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Closing of seven years of Morrison on Batman. Bruce Wayne is back, publicly declares that he is funding the Dark Knight and launches Batman Incorporated: a global Batman network in every country. Damian Wayne's death in combat is one of the most memorable moments of the modern Batman. Art by Chris Burnham.

JLA by Grant Morrison Omnibus is the late-1990s Justice League rebuilt as modern myth. Morrison and Howard Porter put Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman and Martian Manhunter back at the center of impossible-scale threats, from White Martians to cosmic judgment. The value is clarity of concept: the League as DC's pantheon, written with big ideas, velocity and a sense that every crisis should feel too large for anyone else.

The second volume of Morrison's run executes his riskiest move yet: kill off (apparently) Bruce Wayne and let Dick Grayson take up the mantle. The Dick-Damian duo Morrison builds here is one of the best Batman and Robin ever written. Art by Frank Quitely, Morrison's long-time collaborator on All-Star Superman and We3.

One of the most ambitious periods ever written about Batman begins here. Grant Morrison rewrites the character based on a radical thesis: everything published since 1939 is canon. Damian Wayne appears for the first time as the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul. The seeds of Batman R.I.P. begin to take shape. Andy Kubert provides spectacular art that handles Morrison's densest plotting with visual clarity. The beginning of a seven-year run that would transform Batman mythology permanently.

All-Star Superman is widely considered the greatest Superman story ever told. In Action Comics, Morrison reimagines the hero's origins for the New 52 with radical energy. This omnibus brings together both Grant Morrison masterworks with art by Frank Quitely and Rags Morales: the focused vision of the Man of Steel.

Grant Morrison's Final Crisis is DC event storytelling at its strangest and most ambitious: Darkseid wins, the Anti-Life Equation spreads, and the multiverse becomes the battlefield. This 1512-page omnibus gathers the core series, Superman Beyond, Legion of 3 Worlds, Batman tie-ins and the wider crisis material in reading order, so the event can be read as one full architecture rather than a fragmented crossover. It is a demanding book, but that is exactly its appeal: Morrison treats DC continuity like mythology, with Superman, Batman, the New Gods and the idea of heroism pushed to breaking point. For collectors, this is the edition that gives the event its real scale.

Doom Patrol by Grant Morrison Omnibus is where superhero comics become surreal therapy, pop philosophy and beautiful nonsense without losing their wounded heart. Crazy Jane, Robotman, Danny the Street, Flex Mentallo and the Brotherhood of Dada make the book feel like DC's strangest support group rather than a conventional team. Morrison and Richard Case use absurdity to talk about trauma, identity and meaning. This is Doom Patrol as a cult text, not a standard action omnibus.

52 Omnibus is DC's weekly experiment after Infinite Crisis, a year without Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman at the centre. Booster Gold, Renee Montoya, Black Adam, The Question, Steel and Ralph Dibny carry the universe while Johns, Morrison, Rucka and Waid make the absence of the Trinity feel like a narrative engine. It belongs in Events, not under Batman.