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xandra_lyn's review
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This was such a great book! I don't know why people don't talk about this part of batman lore more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Moderate: Physical abuse
Blood, violence: there was a lot of punching, with a lot of blood depicted Physical abuse: one girl talks about how her brother beat her up and put her in the hospital. It doesn't show it, but her injuries are describedcampisforever's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-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? No
4.0
littlesmaug's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
3.0
I personally just found it… mediocre at best? Not good. Not bad. Just a comic I read.
jmanchester0's review against another edition
4.0
To start out, I really love the art of We Are Robin. Jorge Corona has an amazing eye and his art is perfect for this book.
And the covers are perfect.
I usually like to listen to my Batman mix (soundtracks from movies and video games) when reading Batman-related stiff. But for this comic I picked deadmau5 and it was perfect.
The writing is good. And at times great. The humor needs to be more consistent in a light book that deals with heavy issues. But where it was, it was good.
It's books of this quality DC needs to be putting out instead of trying to blast the consumer with quantity.
Thanks to NetGalley and DC Comics for a copy in return for an honest review.
And the covers are perfect.
I usually like to listen to my Batman mix (soundtracks from movies and video games) when reading Batman-related stiff. But for this comic I picked deadmau5 and it was perfect.
The writing is good. And at times great. The humor needs to be more consistent in a light book that deals with heavy issues. But where it was, it was good.
It's books of this quality DC needs to be putting out instead of trying to blast the consumer with quantity.
Thanks to NetGalley and DC Comics for a copy in return for an honest review.
lissybethr's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
hobbes199's review against another edition
3.0
This review was previously published as part of Saturday Scribblings over at If These Books Could Talk
I suppose, when there’s no Batman, there’s no Robin right? Wrong. Teens across Gotham are donning the red, green and giant ‘R’ to collectively right the wrongs of the city. Even though they have the best of intentions, things soon start to go horribly wrong for them when the death of a team member not only shakes them, but makes them question why they are fighting. With no real leader, apart from a mysterious contact called ‘The Nest’, they drift from fight to fight, eventually falling out and splitting into separate factions. It takes a violent encounter to make them realise they need each other if they’re to survive.
Even though ‘The Vigilante Business’ comprises of 6 issues of the We Are Robin title (and a sneak peak at Convergence: New Teen Titans) it still feels like there’s an awful lot crammed into a very small space. Initially a team of six, the Robins are a varied mix of races and genders, but we really only get beneath the skin of a few by the end of volume 1. Duke Thomas* gets the privilege of having the most background, as is typical of any new recruit to a team, as we see him farmed out to another foster family while he secretly hunts for his parents, missing since the events of ‘Endgame’. Isabella (Codename: Robina) has a deeply intense back-story that erupts into violence within her family. A more light-hearted story is given to Riko (R-iko) a Batgirl fangirl with a split personality, who takes on all-comers.
The action is fast-paced and the plotting tight, but it does get a bit frantic on occasion, leaving this reader having to double check previous pages. Lack of depth is obvious here, and as I said previously, this is down to too an uneven character balance. With an equal number of team members to issues, ‘The Vigilante Business’ could have been more even as far as characterisation is concerned, especially with a completely new set of characters.
The graphic style is often eye-poppingly bright and powerful, with the action scenes getting the bigger panels and most attention. Line work is sharp, and the use of narrative captions and alternate coloured speech bubbles for the text convos is a great way of splitting the action between so many characters. Panel placement is a bit frantic, but the use of greens and blues instead of a heavy over-reliance on black makes up for it.
(* Also appears in Batman Vol 8 ‘Superheavy’)
I suppose, when there’s no Batman, there’s no Robin right? Wrong. Teens across Gotham are donning the red, green and giant ‘R’ to collectively right the wrongs of the city. Even though they have the best of intentions, things soon start to go horribly wrong for them when the death of a team member not only shakes them, but makes them question why they are fighting. With no real leader, apart from a mysterious contact called ‘The Nest’, they drift from fight to fight, eventually falling out and splitting into separate factions. It takes a violent encounter to make them realise they need each other if they’re to survive.
Even though ‘The Vigilante Business’ comprises of 6 issues of the We Are Robin title (and a sneak peak at Convergence: New Teen Titans) it still feels like there’s an awful lot crammed into a very small space. Initially a team of six, the Robins are a varied mix of races and genders, but we really only get beneath the skin of a few by the end of volume 1. Duke Thomas* gets the privilege of having the most background, as is typical of any new recruit to a team, as we see him farmed out to another foster family while he secretly hunts for his parents, missing since the events of ‘Endgame’. Isabella (Codename: Robina) has a deeply intense back-story that erupts into violence within her family. A more light-hearted story is given to Riko (R-iko) a Batgirl fangirl with a split personality, who takes on all-comers.
The action is fast-paced and the plotting tight, but it does get a bit frantic on occasion, leaving this reader having to double check previous pages. Lack of depth is obvious here, and as I said previously, this is down to too an uneven character balance. With an equal number of team members to issues, ‘The Vigilante Business’ could have been more even as far as characterisation is concerned, especially with a completely new set of characters.
The graphic style is often eye-poppingly bright and powerful, with the action scenes getting the bigger panels and most attention. Line work is sharp, and the use of narrative captions and alternate coloured speech bubbles for the text convos is a great way of splitting the action between so many characters. Panel placement is a bit frantic, but the use of greens and blues instead of a heavy over-reliance on black makes up for it.
(* Also appears in Batman Vol 8 ‘Superheavy’)
literati42's review against another edition
4.0
So excited for these epic new additions to the bat family! Can't wait to learn more about all of them
pantsyreads's review against another edition
2.0
I'm struggling with my rating for this one, but I'm going to settle on a 2.5. I liked the art, but I found the characterization to be lacking and I don't feel like this has anything new to say about vigilantes or youth activism.
I'm going to give the 2nd volume a shot - hopefully we'll get to actually know these characters more because as of right now, I'm not terribly invested in them.
I'm going to give the 2nd volume a shot - hopefully we'll get to actually know these characters more because as of right now, I'm not terribly invested in them.
noveladdiction's review against another edition
3.0
3.5. Interesting. Would read more. But nothing to write home about (or write a review about)