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Last Week In Comics:
A fresh take on the only comic I got last week.
Red Robin #8
Tim Drake believes that Bruce Wayne is alive and has left his role as Robin to search for his adopted father. Taking on the identity of Red Robin, Tim is neither Batman or Robin instead a mixture of what made both characters successful. Not afraid to cross the line, Red Robin is working with Ra’s Al Ghul and his league of assigns to take down the Council of Spiders who is trying to assassinate the League of Assassins. Last Week In Comics:
After sizing up each assassin Tim focuses on their strengths and weaknesses along with all the lessons his former teachers taught him to save his live and that of Tam Fox:
- He moves effortlessly like Dick Grayson,
- Fights like Shiva and Ducard, and
- Knows how to win the next fight and the one that follows before the fights being as Bruce taught him.
- Tim takes the last lesson from Bruce one step farther and immediately takes out the League of Assassins computer network around the world after taking down the Council of Spiders.
- By taking out the computer network, Tim also takes out all of the League’s power generators around the globe leaving the League powerless.
- Tim knows that the power and network outage will not slow the League down too much, but it is a win against evil… unfortunately he now has two sets of assassins looking to meet him in Gotham upon his return.
I like this new direction for Tim. Back when his run as Robin was winding down I thought he was acting more like a “Dark Detective” than Batman was, and I loved it. Eight issues into his new identity and Tim is again proving he is more than any other Robin or Batman, he is a culmination of both. Don’t take my word for it:
If you have not been reading Red Robin I recommend that you do. Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t consider it “Must Read,” but it is a fun and a well conceived super-hero comic. This series uses the “Batman” template making it easy for new readers to jump on board and features enough continuity to make us veteran Bat-Readers smile.
