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ReVamp's take on the Revamp (aka Interesting Titles) Part 2

Interesting Titles in DC's "The New 52", this is the first, in what will hopefully be a two or a three part series.

 
Batman Titles
Out of all the titles "groups" in the new 52, the Batman titles are the ones that interest me the most.
  • Batman - I'm not sure whether I'm going to be picking this up, since there are so many titles starring Bruce. There's four or five with him as the main character, not counting him on the teams. Its a different kind of the Wolverine syndrome and I'm not sure if I like it. *I'll talk more about solutions in Batman and Robin*. Out of all of them though, Batman is most probably the one which I am going to take up to read consistently, since it is going to be the more standard, Batman vs Gotham. The more traditional style of Batman storytelling, which is a good thing, in my eyes.
  • Detective Comics - I think that it holds some interest but not really on the top of my list, specially since its an "5 years ago" story. If the story takes an interesting turn in the Batman origin, I'll be more than willing to read it, but I don't think that I'll pick it up. I feel like it will be stale and while I may be totally wrong, I'm going to reserve judgement until more issues come out. If it gets something along the lines of a Morrison-esque, mind blower, it'll be just the thing to get me into the book.
  • Batwing - Not getting it. If it had more of a Black Panther (T'Challa) feel (in the series some time ago. Not the current man without fear one, or the one before staring his Sister, or even the one before that. I mean the other one. Not because he's black. I don't care. I mean about him being more of a tech based hero, while still not fitting quite into the tech category, and staying in the Street Level, hand to hand category. I think diversity for the sake of diversity is stupid, but if they show us something good, I'm not going to say no. I just hope the character doesn't suffer from stereotypes.
  • Batman: The Dark Knight -  Another one of the titles staring Bruce. I'm not going to bash it or anything, but I'm going to say that Pre-Revamp, this title had a lot to show for, going into the more mystical routes of Gotham, however right now I know very little of what will differentiate it from the other titles and I'm worried about flooding the market with saturated content. Though I think DC is smart and they will make the series different, in its own right, or cancel it altogether. Though if they were thinking of cancelling it, I doubt they would have put it in the Revamp anyway.
  • Batman and Robin - I like this title. It differentiates it from other titles considerably and doesn't even have the same feel as the others, with the additional variable that is robin. I don't know how well it will work with this particular combo and I don't know if I'll take this over the Batman series, but its worth it. However this title begs the question, do we really need four Batman titles, just like this? Not that I don't want Batman titles, but I feel there is only so much you can do with this, while there is a whole host of other option. Think Red Robin can't hold his own title, team him up with Dick Grayson and see both him and Tim kick some a**. Or team Dick with Babs and let us read a tense sexual sub plot while watch both of them get up under Two Face's nose. Or how about a more serious title with Cassandra and Tim? That seems pretty interesting. The ultimate Brawn and the ultimate Intelligence, though it might not be the best idea, its still an idea. The first one is still my personal favourite though, the glorious banter of Tim and Dick is unforgettable. It'd be my sacred book.
  • Batgirl - While I'm kind of unhappy to see her leave Oracle, I'm quite happy to see her as Batgirl, being back to kicking a**. She's my favourite comic book redhead and she needs to go have some wild fun. I guess its unfortunate she ain't with the birds of prey anymore but the book seems solid enough.
  • Batwoman - Meh, her character isn't really that much for me. She's pretty interesting but it isn't something that'll hold my interest or my cash.
  • Nightwing - If this isn't on your pull list. GTFO! No, but seriously I love Dick Grayson and I really don't want to rationalize that because it would be twice as big as ALL of this blog it together. If I will, I'll say one thing. Batman's got tech like missiles and armor, Red Robin's got the Wings, but what the hell does Nightwing have? I hope they do something with that, specifically with the Escrima Sticks. It'd be pretty cool if the grapple function that is already on them would become nore like Daredevil and maybe he gets one more unique gadgety thingy.
  • Catwoman - Better things to do... :P
  • Birds of Prey - I like them, specially Black Canary, though I am finding it hard ot understand who the other girl is... Is that Katana? I haven't looked into this, but the title is doing a number of things wrong. This no longer looks like an agency type gig, but more of a two women running away from the law thing. Not that its bad, its just less interesting. Also, Poison Ivy looks horrible. Like, really bad.
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws - I loved Jason, I loved Roy and I loved Starfire. But each of those had one thing happen to them each that made them go lower in my list. Jason got the new costume and became a villain, which nearly ruined his character. Roy went through all of the sh** that happened with Lian and his arm and going back to drug abuse and siding with deathstoke and got his arm ripped out and couldn't even have sex with chesire and went all villain-y and psycho and did I mention that he lost his freakin' arm and all he could do was moan? Good.  Lastly, Starfire got stale after the JLA series where she went all wimpy about not being able to be on the same planet as Dick. I think that she has great potential, but like that she'll always be Dick's girl. But here is the good news, none of these things are going to matter now because Jason is back to his true self, Roy has got his arm and doesn't do drugs and Starfire is forgetting all about Dick for a (big) while. This means that three of my favourite characters are back in a good way. Furthermore, I would never have thought of this team when put together and when I first heard of it I nearly jumped out of my seat. Actually I did jump out, and I was happy because these mofos are awesome. I could go on and on about this, but let's make it short. They can kill. They are a small group. Not traditional heroes. No base. Small group. Not really a group but more a rag tag allaiance. That about covers it, in a short manner. Did they mention they'll kill?
There. Finito. I'll probably be able to finish this in two other parts, if not three. GL + Supes in the next blog, maybe with Young Justice. Then I'll lump the Edge and the Dark, wince between them there are some titles I have no interest, even though I'm looking forward to a few.
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