drewmay97's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
diamondxgirl's review
4.0
"You can identify with someone and still have to crush them."
Batman has basically been the worst dad ever and as much as Damien is trying to hold in his hurt about his awful parentage, this volume really shows how impacted he is.
Damien truly has created his own little family in Goliath, Titus, Pennyworth, Maya, and Batcow (yes, Batcow is back). He really wants his nuclear family to be a thing but it's clear in the book that it's just not possible. The last story is kind of heartbreaking, really.
Batman has basically been the worst dad ever and as much as Damien is trying to hold in his hurt about his awful parentage, this volume really shows how impacted he is.
Damien truly has created his own little family in Goliath, Titus, Pennyworth, Maya, and Batcow (yes, Batcow is back). He really wants his nuclear family to be a thing but it's clear in the book that it's just not possible. The last story is kind of heartbreaking, really.
lissybethr's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
briqhtkit's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
MAYA AND DAMIAN R SO CUTE found family
birdmanseven's review
4.0
I really want to keep reading this series. I wish they'd given it more time. It's fun and filled with adventure.
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noveladdiction's review
3.0
I like seeing how this fits in with everything else going on right now, with Robin War and Mecha-Batman (or whatever you want to call it). I love Damian. He's such a little butthead sometimes, but I love him. He's probably my favorite Robin - but by that, I mean while he is actually Robin. I love Jason, but as Red Hood, rather than his run as the Bat's side kick. Same with Nightwing.
captwinghead's review
3.0
I expected a lot more from this book because the first volume was #10 in my top 10 graphic novels last year. That book is 99% responsible for making me love Damian Wayne. He can be a little, seemingly sociopathic jerk but that book really delved into what makes him a great character. His creators never shied away from his past. Damian has killed people, stolen sacred items from different communities and he's trying to atone for that. He is a redemption story and his biggest struggle is trying to find his identity amongst a father that appears to ignore him and a mother that bred him for evil. Unlike Cassandra, he embraces the vicious part of himself (minus the killing) and unlike Stephanie, he wants Bruce's approval. He's a really complex character and I appreciate that even while I'm cooing over Gleason drawing him with one of his front teeth missing.
That being said, this book took all of those amazing concepts, drew inspiration from a Disney Channel movie and spelled them out like the readers were stupid. It reads like a young reader novel in a way the first one didn't. The chief problem is the shift from Gleason to Fawkes. I think DC took off Gleason to work on Robin War? I wish I thought to research this book before I bought it because this was a huge bummer for me. Gleason wrote 2 of the 7 issues. A Robin War tie in and a one shot where Damian watches a family enviously from his perch near a playground.
The Robin War tie in was okay. I know nothing about that event but I liked the characters. I liked seeing Damian interacting with Tim, Jason and Duke. The summary of events in the issue that follows that one intrigues me. Those few sentences were more interesting than Fawkes' issues, unfortunately.
The next issue where Damian is envious of another boy's childhood broke my heart. It interesting to me how little I hear people talk about how much the comics paint Bruce as a bad father. Damian's earlier murderous tendencies aside, Bruce is never around. All Damian centric stories here, in Super Sons and the new Teen Titans, Damian is alone at home while Bruce is Batman-ing. It makes for an even lonelier childhood than before and I just wanna give that kid a hug. We get to see Pennyworth, Titus and Batcow! I loved this little issue. It's the last good one before the shift.
Fawkes doesn't seem to get what Damian's story was about before he took over. He underuitilized Maya, brought Talia back for some reason and essentially created a clone of Damian for a villain. The Darga kid is supposed to be who Damian was? Or who he would've been had he never wised up and decided to fight for himself. I think. He's set up to be this great rival except he didn't seem very formidable to me. The speech Damian gives him about finding his own value or goals or whatever was so on the nose I thought I'd stumbled into a comic version of Degrassi Junior High. I know your whole family's doing it Darga kid and it seems like the cool thing to do but don't do magic, man. It'll ruin your life and it's a gateway evil to other evils, man. Think about your future.
There is a point where this book basically becomes Long Island Medium and I was so fucking done.
