Batman: Un Mal Día - Ra's Al Ghul

Batman: One Bad Day

by Tom Taylor, Ivan Reis

¡LAS HISTORIAS DEFINITIVAS DE LOS MEJORES VILLANOS DEL CABALLERO OSCURO!

Ra's al Ghul ha obtenido más poder que ningún otro hombre y ha logrado conquistar incluso a la mismísima muerte. Pero hay un individuo que ha sido capaz de superarlo en más de una ocasión: el Detective. Ahora que comienza a mover las piezas para finalmente inclinar la balanza en favor del planeta, Ra's deberá encontrar la forma de neutralizar a Batman y convencer a su nieto, Damian, de que su padre es quien está del lado incorrecto de la historia. Para asegurar un futuro para toda la vida en la tierra, Ra's al Ghul no dudará en eliminar a aquellos que nos empujan a la muerte definitiva.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Dc Comics, Batman, Graphic Novels Comics, Superheroes, Comic Book

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2023

About the author

Once a professional juggler and fire eater, Tom Taylor is a #1 New York Times Bestselling, multi-award-winning comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter.

Well known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel, Taylor is the co-creator of NEVERLANDERS from Penguin Random House, SEVEN SECRETS from Boom Studios and the Aurealis-Award-winning graphic novel series THE DEEP. Taylor is also the Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Deep animated series, four seasons of which is broadcast in over 140 countries.

He is perhaps best known for the DC Comics series, DCEASED (Shadow Awards Winner), NIGHTWING (nominated for 5 Eisner Awards), SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL (GLAAD Award Nominee), INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, SUICIDE SQUAD, EARTH 2 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN as well as Marvel's FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, ALL NEW WOLVERINE, X-MEN: RED, DARK AGES and SUPERIOR IRON MAN. Taylor is also the writer of many Star Wars series, which include STAR WARS: INVASION and STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES (Stan Lee Excelsior Award winner). Taylor has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom Studios, Wildstorm, 2000 AD and Gestalt Comics.

He can be followed on twitter @TomTaylorMade.

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars
I'm surprised I didn't like it more.
I usually love Tom Taylor's storytelling and I loved Ivan Reis' art, but something was just a bit off for me here.
And yet.
It still wasn't bad.



I guess I just didn't like how stupid and unsympathetic Batman is in this one. Ra's is right. Why are you fighting him, Bruce? Just let him kill off the people who are hurting everyone.
Where's the harm in that?
A better (albeit less Batman-y) ending might have made this one pop for me.
I think it's why Batman killing the Riddler at the end of that other Tom's One Bad Day comic made me love it so much.



The gist is that Ra's has seen enough of greedy bastards getting rich off of ruining the environment for profit. He's got a plan to take out the assholes that leave people in charge of their companies who will take better care of the planet, the animals, and ultimately the humans who live on it.
Batman being Batman will try to stop him.
I will say that there were initially some shockers in this. But the stakes weren't really what I thought they were and the Lazarus Pit is kind of a cheat. Although, it's a fun cheat and (IMHO) Taylor did a good job utilizing it in a cool way.



Overall, I'd recommend this entire series of comics to anyone who likes Elseworlds stories.

[Lyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hate to say to but I think this awesome series is a hit or miss for me. I LOVED the Bane One Bad Day and Riddler and Mr. Freeze were great. Catwoman and this one? Not as much.

I’ve liked a few of Taylor’s titles and this one had much promise, I wanted to like this much more than I did.

The art was exceptional and the backstory and the story overall was good. But Taylor turned Ra’s Al Ghoul (Al to his friends) into a one dimensional eco-terrorist and Batman into a stubborn, Lawful Neutral knucklehead. Neither is consistent with the rich DC history of both characters. At worst this is silly revenge porn.

I did like how he wrote for Robin, sort of, for the most part.

Not terrible, just much less than it could have been.

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[Jim Ef · Rating 4 out of 5]

7.4/10
We started with a Tom and we going to end with another one. Taylor, like King, didn't disappoint and provided along Ivan Reis a good story.

Ra's Al Ghul found a new way to save the Earth. His motives are good, the ways to successfully execute his plans is extreme to say the least. Batman refuses to join him. And if they are not friends than they are enemies.

