We're up to chapter 4 in the Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul story-line. And this issue, we really get to see just what a little bastard this Sensei is. Batman, who doesn't want to make the choice between Tim and Damian, ops for the third option of taking Ra's to Nada Parabat himself. There he'll be able to use the Fountain of Life, rather than extinguishing either of the 2 young males. But the Sensei seems to be 2 steps ahead of them. By the time Batman and Ra's get there, the place is already in flames. That's when Batman finds out that the Sensei is actual Ra's father. The Sensei quickly beats the broken down body that Ra's now inhabits, and then decides to take on the Batman. "I am very old, it's true. I am an evil old man, and my stamina is not what it was. I can keep this up for less than two minutes. Fortunately . . . I need only one to break you." And he begins to then tear apart Batman piece by piece. It appears that the Sensei has delivered the killing blow. But Batman refuses to falter. When the Sensei asks why, he simply replies, "I'm . . . lasting . . . longer . . . than a minute!" And the Batman's final blow knocks the Sensei in to the Fountain. But as he learned when he first got there, "The Fountain of Life brings only death to men who lack purity of spirit." And when he lands in the water, it begins to burn him up. I assume the Batman is going to use the same waters to help him recover, but, since Ra's has jumped his spirit in to another body, that is Batman's main concern right now. So this one is going next in to Robin #169. This issue was a great chapter in a fantastic story-line, brought to us by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel. And I have to say that these two have really brought this book to life. This book has continued to offer us a fantastic representation of our heroes adventures. Thank You!
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