Look, this may work for kids really well but the first one was great for all ages. It was mature, it trusted that its readers could see the subtleties in the writing and the art. It didn't talk down to you and beat you over the head with what Damian was struggling with. I don't know why they took Gleason off this book but his absence was painful.
This just made me even more thankful for Super Sons.
That being said, this book took all of those amazing concepts, drew inspiration from a Disney Channel movie and spelled them out like the readers were stupid. It reads like a young reader novel in a way the first one didn't. The chief problem is the shift from Gleason to Fawkes. I think DC took off Gleason to work on Robin War? I wish I thought to research this book before I bought it because this was a huge bummer for me. Gleason wrote 2 of the 7 issues. A Robin War tie in and a one shot where Damian watches a family enviously from his perch near a playground.
The Robin War tie in was okay. I know nothing about that event but I liked the characters. I liked seeing Damian interacting with Tim, Jason and Duke. The summary of events in the issue that follows that one intrigues me. Those few sentences were more interesting than Fawkes' issues, unfortunately.
The next issue where Damian is envious of another boy's childhood broke my heart. It interesting to me how little I hear people talk about how much the comics paint Bruce as a bad father. Damian's earlier murderous tendencies aside, Bruce is never around. All Damian centric stories here, in Super Sons and the new Teen Titans, Damian is alone at home while Bruce is Batman-ing. It makes for an even lonelier childhood than before and I just wanna give that kid a hug. We get to see Pennyworth, Titus and Batcow! I loved this little issue. It's the last good one before the shift.
Fawkes doesn't seem to get what Damian's story was about before he took over. He underuitilized Maya, brought Talia back for some reason and essentially created a clone of Damian for a villain. The Darga kid is supposed to be who Damian was? Or who he would've been had he never wised up and decided to fight for himself. I think. He's set up to be this great rival except he didn't seem very formidable to me. The speech Damian gives him about finding his own value or goals or whatever was so on the nose I thought I'd stumbled into a comic version of Degrassi Junior High. I know your whole family's doing it Darga kid and it seems like the cool thing to do but don't do magic, man. It'll ruin your life and it's a gateway evil to other evils, man. Think about your future.
There is a point where this book basically becomes Long Island Medium and I was so fucking done.
Look, this may work for kids really well but the first one was great for all ages. It was mature, it trusted that its readers could see the subtleties in the writing and the art. It didn't talk down to you and beat you over the head with what Damian was struggling with. I don't know why they took Gleason off this book but his absence was painful.
This just made me even more thankful for Super Sons.
clockworkp's review
4.0
Me encantan todos los personajes y la historia es bastante buena, pero siento como si el ritmo fuera a trompicones y me faltara información por el medio: primero batman no recuerda que es batman y dos capítulos más tarde ya está el la Watchtower. Hablando de eso, ¿está es la reunión padre-hijo después de la recuperación de los recuerdos de Bruce? ¿En serio?
Eso si me encantaría leer una serie sobre estos tres jóvenes héroes, HACEN UN EQUIPO GENIAL.
Eso si me encantaría leer una serie sobre estos tres jóvenes héroes, HACEN UN EQUIPO GENIAL.
sfian's review against another edition
1.0
I told a friend that I wasn't going to review items from my comic collection on here and was only recording them because Goodreads recognises them as books and it would help me achieve a much higher challenge total than previous years (and help me remember which I had read).
However, this one was so bad, I just couldn't help myself. When DC launched the New 52 universe, I finally ditched my habit of buying individual issues and went totally-TPB, eventually managing to buy every volume that was released during the New 52's lifetime. This series is by far the worst and a clear indication that DC should never have messed about with the character of Robin.
Messy, at times incomprehensible and I really don't like the character (which doesn't help, I admit).
However, this one was so bad, I just couldn't help myself. When DC launched the New 52 universe, I finally ditched my habit of buying individual issues and went totally-TPB, eventually managing to buy every volume that was released during the New 52's lifetime. This series is by far the worst and a clear indication that DC should never have messed about with the character of Robin.
Messy, at times incomprehensible and I really don't like the character (which doesn't help, I admit).