Friday, November 13, 2009

now what?

drive-by readings

Batman & Robin #6 (DC)
"Revenge of the Red Hood, Part Three: Flamingo is Here"
Grant Morrison
Philip Tan
Jonathan Glapion
Alex Sinclair
Patrick Brosseau
Frank Quitely (variant cover)
ok, they weren't left in compromising positions but then again, letting the Red Hood get drop on them is a minus for the new Batman and Robin. by the same token, the Red Hood getting careless and getting ambushed by the Flamingo - heh, and you want to replace Batman?? and thus it ends with Jason getting hauled off to jail (the character seems lost and misplaced, aside from being a perennial story device for shock purposes), Scarlet leaving Gotham in better shape, Flamingo apparently dead, Robin half-paralyzed (yeah sure) and Dick probably taking steps to rethink his strategy. and what's this Oberon Sexton angle? art is pretty uneven this issue, which is why i still miss Frank Quitely.

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