So...well...The official Grayson announcement is out.

[simiansyndicate]

Well, USA Today got the exclusive news regarding Grayson. And it...sure is a thing.





I guess the main info is that he's working for Spyral, and that he'll be an undercover/black ops style agent. 1/2 of the writing crew, Tom King, worked for the CIA after 9/11, so expect it to be less James Bond and more "real world" style espionage.

Well, I'm glad Grayson ain't dead, but I sure have mixed feelings about him pointing a gun in my face on the cover of his first issue.

Comments

[shingi70]

So Tim Seely, this new guy and Mikel Jannin all on a dock Grayson book.

Well I hope in secret agent style Dick gives the D to mostly every one he meets.

[an_idol_mind]

I give it three years before he's back in tights.

[beoweasel]

I see DC is continuing their trend of having no clue with what to do with their characters.

[beoweasel]

Three years? I give it 1 and a half.

[beoweasel]

So, you mean him doing exactly the same thing he's been doing? ;p

[sharky_chan]

D: D: D:

[thanekos]

I hope the first TPB is titled Secret Agent Man.

[zapbiffpow]

I miss Dick's long hair already. Anyone else notice how it grew every time he was on Batman?

Still, if this turns out to be some kind of James Bond romp I am in.

[nyadnar17]

Is it sad that I love Dick Grayson so much I will even follow this shit? I feel like I may need help

[jaybee3]

I give it a year...and hopefully back in blue.

[drtechnobabel]

With his new haircut and that scowl on his face, he looks like DmC!Dante. This does not bode well.

[coldfiredragon]

I'm actually pretty excited about this, I doubt it'll last long before he's putting back on a mask or someone finds out that he's not dead. At least this is something different, and we don't have Kyle Higgins limping along on Snyder's coat tails any longer.

[moetushie]

I feel like this disappointed Batman.

[freezer]

...They turned Dick Grayson into DC's Winter Soldier. Joy.

[zechs80]

Wait I thought that was Jason's job to be Bucky at DC?

[coldfury]

Turning the original Robin into a gun-toting secret agent is *so* appallingly tone-deaf and just plain DUMB. It goes against the principles of his mentor, it eschews everything the character stands for, and this might just be the bridge too far for me with DC.

I'm going to keep my pulls until I catch up, but I won't be picking this garbage up.

[freezer]

Haven't been keeping up with Red Hood. I assumed he was just another "I do the dirty work the other 'heroes' are too timid too" anti-hero.

[beyondthefringe]

Huh.
You know, this could be interesting.
I can't think of any other kid sidekick who's grown up, abandoned his mentor and costumed identity, and become a globetrotting, gun-wielding superspy.

None at all.

Well, someone mentioned Bucky---> The Winter Soldier. Okay, so Marvel got there first. It's not like DC has ever...

Oh yeah.

Speedy--->Arsenal went there back in what, the '90s? And let's face it, there was a time when Green Arrow was just Batman with arrows.

Oh, DC, you're so edgy.

[crinos]

Dick Grayson: Agent of SHIELD?

[dictionary00.livejournal.com]

Dick Grayson toting a gun? Really? I should be surprised at DC but by now I'm really not.

I know covers frequently lie but come on!

I suppose the next step is him assassinating high-level targets in cold blood? At least he's still being his acrobatic self for now.

[shingi70]

Wasn't dude a cop for quite a while?

[junipepper]

With you completely on that! But maybe it won't be shit. I expect I'll be reading it either way...

[junipepper]

Well,you know -- the Winter Soldier books were really good, most of the way through.

[junipepper]

Yes, yes he was. A gun-carrying police officer, for quite some time.

[junipepper]

You do know Dick was an actual cop for quite a while, right? Carried a gun every day.