Taylor makes the reader understand Ras' point of view. At the same time you also see why Batman won't agree.

Short yet impactful story. Ivan Reis provide some excellent panels and overall solid art throughout.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was fun! and very on-brand for TT. Ra's is sick of his traditional super villainry using the League of Shadows failing to achieve his goal of saving the planet from Humanity and embarks on a new approach that will culminate in a plot to sideline The Detective and get things done.

PS I wonder who is more iconic for waking up screaming and thrashing immersed in liquid, Ra's al-Ghul or Wolverine?

[Alexander Peterhans · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's fiiiine. I've never been much of a fan of Ra's Al Ghul. It's maybe a bit preachy, but I can't disagree with what is being preached.

[Urbon Adamsson · Rating 4 out of 5]

PT Ra's Al Ghul não é uma personagem que normalmente me interesse muito, mas gostei bastante da forma como foi retratado aqui.

No geral, uma ótima edição com uma arte absolutamente deslumbrante.

A minha única crítica é o quanto alguns escritores adoram brincar com a morte das personagens. Percebo que cria um momento espetacular, mas o leitor já sabe que a personagem não vai realmente morrer. Com o tempo, estas cenas começam a parecer repetitivas e perdem o impacto.

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EN Ra's Al Ghul isn't a character I usually care much about, but I really enjoyed how he was portrayed here.

Overall, a great issue with absolutely stunning artwork.

My only criticism is how much some writers love to toy with character deaths. I get that it makes for a spectacular moment, but readers already know the character won’t truly die. Over time, these scenes start to feel repetitive and lose their impact.

[Diz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This delves into the motivations of Ra's Al Ghul and how his intentions are noble, in a sense, while his methods are reprehensible. The rivalry and the differences between Ra's and Batman are played up, and Damien in the middle. This family angle adds a lot of drama that makes the story interesting.

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Choose your own adventure:

1) A righteous and determined protector of the earth struggles against the excesses of capitalistic practices that are killing our planet.

2) A very stable genius billionaire vigilante fights to protect his fellow-billionaires from socialist eco-terrorists.

3) A noble superhero faces off against a genocidal super villain.

No need to flip around the pages making choices at critical moments, just bring your preconceived notions and read it straight through.

[Sud666 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've enjoyed the One Bad Day series one-shots. This one doesn't disappoint, save for the messaging.

It's a Ra's story. He is, as usual, trying to change the world by killing everyone, but THIS time he is sticking up for the leftist/woke agendas summarized as "Kill all capitalistic corporate types who disagree with us" and kill over 2 dozen CEOs. Strangely, since it's pushing a Leftist agenda, even Batman fails. Yep. If the ending of the story is something we must accept then yeah Batman LOSES. B adly. How odd..but have you seen or read anything woke? It's always some fucked up version of the actual characters and their story arc. Still, aside from Leftist pretensions of success, it's not a bad story. Weird that Batman loses. But hey Woke is a belief system and one can never really understand blind faith-look at religion. So, cutesy wokeness aside, good story, good art game make a good comic. Best to ignore the Lefty bullshit. In fact, that's exactly the point of ANY propaganda, endlessly repeated it becomes the new "normal. Congrats.

[seana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did not expect to actually cry over this but here we are.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A classic Ra's al Ghul vs. Batman adventure, with one key twist: Ra's al Ghul wins. Maybe they should have put this one in the One Good Day category.

The art is terrific and Tom Taylor's storytelling is crisp as ever. Aside from the one big surprise, there's not a whole lot here that's different from the typical Ra's al Ghul tale. That seems to fit with the One Bad Day series direction, though, so I'm perfectly fine with it.

[Mia · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

I'm actually shocked at how good this is, especially because this is TT. Reis art is amazing, but I didn't like how little Talia and Damian had to do.

[leynes · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one didn't make any sense. Tom Taylor poses the penultimate question: Why won't Batman save the world? And there were thousands of readers asking the same: Why, just why? It makes no damn sense. Like, I get that Bruce might take issue with Ra's going on this huge killing spree. But you have to give it to the man, he's only killing the billionaires atop big corporations that are literally responsible for the deaths (or inhumane living conditions) of millions of other people. Let the man do his job, Bruce.

