Grant Morrison was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1960. They were educated at Allan Glen's School [2] where their first portfolio of art was rejected by their careers guidance teacher, who encouraged them to work in a bank. Their first published works were Gideon Stargrave strips for Near Myths in 1978 (when they were about 17), [3] one of the first British alternative comics. Their work appeared in four of the five issues of Near Myths [4] and they were suitably encouraged to find more comic work. This included a weekly comic strip, Captain Clyde, an unemployed superhero based in Glasgow, for The Govan Press, a local newspaper, plus various issues of DC Thomson's Starblazer, the science fiction counterpart to that company's Commando title. Robinson, James( w), Kramer, Don( p),Faucher, Wayne( i). Batman,vol.1,no.654(August 2006).DC Comics. Vineyard, Jennifer (4 August 2008). " 'Arkham Asylum' Scribe Grant Morrison Opens Up Heath Ledger's Joker Diary". MTV . Retrieved 23 February 2013.

Daniel, Tony( w),Daniel, Tony( p), Florea, Sandu( i)."Last Man Standing" Batman: Battle for the Cowl,vol.1,no.3(July 2009). DC Comics. Bertlatsky, Noah (2 September 2022). "Review: Comics icon Grant Morrison's debut novel is a marvel of Oedipal camp". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 10 October 2022. Morrison, Grant( w),various( a)."How to Murder the Earth" Final Crisis,vol.1,no.6(January 2009).DC Comics. Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 240: "A thinking man's horror story, Arkham Asylum marked Grant Morrison's first work on the mythos of Batman, a character [they] would return to time and time again." Doherty, Carol (9 January 2009). "Batman and Son TPB Review". ShelfAbuse . Retrieved 24 February 2013.Cronin, Brian (19 August 2011). "Comic Book Legends Revealed #328". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. In 1993 Morrison, fellow Glaswegian comic writer Mark Millar and John Smith were asked to reinvigorate 2000 AD for an eight-week run called "The Summer Offensive". Morrison wrote Judge Dredd and Really and Truly, and co-wrote the controversial Big Dave with Millar. [21] Morrison returned to creator-owned work in 2010 with the eight issue Vertigo series Joe the Barbarian, launched in January with artist Sean Murphy. [78] Originally a six issue series, Morrison felt that the story would benefit from an extra two issues. The titular Joe is a diabetic young boy who begins to hallucinate a fantasy world populated with his toys and other fantasy characters when he stops taking his medication. [79]

The cast of characters in Batman expanded over the years as characters evolved and left for their own comic books. The original Robin left to become his own character, Nightwing, in 1984, [6] and new characters took over the secret identity of Robin throughout the years. In 2005, the character of Tim Drake was Robin. In that year, the miniseries Infinite Crisis was released. The series was a crossover event of all of the characters of the DC Universe, and had universe-changing consequences. At the end of the series, Batman decides that he needs to focus on keeping his family safe and close, [7] so leaves Gotham City with Nightwing, Robin, and his butler Alfred Pennyworth for a year. After his return, he adopts Tim Drake, formally making him his son in the storyline Batman: Face the Face. [8] The graphic novel was Grant Morrison's first work on Batman, and they would later note that the story was intended to be the start of their own version in the Batman saga. [5] The subtitle A Serious House on Serious Earth is taken from the last stanza of Philip Larkin's poem Line 55, "Church Going", which reads: [4] Seven Unknown Men". Barbelith. Archived from the original on 1 May 2005 . Retrieved 22 January 2007. Greene, Darragh; Roddy, Kate (eds.) (2015) Grant Morrison and the Superhero Renaissance: Critical Essays. McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-7810-1 a b Rogers, Vaneta (October 8, 2010). "BAT-Breakdown 2: MORRISON on BATMAN INC. & Bruce's Return". Newsarama. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010 . Retrieved January 2, 2011.Ellis, Warren (9 June 2000). "Come in Alone No.28". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. A new ongoing Batman Incorporated series, written by Ed Brisson and illustrated by John Timms, was announced, spinning out of the Batman run by James Tynion IV. Aside from returning members of Batman Inc., Batman appointed Ghost-Maker, an vigilante and his old friend/rival introduced in Tynion IV's run, as the new leader of the team. The first arc centers around the serial murder of Batman and Ghost-Maker's old mentors. [24] Collected editions [ edit ] Title Rogers, Vaneta (3 March 2015). "Vivisecting Multiversity: Jim Lee on Mastermen". Newsarama. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Batman, Inc. features various global locales as Bruce Wayne searches the globe for "Batmen" to recruit in his new endeavor. Paul Cornell Steps In to Write BATMAN AND ROBIN #17-19 @ Newsarama". Newsarama.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010 . Retrieved 2010-11-30.