Comments on: A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 331

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:52:54 +0000

I’ll probably be shouted down for this, but I thought Geoff Johns “got” Tim as well. That whole bit from Teen Titans of “You lied to Starfire!” “I lie to Batman.” in particular.

It really depends on what we mean by “get.” I was using it in the sense of a consistent characterization, in which case I think Titans was “off.” That said, I had no problem with it. It was an interesting enough characterization, but just not one that I found consistent with Tim’s previous history (although far closer than some of the people writing Tim’s own title! Willingham, for example).

By: rwe1138

rwe1138 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:22:21 +0000

I’ll probably be shouted down for this, but I thought Geoff Johns “got” Tim as well. That whole bit from Teen Titans of “You lied to Starfire!” “I lie to Batman.” in particular.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:08:44 +0000

Brian, I’m curious as to who else you think ‘gets’ Tim, and who doesn’t…

Yeah, this is dark, but like Dhole, I like Tim’s reaction. The way he handled it was great.

Well, Dixon wrote the character for something like 100 issues, so he basically created Tim’s personality, which is mostly why he “gets” Tim the best – he’s the one who came up with the personality TO “get”!

Since Dixon, it’s been a pretty big mish-mosh. I guess Tomasi does a good job with Tim’s personality. Nicieza, perhaps? Peter David in Young Justice? I liked Morrison’s Tim, but his Tim was a lot different than Dixon’s Tim.

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:06:04 +0000

Brian, I’m curious as to who else you think ‘gets’ Tim, and who doesn’t…

Yeah, this is dark, but like Dhole, I like Tim’s reaction. The way he handled it was great.

By: Jack Cheng

Jack Cheng — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:03:19 +0000

Yeah, I liked this, back when it was called Ken Kesey’s Sometimes A Great Notion.

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:06:23 +0000

Jesus, that’s incredible, I wish I’d never stopped reading Dixon’s Robin.

By: Sean Whitmore

Sean Whitmore — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:59:57 +0000

@rwe1138: More than likely, Tim’s using his night vision lenses. Though they usually appear as green.

By: chad

chad — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:56:48 +0000

that moment proved the even afterr el got a way with murder robin tried to help him survive instead of just sayng see you even though in the end robin efforts came up short proving that chuck really knew how to give tim the right voice

By: rwe1138

rwe1138 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:44:48 +0000

Is there an in-story reason the eyes of Tim’s mask are yellow? I don’t remember seeing them ever being anything but white, but I wasn’t reading the Batbooks during this period.

By: dhole

dhole — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:44:53 +0000

I’ve never read or even heard of this moment, but I think it’s very, very good.

I don’t know how it was handled in later issues, but I like how Tim’s attitude about his failure seems really pissed off, as opposed to the sobbing, self-loathing, “I couldn’t save him! God, forgive me, I couldn’t save him!”, shtick that one could imagine reading. His commentary on spouting empty words is kind of refreshing, at least to me.

By: Aaron Thall

Aaron Thall — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:37:53 +0000

Powerful moment. Ya can’t save everybody, Tim.

After this… we need a light moment. Any chance you could show the “fight” between Spider-Man and Paste Pot Pete from Spider-Man/Human Torch #1?

By: djsweet

djsweet — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:03:22 +0000

Wow, I love Sal Buscema. You can see his stylized inks on Tims close ups.

By: The Crazed Spruce

The Crazed Spruce — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:27:03 +0000

I’ve heard of this moment, but never actually read it. Good to see it lives up to the hype.

Say, did you already do the scene with Jason Todd and the diplomat’s son? If you haven’t, that would make a hell of a contrast with this one, don’cha think?