4. Batman R.I.P.
Grant Morrison. A name that was once synonymous with guaranteed solid storytelling. A man who, thought quirky, new how to get epic done right. And then he did too many drugs and literally believed that his writing of comics was merely him transcribing the actual events of another Universe. Or so I've heard. But considering what followed Batman R.I.P., I believe every inch of that myth. Batman R.I.P., or as I like to call it, "Grant Morrison systematically destroying what we know and love about the DC Universe, Part 1" was essentially the first domino piece to fall in Morrison's terrorist plot to turn the DC Universe into a senseless pile of confusion, eventually resulting in its reboot. Log this under Batman as if directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Batman R.I.P. was the convoluted mess of Batman's mental breakdown at the hands of the Black Glove who was pretending to be Bruce's father but actually an old body double. Apparently he's really mad that Batman exists because he goes through a lot of trouble to destroy Batman's psyche and take over Gotham, but luckily Batman developed a mental fail safe, you know, in case things like this happens, and Bat-Mite shows up to be his guiding light and Batman dresses in a purple and yellow suit, and then wins. Or does he? Yeah he does. But the reader is in for an epic loss, as Batman R.I.P. leads us into the "inevitable" next event in the DC Universe, and the inevitable next item on our list...