman. And I totally understand how you and others wouldn't like him.

[@DEEAD666]

Morrison’s run is the best, along with Moench/Jones one

[@zach1425]

"batman on drugs, batman:Rip the bong"

[@trebot9292266]

There was a person in the Matrix that said "no, not like this" just before dying.

[@deazy6453]

Jezabelle is also an infamous name in the Bible. She slept with people for power and advantage and was a false priestest. So... I guess it kind of parallels that, though Idk if that's what he was going for

[@sandywest4977]

Sal this was the first time I found Comic Pop and Back Issues 😍 Thank you sir

[@Turbo3032]

As a brit the bit of Batman making a costume out of scraps from the bin reminded me of the Sir Digby Chicken Caesar sketches by David Mitchell and Robert Webb

[@AAllen-br8it]

I feel like a lot of this book, or Morrison's run in general, was misrepresented in this. And a LOT of context and points were left out but that's kind of understandable for some of them considering how complex and convoluted it all is.

[@zachpeterson8341]

Gimme some more of that Morrison Batman

[@Geck0GC]

"written by Grant Morrison" "ohh noo" I said the ohh noo in sync with him.

[@keenanmeyer5511]

43:13 is exactly what I thought when Joker was unaffected by SC"s fear toxin.

[@Simplesource98]

This is were you guys predict the War of Jokes and Riddles!!!

[@lexofpower2822]

I’ve come from the future 42:45 and yes a Joker Vs Riddler story happened and…it’s a story. Great episode btw I don’t know why I waited so long to watch.

[@Fuckaue]

Sal imitating Grant Morrison is EPIC!

[@yoda4833]

42:47 welp Sal you got your wish, we got to see a joker vs riddler story

[@clonetrekkie3657]

I actually reaaaaallly love this story arc.

[@CAPappy]

Right before Final Crisis, Bruce adopted Tim and Cassandra Cain official right before he died

[@felixg.4908]

the part about joker not caring or knowing that bruce wayne is batman made me wanna scream to you back in time about justice league (united i think?). when lex and flash switch body, lex is like "i'll finally know who the flash is" only to lift his mask and take a good lake and say "I have no idea who that is". funniest scene in the whole show

[@Grievousish]

Awesome that you guys are doing this, cause I had read Batman: The Black Glove (which I think was renamed to Batman and Son), and it led into Batman RIP. Now I get to know what happens in that comic in a more entertaining way then wikipedia.

[@supernerd5781]

I read this when I was a kid and didn't have many barman comics and I didn't know what the hell was going on.

[@CharlesBrownII]

another great one ..i watch these like tv episodes and pretty regularly too..great job

[@Matty2Tone]

I seriously don't understand how they keep saying the Joker needs to be revamped. He's a slap-happy nihilist who believes life/society is a big joke. You could do five million things with that. I mean they made him Iran's UN ambassador and I 100% bought it.

[@CharlesBrownII]

even though you already did death of superman can you do reign of the supermen ..your commentary with ben and ethans perspectives should make for a great episode

[@comicpop]

We definitely will!

[@RailTracer90]

ComicPOP! You guys gonna followup on your claim on doing Multiversity on back issues?

[@christhestampeder]

I just read this trade and then I came directly here so Sal can explain to me what the hell happens in it.

[@Sluggwurth]

8:53 This is the funniest part of any Back Issues I've watched so far XD

[@normansmith9009]

42:47 Sal your wish has been granted I'm from the future

[@AnnoBathory]

please do Frank Millers Holy Terror, the look on your faces would be priceless.

[@bspinney26]

Best/funniest dying line: Shrek: The Final Chapter when Rumpelstiltskin throws water on one of the witches: "Ahh! What a world! What a world!"

[@chuckking3899]

"I'd actually like to see a Joker versus Riddler story." They must have heard you.

[@mdkleve]

very funny that two years later Sal gets his joker vs riddler story and it sucks, wtf tom king

[@masterrance]

I was one of those people begging for a Joker v Riddler story, and King somehow found a way to make it suck.

[@jaytheartman610]

@@masterrance well it is Tom King what did you expect?

[@devinamendez9709]

Why did Doll Maker cut off Jokers face? Welcome back Ethan! Great show as always, thank you!

[@deazy6453]

Batman's argument is literally that he is Batman. He's not Bruce Wayne (kind of). Lol

[@deazy6453]

Damien gets better, Sal. I hated his intro-to his original death. I like him in Rebirth though

[@tylermoran111]

Yet Again another great Back Issues.

