Ever since Grant Morrison (“Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth,” “New X-Men”) took over DC Comics’ “Batman,” he’s had us wondering, “How crazy is Batman?”

Morrison’s plots, which are as dark as a bat cape and as twisted as the hairs of Batman’s new girlfriend, Jezebel Jet, have played to the tune of this growing insanity.

As the series progressed, especially since “Batman #672,” in which Batman was killed and remained dead for four minutes, Batman stories have become increasingly chaotic and deranged.

Since then, our favorite bat has not been the same — and he may never be.

This is the theme in Morrison’s “Batman: R.I.P.”

The next to last issue of this series, released this month, left another question unanswered: “What will become of Batman?”

Since Batman died, he has not only been hallucinating, he has also completely changed his identity.

He traded his traditional black and gray suit for a colorful purple, yellow and red ensemble even the Joker would appreciate.

Everyone close to him — his girlfriend, Robin and Alfred — are questioning his sanity.

Extreme events have already been introduced within the first five issues of the six-part series, such as the fact that Batman’s father may not be dead, but a caped villain, that Alfred may be Batman’s real father and that Batman has an alternate identity named Zur-en-arrh. However, I’m left wondering if even these things are real.

Are they mere mirages in the mind of Morrison, sent to deter his readers from realizing what is real?

Illusion or not, I’m hard-pressed to keep from watching this fantasy play out.

As I paged through Tony Daniel’s sinister artwork, which manages to make the Joker look even more evil, and read the crazed words Morrison penned for Batman, I wondered if this is how it all ends.

Will the twist that coiled at the end of issue 680 be the event that finally pushes Batman over the edge?

No matter how crazy I believe Batman or Morrison to be, I can’t stop reading. I have to know what happens.

I have to know if Bruce Wayne’s run as the Batman is over.

Has he finally lost it?

And more importantly, will we lose Batman?

— Bekah Terry is an English literature and journalism junior.