Detective Comics #976

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Comments

[beyondthefringe]

Wow.... a scene where Tim is the obsessed one and Bruce is the one with a clear head and showing concern and compassion. In the old days, he would have been all "You're grounded." Now it's "You need to talk to a therapist."

This is honestly amazing.

[nyadnar17]

I can not believe how good the Batbooks are these days.

[mastermahan]

So Tim starting to show signs of growing into his obsessive future self, and for good reason, while Bruce is trying to be a good Bat-dad. Yeah, I'm interested.

Plus it has a Young Justice reference!

[owlbrigade1]

I've not really been following DC lately, what is this Bat-Spat about now anyway?

[caivu]

Basically:
Kate recently killed Clayface after he lost control of himself and all other options to stop him failed. During a discussion with the rest of the Batfamily on what to do about her, Barbara deduced that one of the reasons Bruce formed the Gotham Knights (the team in Detective) was to essentially keep Kate on a leash, and that he co-opted Tim's idealistic vision of what the team could be in order to do so. Tim, needless to say, isn't happy about that.

[zechs80]

The Cassandra portion was a rollercoaster ride of emotion. A cute flashback than a heartbreaking session with Leslie. I share Bruce's reaction to it as well.

[long_silence]

I kinda loved Leslie giving Bruce shit for not spending time with Cass like he did with all of the Robins

[icon_uk]

Is that entirely fair though? Cass only joined his family in the "Batman and Robin Eternal" series, which was what, only a couple of years ago our time, so about four or five story arcs comic book time.

[long_silence]

But Bruce already knew Cass before Batman and Robin Eternal. He knew she killed Harper Row's mother.

And even ignoring that, this Gotham Knights program has been running for a while. Long enough for Cassandra to so thoroughly bond with Clayface more than anyone else

[icon_uk]

Fair points! :)

[bradygirl_12]

That cover has echoes of the Silver Age with Robin marching out in a huff. :)