shazap.com This is the second part of the RIP series and the book starts out a little weird and disconnected. Part of that is because it opens up with Robin out of uniform and he is drawn much older than we are used to seeing him so I couldn’t tell if it was Robin, Nightwing, or even Jason Todd until later on in the story. The other reason was that the majority of the issue takes place in Bruce Wayne’s hypnosis and drug induced hallucination. Being a Tim Drake fan I am stoked that Robin is the last hope for the Bat family and maybe the entire city of Gotham, but other than that the story doesn’t really go very far. Bruce Wayne is on a journey through his own mind and battling his inner demons as well as those set upon him by the Black Glove so we couldn’t expect a lot but there are plenty of issues left so I’m not worried. I will say that I was a little disappointed that we didn’t get to see anything about Alfred’s involvement with the Black glove movie or what’s going on with Bruce’s parents but again, there are plenty of issues left. I did love the image that this book ended with and is that the return of Bat-mite? This was a really good episode and I the RIP story line is looking to be really great. Pick it up and get in on the excitement while you can.
