A final page, unceremoniously announced reveal feels somewhat out of nowhere, artificial even, and solely engineered to set up what's coming next month. It's as if Morrison has left readers - much like the character the revelation affects - almost too in the dark, and is holding back too much information for it to have any real impact. It's a bum note to go out on, but a minor one that ultimately doesn't hamper what is overall still the most fun a person can have reading a Batman title these days.

Making it seven issues without hitting a bum note, writer Ryan North continues to capture the voice of the televised Adventure Time, and then run away with it, laughing giddily.

Now on its third issue of one protracted fight scene, Invincible is being stretched paper-thin, and giving the impression of running on empty, arguably for the first time

Fun, dense and begging to be re-read, Leviathan Strikes! is a suitably epic conclusion to the latest chapter in Morrison's ongoing run, and given that he's stuck the landing and wrapped things up in suitably spectacular fashion twice before (see: the conclusions to Batman R.I.P. and his Batman and Robin run for more), readers are left wondering where he can possibly go from here " and that's a great feeling. 2012's Batman: Leviathan can't come soon enough.