RED ROBIN #3

Review by: robbydzwonar

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The Wild Huntsman?! Where the hell did that come from? Is this the same Red Robin comic I was reading last month?! I can't remember it ever being revealed why Tim Drake broke into some museum in Berlin to begin with. It would have been worthy of the writer to add little details as such.

Oh yeah, this is the same Tim Drake that used to be Bruce Wayne's partner as Robin, before he changed to Red Robin after whatever really happened to Bruce, right? So when the hell did he start working with Ras Al Ghul? Ras Al Ghul is a bad guy, right? Another little detail I wish they could of made more clear for me...

Oh yeah, when did Ras start calling Bruce Batman instead of "the Detective"? And I always though the League Of Assassins were a bunch of ninjas, like the Foot Soldiers in the old Ninja Turtle cartoons. When did they turn into bald chicks with nose rings and a bunch of other weird looking folks who belong in a Return Of The Living Dead movie from the 1980s? Okay.

There was a little bit of a review of things that happened in the life of Tim Drake when he was Robin. Stuff I thought we had moved on from when Robin volume three ended and Red Robin volume one started. He gets a visit from one of his old gal pals from Teen Titans which actually technically happened around the time of Battle For The Cowl. Then he goes back to mention the Anarchy arc from Robin that was a real sleeper because some kids got killed and he blames himself. He also looks back on when he let Jason Todd go free from jail right before BFTC happened. He blames himself for all the dead criminals Jason took out during his short time as A Batman. Yeah, real smart idea releasing the guy who blew up the entire city of Bludhaven back in Under The Hood volume two, Tim!! I wonder if these writers actually even read Batman regularly before they write new issues of Gotham-related titles, or if they just GO with it.

The art is nothing special in Red Robin #3 either! This looks so rushed. I'm surprised the editors let it through. Yuck! Tim Drake doesn't look any older than Damian Wayne in a couple of panels!! I actually thought he was Damian in one of the panels where it shows Tim walking through the graveyard where Bruce's skeleton is buried (before Blackest Night, I'm guessing?)...

Well issue #3 was almost a disaster if you ask me. Some of it even seemed out of sequence with all the different flashbacks that were mentioned.

Am I mad enough to drop Red Robin right now and not be bothered with it ever again? Nah. This whole Tim not being able to believe that Bruce is gone and Ras not believing it either plot is enough for me to finish this arc up.

Story: 2 - Average
Art: 2 - Average

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MisterJ says:

August 16, 2009 at 11:58 pm

Wild Huntsman was supposed to come out of nowhere, he is just the adversary of the month, no more is needed.

Tim is breaking in to find clues on where Bruce is. Why that museum in particular? It doesn’t matter, it’s a red herring.

He started working with Ras at the end of the last issue, I believe it was implied there that he (Tim) needed his help.

Ras isn’t a bad guy, he is an immoral guy with (normally) noble goals.

Ras normally only says the ‘detective’ line only when Bruce is present.

League of Assassins does not have a dress code, they normally wear street clothes.

Character’s history is rarely left behind, it is always coming back to be re-mined or re-examined. How many countless flashbacks have there been to Bruce’s parents being killed, or Uncle Ben being killed, or Reed Richards blaming himself for his family’s condition. Hell, Marvel has a whole series (X-Men Legacy) about this very concept.

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robbydzwonar says:

August 17, 2009 at 2:35 am

well I don’t read X-Men

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MisterJ says:

August 17, 2009 at 2:20 pm

Still leaves three other examples.

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Firevine says:

August 17, 2009 at 8:36 pm

That cover is dope.

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flapjaxx says:

August 18, 2009 at 7:51 am

"Tim is breaking in to find clues on where Bruce is. Why that museum in particular? It doesn’t matter, it’s a red herring."

I’m really glad I never bought into the hype with this series. I don’t read it. Tim’s actions, starting with his going to Europe for no reason, really don’t seem to line up with anything that would bring Bruce back or lead to any vital clues about his demise.

The Wild Huntsman may just be the baddie of the month, but I think the reviewer’s point is that villains of the month are kind of lame in this era of comics. You need to see more of a build-up or more motivation, or else things like that seem random and pointless.

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