From the Guardian
DC Comics to Kill off Robin
....sigh, again?
As I wrote in this post here, I remember what a big deal it was in my elementary school when DC comic books killed off Robin the first time. The fact that they're resorting to the same gimmick again shows that they truly have now just plain run out of ideas.
I'm usually the guy who doesn't care for "Robin" (I didn't take part in the vote that led to the first death, but if I had, I would have said, "Kill him and keep him dead") but I have to admit Morrison did some interesting things with Damian-as-Robin. In fact, I was looking over my comics collection, trying to decide what to keep and what to get rid of, and I found myself thinking that, in terms of writing, the last two decades for DC have been superlative -- possibly the best years of their existence. Morrison (and his protege Scott Snyder) have been a big part of that. But I have to agree with you: this smells a bit desperate. I guess even Morrison runs into dead ends from time to time.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I've been out of the loop for a few years now, so I wouldn't know. But I hear mostly negative things about the new DC--Batman RIP, Countdown, and Final Crisis all got negative reviews, and the decision to reboot everything was controversial. But you're saying the last 20 years at DC is the best they've ever been?
ReplyDeleteWell ... I should qualify, really. I've not been following Countdown or Final Crisis at all. But I kept up with Batman & Son, Resurrection of R'as Al Ghul, RIP and Black Glove, which formed a single, tightly controlled story arc I thought was reasonably entertaining, if not emotionally involving. But if you contrast Morrison's work (along with Darwyn Cooke and Scott Snyder) with the chaff DC was churning out in the 80s and early 90s, it might appear as if DC had another golden age. You'd have to ignore the many, many duds of course (any Catwoman title, for example).
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