PREVIEW: Batman and Robin Annual, #3

[CBR News]

After a year that included death, resurrection and battles with the forces of Apokolips, it's time for Batman and Robin to get back to basics both as father and son and partners in crimefighting. But have the events of the past year left too great a rift for them to bounce back from?


Full article here.

[Nick Miller]

JJRyp is amazing. He has been bouncing around a bunch of books at a bunch of publishers. Time for someone to lock him down on a book for 3-4 years.

[Godlike13]

Never been a big fan of Ryp. Don't like his faces.

[Arnoldoaad]

my GOD!
what is wrong with everyones faces!!!!

[ABH]

It's good art, but I still prefer Gleason.

[charliehustle415]

my GOD!
what is wrong with everyones faces!!!!

That's unfortunate the previous 2 annuals were so beautifully illustrated.

[Maxpower00044]

Ryp's great. Don't see anything wrong with the faces. They have character.

[Rakzo]

This was pretty fun overall and a fitting conclusion for the book.

[bat1987]

This was pretty cool. Lots of nice Bruce and Damian moments. The "I can see you working up to say it" line was hilarious. Although was hoping this would set up the upcoming Damian solo book or at least explain why he isn't appearing in endgame.

[K. Jones]

Certainly not a bad story. I enjoyed it a lot, and quite liked that the issue only featured three characters, one of whom was a dog. It's nice to see Damian get to do some of the fun stuff Dick Grayson always got to do, including wearing a bubble-helmet space suit and going sci-fi. It's also possibly a payoff to issue # 4 of Morrison's Batman & Son where Damian finally thinks he's father is cool when Batman reveals that he's got a Bat-Rocket.

That said I was a smidge disappointed, just because coming after Superpower and being the final issue of Tomasi on Batman and Robin, I almost expected a bit more of a solid coda for the run itself. (Robin Rises was a solid finale, with Superpower as a coda, and this is I guess just a little extra chapter.) Because Tomasi's been pretty good about not just giving us frilly stories that don't contribute to the greater storyline, so this just felt a bit ... superfluous.

If it hadn't captured a bit of the old Bill Finger, or Brave & Bold vibe it probably wouldn't have won me over at all.

[Nite-Wing]

I love Titus the dog
I love all of Damian's pets
It would have truly been a straight up lighthearted Batman story if they did what Damian mentioned and made Titus a space suit......oh and maybe not have killed all those aliens by dropping them into a volcano.
Batman's code on killing is a tricky when it comes to aliens though

[K. Jones]

I love Titus the dog
I love all of Damian's pets
It would have truly been a straight up lighthearted Batman story if they did what Damian mentioned and made Titus a space suit......oh and maybe not have killed all those aliens by dropping them into a volcano.
Batman's code on killing is a tricky when it comes to aliens though

Good thing they were just parasites pretending to resemble humans, right? Not that it particularly explains how these parasites seemed to be able to speak with some form of language. Comics, everyone! Garbled space language is just another "mimicry" that the totally non-sentient monsters that can construct advanced space-ships are pretending to do.

Batman stone cold murdered sentient space creatures in this. He was at the Lex J. Luthor Memorial JLA Satellite ... he couldn't have phoned Superman?

[ABH]

That was actually a pretty fun read.

I agree that it would have been nice if this set up the next chapter in Damian's life, or did a bit more close the last chapter, but hell, you can't beat a good ol' space/moon adventure. (Bonus points for including Titus in part of it)

[thwhtGuardian]

That was actually a pretty fun read.

I agree that it would have been nice if this set up the next chapter in Damian's life, or did a bit more close the last chapter, but hell, you can't beat a good ol' space/moon adventure. (Bonus points for including Titus in part of it)

Yeah, I think fun is the way to put it. I liked the energy and humor it had but it wasn't super impactful.

[brucekent12]

I enjoyed the final issue of B&R, the annual sounds fun, will hve to pick it up!