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Agreed. I loved how Dick-as-Batman just felt different than Bruce, without having to do any heavy-handed “Will I ever fill this cowl?” angst. Damian was still strongheaded, but more likeable than in his previous appearances. And giving them new villains to fight gives them an opportunity to carve out their own niche in the Bat-mythos.
I approve.

Is Damien Robin?

I hate waiting for the trade…

Man, I can’t wait to sink my teeth into it tomorrow. Zombie lava Batman seems pretty intriguing and I’m glad Dr. Hurt’s still around, Satan not tapping either, apparently. I just hope when these plot beats cue up Quitely’s still on to draw them. God I love that logo too, sort of Steranko-y, pop art, kitschy but sneaking fangs, pretty damn well emblematizes everything Morrison says this series will be.

Note: Never put your address on your keys! Great way to get burgled (or breached by a secret society of evil, as the case may be).

the drawings of the sound effects were great.

as was the rest of the art.

What I love about that paracapes scene is how in the few Nightwing books I’ve actually read lately, Dick’s hobby is some form of record breaking HALO stuff, but Damian seems to be more comfortable with the fall while Dick stays back. And the teaser page was the shizzle too. Very intriguing. I hope those are all quietly issues and it won’t take a great deal of time for all those stories to be told.

the new batman looks gay

This is the second “floppy” I’ve picked up since abandoning the format nearly 2 years ago. It was worth breaking the promise I’d made about no more double-dipping. A very good read, and magnificent art as usual.

Great start to what should be a good series. At least with the preview page it seems we’ll get at least a year out of Dick Grayson Batman, although I’d personally like to DC run with him as long as the book sells well (so… 14 months).

…Though I am worried that over in Batman Winick will ruin everything. Oh well, we can all stay in our Morrison bubble.

” the new batman looks gay ”

Has Frederick Wertham risen from the dead and found an internet connection?!?

It’s going to be a long month till this and Seaguy #3 arrive in the post.

Loved the first Issue. I’m happy to see Dick Grayson under the cowl, although I am sad to see Bruce gone…(for now). The Story was written well, the art was what I expected, and the new villians do seem pretty creepy which I like. I am hopeing that after they get the ground set that we will see the new Batman and Robin take on some of the traditional villians as well. It would be interesting to see if the joker would notice a change in the cape and cowl, and how he would respond.

I am insanely excited about this. It taps some deep chord that has been waiting my whole life for Dick Grayson to take over as Batman. It is doubly a shame that Wally has been bumped aside as the Flash, since it would be fun to see three former Titans sitting at the “big kids table” at the JLA.

It’s not Dick’s first time in the Batsuit, so that aspect isn’t a good or bad point for me. But Dick with Damian as his Robin? I know how Dick and Tim work, but now I’m kind of curious the new duo will go.

To be perfectly honest, I was a little bit worried when in his Interview with IGN, Morrison said that he would be using the old Batman TV show as one of his inspirations, because that show was just way too camp for me. But after I finished this I just paused for a few seconds and then went “WOW.” Morrison’s take on Bruce was more akin to his writing style on The Invisibles, and this, to me, seems more like his writing style on New X-Men and All-Star Superman, and all of it blew me away.

I can’t wait until this is all undone and the reboot the series yet again!!!!

This felt like how New-X-men started.
It’s totally FTW and fresh.

I really wanted a Batman & Robin series after hush with Bruce and TIm.
Instead we got All Star.

I like how it feels like they’re finally covering new ground now.
Whats going to happen if people find themselves more in love with Dick as Batman?
It’s actually a real possibility since Dick is no Jean Paul Valley (unlikable).

Got this about an hour ago.
And all I can say is wow, im thinking that this and detective will most likely be two of my fave comics this year. Loving Morrison’s batman a lot.

Cool comic, loved it to be honest.

That logo has T-shirt written all over it, that would look cool enough to be Uber-nerdish.

“Whats going to happen if people find themselves more in love with Dick as Batman?
It’s actually a real possibility since Dick is no Jean Paul Valley (unlikable).”

Well, I like Dick Grayson the character more than Bruce Wayne the character, so that’s already a done deal with me – the shame is that, no matter what, you know that if Nolan gets a new movie done they’ll have to either reverse this or at the very least find a way to make Bruce more high-profile.

But a tremendously fun book overall. I loved how Dick acknowledged that Tim’s still around, which I guess is going to be his attempt to keep Damian on a short leash. And slipping Ace in there was a great touch.

Hopefully they keep up the running gag of Dick not realising that Batwoman’s not into guys going when she makes her guest appearance.

And the Red Hood’s version of Robin is obviously female but likely someone we should know given her shadowing, so let the speculation begin. Spoiler? Squire?

“It is doubly a shame that Wally has been bumped aside as the Flash, since it would be fun to see three former Titans sitting at the “big kids table” at the JLA.”

Come to think of it, I’d much rather see a “shadow JLA” of Dick, Roy, Wally and Kyle (former Titan as well, even if not strictly a *Teen* Titan) with Supergirl filling Clark’s spot than whatever it is Robinson’s working on, judging by the preview we got this week that felt more like the setup for Green Lantern and the Outsiders than a JLA project.

Also, does Damian count as the first “fourth generation” sidekick? Either him or the West kids, I think….

