Well this is it. Years in the waiting . . the unabridged origin of Ra's Al Ghul. Or is it? It actually may all be the deluded ramblings of one of Ra's subjects . . the White Ghost. Basically, the White Ghost believes that Ra's spirit resides in one of the Lazarus Pits. Which, actually, I have a question about because I thought that Batman had sealed them all up. Anyways, there turns out to be one somewhere in the outback of Australia. The White Ghost plans on sacrificing Damian's body for his master to inhabit. So in preparation, he's having Talia read to him all the ancient scripts about Ra's life and origins. The White Ghost thinks that when Ra's resurrects that he'll be full of questions and confusions. So if he feeds all the information to Damian before sacrificing him, he'll be able to transfer the knowledge. Kind of an automatic download type of thing. But, Batman, or rather Bruce, has been funding an archaeological expedition in the area, and when 2 of his people go missing, he comes to look for them. One thing leads to another and Batman ends up in the same place as the White Ghost and the Lazarus pit. But it's shortly after Talia and Damian have made their escape. But he does obtain all the manuscripts. Which is where the question comes in because when Alfred has them checked out they only date back to about 1880. Not nearly as old as they're portrayed as being. Which is just another mystery that surrounds Ra's. This book was done by Peter Milligan and David Lopez. It really is a nice book, and a great addition to the Batman mythos. I'm also really glad to see the Annual thing coming back to life.
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