Originally Posted by
Badou
It was way worse in this new issue, but he has had poor showings in the first three issues too. The first issue of him getting caught and flipped by Babs while trying to sneak into his own apartment unnoticed when he had his guard up. Then in the second issue he gets his wallet stolen. The third issue was probably the lightest, but you had him continued to be made fun of by others for getting his wallet stolen and then he goes into some soliloquy about how amazing Tim is which felt a bit awkward, but it really all cumulated in the fourth issue with him getting concussed by Heartless, he failed again sneaking into an apartment by making dumb decisions and then gets beaten up by Melinda's henchwoman, and then get gets captured and unmasked by Melinda. He also has failed to do any actual detective work and the first time he tries he fails miserably. So far everything in the story has been explained to him rather than him figuring anything out on his own. He just doesn't come across as very capable.
But I get it. Taylor wants to show him as being more of an every man and more vulnerable to make him seem more likeable, but I don't think he has balanced it well at all. Dick comes across more bumbling or incompetent than as someone that has been doing this for 15 to 20 years in canon.