scans_daily: One of Tim's early career defining moments

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@ 2011-11-14 02:11 pm UTC

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char: bane, char: killer croc/waylon jones, char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, char: robin/red robin/tim drake, creator: chuck dixon, creator: jim balent, creator: trevor mccarthy, genre: previews, title: detective comics, title: nightwing

One of Tim's early career defining moments

From fairly early in the Knightfall run, we have Tim vs a couple of the heavier hitters in Gotham for the first time.

I'm not normally a fan of Sam Kieth's style, but I love Tim's "I SO hate my life right now" expression.

7 and a bit pages from 22.

Whilst trailing Bane in an effort to find out more about him (Stalker!Tim to the fore again) Tim has been bushwacked by persons unknown (Guess who)

Jim Balent is guest penciller of this issue and I really like his style.

On the next page, the one who "pretended" to be Batman was Jean-Paul Valley (oh the irony). Oh and Bane's casual comment about how much easier it would have been to blind Tim is one of the more creepy moments Bane has had IMHO (But then, I'm squeamish about eyes)

Yay Tim!

He's blindfolded, with his hands tied, on a narrow brick walkway, in the middle of deafening water and he's STILL trying to fight. That's the proper Robin spirit!

Also have to say, if we have to have Croc as a monstrous beast, that's a "good" look for him.

Y'think Tim?

I'm not quite sure what move Tim is making in this next page, I can imagine what move he's TRYING for (trying to get his wrists in front of him, but I'm not sure the movements match. Still, Robins SHOULD be bendy...

This is also some good fight choreography here, you can FEEL those punches.

You almost have to admire Croc and Bane's dedication to trying to whale the crap of each other, even when they have what should count as other more pressing concerns.

And there we run out of page count, so let's just assume that they all lived happily ever after....

Trevor McCarthy has posted, on his twitter feed, a sample panel from his one-off issue of Nightwing, to be seen in #4.

He's certainly improved since his last run on the title, IMHO.

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	no subject espanolbot 2011-11-14 04:22 pm UTC (link)
	To be a defining moment in his career was when he turned out Lady Shiva's offer to make out with him, leading to another fifteen, twenty years of him turning down people's proportions until Cass Cain finally appeared to get him in the final issue of Gates of Gotham. This one is good too though. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 8 comments) (Show 8 comments)

	no subject shadowpsykie 2011-11-14 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	.... twenty years of him turning down people's proportions until Cass Cain finally appeared to get him in the final issue of Gates of Gotham. heh that's pretty much my head canon. this is of course right after Cassandra and steph were together :D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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2011-11-14 04:26 pm UTC (link)

Amteur night... Dick was turning down propositions from 1940 until... well, I think his first confirmed bit of bedroom action was 1984.

turning down people's proportions

Heh, I know it's a typo, but I love the idea of Tim rejecting people based on that "Sorry, I can't be seen socialising with you because you're too Reubenesque!"

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	no subject salinea 2011-11-14 04:43 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, people getting rejected because they're too fat is so funny. Wait, what? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2011-11-14 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	Sorry, it was the only term I could think of at short notice, if I could have thought of one for skinny folk, I'd have thrown it into the mix, honest. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject salinea 2011-11-14 04:51 pm UTC (link)
	It's not the word choice I found disturbing. It's the meaning behind the joke. Unless your intentions was something I misread and just come across this way??? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2011-11-14 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	Just the notion of Tim being so petty as to use proportions to decide on his interactions with people; "Too skinny. Nose doesn't seem to fit your face. Too tall. Ears too big." etc (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject cainofdreaming 2011-11-15 07:23 am UTC (link)
	"Ears too big." Now look what you did, Tim. You made Man-Bat cry! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject zechs80 2011-11-14 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	I'm still surprised nobody has yet got someone to do a commission of Cass pouncing on Tim in bed. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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