Background on 'Batman Incorporated' #1

Alex Zalben at MTV Geek has this great primer for the newly released series from DC Comics, "Batman Incorporated". After it's initial run was halted in the wake of DC's "New 52" publication-wide relaunch it returns with Grant Morrison back at the helm with a brand new #1 issue. Here's the background on the series:

...Bruce Wayne died, and when he came back to life he realized the main reason was he had friends. Well, also a never-ending battle against crime...So he stepped in front of the whole world...as...Bruce Wayne, financed Batman... And he was taking the brand global.

Over the next ten issues, Batman recruited new Batmen in Japan, Africa, and Europe, having adventures with each of his new team-mates battling the evil organization Leviathan. Making things more difficult was that Leviathan, with few exceptions, was using brainwashed children to do their dirty work, often sending them to fight to their deaths.

...the evil mastermind is Talia al Ghul, the daughter of the sort of deceased Ra’s al Ghul, and more importantly, the mother of Batman’s child, Damian Wayne... Who was now his Robin.

...Talia felt that since Batman had decided to put their child in extreme danger on the side of good, she would put every other child in the world in danger on the side of bad, and then let Batman decide who he felt was more important: his own kid, or everyone else’s kid.

I hope that was clear.  The issue was just released yesterday and I'll be posting my thoughts on this highly anticipated title from one of the best comic book writers in Morrison soon after.