Some thoughts about Batman Incorporated #1

Who is targeting the world's greatest fighters?

Batman Inc. has resurfaced under the guidance of Ghost-Maker and now they will have to investigate the murders of people connected to the origin of their leader.

I have a HUGE conflict of interest here.

First of all, I love Batman Inc. I have followed them since the very start of Grant Morrison's era of Batman and I'm glad that they keep reviving the concept even after Morrison left since the idea of different Batmen around the world has always been interesting (Despite that Batman himself is indeed overused).

On the other hand, I hate Ghost-Maker and everything that came from James Tynion IV's run due to how creatively-bankrupt it was and Ghost-Maker might be one of the greatest examples of that because he's one of the most uninspired Batman knockoffs ever. At least the rest of Batman Inc. had interesting backgrounds and settings that made them actually compelling, Ghost-Maker is just: "Let's make Batman more (90s) EXTREME!", so the idea of not only using him again but also making him the frikking new leader of the group curses this book right from the beginning.

However, I consider Ed Brisson a more solid writer than Tynion at least and he seems to have a decent enough execution for the book.

We open with a new mystery about how Batman's teachers are being murdered around the world which is a logical explantion for Batman Inc.'s involvement. Despite that I find the premise of a murder case to lauch a title a bit cliche, it still gets the job done and more important than that, it allows for the whole team to have solid interactions between each other and I think this is where the title shines the most. The team dynamic is pretty enjoyable and I'm glad they don't glorify simplistic characters like Ghost-Maker and instead treat him mostly as an equal (or even below), hopefully things will continue this way.

The investigation itself is not really compelling since the concept isn't but once again, it allows us to know more about the members of the cast and has a fast enough pacing although the content of the chapter doesn't feel particularly fulfilling.

John Timms handles the art and is fine but I don't think he's the right choice for the book since his flexible style is more fitting for comedic or action-oriented books.

Not bad overall but needs more to actually sell me about this direction.