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A review by carleeiigh
Batman and Robin Eternal, Volume 1 by Scott Snyder, Tim Seeley
3.0
Team up with the BOYS! And an amazing introduction to Cassandra Cain, with a little extra spice from Bluebird/Harper Row thrown in.
Cassandra Cain approaches Grayson with a file from Batman, talking about a supervillain named Mother who "crafts" perfect humans after abducting them. It all apparently ties back to a mission Dick and Bruce were on when he was still Robin, where Bruce may have requested the perfect sidekick to be crafted for him - the Robin boys have to team up to figure out what the hell is going on with Mother.
I loved seeing all the guys interact with each other. Dick always manages to inhabit too much of Bruce when he has to lead others on a mission, and I think the tension between all the Robins works pretty well. Harper Row is pretty hit or miss for me, but once she's accepted into the team and starts working properly with Grayson, she was pretty entertaining. Cassandra is amazing, I loved her brutality, but there's also a lot of innocence and love in her too. I didn't ever see her in the continuity before New 52, so this is is fine with me, I like her a lot.
The plot has a bit too much going on. While I loved to see Jason and Tim working together, they don't really do anything important to the story? Just kind of have a weird, convoluted side adventure. I never bought into the whole "Batman bought a Robin from Mother" thing, because obviously he wouldn't and didn't, but it was interesting to see the story play out.
Cassandra Cain approaches Grayson with a file from Batman, talking about a supervillain named Mother who "crafts" perfect humans after abducting them. It all apparently ties back to a mission Dick and Bruce were on when he was still Robin, where Bruce may have requested the perfect sidekick to be crafted for him - the Robin boys have to team up to figure out what the hell is going on with Mother.
I loved seeing all the guys interact with each other. Dick always manages to inhabit too much of Bruce when he has to lead others on a mission, and I think the tension between all the Robins works pretty well. Harper Row is pretty hit or miss for me, but once she's accepted into the team and starts working properly with Grayson, she was pretty entertaining. Cassandra is amazing, I loved her brutality, but there's also a lot of innocence and love in her too. I didn't ever see her in the continuity before New 52, so this is is fine with me, I like her a lot.
The plot has a bit too much going on. While I loved to see Jason and Tim working together, they don't really do anything important to the story? Just kind of have a weird, convoluted side adventure. I never bought into the whole "Batman bought a Robin from Mother" thing, because obviously he wouldn't and didn't, but it was interesting to see the story play out.