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A review by carleeiigh
Red Robin, Vol. 2: Collision by Christopher Yost
5.0
Even with how okay the Council of Spiders plotline is in this (sort of, the last 2/3 of the story is in this anyway), the actual Collision story is SO FUN and so good imo
Council of Spiders: OBVIOUSLY I missed something with whatever this "Black Lantern" storyline is, but luckily they don't really depend on it besides mentioning that Tim left Tam (I hate their name confusion tho lol) with the League of Assassins for a day or so to deal with it. When Tim does come back to pick up where he left off with the League, it's entertaining enough. The story of Vitoria was fun, her Council had cool designs for the most part but nothing really standing out. Tam was great as an "every girl" who just wants to live through this crazy shit her father pushed her into. I LOVED the moment where Tim is focusing on all his training from everyone he's known to get out of a fight with the council - very cool moment for him. Plus the ally addition of Pru is welcome. He needs some friends after his angsty European vacation
Collision: LOVED IT. Love Tim coming back to Gotham. Love that Stephanie is more confident and not just bickering with Tim the whole time (let's build some trust back!!! though I hear the Batgirl art in her own run is uh not good so not sure if I'll come back to that). Love what a shitstain Damian is how Tim finally started to put him in his place. Love that Dick is finally trusting Tim that he has everything under control, even if he sounds totally crazy. And mostly I love that ending fight with Ra's. Very dramatic, has that clever "I'm just stalling" kind of thing. I'm not really sure how Hush was walking around as Bruce Wayne without any of the other batclan knowing but...sure. Tim becoming emancipated and technically a CEO is so good
Plus the humor in this is actually funny. Damian's a little shit as always. Tam panicking and saying they were engaged is hilarious. I didn't expect this to be the most entertaining run in a while, but it def is
Council of Spiders: OBVIOUSLY I missed something with whatever this "Black Lantern" storyline is, but luckily they don't really depend on it besides mentioning that Tim left Tam (I hate their name confusion tho lol) with the League of Assassins for a day or so to deal with it. When Tim does come back to pick up where he left off with the League, it's entertaining enough. The story of Vitoria was fun, her Council had cool designs for the most part but nothing really standing out. Tam was great as an "every girl" who just wants to live through this crazy shit her father pushed her into. I LOVED the moment where Tim is focusing on all his training from everyone he's known to get out of a fight with the council - very cool moment for him. Plus the ally addition of Pru is welcome. He needs some friends after his angsty European vacation
Collision: LOVED IT. Love Tim coming back to Gotham. Love that Stephanie is more confident and not just bickering with Tim the whole time (let's build some trust back!!! though I hear the Batgirl art in her own run is uh not good so not sure if I'll come back to that). Love what a shitstain Damian is how Tim finally started to put him in his place. Love that Dick is finally trusting Tim that he has everything under control, even if he sounds totally crazy. And mostly I love that ending fight with Ra's. Very dramatic, has that clever "I'm just stalling" kind of thing. I'm not really sure how Hush was walking around as Bruce Wayne without any of the other batclan knowing but...sure. Tim becoming emancipated and technically a CEO is so good
Plus the humor in this is actually funny. Damian's a little shit as always. Tam panicking and saying they were engaged is hilarious. I didn't expect this to be the most entertaining run in a while, but it def is