Red Hood #52 last December ended the book.
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scans_dailyIt was the second of the two part story that'd begin in #51.
In the neighborhood of Gotham known as " the Hill ", Tommy Maxx - fashion designer and supplier of criminals Thomas Misell, turned supervillain with the enlisted aid of Killer Croc - was making his presence felt.
The Red Hood hadn't run into him, yet - but had run into the local vigilante Strike.
The morning after that, Jason Todd was reconnecting with his old friend Dana, at the diner she owned.
Dana's anchorwoman sister Denise dropped in, as did the two's father Benny.
Jason watched his friend's dad head to the back (" need to put [some oxtails] in the oven "), leaning on his cane.
Jason ran out after Dana.
" .. word got to Black Mask about that first heist. He's on his way back to Gotham! "
That was one of Black Mask's goons, yelling at Tommy Maxx about what he was doing to them.
Tommy answered the goon with weapons fire from his henchmen.
Jason Todd, meanwhile, confronted the " Killer Croc " part of Tommy's forces.
Croc stepped out.
Denise, who'd gone out to meet someone who had info about the crime going on in the Hill, was taken by Tommy Maxx's guys.
They were in a van, tearing through the streets - Strike and her crew following.
The Red Hood jumped into the run-and-gun chase, which resolved with one of Tommy's goons being left behind as the masked villain got away with his captive.
" A word? " asked the Hood of Strike.
They took it on a rooftop.
The Red Hood looked at her.
(A panel before this implies Jason having worked out Dana being Strike.)
At that harbor warehouse, Denise was interviewing Tommy Maxx.
A rain of projectiles fell onto Tommy's men - a rain of glass followed.
Jason and Dana came in through the roof and took care of Tommy, ultimately an average man in a mask.
(Korlee Jr. was Tommy's criminal partner, whom he'd double-crossed - and who was now free and clear of him, possessing the high-tech weapons Tommy's guys'd been using.)
(Having the last panel of the last page of the last issue of a Red Hood run being Batman looking down from above and smiling is something.
Pagecount's a little more than 7 and 2/10ths of 22.
Writing's Shawn Martinbrough, who drew the 2000 one-shot Batman: The Hill that introduced the setting of this story.
Pencils're Tony Akins and Moritat. Inks're Stefano Gaudiano, colors're Paul Mounts, and letters're Troy Peteri.)
In the neighborhood of Gotham known as " the Hill ", Tommy Maxx - fashion designer and supplier of criminals Thomas Misell, turned supervillain with the enlisted aid of Killer Croc - was making his presence felt.
The Red Hood hadn't run into him, yet - but had run into the local vigilante Strike.
The morning after that, Jason Todd was reconnecting with his old friend Dana, at the diner she owned.
Dana's anchorwoman sister Denise dropped in, as did the two's father Benny.
Jason watched his friend's dad head to the back (" need to put [some oxtails] in the oven "), leaning on his cane.
Jason ran out after Dana.
" .. word got to Black Mask about that first heist. He's on his way back to Gotham! "
That was one of Black Mask's goons, yelling at Tommy Maxx about what he was doing to them.
Tommy answered the goon with weapons fire from his henchmen.
Jason Todd, meanwhile, confronted the " Killer Croc " part of Tommy's forces.
Croc stepped out.
Denise, who'd gone out to meet someone who had info about the crime going on in the Hill, was taken by Tommy Maxx's guys.
They were in a van, tearing through the streets - Strike and her crew following.
The Red Hood jumped into the run-and-gun chase, which resolved with one of Tommy's goons being left behind as the masked villain got away with his captive.
" A word? " asked the Hood of Strike.
They took it on a rooftop.
The Red Hood looked at her.
(A panel before this implies Jason having worked out Dana being Strike.)
At that harbor warehouse, Denise was interviewing Tommy Maxx.
A rain of projectiles fell onto Tommy's men - a rain of glass followed.
Jason and Dana came in through the roof and took care of Tommy, ultimately an average man in a mask.
(Korlee Jr. was Tommy's criminal partner, whom he'd double-crossed - and who was now free and clear of him, possessing the high-tech weapons Tommy's guys'd been using.)
(Having the last panel of the last page of the last issue of a Red Hood run being Batman looking down from above and smiling is something.
Pagecount's a little more than 7 and 2/10ths of 22.
Writing's Shawn Martinbrough, who drew the 2000 one-shot Batman: The Hill that introduced the setting of this story.
Pencils're Tony Akins and Moritat. Inks're Stefano Gaudiano, colors're Paul Mounts, and letters're Troy Peteri.)
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Date: 2021-02-07 02:56 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2021-02-08 08:50 am (UTC)Boy, it's a good thing I don't have a dirty mind because the possibilities implicit in that phrasing...
Oh, wait... I do... Oops!
So, what do we think the gift from Bruce was?
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Date: 2021-02-08 10:24 am (UTC)Lol yeaaah I remember reading that and wondering if they read that line twice or not.
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Date: 2021-02-08 10:35 am (UTC)I mean, I dislike Lobdell as much as the much person, but it still would've made sense to have ended it when he wrapped up what he was doing, if there was only going to be 2 more issues that didn't add anything anyway. At least his last issue felt like an ending. This story was barely about Jason and only served (as a footnote) to have him and Bruce (sort of) make up, not that any non-RHATO book keeps track of that kind of thing anyway.
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Date: 2021-02-08 03:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-08 04:12 pm (UTC)I don't have an issue with the outsider role, and I appreciate what they were trying to do, it's just that it feels more like the start of something than the end. The arc felt quite compressed too, and I'd have liked for it to have been longer and more fleshed out, rather than feeling like filler. I just think it would have made more sense to save this for the start of a reboot or something, rather than serving as the final two issues, and not having the room it needed to breathe.