Red Review

Here i am again, with my first review of a regular size DC comic.
This time: Red Robin #3, cover date October 2009.
It's intriguing, but a little hard to follow, since it's part 3 in the series' opening 4-part arc, 'The Grail', part of the Batman: Reborn event. You see, Grant Morrison had 'killed off' Bruce Wayne (Batman) in the six-part Batman: R.I.P. in Batman #676-682. Following his 'death' (really disappearance, leading into Final Crisis, which i will review in a later post), various heroes and villains competed for the name of Batman during the 3-issue miniseries, 'Batman: Battle for the Cowl'. Dick Grayson, the original Robin, emerged victorious, assuming the mantle of the bat, with Wayne's son Damian becoming the new Robin. The third Robin, Timothy Drake, now called himself Red Robin. In this issue he battles a bunch of assassins sent by Ra's al Ghul, an immortal eco-terrorist, in attempt to convince Drake to join him. Now, I'm usually not a fan of Batman Family titles like this one (Superman and Green Lantern are much better), but the sequences when Tim talks to Wonder Girl about his experience during Final Crisis, and his belief that Bruce Wayne was not dead (which was true, as revealed in Morrison's Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne), were well done.
Scores:
Concept: 7/10
Writing: 7/10
Art:8/10
Overall: 8/10

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