When Batman's Been Dead - Batman & Robin 13: The Essence of Dick Grayson

[jlroberson]

Possible spoiler.

People may knock Morrison, or for that matter Frazer Irving(whom I like, and hope I don't see a cascade of flames here), on BATMAN & ROBIN. But for my own part, Morrison has taught me to respect Dick Grayson, and to understand what he is. And to me, this sequence, in the final panel, is the essence of what Dick Grayson is. He never gives up and there's always a way. If Batman is "justice", Grayson is "hope."


Also, you can knock Grant all you like, but Dr. Hurt's far more interesting than, say, Hush.(and I just noticed a tiny hint of Adams in Dick in that last panel. Probably unintended but neat)
(PS if interested: This week's LULU.)

Writer: grant morrison
Artist: frazer irving
title: batman & robin
character: batman/dick grayson
character: dr. hurt
character: robin/damian wayne
theme: when batman's been dead
publisher: dc comics
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Comments

[jlroberson]

Yes, the one consciously made to look like an inversion of the cover of YEAR ONE part one. Those pages are all pretty amazing-looking.

Though now I'm wondering how Bruce survived, as Hurt had said before Bruce only lived because Chill lost his nerve, and yet there we see an apparently dead and bloody Bruce. The only way this can work is to explain how Bruce's memories conflict with what happened.

Also: Hurt coming back and pretending to be/actually being Thomas. Except the scandal that Hurt revealed has Thomas as its FOCUS. So I'm interested in how Hurt is going about this now, because obviously the plan has been modified since RIP, for those who have paid attention.