No, but in all seriousness. The premise of this was just utter shit and so unrealistic. I understand that this is a SUPERHERO COMIC BOOK, so realism isn't a top priority, but if you're going so far as to raise REAL societal problems, coming along with the silly solution of giving us a list of 30 people who are doing the worst things for the planet and humanity and a killer willing to wipe them out? I just couldn't take it seriously.

Also, I HATED Ra's killing Bruce only to then revive him through the Lazarus pit. What the fuck was that? It really goes to show that I cared for NONE OF THE CHARACTERS because the storytelling was so lacklustre. Also, I found the art style to be quite mediocre which didn't help.

[Ronald · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is just the comic, just re-printed as a hardcover. You could buy the regular comic 2nd hard for $0.99 but I guess for a few extra pages of rough inks and a couple of covers reprinted in one volume is enough to pay $17.99.

The story itself is just more Ra's Al Ghul doing the same thing over and over and over and still losing to Batman every time. Sadly, nothing new or interesting to read here. The art was decent. One Bad Day has been a rather disappointing "event".

[Jesse A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good art and a good story.

[Valéria. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not terrible, not good either. I was missing something there that would make me really like it, and it was not delivered, so it ended up to be quick and nice, but forgettable read.

[Vinicius · Rating 4 out of 5]

O Tom Taylor sabe escrever uma boa história, novamente uma leitura muito boa desse autor. A trama consegue trabalhar a vocação de Ra's Al Ghul de maneira simples e direta, muito bem desenvolvida para essa série Um Dia Ruim.

Particularmente, eu adoro o vilão Ra's Al Ghul, pois sua convicção não é aquela básica do vilão de querer roubar ou destruir o mundo, pelo contrário, Ra's tem uma preocupação com o planeta e com o futuro, principalmente por ter vivido muitos anos e acompanhar a deterioração do mundo, por conta do homem.

Nessa trama, Tom Taylor consegue colocar em pauta a filosofia do Bruce de não matar vs Ra's, que pretende ajudar o mundo, mas matando. Essas convicções se chocam e é muito interessante ver o dilema entre os dois.

Contudo, apenas algumas conveniências de roteiro que incomodaram um pouco, como o Batman logo de cara suspeitar do Ra's quando vai encontrar com a filha de um dos mortos por Ra's e a morte junto com a ressurreição do Bruce.

Mas destaco a emoção, logo no início, entre Ra's e sua loba. Até eu chorei ali. A arte do Ivan Reis está espetacular, conseque traduzir todo o impacto da cena.

Dito isso, um dia gostaria de ver uma parceria entre Ra'@s Al Ghul e Hera venenosa. Acho que um bom roteirista poderia trabalhar muito bem uma trama com esses vilões, tendo em vista que suas convicções possuem semelhanças

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gostei deste, se não me engano, último volume da coleção Batman - Um Dia Ruim. Enfocado em Ra's Al Ghul, a HQ é desenvolvida por Tom Taylor e pelo brasileiro Ivan Reis. Conta como Ra's Al Ghul consegue sua meta de matar os 27 homens e mulheres mais ricos da Terra, sem a interferência do Batman, para salvar o meio ambiente. Até aí tudo bem, mas me parece que se afasta do direcionamento da coleção que é o de apresentar um dia ruim na vida desses supervilões batmanescos. Pelo que pude inferir, Ra's Al Ghul teve um dia ótimo e não um dia ruim nessa história. De toda forma, essa publicação é uma das melhores da coleção Um Dia Ruim. Mas essa é uma coleção que não faço questão de ter em minhas prateleiras por ser muito irregular e também por ser do universo do Batman, meu super-herói despreferido.

[Eli · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

Best of the One Bad Day, in my opinion. Tom Taylor doesn’t disappoint!

[Danny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent, excellent, excellent! I hope Tom Taylor becomes the regular Batman writer in the near future. I wish he would have put lore into the One Bad Day theme, but this was such a well written story of an underappreciated villain. When a villain who has lived as long as Ra's, you get a strong understanding of why he's as self-righteous as he is. The problem is that someone like Bruce Wayne has far more empathy, belief, and faith in humanity than Ra's. Add to that, they both share a familiar bond with Damian, and you have a page turner.

