BATMAN & SON: DC COMPACT COMICS EDITION

Batman has faced monsters, assassins, gods&mdash,and now he must face something far more frightening: fatherhood. Grant Morrison (Batman) delivers a sharp, intimate reimagining of legacy and identity within the Bat-Family, now in DC's popular Compact Comics format.From the endlessly creative minds of comics legends Grant Morrison (52, All-Star Superman, We3, New X-Men) and Andy Kubert (Adam Strange, 1602, X-Men) comes a startling new chapter in the life of Gotham&rsquo,s Dark Knight.The mysterious Talia, daughter of the archvillain Ra&rsquo,s al Ghul and Batman&rsquo,s onetime love, returns with a boy named Damian and claims the child is Batman&rsquo,s son.Stunned, the Dark Knight takes the child in, but the boy, raised among the brutal dictates of the League of Assassins, has his own agenda. Soon both Tim Drake, Bruce Wayne&rsquo,s newly adopted heir, and Alfred, Wayne&rsquo,s faithful butler, find themselves targets of this genetically perfect and very angry child.Is Damian really just a young, misguided boy trying to prove himself to his father&mdash,or have long years of Talia&rsquo,s indoctrination left him an operative solely designed to destroy the Batman?Under the masterly skills of Morrison and Kubert, Batman &amp, Son is one of the most intriguing Batman tales ever told. It also features the artwork of John VanFleet (Batman: The Chalice) in a unique story highlighting the Joker.Collects Batman #655&ndash,658 and #663&ndash,666.