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BATMAN AND ROBIN #17

A body unceremoniously dug out of its grave. A link to Bruce Wayne’s romantic past and tension among the Dynamic Duo of Batman Dick Grayson and Robin.

Written by PAUL CORNELL
Art by SCOTT MCDANIEL & ROB HUNTER
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH

Price: $2.99
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  1. Avatar photo tschafer says:
    November 22, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    please, please, please don’t let this book turn into crap.  Crossing-fingers

  2. Avatar photo Slockhart says:
    November 22, 2010 at 3:22 pm

    Was this ever supposed to be Tomasi and Gleason? Could’ve sworn they had announced that…

  3. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    November 22, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    @slockhart  They did and it is, but not for two more issues. There was some scheduling mix up so cornell and mcdaniel are filling in for two issues

  4. Avatar photo robbydzwonar says:
    November 22, 2010 at 3:32 pm

    @RioVampire:  I thought these guys were doing a THREE part story?!??

    Well here’s hoping that this is like Action and not like Knight & Squire!!

  5. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    November 22, 2010 at 3:48 pm

    The art is not looking promising, but I am getting the next three cause it’s on my pull list.

  6. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    November 22, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    Damn I miss the Quietly covers already.

  7. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    November 22, 2010 at 4:21 pm

    @robby they might be but i thought it was just two issues. i’m no comic journalist man i was just saying what i remembered

  8. Avatar photo devildog says:
    November 22, 2010 at 4:49 pm

    @Amircat:  Are you basing the art on the cover or the interiors (done by different artists)?  There’s a preview with some of McDaniel’s art and I think he always does an exceptional job.  Btw, the title page in the preview says part 1 of 3.

  9. Avatar photo misterckent says:
    November 22, 2010 at 5:01 pm

    I liked the preview.  It’s a great opening sequence and keeps a lot of the fun.  I don’t want to lose that just yet.

  10. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    November 22, 2010 at 5:13 pm

    Preview looked good, although I am still not fond of McDaniel doing this. But Paul Cornell has done wonders for DC lately. I can’t see why this won’t at least read well.

  11. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    November 22, 2010 at 5:35 pm

    I respect Mcdaniel, but he’s not my cup of tea. It’s look just like Bagley’s art.

  12. Avatar photo comicBOOKchris says:
    November 22, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    Paul Cornell is one of my favorite writers working today, and from Action Comics to Knight & Squire, his DC work has been flawless. Kinda hoping he becomes a full time Batman writer someday.

  13. Avatar photo Fvckstick says:
    November 22, 2010 at 9:31 pm

    im a bit nervous about this. Not that i have any lack of faith in the team, it’s just…this book has been THE book for over a year now and i dont want it to lose it’s mojo.

  14. Avatar photo Bat4life says:
    November 22, 2010 at 11:06 pm

    @AmirCat You’re probably thinking that becuse Rob Hunter is inking, and he inks aklmost everything Mark Bagley pencils.

  15. Avatar photo BCDX97 says:
    November 23, 2010 at 12:51 am

    This looks like underwhelming filler, but we’ll see.  I’d rather read Cornell on this book than Tomasi, who I think sorely lacks in giving the reader any reason to care about the characters – but that’s just me.  This definitely will suffer a large drop in awesomeness.

  16. incredibledave says:
    November 23, 2010 at 3:57 am

    I dont get why theres a Batman Inc logo in the top hand corner, but I guess its better than a gigantic banner

  17. Avatar photo JimBilly4 says:
    November 23, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    I’ll check out this first arc (mostly because I forgot to not pull it), but with Snyder/Jock over on Detective and Batwoman coming and Morrison’s Batman, Inc… I can only take so much Bat. Why is it that the book with his name on the cover is the least interesting one on the market?

  18. Avatar photo MegaPhilip says:
    November 23, 2010 at 4:09 pm

    Looking forward to it!

  19. Avatar photo MoodSmoothie says:
    November 24, 2010 at 3:26 pm

    The artwork in this is less than good.

  20. Avatar photo MegaPhilip says:
    November 24, 2010 at 4:01 pm

    Agreed MoodSmoothie, the art definitely left something to be desired. Interesting set-up though, it went to the bottom of the list of the Bat titles I currently buy after this issue but that’s not too bad, we’ll see where it goes from here.

  21. Avatar photo andybmcd says:
    November 24, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    This is the first time I haven’t really enjoyed a Cornell book.  Didn’t care for the art either.

  22. froggulper says:
    November 24, 2010 at 8:55 pm

    Well, looks like there’s going to be one less Bat-book on my pull list.

    Cornell’s script was uninteresting, too cute at awkward times, and seemed like it was trying to be way cleverer and more fun than it was. Damian and Dick don’t start off sentences by saying "Consider:" or "Ergo:". Uck.

    And I liked McDaniel’s art much better 10-15 years ago.

  23. Avatar photo RocketRacoon says:
    November 25, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    Not sure how I feel about it. I’m a Cornell fan so I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt since it’s a 3 issue arc.

  24. Avatar photo robbydzwonar says:
    November 25, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    Meh, I am not gonna drop it because I just don’t wanna break my run now and this arc only has two more issues left, but it looks like this is gonna be the worst arc of Batman & Robin in my opinion.  I sure hope Tomasi has something special planned cuz this is just filler.

  25. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    November 25, 2010 at 9:42 pm

    I’ll hop back on when Tomasi takes over. This continues Cornell’s perfect streak of not getting me to pick up a title that he’s writing. He’s the creator that I feel guiltiest about not liking.

  26. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    November 26, 2010 at 3:21 am

    This felt like really rushed filler. Extremely disappointing.

  27. Avatar photo Arrrggghhh (@Arrrggghhh) says:
    November 26, 2010 at 7:17 am

    Don’t know why DC insists on McDaniel working on bat-titles; His style does not work well with Batman at all. He should be on a more teen related book . . . 

  28. Avatar photo Fvckstick says:
    November 26, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    yeah, not a garbage issue, but definitely didn’t feel right. I feel like no one should write Damian unless is Morrison at this point. I love Cornell, but i felt like his Damian was too much like Tony Daniel’s Damian, ie : "alfred" to Morrison’s "pennyworth".

  29. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    November 28, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    maybe i’m the only one who liked this. weird

  30. Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
    November 28, 2010 at 6:00 pm

    @RoiVampire: I liked it.

  31. Avatar photo RoiVampire says:
    November 29, 2010 at 11:51 am

    @Conor I don’t know what everyones problem is. It felt just like the book should to me given
    the dynamic and characters. I loved it

  32. Avatar photo Ruo21 says:
    November 30, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    Wow, I thought this was really good. I’m surprised to see no POTW percentage on it.

  33. Avatar photo cahubble09 says:
    December 28, 2010 at 2:36 am

    This was a fun change of pace. And maybe I just have no taste, but I enjoyed the artwork in this. This may not be Eisner winning material, but I want to see where this story goes.

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