Also, does Damian count as the first “fourth generation” sidekick? Either him or the West kids, I think….

I think he does.

My preference would be that DC just pick a side. Either these characters are getting older or they aren’t.

I’d be perfectly happy if they reset everything to zero on a twenty year cycle. In that case, Dick Grayson would be the “Boy Wonder” for a few years telling bad puns, then the “Teen Wonder” leading the Titans for ten, then Nightwing for a few years again until the inevitable Crisis.

I’d also be perfectly happy if DC decided to tell a Generational story. Everybody ages from the first time readers saw them, or some other set moment in time. Maybe Kryptonians have a freakishly long life-span, so Superman looks like a 35-year-old and Supergirl looks 29. Maybe Amazons age even slower. However, Lois is in her eighties, so is Jimmy. Perry White is long dead along with Alfred and Jim Gordon. Bruce Wayne, Jay Garrick, Alan Scott and the entire Golden Age is shuffling off this mortal coil. Hal Jordan fought in Korea and talks about Ted Williams.

Even Wally West and Dick Grayson are late middle age. Wally has been the Flash for twenty plus years and his kids are teenagers. Bring back Bart Allen as a twenty-five-year-old. I’d read those stories. I’d read Bruce Wayne stories set in the fifties. I’d read about Clark and Diana dealing with looking at eternity, being best friends, visiting aged spouses and wondering where the line is.

But, the undefined mix we have now is hard to deal with.

This was awesome. It’s pretty exciting to have a monthly comic to look forward to, again. It’s been a while.

I loved how Dick treated Damian. Confident in his authority, but not condescending or mean. I also loved the sound effects. Especially the “SSsssss” rocket. And the moment between Damian and Alfred was nice. Pyg is really freaky.

FGJ, just to be clear for you, Damian is Robin.

Are they jumping out of the Bug? That’s awesome.

@Dean, I agree to a point. I enjoy seeing the original sidekicks grown-up and hate that Wally has been demoted…God I hope that Barry’s return is only temporary! But mostly, I think they need to do something about the JSA. Every so often Superman gets retconned for updating purposes…i.e. suddenly he landed in Kansas in 1989 instead of 1909. But the JSA remains the heroes of the 1940′s. Captain America occasionally gets retconned to bump up just when he thawed out, but nothing so simple with Jay, Alan, and Ted. DC should either retcon them into being Korea or Vietnam-era heroes or let them and thier spouses pass on. Perhaps someone can figure out that Alan has absorbed so much Starheart energy over the years that it has made him immortal, allowing him to be the JSA’s standard-bearer, but the rest of the old-timers need to go.

Actually, I woulde prefer the retcon. I like Jay as the senior Flash. Keep Jay, keep Wally, send Barry back to the Damn grave already!

@ butler

Yeah, this IS Ted Kords bug. Damn, it’s gonna be hard waiting for the collected now!

I don’t think that’s Blue Beetle’s ship.. It’s the new batmobile that Bruce Wayne was working on before he died. Damian completed it and worked out the bugs (no pun intended).

The small-t tension between Dick and Damian was palpable and credible, and well played. It will make things interesting moving forward.

Better still was the double-punch of Mr. Toad, proving that D&D can and will work effectively when and where it counts.

Whoever it was that commented that this is as fresh and exciting (or words to that effect) as the NEW X-MEN debut issue, I could not agree more.

And not that this matters one way or another, but: Automatic Eisner winner, here.

Dean: “Inevitable Crisis” is definitely what they should call one of those events some day.

“Captain America occasionally gets retconned to bump up just when he thawed out, but nothing so simple with Jay, Alan, and Ted. DC should either retcon them into being Korea or Vietnam-era heroes or let them and thier spouses pass on.”

The JSA themselves actually aren’t a problem – they’ve got that whole “limbo” plotline to keep them as only having become active again five years ago with relatively reasonable ages (Ted / Jay are in their early 50s or so, Alan’s a bit younger thanks to various magical means, and Carter’s of course got the reincarnation to fall back on). And, of course, Rex Tyler is probably even younger, as he was only yanked from that “beyond time” point a couple of years ago.

It’s their spouses that are an issue – even if Joan Garrick was 20 in 1941, she’s quite implausibly old now. They either need to retcon them into the limbo plotline somehow or just have them start to finally die off.

Quitely is hit or miss from character to character, and aside from Damien’s had being funny shaped in costume he draws all these characters very well.

I forgot to mention, was anyone else reminded of New X-Men #114? The Damien and Dick in the Batmobile sequence was reminiscent of the Wolverine and Cyclops sequence from that issue, especially with the heavy use of red and black.

“Quitely is hit or miss from character to character, and aside from Damien’s had being funny shaped in costume he draws all these characters very well.”

Actually, that’s what a head looks like. Real human bodies aren’t symmetrical.

I couldn’t wait for the trade and picked this bugger up!

Good stuff.

The introduction of Pyg was damn creepy.

I don’t think that’s Blue Beetle’s ship.. It’s the new batmobile that Bruce Wayne was working on before he died.

Yeah, it’s there at the start of Morrison’s run with a cover over it.
The one in RIP wasn’t the one he intended to build – thus the odd anti-climax of the double page spread with a slightly different looking one there.

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