BnR 12 Preview

[benicio127]

The preview is up at the Source here

Talia still being creepy? Check.

Talia and Slade bitching about their kiddies? Check.










Suggested tags: char: deathstroke/slade wilson, char: batman/dick grayson, char: robin/damian wayne, char: talia al ghul, creator: grant morrison, creator: andy clarke, title: batman and robin

Comments

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

...that is one amazingly ugly Talia.

[benicio127]

Right? And Slade's hair totally looks ~windswept~! Aww, Slade, you supermodel.

[autumn_lily]

To be fair, that's one amazingly ugly EVERYONE. I mean, even Dick isn't hot, DICK!

[darkknightjrk]

Still not as bad as the Talia in #10, who had a goddamn double-chin.

[queendork56]

I like that Dick pins him to the tree. :D
I'm still putting my money on the Joker being the return.

[darkknightjrk]

"I like that Dick pins him to the tree. :D"

...OHMYGOD he does! :D

[dimwit90]

OW JESUS CHRIST MY EYES D:

[tacobob]

When did Robin get a hunched back?

Yes the art is oogly.

very so.

[sherkahn]

Must be the feedback device implanted within Damian.

Oh, that black thing on his cape? that's his hood from the Assassin League days.

[birdofprey]

SLLLAAAADDDEEE!!!

im sorry.....bahahahahahaha

[cloud_wolf]

I totally cracked the fuck up at that one. Damian is such a large ham.

[sistermagpie]

Dumb question, but why is Slade yelling his own name? I mean, Damian has no reason to know who's controlling him at this point, right? But Slade said he wanted Dick to know he was the one who "crippled him" (even though Dick's not actually crippled). I guess Damian could know once they turn up the dials on the brain connection thing or whatever they're doing, but that would be a silly way to run your brain connection thingie. So I'm left thinking that Slade just tried to yell his own name dramatically or something and it didn't come off right.

Also, God, Talia is annoying. Is she angry that Dick's turning Damian into a crimefighter? He's 10. Why doesn't she just go and pick him up and bring him home? Has she had a plan all along to kill Dick? Should I know why she has this plan?

[saralakali]

Damian has to have figured out who's controlling him. Later on in the preview it says that he's fighting Slade's control and he tells Dick that Slade is wearing him like a glove. (And thank you Scans_Daily for that unfortunate image.)

[auggie18]

Slade sounds pretty petty here.

[aegof]

I was under the impression that he got Chemo dropped on Bludhaven to get back at Dick?

Didn't actually read Infinite Crisis, honestly.

[mullon]

That is some terrible art all around.

[cuntfucius]

Terrible art, terrible characterization.

[bluefall]

Well, it is BATMAN AND ROBIN.

[lipsofpoison]

Okay, I haven't read a LOT of Slade but is this In Character for him? It's just about acceptable for Talia.

Though I love the bat grave. Can't wait to see who sexton is.

[silverzeo]

Hey Slade, don't talk about Da's body like that... people still have you peg for being... a you know .... with Terra?

[thebigapricot]

Morrison's really done a job on Talia. She used to be clingy, now she's craaaazy. And she used to be hot, but with this art ... not.

[benicio127]

Yeah, I really don't like how creepy he's made her. She was always this sort of anti-heroine to me. Now she's just evil to make D look sympathetic.

[sleepymax]

I'm probably the minority here, but I actually think Quitely's cover art is worse than the book's interiors.

[punishermax]

SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURGE

[sun_man]

Why is Slade being such a pansy and fighting him through Damian, instead of fighting Grayson himself.

[icon_uk]

Because he likes the symbolism of having Robin be the one to kill Dick?

[jaybee3]

The thing I don't get about Morrison's Talia is her-over-the-top crazyness (well I would get it if Morrison ever referenced the whole brainwashing by Nyssa thing but he never has). We've seen Damien has been in contact with his mother, we've seen Alfred has been in contact with Talia, the JLA (and presumably much of the at-large super-hero community) knows that Bruce isn't dead at this point. So obviously Talia MUST know her "Beloved" will be back sooner or later and back as Batman to boot - and she still targets Dick for death? Wasn't Talia's one weakness her love for Bruce (or her loyalty to her father)? Would she really do THIS to him for when he returns? C'mon Grant, a little consistency would be nice - especially from a guy who's run has been consciously digging out obscure Silver Age references from stories no one remembers.

[icon_uk]

Perhaps she feels that by having Damian kill Dick, Bruce will, when he returns, accept that only a blood relative son will suffice as Robin, since clearly his adopting strategies have left him with inferior material. (I'm not endorsing it of course, just suggesting it)

[3goodtimes]

Aw, Damian's taking after Dick with the whole 'SLAAAAADE!!' thing.

[ar_feiniel]

Woah, that art just made me jump back from my screen.