Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne
“Shadow on Stone”
Volume 1, Issue 1, Early July 2010
Released May 12, 2010
Cover Price: $3.99
2026 Value: $3.99
Estimated Issue Sales: 114,447
Writer: Grant Morrison
Penciller: Chris Sprouse
Inker: Karl Story
Colorist: Guy Major
Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher
Assistant Editor: Janelle Siegel
Editor: Mike Marts
Heroes: Booster Gold, Green Lantern II, Rip Hunter, Superman
Setting: Gotham City, DCU, USA, 20,000th-century B.C.E.
Cover Description: Prehistoric Batman assaults an angry mob of cavemen. (No Booster Gold.)
Brief Synopsis: Lost in time, Batman struggles to find his bearings.
Booster Gold's role in this story:
Cameo (Booster Gold makes a minor appearance)
Costume Worn: MARK I.v2 power-suit
This story has been reprinted in:
Batman by Grant Morrison Book Three (2026)
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne (2012)
Page 36, panel 2
Booster Gold, Green Lantern, Superman, and Rip Hunter visit Earth's prehistoric past in search of Bruce Wayne, who is apparently bouncing through Earth's history. Booster's "Omega Radiation" comment is a reference to the Omega Effect employed by Darkseid, the New God who "killed" Batman during the events of Final Crisis.
Boosterrific Review: Heavily steeped in Batman tradition and Silver Age continuity, I enjoyed this issue in spite of myself. Still, the story fails to shed any real light on Batman's situation, creating even more questions than it answers, a troubling start to a story that has only 5 more issues to explain Batman's "return." It's everything you might expect from a contemporary Grant Morrison story; whether that is an asset or not is for you to decide.
Boosterrific Rating: Gold Standard.
Average Fan Rating: (3 votes)
This issue gets 3 stars ONLY because of the appearance of Booster in the panel shown above. The scene is a pretty well drawn one, and the angle looks real slick.
I was expecting something a bit more memorable here.
Have to wait and see what Grant Morrison has planned next, but this book is not as gripping as I expected it to be.
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