Preview for Batman & Robin #23

[whitesycamore]

The preview for B&R #23 is up at The Source





So he's going to look like a ginger Sawyer from Lost in this arc, apparently. I'm hoping against hope that Bruce actually answers Jason's questions about death sincerely, and then they bond by reminiscing about the process of resurrection. :D

Comments

[sadoeuphemist]

Well, I get your point of view, but I still find it hard to grasp that the revelation (retcon) that someone's been dying their hair is really a significant change in the character. I mean, he could just as easily dye it back.

And I don't think Morrison was saying that Jason was ugly and lame. My equivalent would be an arc where Selina's involved in a really high-stress heist, and she complains about the bags under her eyes and her skin breaking out and so on.

I just don't get what exactly about Morrison's take was so demeaning.

[whitesycamore]

And I don't think Morrison was saying that Jason was ugly and lame.

Well I... did. I just did read it that way. Maybe it wasn't Morrison's actual intent, I don't know. Possibly the art didn't help.

I just don't get what exactly about Morrison's take was so demeaning.

I was touched by Morrison's take, but honestly, I found it demeaning because his Jason seemed completely out of touch with reality, bordering on delusional. I've always though of Jason as someone whose views are distorted by emotional thinking, but still a sharp cookie.

Morrison's Jason is sympathetic at least (although I was never sure if I was intended to feel sympathy for him or just contempt) but terribly, terribly silly. It was a very undignified appearance, and I felt it gave fuel to scores of haters who already find him a ridiculous character.

[sadoeuphemist]

Really? Huh. What was it about him you found delusional, because I didn't really get that at all. He was savvy enough to manipulate like half the city into supporting him, and when he was breaking down at the end it seemed an emotional reaction to Bruce's death.

[pepperspray101]

bags under the eyes and skin breaking out isn't permanent. Use another example.