I have only read the Batman and Robin run from Morrison aside from the Battle for the Cowl story. I was NOT a Damian fan. I don't care if he was augmented or not, and if these are comic books or not, a ten year old playing super hero is stupid. I liked Snyder's Black Mirror run with Dick Grayson better then his run with Grep Capullo, but I did like the Capullo run too. Tom King run tho, I LOVE IT. Parts of it. When he stated he wanted to do a 100 issue run, I was all for it, but I think he had a lot of issues that were not good, but just "FILLER" issues. His "War of Jokes and Riddles" tho, I think is a masterpiece and a legendary classic Batman story. I loved the "I AM Bane" story, and the arch with Batman's own Suicide Squad invading Bane's Sanctuary on Santa Prisca was great. Batman warning Bane that he'll break Bane's back if Bane doesn't just give in and give Batman Psycho Pirate. I don't know. I dug it a lot. I LOVED how Batman kept his warning, and I was sympathetic for Bane. The whole "I'm happy" and it was because Bane was using Psycho Pirate's power set to simply TELL Bane "You're happy" and Batman was STILL a jagoff and stole Psycho Pirate, when it could have been something as simple from Batman as "Come with me, I need Pyscho Pirate for something, but I'll give him back as soon as I'm done, as long as you stay here smiling." but because it was a comic book, that didn't happen, and the arch ended with Bane's back broken and him screaming "BRING ME VENOM!!!!" I haven't been a monthly reader of Batman for a lot of years. (Other then Morrison's Batman and Robin) but I have picked up a lot of trades along the way and thru the years. I did jump on Kings "War of Jokes and Riddles" early on tho. 3 issues in. I read them, and just felt like I was reading something special. I'm a big fan of Mikel Janin type of style of art where the illustrations are inked to almost look photogenic. Greg Land (even tho he get's his haters) has had some inking partners that would make his art look like they were photogenic. I'm thinking of his Ultimate Fantastic Four run, and Ultimate Power mini-series. Anyway. I LOVE Ware of Jokes and Riddles and own that trade as well. I just finished King's Vision mini-series he did at Marvel and loved it, and Mr. Miracle just began. King is incredible. The double date issue of Batman and Catwoman with Superman and Lois Lane ending in a Batman hitting a home run off of Superman was silly fucking genius. Also, the "Best Man" Joker story was incredible. Batman never even spoke in any of those issue. A lot of people miss just what Riddler did in the ending of Jokes and Riddles tho. How he won the war, and lost the war, and invented Kiteman. How after being shot by Joker, he had to make his smile. It wasn't Batman freaking out to the point of almost Killing Riddler, it was the Batman knew he was manipulated by the Riddler thru it all that got him so crazy that he almost killed the Riddler, and people miss this. King on Batman is great, but he does do way to much filler issues. Knightmares didn't need to happen, and it wasted months that is only NOW starting to start up again before City of Bane.