In which TT issues they were in hell?
He was last seen in Eternal, but that was pretty much just a recap of what happened in Talon. There he was imprisoned by Darrk/Ra's so he had to escape (or maybe they came to some sort of an agreement) at some point. How much time has passed since Eternal?
Anyway, the annual. It really encapsulates perfectly my problems with Williamson's run (and his work in general). It is clear that he loves these characters and knows continuity rather well. Probably an argument could be made that as far as continuity usage goes he is the best writer currently working at DC. But problem is that he is not very good at writing and getting to places he wants to go with these characters.
Now, what was one of the places he wanted to get here? That Damian is not going to "cheat" to win this tournament. It is cool statement that makes Damian look cool, but it doesn't really make sense. What kind of information exactly he could find on Hawke or Ravager that could help him beat them? How does knowing Flatline's background helps him? It doesn't matter.
And it would be fine if that was it. But no, to get to this place Williamson has to introduce a stupid plot point - that you can reverse the feed of Batman's tracking device and get access to the Bat computer. How stupid is Bruce? Well he is stupid and brilliant at the same time since it appears that he is tracking everyone everywhere all the time. Take Flatline's story for example, we could assume that Bruce is spying on Death-man and thats how he heard Flatline's story. Makes sense, right? But her story ends with her on the island just before she killed Damian. So, does Batman also have spy cameras on the island and is aware of everything that is going on? Probably not, but thats the impression you might get by reading this annual. Or how Batman conveniently saw Ravager fighting in Grant's old hideout, but didn't see that, most likely, Respawn raided it few hours earlier.
Overall I think that annual would have been much stronger story if it didn't include Damian's framing sequence. And its really frustrating to me that due to such storytelling decisions this run, at least for me, never crosses "almost great" line.
Yeah i don't like the idea of having such a powerful being as Damian's antagonist. That's not even a fight.
Trigon and Darkseid are also not fair matches for Robin. I guess they could toy with him to get at his family and loved ones [wayne, al ghul and Raven] unless we are talking batman 666 Damian. He is also immortal so could have them as foes but not Robin. They would crush him
It takes time to draw? Fill-in artists are brought in all the time to do a few issues so the main artists can work ahead on later issues. Did people genuinely think Jorge Jimenez was no longer drawing Batman because Guillem March did a few issues?
I know the exact tweet you're talking about. I spent some time searching for it: https://twitter.com/GlebMelnikov8/st...82606304649223
To me, nothing about his response suggests his return is just a one-off.
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Simon hurt another villain who attempted to get to a Wayne by Shooting Dick Grayson in the head. This times Damian Wayne.
Fascinating character. I bet that's where Bruce and Damian's acting skills originate from.
Teen Titans issues 39 -41 by Glass and thompson
Here's a link if you want a synopsis and don't fancy paying for the trash Tt run by Glass
https://roosterteeth.com/watch/compl...die-go-to-hell
Damian already had the skills and was already taking lesson pre Carrie Kelly, the new 52 and meeting his father.
this is specifically evidenced when he used his voice mimicking skills to trick the bat computer and Alfred in Batman and Son by Morrison.
Damian's acting skill's weren't introduced by Tomasi and Carrie was simply his last known acting tutor/coach. That part of the character was already there pre Flashpoint.
It was referenced many times by many writers pre flash point including Williamson.
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