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A review by meemzter
Batman and Robin Eternal, Volume 1 by Scott Snyder, Tim Seeley
4.0
Ahhhhhhh, my precious, dysfunctional batfam. Never change. (Literally they will never change).
But woah!!! As a former month-to-month DC reader it is always a little surreal and jarring to come back to the comics and realize how much I’ve been missing. There are familiar faces here, of course, but many of them have been reimagined since my days of hardcore keeping up with canon.
But look: if you are a batfam person - this collection is 18993% for you. Damian is not here (but idk if that’s bc he’s not here in the broader canon? I’m so behind) but other than that, all your fave batkids are getting the love and respect they deserve. Dick Grayson is probably the “main character” (which is perfect because he is my fave) but you will get lots of Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Cassandra Cain, and Harper Row. Batgirl and Spoiler also make appearances.
Robins-as-brothers is strong with this comic! As is the ever present and ALWAYS effective Bruce!Angst that all these kids carry with them.
The plot was sometimes a little confusing but I was also, admittedly, reading really fast due to my Goodreads challenge. This was probably a collection worthy of slowing down, rereading, and maybe even googling for context.
TLDR; batfam! Dick/Jason/Tim content! Dick having angst about his relationship with Bruce! Harper Row! Cassandra Cain! Literally what is there not to like.
But woah!!! As a former month-to-month DC reader it is always a little surreal and jarring to come back to the comics and realize how much I’ve been missing. There are familiar faces here, of course, but many of them have been reimagined since my days of hardcore keeping up with canon.
But look: if you are a batfam person - this collection is 18993% for you. Damian is not here (but idk if that’s bc he’s not here in the broader canon? I’m so behind) but other than that, all your fave batkids are getting the love and respect they deserve. Dick Grayson is probably the “main character” (which is perfect because he is my fave) but you will get lots of Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Cassandra Cain, and Harper Row. Batgirl and Spoiler also make appearances.
Robins-as-brothers is strong with this comic! As is the ever present and ALWAYS effective Bruce!Angst that all these kids carry with them.
The plot was sometimes a little confusing but I was also, admittedly, reading really fast due to my Goodreads challenge. This was probably a collection worthy of slowing down, rereading, and maybe even googling for context.
TLDR; batfam! Dick/Jason/Tim content! Dick having angst about his relationship with Bruce! Harper Row! Cassandra Cain! Literally what is there not to like.