Yo can those cover artists calm down a bit with the muscles? I like buff Jason but dang.
Yo can those cover artists calm down a bit with the muscles? I like buff Jason but dang.
I just hope it's not an overly "angsty" story that puts more blame on Jason for his own death. I'm tired of those, and will never sit me right. So far, Winick was just the right side of the line. I hope he stays that side :/.
(Sorry for the doubleposting, I'm on my tablet arriving home)
Edit: at home, finally.
I want to also comment, that I think that it's going to be a story about Jason in his Robin's days. I suspect all the stories, or most of them, are going to be actual "Robin" stories. Mostly, because Steph is listed. Which is weird, because she hasn't been one in our current continuity, even if she knows she was in some other timeline. So maybe the current timeline will be "corrected" by them.
By the way: Jason and children, at this point, is starting to be some sort of a continuity thing. We had the bit about children in Under the Hood, the other bit about that children trafficker in Lost Days (probably the murdering that caused most impact for me), Scarlet during Morrison's Dickbats, and then these teenager and to certain extent, Bizarro. And now, Taylor. And there's a ton of fanfics that toy with that trope, too. I'm starting to see some pattern.
Last edited by Zaresh; 12-13-2019 at 12:33 PM.
I was hoping for Robin stories for them all, but Seeley and King mention that they are creating a 'Grayson' story for this book, which could indicate that the writers aren't restricted to only Robin stories.
Also to add to that list, don't forget the child labour sweat shop from Batman Eternal #18. Kate and Babs are there too, but Jason is the only one that gets a distinct reaction from seeing the kids.
EDIT: ooh also, this one isn't really as strong of an example, BUT, around the very beginning of Rebirth, when Ma Gunn revealed that her school for boys was torched down and was meant to have the children inside (and only didn't out of sheer luck) that's the moment Jason claimed he wanted to kill Roman and that kinda became a driving force that made Jason throw himself into the investigation of Black Mask.
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Will there be more than one Jason story in the Robin 80th Anniversary?
Doubt it, but I’m just glad we’re even getting one at all.
It's Dick's actual anniversary, so I guess he will have more than the other four. Also, it's going to be featuring 5 main characters, so I wouldn't count with more than one for each character. Maybe Damian get's two, at least, what with being the current Robin. How many stories could have the whole special? And how many writers? I guess we can play a guessing game.
More or less confirmed.
- Winick for Jason.
- Seeley and King for Dick. Grayson era, it seems. These two go with Janin, I guess.
And now, some guessing:
- Marv Wolfman and Tom Grummett, it's maybe an easy one for Dick? It would fit, one for Dick as Robin, I guess.
- Chuck Dixon could be either Dick, or Tim, or both. I would prefer Tim honestly. By the announcement, it seems that the penciler paired with him is Scott McDaniel. Maybe it's Dick as Nightwing.
- Tomasi and Jurgens, I guess these two are pretty clear Damian's team.
- Devin Grayson, I have no idea. I don't think they will give her another Dick story, so maybe she's the one for Steph. No idea, honestly.
- James Tynion IV is going to be Timmy's, I think that one's a safe bet.
- Norm Rapmund, no idea.
- With Dixon, an team up of Tim and Dick would be great, he wrote both for a really long time, but he is also created Stephanie Brown
- Wolfman could also be Tim, he created him after all, but Dick seems more likely
- Devin Grayson is very likely Dick, she doesn't have much of a history with any other Robin
1. Could be the case, it didn't occurred to me, but it would make sense.
2. Mmm, I still think Dixon is more likely for Tim than Wolfman.
3. I know, but, unless Tynion is writing Steph (which, to be honest, isn't unlikely. Now that I think about it, it could be the case), I don't know where to put her.
Buuuuut, if we put Tynion in Steph, and Dixon (or Wolfman, like you pointed out) in Tim, that could open the place for Grayson in Dick.