Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

Batman and Robin #4
DC Comics
Morrison, Tan & Glapion

A new arc begins and some of the same themes are continued in this issue as a new threat roles in for the new dynamic duo. It’s a good issue because it continues to build some tension and compromise between Dick and Damian. On the other hand it continues to throw challenge after challenge towards them on multiple fronts. It’s a very good opening issue to an arc.

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Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

Batman & Robin #1
DC Comics
Morrison & Quitely

The new Batman and Robin comic with the all new superhero team rolls out hitting all the right opening notes. There were a couple of important characteristics that this comic needed to touch on to get off on the right foot and it did so very well. It’s the opening of the arc so it is mostly setting things up. One thing that was interesting was the fact that it largely ignores the Battle for the Cowl event, which seemed a little strange. This is a solid and well done opening issue for this series.

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Suspended Animation Review

Robin II: The Joker’s Wild, #'s 1-4, published by DC Comics, 32 pages, prices vary.

Some of the best characterization ever done in comics has been in DC’s Robin, protégé of Batman. And, of the several youngsters who have occupied that role, it is my opinion that Tim Drake has shown the most character depth. One of the highlights of his development into the Caped Crusader’s erstwhile partner was a 1991 miniseries (also available in a collected edition) entitled Robin II: The Joker’s Wild. In said tale, the youth gets a baptism of fire, so to speak, when he matches wits with Batman’s greatest nemesis, “the Clown Prince of Crime”. One significant, yet important, detail kept this from being just another Joker yarn, and that was the fact that Batman was out of town, leaving the Boy Wonder to face an incredibly dangerous foe on his own.

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