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A review by sapphisms
Batman and Robin Eternal, Volume 1 by Scott Snyder, Tim Seeley
1.0
My feelings can be summed up as 'disappointment'. Not even just a little disappointment- a lot of disappointment. For one of the biggest current titles featuring the entire batfamily, the plot line is fairly weak (and almost directly comparable to Marvel’s Black Widow Red Room storyline) and the characters don’t even resemble themselves. On top of that, there’s this nonsense about Bruce ‘designing’ his Robins, only for there to be no conclusion (or even a hint) at who the Robin is at the end of the volume. Everyone is a hollow caricature of themselves, and Jason probably couldn’t fight a mouse and win, apparently.
A shortened version of my review on babsreadsbadreads: Cassandra Cain's storyline is heavily watered down (and in almost direct parallel to Natasha Romanoff's older story, instead of her own), she's treated as a 'wise, silent Asian' stereotype, complete with Meaningful Hand Gestures about who you really are, Jason Todd (despite being written in almost all other pre52 and new52 titles differently) is a misogynist that takes Tim, a minor, out for a drink (the same guy that said he would decapitate anyone selling drugs to children), Dick Grayson is little more than a ball of insecurities (that he's never had before, even in the new52) and a nice ass (though I'm honestly not seeing it), Tim was basically the emotionless computer guy until he got upgraded to Ultimate Asshole where he tells Jason 'no wonder you're everyone's least favorite Robin' and pokes fun at him for dying.
Honestly, you're better off reading source material like Red Robin, Nightwing, or Under the Red Hood, because Snyder obviously didn't
A shortened version of my review on babsreadsbadreads: Cassandra Cain's storyline is heavily watered down (and in almost direct parallel to Natasha Romanoff's older story, instead of her own), she's treated as a 'wise, silent Asian' stereotype, complete with Meaningful Hand Gestures about who you really are, Jason Todd (despite being written in almost all other pre52 and new52 titles differently) is a misogynist that takes Tim, a minor, out for a drink (the same guy that said he would decapitate anyone selling drugs to children), Dick Grayson is little more than a ball of insecurities (that he's never had before, even in the new52) and a nice ass (though I'm honestly not seeing it), Tim was basically the emotionless computer guy until he got upgraded to Ultimate Asshole where he tells Jason 'no wonder you're everyone's least favorite Robin' and pokes fun at him for dying.
Honestly, you're better off reading source material like Red Robin, Nightwing, or Under the Red Hood, because Snyder obviously didn't