Blackest Night Batman #3 (OF 3)

Curious how Tomasi will wrap this up in one issue.  Great cover.

@drakedangerz That's waht I was thinking...

I liked the point that Conor made during one of the podcasts at how logical it was that Batman and Robin were the most tactical in dealing with the zombies.  I've been enjoying this mini and the Superman one just as much as the main book

@cutty Same with me

man, dead zombie parents are so embrassessing

They got buried in their costumes, really?  Man, that is unfortunate.  I would be pissed too!

and not a wrinkle on them. i want the name of that tailor

Cool. Not so much of a fan of last issue, but still enjoying it. Bring it on.

has really been a good mini. First read through of #2 and i thought i was done, but when i really sat down for the second read i think it was my POTW that week (but i already made a pic)

Woot! Lovin the tie-ins.

This really needs to be better than #2.

This has been my favorite Blackest Night mini.  I'll read this or Adventure Comics first.

Agreed, the BN tie-ins I've read (Batman, Superman and Tales of the Corps) have all been pretty good.  Last issue was really good and indicative of how well Tomasi writes Dick Grayson.

That was fun.  I would have loved to have seen how Bruce would have handled a situation like that.

It was pretty good with a sensable conclusion...I just didnt seem to care for the secondary characters of this, like Deadman or Etrigan.

Wasn't too fond of this.

I really enjoyed up until the lanterns turned on Dick and Tim.  Up until that, amazing book.  Great characterization and real emotional impact.  Then Tomasi had to wrap it up fast... 

"The other Robin!"

wow the black latterns built an entire stage to just mentally toture dick and Tim? 

That's a lot of work...

I was kinda hoping this mini would've had a moment with Tim saying something about Bruce being alive, Dick saying he isn't, and Tim coming back with the fact that there's no zombie Bruce.

 Great mini though.  Loved the "other Robin" moments in this issue. 

Anything with Etrigan is a win for me. I wish he and Deadman had their own books.

I liked this & liked the art a lot, but the ending was kinda unclear. What exactly happened? *SPOILERS* All the Black Lanterns followed Etrigan & flew up & he "killed" them all? If that's what happened, why did they lose interest in Dick (that's what she said) & Tim & follow Etrigan ... & why was the BBQ off-panel??

I agree that the Black Lanterns constructing an entire stage was a bit ridiculous. Other than that though, it was a good issue. I liked Etrigan's appearance and how Dick and Tim avoided the Black Lanterns.

@WadeWilson: Tim and Dick froze themselves therefore stopping their heartbeats so the Black Lanterns couldn't see them.

I think it has been established (in the last issue of BN) that Black Lanterns can't track you if you aren't exhibiting emotion.  By freezing themselves they (apparently) stopped their emotional thought, thus becoming invisible to the Black Lanterns.  Seems a little far fetched (in a book about zombie superheroes), but the rest of the issue was solid enough that I didn't mind.

@Slockhart - I've been wondering the same thing.  How can anyone deny that Bruce is alive if his Black Lantern reincarnation hasn't shown up?

great minds think alike.  I've been waiting for Bruce to show up.  Wonder if they'll do anything with that.

@slockhart @ stulach Remember that the Black Hand is wandering around with Bruce's skull.  I"m sure it's going to come into play somehow.

Btw - non-rhyming Etrigan = fail 

@Notahiro-He wasn't rhyming because Deadman took over the body.  But once he jumped out, there was rhyming to be heard.  If only a few lines.

Between this mini and Wednesday Comics, I am ready for more Deadman.

I think this is the weakest of the side minis but I enjoy it for the most part.

It seems Etrigan is another on the list of unknowns. 

Thanks to @Mustbedamned & @stuclach for clearing that up. That makes sense. But I was right about Etrigan killing all the BL's off-panel, right? Why wasn't it shown (if I'm right)? To confuse feeble minded fools like me?

@Wade: I had to pick up the book again and look. They couldn't pick up emotion so they all just flew away. Etrigan has no heart so he just took off as well.

@WadeWilson - I don't think Etrigan can kill BLs.  It is supposed to take a shot from multiple colors/emotions to destroy them (I think), so he couldn't have killed them.

@stulach: Thanx for clearing up why they freezed theirselves but what happened to the BN Graysons and Drakes?  Did they just leave or what?

That's what it looks like. Maybe they went to the BL homeworld, or where the other BL's need help.

I rather enjoyed this. More than I really expected to. I gave it a 5/5. I think Tomasi nailed the characterizations, Daimian felt a bit "safe" but it came off quite well. I caught a weird grammar typo that word should have even picked up. Which means Tomasi books are 2/2 on Typos this week.  Yeah, there were some jumps in logic, some convenient situations and what not, but I read it with a sense of "This is much cooled than I ever expected this mini to be." It's nice to be pleasantly surprised by a tie-in mini and not. Also, there was wonderful art in this issue. The first appearance of Etrigan, the trapeze work, and what not. 

@vadamowens Bruce's skull is currently in the hands of Black Hand. He's not appearing as a Zombie anytime soon. I think we can safely bill him as Sir Not Appearing in This Crossover.

@wade_Wilson, robby, others: The BLs cannot be killed by conventional means (Even Etrigan's Hellfire) they can only be killed by two or more Lantern Corps lights combined. They flew off because they could no longer register Dick and Tim on the emotional spectrum and they have to gather more hearts to power up the BL Central Power Battery. 

@yamamoto
I don't think the BLs built a set physically, I think they constructed it out of Black Lantern light. It was mostly colored with grey tones.

I really, really enjoyed this issue. 

Yup, just finished this one, loved every second. 

My assumption is that without specific targets who would respond to those specific dead bodies, the rings 'dissolved' the bodies of the Graysons, the Drakes etc, and returned to space in ring-only form?  Only problem with that is where the bodies went? 

Not a big enough niggle to detract from what was otherwise a well-paced and written issue.

BL: Batman has been the most enjoyable of Blackest Night so far. A Well written, and paced series. I especially liked batman and RObin torchin Black Lanterns with flamethrowers. Fantastic!

I loved the "no the other Robin" banter. Great end to a great mini. 5/5 for Art, 4/5 for Story and 5/5 for Issue 3's cover.