Comments on: Batman and Robin #2 Review

By: Planet Markus

Planet Markus — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:01:34 +0000

Quitely rocks! Lets wait and see what Tan can show us before we go on dissing him.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:46:03 +0000

I thought the issue had too much action and not enough story - didn't feel like the plot was furthered a whole issues worth.

By: Dalarsco

Dalarsco — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:15:07 +0000

I love Tan, but I think that if he's going to alternate with Quitely then Mahnke would be a better choice. They have more similar styles. But oh man was he on fire this issue! The paneling in the fight scene was exquisite.

By: Rebis

Rebis — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:55:47 +0000

I also chuckled when Dick moaned about having to learn how to deal with a cape again. I'm not a huge Tan fan, but we'll see what we get. He was OK on "GL." I would love to see Cameron Stewart on a "B&R" arc, but I will not complain at all, since we've got Quitely now and the sublme Frazer Irving on tap. Meanwhile, Pat Gleason rocks, and he and Mahnke will make an awesome one-two pair on "GL"/"GLC." Did you know that for several years now Gleason and Mahnke have shared the same studio? And now they're collaborating (in a way) on one of DC's best title groups*. Neat. * I suppose that's not saying much, given how (presumably) dreadful other titles are, like their "JL" books and "Titans" books (all of which I stopped reading several years ago). But this new wave of Bat-books — specifically "B&R" and "Detective" — might just overtake the "GL" books for me.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:15:11 +0000

Tan's recent Green Lantern arc was worlds better than Revelations, so I'm not too worried.

By: Percocete Pete

Percocete Pete — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:55:17 +0000

Why are there so many comments regarding Tan's future work? Why not just enjoy what you have now with the first 3 issues.

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:59:27 +0000

This issue was great. Count me in the worried about Tan camp. I didn't like the art in that Revelations thing at all. He's one of those guys that draws faces all squinchy.

By: SageShini

SageShini — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:48 +0000

There are people that don't like Philip Tan's artwork? This is news. Then again, t'was news to me people liked Pat Gleason on GLC.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:19:35 +0000

The one thing I don't like is that I think Dick really would have enough respect for Gordon to come to him and say "listen, Batman's dead, you know me, you trust me - I'm going to make this work." Gordon's gotten pissed off at Bruce being replaced before without having the guts to tell him to his face, and Dick would have to know that. And when did they retcon Luicius into his R&D role from the Nolan movies?

By: Faisal

Faisal — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:45:31 +0000

i agree julian... quitely, stewart, mahnke and back to quitely would have probably made me a happy, happy, camper and would have had us all jumping around every time an issue came out.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:44:53 +0000

Morrison's already stated that he's changing the tone of the book to fit each artist. Same will happen for Frazier Irving. Also, you all should see Phil Tan's stuff before it's inked. It's great. It's the inking that's not doing him any favors.

By: Julian

Julian — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:21:27 +0000

I'm still pissed Cameron Stewart got nixed.

By: Neal K

Neal K — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:12:14 +0000

Really, someone thought Tan's art in Final Crisis: Revelations was good? I thought it was a lot like a sewer - dark, muddy, and kinda stinky.

Plus, even if it was fantastic for a gritty noir feel (which I completely disagree with), that's not the tone Morrison is going for on this book, so at the very least it seems a mismatch. I hope Tan proves me wrong, but right now I am dreading his tenure on this book.

By: Nitz the Bloody

Nitz the Bloody — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:04:40 +0000

As excellently as these issues are crafted, I have to wonder how long this premise can credibly last. The storytelling engine has the hero as the sidekick's handler, with the sidekick being a rather two-dimensional character ( which makes sense, given how he was bred to be the perfect assassin ). And Dick isn't the alpha personality; Morrison's script acknowledges this, but while the idea of a well-adjusted career hero trying to play The Goddamn Batman is good, I see it running thin. Hopefully once these twelve issues finish, I'll either be proven wrong, or we'll get Bruce back, or there'll be another status quo upheaval.

By: Kwas

Kwas — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:49:59 +0000

wow. harsh much. I think Mahnke's busy at work with Green Lantern. Besides, Phil's fantastic with the gritty noir stuff. anyone ever flip through FC: revelations?

By: CF

CF — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:27:48 +0000

@bill reed:

If you want someone to blame, blame Dan Didio for assigning Tan instead of Doug Mahnke. Perhaps some electroshock therapy will help Didio get his mind in order.

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:18:04 +0000

I hate that this comes out the first week of the month. I've only just read the first one, and now I've got a long wait until the next box of comics arrives...

I'm going to be depressed when Phil Tan takes over with #4.

By: Dan Felty

Dan Felty — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:10:20 +0000

Sounds good.

How is this going to be collected? Will I be able to get just the Quitely issues in trade, or should I look for these now?