"Batman R.I.P." is over - and now, DC Comics reveals that December's BATMAN #682 and #683, featuring the story "Last Rites," both tie into FINAL CRISIS.
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(BALTIMORE, MD) - (November 12, 2008) - It's not just a guide book-it's the "big book." And comic shop customers worldwide will be on the lookout in April for Gemstone Publishing's The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, the front cover feature for the December issue of PREVIEWS, the comic shop's catalog.
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Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews
Batman #680
DC Comics
Morrison, Daniel & Florea
The review I didn’t want to write. It’s the penultimate chapter of RIP and with this issue brings two things that you should be warned about before reading further. If you don’t like criticism of Grant Morrison’s storytelling then stop reading. If you don’t like spoilers then stop reading.
Marc-Oliver Frisch writes:
In June, DC Comics’ periodical business was mostly defined by all the things that didn’t happen. Final Crisis #2 didn’t seize the top spot. The new weekly Trinity, DC’s big launch of the month, didn’t make the Top 10. The third chapter of “Batman RIP” didn’t show up in stores as scheduled; neither did All Star Batman, Reign in Hell, The Legion of Super-Heroes, Robin, Blue Beetle, Fables, The Exterminators or Northlanders. At Vertigo, the launch of the new monthly Madame Xanadu didn’t much affect average periodical sales. And at WildStorm, average periodical sales didn’t increase from May’s historical low.
July 7, 2008 - Just days after announcing another new printing of BATMAN #676, the first chapter “Batman: R.I.P.,” DC Comics announces the BATMAN #677 has sold out and is going back to press for a new, second printing.
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Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews
Batman #678
DC Comics
Morrison, Daniel & Florea
Oh I am well aware that this story and this particular comic have people baffled. I’ve seen many of the arguments on the net already about how it references too much of the previous obscure parts of older issues and how it kills momentum issue to issue and on and on. However, I only read Batman during Resurrection of Ra’s Al Ghul and this arc during the last ten years or so and yet I still liked this issue. Shockingly enough I thought it made sense.
The highly anticipated “Batman: R.I.P.” storyline is off to an explosive start, with BATMAN #676 selling out one day after arriving in stores on May 14. Now, DC Comics sends this issue, written by Grant Morrison with art by Tony Daniel and Sandu Florea, back to press for a new, second printing.

