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Bat-Thread: Bruce Wayne, International Hairy Chested Love God of Mystery
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People are big on that.
What I am asking is should I be reading Batman and Robin
Tomasi's GLC opener was also really decompressed, but also completely terrible.
It's strange because Tomasi's stories usually move a lot faster and have more going on.
Wait for the trade of issues 1-8, and then jump on with issue 9 during Night of the Owls. Hopefully it will pick up with the second arc, and the first arc will read much better collected.
Batman Inc. 3
Steaaaaaaam
This is logical and I support it as truth.
Also: More Matches Malone!
Are you thinking of False Faces?
At the beginning I thought it was actually better than Batman, but then Batman went from good to crazy goddamn awesome.
I know Bruce will never kill, but it is nice to see him acknowledge that everybody else gets a mulligan and doesn't look to really waggle the finger of disappointment at Damian or possibly others.
It's pretty much exactly what needed to happen. You really get a sense of that father-son dynamic between Bruce and Damian. I'm really interested to see where they're going to go with those two. Damian is trying to overcome his own demons to be more like his father and Bruce is trying to learn how to be the father he never had while still remaining true to his creed as the Batman.
Not sure if spoiler, but to be safe,
You could look at it that way. Or it could also be:
You could view it as Damien benefitting from lessons learned from Bruce's other relationships.
I do hate DC (and Marvel) pulling this stuff at the last minute, before order cutoffs. Looks like Capullo is the last man standing in the bat-verse.
Speaking of BoP, the swap from 7 ending on a cliffhanger to an unrelated one-shot for 8 was a little jarring.
I started reading Batman with the Batman and Son arc because Damian seemed pretty cool and I didn't have nearly enough Batman stuff. So I got the 3 Batman and Robin volumes and just got Dark Knight, White Knight Because I heard it was the last of the Dick and Damian partnership.
So what comes after that? On amazon I found Batman Incorporated v1, The Court of Owls, and Batman and Robin (new 52). Do they follow any kind of order, or they kind of happen at the same time, or what? I'm used to buying Ultimate Spider-Man where there is one book and it is numbered for my convenience.
If you like Damian you should really read Batman and Robin 1-8. It is FANTASTIC. It also lays the groundwork for Bruce's and Damian's relationship. Also, Batman is really good too...but only one or two pages (I think) of Damian.
This week, I was really impressed with Batwing. I gave up on the series after three or four issues, and I probably won't pick it back up, but as a crossover side-story, it was good, and I like Marcus To's art.
Detective Comics, however, has retained its same level of bad. Tony Daniel's Batman is really off-putting. He's just wall-to-wall grit.
O_O
That double page spread!
And one thing I liked about the issue, and hope it doesn't change, was that
I'm very much enjoying how all the tie-ins are working together, which I thought would be annoying at first. For example,
Batman Inc. 4
• BATMAN and TALIA AL GHUL continue their fight for control of their son DAMIAN – better known as ROBIN!
• WINGMAN and REDBIRD descent upon GOTHAM CITY! Who are these heroes, and what is their relationship to THE DARK KNIGHT?
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.
Steaaaaaaam
So,
EDIT: I can't read, tonight.