Comments on: Review: Red Robin #1

By: the 6th robin

the 6th robin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:02:45 +0000

ive always thought tim drake was the truest robin and fit best i that roll, however its good tht he gets his own comicbook again i loved robin (comic) and i like this first issue as well, i dont like tht whenever tim is fighting damian they make tim look like a sissy, hes a better robin than damian

By: Slappy

Slappy — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:06:25 +0000

What is so sick of hearing the voice of Chancellor Gorkon in your head when you read Ra’s? David Warner played that Klingon in Star Trek 6 & Ra’s in Batman the animated series. What is wrong with that?

By: Lifeisaglitch

Lifeisaglitch — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:35:59 +0000

@slappy

You are sick…entertainingly so ;) But i still feel bad for your brain.

By: Slappy

Slappy — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:31:01 +0000

What if? dah Dah DAHHHHHHHHH. It turns out that Bruce and Ra’s were one. All of those trips to the Lazarus pit made him go a little funny in the head to the point that he doesn’t remember himself as the Batman, but knows that he admires this man so.
Unfortunately this leads to other problems like Damien Wayne being the Grandson of his father. We know the kid is wacky but I wouldn’t wish that on anyone but Pelosi.
This also leads to the whole problem of Daddy being with his daughter which would send Talia to the shrink for years. If a LSH Continuity holds, we know that Ra’s will be around in the future.
I still hear the voice of Chancellor Gorkon when I read Ra’s.

By: CF

CF — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:01:31 +0000

Sorry, Stephen, I neglected to notice the word balloon when got into this thread post.

By: Stephen Schleicher

Stephen Schleicher — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:17:19 +0000

crood: Yes, and people were afraid of Red Robin (yuuuuum) because they didn’t know if he was hero of villain, hence Tim using it.

By: Ricco

Ricco — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:32:40 +0000

@Crood: at the end of “Search of a Hero” story arc in Robin, Tim used it to stop the new Anarky so right now the suit has been worned by the murderous, and currenlty insane, vigilante known as Jason Todd and the sociopath/megalomaniac new Anarky. It’s known has a suit worn by “good guys” who usually go too far…

By: crood

crood — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:34:21 +0000

Didn’t Jason pretty much dump the RR costume right after returning to New Earth at the end of Countdown? Did The General’s brief use of it actually give it some sort of reputation?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:26:21 +0000

Seeing Ra’s one the last page totally jibed with my half-baked theory of how Bruce would find and use Lazurus Pits to keep him alive and back to the modern age…meaning that Tim is right…Bruce is traveling the land and having adventures.

By: CMonocle (Eric)

CMonocle (Eric) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:09:42 +0000

Boy…. a lot of people ragging this book?!? I’m just barely getting back into the Batman world and I thought that this was one of the best books this month. The direction they are taking Tim looks really exciting. For those that wanted Tim as the new Batman: You might get Tim to be the one to FIND BRUCE! That is a pretty nice consolation prize.

Also… I like the name “Red Robin” and I like the costume too. He even explains why he is using it: He is going to do some bad things to get the job done and doesn’t want to tarnish the Bat-family rep.

By: Ricco

Ricco — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:48:55 +0000

Ra’s Al Ghul hasn’t been a real bad guy to the bat familly since his latest resurrection, if anything I think he’ll help Tim in his quest. The fact he’d probably agree is a testament to his state of mind. Ra’s admires Batman and considers him the only worthy of ending him and vise-versa, he told Nightwing as much.

By: ~wyntermute~

~wyntermute~ — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:26:24 +0000

Damn. Sorry, in retrospect, for the major spoiler. :( I make the mistake of presuming that people will not read the review until after reading the book. Please forgive my presumption, because I know that when I “presume” I have made a pres- out of u and me…. wait. That isn’t how it goes. :(

By: ~wyntermute~

~wyntermute~ — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:24:02 +0000

I know I crapped all over R.I.P., but I’ll be damned if its bastard offspring aren’t semi-readable! I’ll agree with the notion that a globe-trotting R.Robin would be different enough to help dispel potential confusion. It’d also make it easier for him to show up in other places (read: comics) _if_ they want to go that route (read: if this doesn’t sell, but they don’t want to ditch the character; see: Beetle, Blue (III) and Teen Titans(um…. version IX?)).

Can somebody perhaps more informed than I discuss the use of Ra’s Al Ghul as Tim’s ‘big bad’? It _seems_ to me like a fitting one, but I only know the barest minimum about any history between the two. So basically, I guess what I’m trying to ask is: Is that stunt-casting a supervillain to add depth to a fledgling career, character (the R.R. version of Tim Drake, anyway) and title?

By: Stephen Schleicher

Stephen Schleicher — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:45:14 +0000

Matthew: Gotham Knights 17-21 something or other has the arc where Bruce and Dick sign papers to make the “adoption” official. Bruce also adopted Cassandra Cain a while back too, so they are all one big happy dysfunctional family, not unlike Family Affair.

CF: Hence the word balloon.

By: CF

CF — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:38:36 +0000

Maybe they should have named the book “The Wayne Foundation” or something like that.

Red Robin reminds me of the RESTAURANT COMMERCIAL: “REEEEDD ROBIN – YUUMMMM!!”!! Which really isn’t the idea the editors were going for!!