ROBIN RISES: OMEGA #1
Writer Peter
Tomasi and artist Andy Kubert continues the 75th Anniversary of the Dark Knight
as he searches for his Robin. Other celebrations include the weekly series Batman: Eternal, Zero Year, and the upcoming Batman:
Endgame which takes place after Batman:
Eternal as they are published side-by-side. The story
begins with the back story delving into the history of the Dark Knight and
highlighting issues which are still relevant in the New 52. It begins with Batman: Son of the Demon (1987) where
both Bruce Wayne and Talia merged their bloodlines for their child Damian. Then
we see the first encounter between father and son in Batman #655 (2006) and Batman thrown back in time in the pages of Final Crisis and The Return of Bruce Wayne. Finally we enter the New 52 era of Death of the Family and Batman Incorporated which led to the
death of Damian. Afterwards Ra’s al Ghul has stolen both the bodies of Damian
and Taila leading to a confrontation with Batman. However the forces of
Apokolips and Glorious Godfrey have arrived to obtain a shard of crystal within
one of the caskets.
Both Ra’s
al Ghul and Batman join forces against the forces of Apokolips. The casket of
Talia and Ra’s al Ghul are lost in the battle. Godfrey retrieves the shard and
is about to execute Batman when the Justice League led by Lex Luthor arrive for
the save. He escapes with Damian and the shard back to Apokolips. Now Batman
discovers he may be able to bring Robin back with the shard however he needs to
get to Apokolips.
This
issue released July 16th, 2014 is a winner with the writing and the art. It really kicked off the Robin
Rises storyline however the problem is the story would have been better told as
a weekly rather than a monthly title within Batman & Robin. We know Batman
will go to Apokolips however the real mystery is the shard belonging to
Darkseid and the return of Robin. These will be answered however the story is
best enjoyed as a trade than periodicals but this issue was definitely with the
price on the cover especially with the first few pages summarizes the history
of Batman and his son.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED – 5 OUT OF 5
ROBIN RISES: ALPHA
#1
This
story ran for six months beginning in July with Robin Rises: Omega. The casket containing Robin is kidnapped and
Batman heads to Apokolips to get his son back. Now Batman returns with Robin
and injects him with a shard which brings him back with superpowers as Kalibak attacks. Batman sends Kalibak back to Apokolips and closes the Boom Tube with the
help of Cyborg. Now Damian has superpowers ending the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Batman. Overall the story was predictable expect for Robin
gaining superpowers. The Omega and Alpha bookends was all you needed to
understand the story.
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT –
3 OUT OF 5
