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ROBIN #179


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  1. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    October 14, 2008 at 8:30 am

    I was excited for this issue and then they had to go and put a ninja cat on the cover.  Why would they do that?  Does anyone who wasn’t going to buy the book see that cover and say to his/herself: "Now that I know there will be a ninja cat in the book, I must buy it."  At the same time how many people who were considering buying this book saw the cover and said to his/herself: "Now that I know there will be a ninja cat in the book, I am not going to buy it."

    I assume there are many more people turned off than there are people who are turned on.  Basic marketing would tell you that is not how to run a business.  It’s like selling condoms with a picture of a baby on the package.

  2. Avatar photo jobob247 says:
    October 14, 2008 at 10:20 am

    How is there no mention of Jason Todd or "Red Robin". 2 Issues ago that’s what got me really excited since I was pissed that Dixon was no longer writing this. THIS: http://gamerscircle.org/ebay/JUN080207.jpg got me excited.

     Right now this cover and solicitation have me wondering WTF?! 

  3. Avatar photo TheKZA says:
    October 14, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    @jobob247 My thoughts exactly.  The gang-war shit is boring me, too.

  4. Avatar photo Kory says:
    October 15, 2008 at 12:08 am

    @stuclach- It’s funny, I was wondering what would make this book perfect?  More ninja cats!*

    *Sarcasm

  5. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    October 15, 2008 at 4:28 am

    So, how long will they drag out the Red Robin thing? I’m with you guys, I’d much rather them focus the story on him (or her?) & the mystery of who it is, than … ninja cats?

  6. Avatar photo DemonBoy says:
    October 15, 2008 at 9:17 am

    They probably will not be revealing Red Robin until after R.I.P. finishes in the main Batman book and they finish shuffling all of the Bat-Family around to different roles.  My money is still on Jean Paul Valley for Red Robin.  This series has been really good though, definitely enjoyable.

  7. Avatar photo CharlieBlix says:
    October 15, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    I would have given this a 3 if not for Red Robin coming in at the end.  I don’t know why but I really enjoy that part of this story. 

  8. Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
    October 16, 2008 at 1:57 am

    People are really hung up on Lynx, huh?

  9. Avatar photo Kory says:
    October 16, 2008 at 9:05 am

    @conor- I’m not hung up on Lynx because I have no prior knowledge of the character.  I was just judging her based on her character design, and I thought she was a human/animal hybrid which I felt was lame.  Obviously I was wrong, so I take back my prior cynicism.  

  10. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    October 16, 2008 at 10:46 am

    @conor – I am not commenting on the actual role or character of Lynx.  I was simply commenting on what I felt that cover would do to sales and what it did to my expectations for the issue.  I feel that, in comparison to the cover linked to by jobob247, this cover would discourage purchases.  I still purchased the book (haven’t read it yet), but I would wager that some didn’t due to that cover and that very, very few who weren’t going to pick it up changed their mind on seeing the cover.

    I was merely commenting on what that cover might do to DC’s bottom line.

  11. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    October 17, 2008 at 2:23 am

    Pretty solid issue, nothing fantastic, but not bad either, the art was great & I can’t wait to see more of Red Robin! My guess is it is a clone of Jason Todd from another dimension that Superboy Prime brought into existence by punching his bathroom wall.

  12. Avatar photo Eyun says:
    October 17, 2008 at 10:11 am

    And what, exactly, is wrong with Ninja Cats? Think about what you’re saying; Ninja Cats! What’s not awesome about that? 😉

  13. Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
    October 18, 2008 at 2:13 am

    I don’t think that cover is going to stop anybody from buying this comic.

  14. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    October 18, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    @conor – For DC’s bottom line, I hope you are right, but I am afraid you aren’t.

  15. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    October 18, 2008 at 7:00 pm

    Sorry for the double post, but I am bored.

    @conor, again – In the south, if someone sees you caring around something with a "ninja cat" on the cover, they instantly burn a cross in your front yard.

  16. Avatar photo saturnmda says:
    October 19, 2008 at 8:49 am

    I guess I didn’t mind the Lynx mask. Not any sillier than some we’ve seen in comics.

  17. Avatar photo PhantomPhrenemy says:
    November 15, 2008 at 10:34 am

    What almost keeps me from buying this book isn’t ninja-kitty, it’s seeing Freddie Williams Jr’s art, which is better suited for this book than it was on Flash, but there’s still a lot I don’t like about it.  Let’s get moving with the Red Robin story, shall we?  I’ll not send Freddie further down the river than I already have, yet.  But I place him with Howard Chaykin as one of my least favorite artists.

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