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A review by contrabanddonut
Detective Comics #939 by Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, James Tynion IV
3.0
I can imagine some readers are not a fan of this particular iteration of Detective comics. In the mid seventies there was a comic called Batman Family, which featured short stories with Batgirl and Robin and sometimes team-ups with Batman and this iteration has that feel. However, the gritty noir writing that Detective Comics really needs can only be pulled off by a handful of comic book writers, and while I like that iteration a lot, I also like this.
I tend to wonder if they considered a way to merge this idea with Birds of Prey or the Outsiders - the last iteration of which was more Titans adjacent, but given that and the lack of a writer of gritty noir, I see why they didn't. This is a strong roster of characters who don't have a home really, and with Batman and Scott Snyder's All-Star Batman, there's isn't a lack of Batman solo books.
I read about two years of New 52's Batwoman, and really liked the character. I've stalled out on volume one of Kelley Puckett's version of Batgirl, now titled Orphan, but the character is great. I can't explain Clayface's inclusion into the team, but I'm keeping an open mind, and the little I've read of Red Robin, I've liked.
The issue with the stories is generally there is only 22 pages in a comic and about six characters if Batman is playing a primary role (which he mostly isn't), so some characters don't get a lot to do.
I tend to wonder if they considered a way to merge this idea with Birds of Prey or the Outsiders - the last iteration of which was more Titans adjacent, but given that and the lack of a writer of gritty noir, I see why they didn't. This is a strong roster of characters who don't have a home really, and with Batman and Scott Snyder's All-Star Batman, there's isn't a lack of Batman solo books.
I read about two years of New 52's Batwoman, and really liked the character. I've stalled out on volume one of Kelley Puckett's version of Batgirl, now titled Orphan, but the character is great. I can't explain Clayface's inclusion into the team, but I'm keeping an open mind, and the little I've read of Red Robin, I've liked.
The issue with the stories is generally there is only 22 pages in a comic and about six characters if Batman is playing a primary role (which he mostly isn't), so some characters don't get a lot to do.