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1. BoneMachine says:

   February 16, 2009 at 6:57 pm

   A 183 pages for $3? WTF?

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2. twooldridge says:

   February 16, 2009 at 7:10 pm

   yeah i might pick this up.  That has to be a mistake.

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3. TheKZA says:

   February 16, 2009 at 7:19 pm

   Unless it’s a collection of every cover, and no ads, heh.

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4. supertrackmonkey says:

   February 16, 2009 at 7:28 pm

   I have been following Tim Drake as Robin for over 15 years, and I am truly sad that this book is coming to an end.

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5. cyberauron says:

   February 16, 2009 at 7:31 pm

   well he needs to grow up. and making him the red robin i wont be surprise if he aged from 16 to 19

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6. Kory says:

   February 16, 2009 at 8:16 pm

   It sucks this is ending.  Hopefully Tim is off to bigger and better things.

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7. uberlush says:

   February 16, 2009 at 10:17 pm

   Bring on the battle for the cowl already.

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8. edward says:

   February 17, 2009 at 6:21 am

   It says 32 pages. No?

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9. cylonpete says:

   February 17, 2009 at 7:29 am

   Sad to see it go, just when it picked up steam again. Let’s jsut hope that Tim gets another solo-title after the Battle for the Cowl thing…

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10. WadeWilson says:

    February 17, 2009 at 9:26 am

    I like how the cover is a tribute to the first Robin solo cover, in his first mini — http://kleinletters.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/robin1.jpg

    Bringin’ things full circle for his final issue!

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11. rayclark says:

    February 17, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    i cant wait for this. this has just been an aweosme book and the arts been fantastic

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12. supertrackmonkey says:

    February 17, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    @ Cyberauron: The artists have aged Tim from 16ish to 19ish over the past year… It looks like DC wants to age Tim so that he will be able to take an even greater role in the DC Universe.

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13. evil09 says:

    February 18, 2009 at 2:19 am

    I hope Robin and Deathstroke will have another man to man battle for the right of Batman’s Cowl. And let me guest Robin’s gonna end up being another Deathstroke punching bag.

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14. cyberauron says:

    February 18, 2009 at 8:13 pm

    favorite line…. tim you know we will be alright

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15. Kory says:

    February 19, 2009 at 2:14 am

    This was a solid issue

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    Tim knowing that Lady Shiva was coming before she left Hong Kong, and then poisoning her chocolate was a little too much of a jump for me.  I know it’s part of the plan to show Tim as a capable replacement of Bruce Wayne, but it kinda took me out of the story.

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16. micahmyers says:

    February 19, 2009 at 8:31 am

    @kory- it wasn’t that much of a jump to me. they have set up over the last arc that he adapted a more extreme approach than batman.

     

    i am a fan of jason todd, and i am glad that he was in this. i know a lot of people don’t like that he was ressurected, but he is back and to just ignore him annoys me more than him being written poorly.

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17. supertrackmonkey says:

    February 19, 2009 at 10:59 am

    I think that either Tim or Jason will be the new Batman. I just think that with all the signs pointing to Nightwing, that DC might take it in another direction to throw people off.

     

    @Kory: it wasn’t that much of a jump for me either. Tim has been shown to be really dark, and turning into Bruce/ becoming like Bruce. In this last issue he also showed it by breaking things off with friends/girlfriends. Tim realizes he has to become emotionally disconnected to become the protector Gotham needs.

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18. jorgevillatoro says:

    February 20, 2009 at 1:28 am

    i think

    New Batman:Dick Grayson (Nightwing)                

    New Nightwing:Jason Todd (Old Robin)

    New Red Robin: Tim Drake (Now Robin)

    New Robin: Damian ?Wanye? (Batman’s Son)

    New Outsiders Head Leader: Alfred (Batman’s Butler) We Already know this 

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19. PraxJarvin says:

    February 20, 2009 at 2:40 am

    @Kory I agree with you. And to the others, I don’t think he’s saying it’s so much a character jump as it was bad storytelling. You have no way of knowing Tim knows Shiva is coming that early in the story. It felt forced and more less "I want to prove that Tim can beat Shiva." It annoyed me and it was a glaring hole in the plot, to me. And it points the picture that much of DC’s writers like the Batman who can do anything, figure things out in advance and just roll with the punches until he goes "Oh, I knew all along" in the last issue. I’m tired of it, and if that’s the way it’s going, then I may have to drop Battle for the Cowl. I want my flawed, goofy 60s Batman back who at least took the time to figure out a story. 

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20. edward says:

    February 20, 2009 at 9:11 am

    @ jorgevillatoro. i think they are the odds on favourites but good comics are never obvious.

     my one prediction, my one hope, my one 90’s Nostalgia fualed desire is that Dick becomes the new Azreal – now that would blow my mind 

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21. Kory says:

    February 20, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    @PraxJarvin: That was my point exactly.  I love Batman, but I don’t like how he and his supporting cast are written sometimes.  To me, having every story resolved with the "I knew all along and I’m always two steps ahead" is sometimes lazy writing, and can get kind of boring. 

    Batman and his allies are human, and to me they shouldn’t always have the answers.  I prefer it when they have get by by the skin of their teeth.  I want to struggle along with Batman as he figures out how to solve the problem, not have him in the end just go "well I you can’t defeat me because I knew what you were going to do, so I went ahead and prepared for everything". 

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