tchrevor's Batman and Robin #1 - Born to Kill review

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    Deja Vu

    With Bruce Wayne in place of Dick Grayson, the Batman and Robin title is relaunched with a father-son dynamic that was missing before. However, Damian's characterization feels off this time around. He and Dick worked together before and he started out very aggressive before mellowing out under Dick's tutelage. Perhaps now he's childishly rebelling against his father to test the limits of their relationship, but if so it's not made explicit. It's almost as if they want to tell the story of Damian's growth and maturity all over again, but with Bruce this time.

    There wasn't an awful lot of story in this issue; it's primarily focused on reintroducing the two leads. There is at least some effort to explain things for new readers and I appreciate that. The real problem with this issue is that it feels like this has been done before and better. With Damian and Dick there was a subversion of expectations: Batman had to tell Robin to calm down and be less aggressive, but with Bruce and Damian they're both pretty grim. It's not as compelling, but the issue is still pretty solid.

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