[@splatpoon6007]

Ben should have his own store because his t shirts are always on point

[@cornymchusker5278]

Could you do under the hood? In its own episode not just a small thing at the end of death in the family

[@comicpop]

Totally.

[@DraftyRum]

+ComicPOP hey guys bill Cosby here

[@QueerComics1994]

@@comicpop little late on the draw friendo. Haha

[@Super-Visor420]

So Batman took drugs and kept a journal to understand the Joker's mind. Sounds like what Heath Ledger did.

[@billcase9937]

Hi guys, Thanks for putting the book I sent in on Back Issues

[@comicpop]

Bill Case Thank YOU, Bill!

[@JuneTheeQueen]

Hey Sal is finally getting his Joker vs Riddler story!

[@Bryan-dr5qy]

You should do Battle for the Cowl or Dick Grayson as Batman.

[@ComicCrossing]

awwww you didnt mention the whole "Dr Hurt is the devil" deal. Maybe it isnt mentioned until Batman and Robin though?

[@KWHere2]

I just want to say the trigger word and the Zur-En-Ar Batman are all because of hypnosis. Hypnosis is how he trained for being crazy, but it was also how the Black Glove drove him crazy, because the hypnosis experiments were actually an Anti-Batman contingencay orchestrated by the Black Glove for a later date after they had amassed enough wealth and influence to stand against him and Batman's Zur-En-Ar personality might have been a product of self-hypnosis or meditation. I can't remember.

[@MichaelGiulianoMPL]

For a truly ridiculous Batman story, you should do one of Kevin Smith's stories one day (Cacophony or The Widening Gyre).

[@insanity66]

goddamn you guys had me in tears this episode! This has to be my favorite Back Issues to date! Just the thought of The Batman of Zur-en-arrh running around with a bat thinking everyone is part of the Black Glove and beating them senseless for answers...rofl!

[@ViolentVegan]

insanity66 I bought a Batman of Zur-en-arrh T-shirt after I watched this. Just thinking about that guy makes me happy.

[@AstonMonks]

23:20 Sal foreshadowing the Zdarksy run..?

[@nicholasbennett7699]

Sal, can you do the Batman & Robin (Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne) its right after Final Crisis. It's 3 trade paper backs. P.S. Its written by Grant Morrison

[@wearesibz]

ETHANS BACK!!!! And I felt great that i got that "red robin" reference lol

[@jamesandresen7033]

wearesibz Red Robin, Yummmm!! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that every time I hear the name.

[@JoshMunroe]

I feel like reading Grant Morrison is a bit masochistic. "You, the reader, are wrong!" I suppose, Grant. May I have more weird stories now? Bought trade count since I started watching Back Issues: 34

[@superluigiac]

Good overreview on a crazy comic XD, this is the way to do it!

[@LukeDodge916]

Great job on one of my fave Batman books. Just a quick note, Dr Hurt actually did kill and skin Mayhew and wear him in the first story from Batman and Son, "The Island of Mister Mayhew" I think...

[@lordmephisto3426]

In the matrix movie someone says "Not like this" twice before they die.

[@TheCelticTiger32]

What's that a reference too?

[@tannerpritchett6698]

TheCelticTyger Hawkeye in “Avengers Disassembled”

[@jaredmartin2003]

So Batman's superpower isn't that he's rich but that he's Batman.

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm9642]

This story was so fucking insane and.........................................I LOVED IT

[@Atem_in_the_streets]

I'm very tempted to send them my copy of Final Crisis just so they can do it now.

[@sithapprentic03]

***** if you don't I will eventually

[@lynxbearaus]

***** huh, I actually was going to do that as well

[@sayElectronica]

All of you, do it. Do it now. (+)

[@Atem_in_the_streets]

I sent it to them awhile ago, don't know if they'll review it, lol.

[@AlejandroGonzalez-gh1to]

40:23 wow Talia is all like nobody fucks with my man

[@joshrowland7605]

Oh no! Sal predicted the war of jokes and riddles!

[@Sicod79]

The secret origin of Failsafe revealed.

[@adidasnaf1]

I like the grant Morrison run on batman

[@kordelshorgar122]

yeahhhh ethan is back !!!! :D (don't get me wrong tiff is great but ethan!!!!)

[@EddyEburbano1987]

First: Great Job with your video, Second: I think the ridiculous words of "Not like this" were made famous when Neo is dying in the Matrix.