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This review contains spoilers, click here to read
To be honest, I thought there would be a drastic dip in the quality of this series with Frank Quietly's absence. However, I was thoroughly surprised.
Grant Morrison not only returns to dangling plot threads from pre-RIP such as the damage done to the Wayne Family name after Dr. Hurt, but introduces new ones. I found it thrilling to see Dick and Damian in a non Batman and Robin setting. Seeing these two in a social setting made me realize that I don't miss Bruce Wayne all that much. Another greatly crafted scene was the rooftop stake out by Batman and Robin. I loved the light-hearted Batman pulling the hood over a no-jokes Robin's head. Everything about these two felt fresh, yet strangely very Batman and Robin.
I thought the jump from Quietly to Tan would be quite jarring, but it actually worked really well. This story arc has a completely different feel than the previous one. Quietly's style worked with the whole circus of strange/ 1960's Batman feel that was going on. This story is very much about revenge and the Tan's dark tones are perfectly suited to this issue. I don't know why people give Phillip Tan such a bad time. His art here is superb. Batman is clearly Dick Grayson while his characters out of costume are most definitely unique (Unlike Tony Daniel where everyone out of costume looked the same-Dick and Tim and Bruce were so hard to distinguish). There was a very 90's detective story feel to his art. The action scenes also seemed quite dynamic though sometimes too claustrophobic. Maybe with a better/cleaner inker, this guy could definitely be the next Jim Lee.
Overall, this issue is fantastic. Morrison has out done himself and Phillip Tan is a definite fit for this title. I'll definitely be here next month!
Art: 5 - Excellent
I never had any problems whatsoever telling Tim, Dick and Bruce apart when Daniel was drawing them. I know that other people did, though. Funny how art is so subjective like that. As for Tan scoring points for drawing a Batman that looks like Dick…I think that half the time the panels are SO dark and shadowy, and the perspective so skewed and off-kilter, that it’s hard to discern what Tan’s character models are, period. On the other hand, it’s not like I thought Batman looked un-Dick-like here. . . . I actually liked Tan’s Green Lantern work okay, but this issue seemed really sketchy, dim and dreary to me. To each his own, though. Around the sites I go to, like 80% of the people LOVE the art on this issue. That really surprises me. Not that I hated the art.
Yeah, but I feel like a hard-boiled batman detective story about revenge should be sketchy,dim, and dreary. It really is a matter of opinion when it comes to artists. I’m gonna go back and look at Daniel’s Rip stuff…I might have been overly critical!
Also, I just realized that the mutant thingy at the end was actually oswald cobblepot ….that is one unrealistic penguin, but again, only the first penguin panel bothered me….art is so subjective!