Batman and Robin #6 Review
Batman and Robin #6 review: Written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Philip Tan (one “l” and one “p” in “Philip”). Just in case you’ve been under a rock, Grant Morrison spearheaded DC’s bomb of the year FINAL CRISIS, and also “killed Batman”. He’s also one of the best writers of all time. Batman and Robin #6 is about Batman (Dick Grayson) and Robin (Damian Wayne) fighting a new villain named Flamingo. Flamingo also wants to kill the evil Red Hood (Jason Todd) and his sidekick Scarlett.
Revenge of the Red Hood Part 3 of 3 is a quick read…I think Philip Tan is too modern and his panels are not clean enough for me. Morrison has some nice dark humor here, and there’s lots of violence.
Damian actually gets shot by Flamingo in the back a few times; thankfully, his mom Talia Al Ghul sent people to pick him up and heal him. The Red Hood pretty much killed Flamingo in a skewed attempt to rid Gotham City of all criminals (Red Hood doesn’t believe in keeping people like The Joker alive), however, since Philip Tan’s artwork is so sketchy, I don’t know if Flamingo managed to escape or not. Also, due to Philip Tan’s deconstructed layouts and Morrison’s lack of captions, I don’t know if Bruce Wayne is alive or not at the end of this comic in a healing chamber or not.
Damian was much more tolerable in this issue..he may be a good Robin after all. This was an OK issue, but Red Robin #6 was better than Batman and Robin #6 this month. I also feel that The Red Hood has run its course, and Jason Todd needs to tone down his appearances now to avoid being overexposed (although it’s probably too late now).
On the plus side, The Red Hood does show us how Gotham City would be if Batman killed criminals: it would be even UGLIER than it is now. I’m glad Jason Todd is not Batman. I’m also totally cool with Dick as Batman and Damian as Robin.
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Morrison needs to write movies now and get out of the comic book industry.