Originally Posted by
Aahz
And I feel that a lot of the newer members are kind of "infringing" on the niches of already established ones.
- Strix was pretty much a Cassandra Cain copy
- Talon a former circus performer with a connection to Court of Owl, isn't that a little bit similar to Dick
- Luke Fox, a tech genius from a wealthy background that has somehow to balance being a Superhero with his family life, that is kind of what Tim was pre identity crisis
- Duke Thomas, teen genius/detective with parents that were harmed by a supervillain, similar to Tim back when his father was in coma
- Bao Pham, troubled teen running around killing criminals, espacally the Joker, that's kind of Jason's thing
- Ghosthunter, ally/friend of Bruce with a pretty wanky moral code and a "Space Ship", that's kind of Jason's thing (Ok they never really allowed Jason to use any of the tech from his own book in Batman stories ...)
I kind of feel the Batfamily would be in a much better place when they would use the established characters more, instead of creating new characters that fill similar roles.
And there are way to many characters who where killed or crippled by the Joker, had him kill or cripple their parents or both.