[Mohan Vemulapalli · Rating 4 out of 5]

No life is worth more than the future.

Who would have thought that Ra's Al Ghul was a dog person? In "Batman: One Bad Day: Ra's Al Ghul" Tom Taylor re-envisions the Demon's Head as a dedicated visionary who runs the League of Assassins with the express purpose of saving the world and preserving the ecological heritage of the human race. The result is a fresh and exciting take on a character who is often relegated to ranting and moustache twirling.

Spurred by the loss of a species of wolf he holds dear, Ra's is motivated to quietly eliminate and replace the individuals most responsible for the destruction of the environment. This puts him in direct conflict with Batman who has equally strong convictions about killing. As the resulting conflict unfolds each man accepts the others convictions but neither can compromise his own.

Four and a half stars rounded to four

[Garth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think they may have saved the best for last. Yes, it’s a bit derivative for our times but it’s a good story, and appropriate. Too bad Ra’s can’t work his plan IRL.

[Matty Dub · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yep, they saved the best for last.

One Bad Day has been one of the most successful publishing initiative from any publisher in recent years, incredible accomplishment.

[Adam Fisher · Rating 4 out of 5]

This penultimate (at least for me) volume of One Bad Day actually takes place over a longer period of time. Ra's has a plan to save the future of the world by installing (and he goes into detail about how long of a process this has been) eco-friendly leaders in eco-destroying companies but killing off the 21 CEOs in charge of leading all this destruction. An odd conundrum for Batman as he wants to save the world too, but can't allow Ra's to kill others to do it. Both of them die for their causes over the course of the book, but obviously, with Lazarus Pits, they don't last long.
This one raises some interesting questions, and I enjoy the self-reflection it brought.
High recommend.

[Ehsan'Shokraie' · Rating 4 out of 5]

One bad day series suprisingly offers so much more than what is anticipated from a newly published series,artwork s wonderful,the charachter s lineage is preserved,everything seems to be in place,a lovely read

Ra 's Al Ghul s story is one that has been told many times,yet this time its much diffrent,to make life better is a goal the Dark knight amd Ra's share,yet the means have always been adverse,this time however Ra's approach seems more reasonable,infact it makes Batman s strict code uneffective and pointless..it brings out the question whether Ra's changed or have we?

[The Sapphic Nerd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tom Taylor didn't do Batman any favours here. Ra's had me on his side when he started crying over his wolf companion being the last of her species. The man's just an environmental activist advocating for global sustainability. Billionaires want to maintain the staus quo regardless of the long-term effects on the world they live on. Leave Ra's to do his good work, I say! Batman coming after Ra's when what he's doing sounds perfectly reasonable makes me dislike Batman here. I'm siding with Ra's on this one.

[akiiKOMORI reading · Rating 4 out of 5]

I knew this one would surprise me and it did - though I'm not 100% sure how this would constitute as a "bad day" :P

This is definitely something I expect Ra's to do, completely in line with his character and it was just an enjoyable read.

I loved the art, the story, the paneling was good.
There was nothing to not like about it.
This is definitely going higher in the ranking!

Riddler / Ra's Al Ghul / Bane / Catwoman / Freeze / Two-Face / Clayface

[Annalise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ra’s Al Ghul was kind of spitting in this one, not gonna lie🤷‍♀️😭 I feel like the theme in this one was so refreshing bc this man is literally 700-something years old and he hates the what the world has come to bc of selfishness and greed, so he plans for DECADES to take down the 30 most harmful people to the planet! Instead of profiting off of it or participating in its destruction! He ate with that🙂‍↕️ And the art style and color work was immaculate👏

[Paxton Holley · Rating 4 out of 5]

That was an excellent one off tale. Ra’s has started killing off CEOs that are harmful to the planet. And he’s managed to put in place people to take over that are willing to reverse that damage. What will Batman do about it? Will he ruin possibly saving the Earth to bring justice, or will he let the murders go?

Great story.

[Kieran McAndrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Batman - One Bad Day: Ra's all Ghul

The Head of the Demon has a plan to assassinate twenty seven people in order to save the world from destruction. Only the Dark Knight stands in his way.

A bleak, but engaging tale, with fantastic art and strong lines. Taylor captures Damien's dilemma wonderfully.