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Batman: War Games, Book One
by Troy Nixey, Jimmy Palmiotti, Randee Carcano, Paul Gulacy, Andersen Gabrych, Rodney Ramos, Dave Ross, Brian Stelfreeze, Ed Brubaker, Devin Grayson, Ramón F. Bachs, A.J. Lieberman, Lorenzo Ruggiero, Sean Phillips, Francis Portela, Raúl Fernández, Bill Willingham, Al Barrionuevo, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith, Robert Campanella, Brad Walker, Jesse Delperdang, Dylan Horrocks, Kinsun, Nathan Massengill, Damion Scott, Aaron Sowd, Andy Owens, Pete Woods, Mike Lilly
Read this as part of my Robin read-through (the book contains Robin #126-129 plus assorted other appearances), so I only read the Tim or Stephanie-centric issues and skimmed the rest.
The word "misguided" is too innocent. This is downright despicable. It's hard to distance my feelings from my knowledge of what went on in the background. Essentially, you have dozens of threads which are so meticulously placed that it all feels hollow, and it's all to the end of watching a bunch of kids get murdered. This book is the poster child for "executive meddling" and the bad creative work that can result from it.
Even the prelude stuff with Stephanie as Robin goes by too quickly to leave any sort of impact. She's there, now she's gone, and her motivations are never fully believable. It's a perfunctory arc done just like any other in this book: a shallow attempt at piecing together bad plot points that the writer probably didn't want to deal with in the first place. I also know how it all ends in the next book, and knowing that makes the whole thing far, far more offensive.
There's really no reason to read this bloated, boring, offensive mess.
The word "misguided" is too innocent. This is downright despicable. It's hard to distance my feelings from my knowledge of what went on in the background. Essentially, you have dozens of threads which are so meticulously placed that it all feels hollow, and it's all to the end of watching a bunch of kids get murdered. This book is the poster child for "executive meddling" and the bad creative work that can result from it.
Even the prelude stuff with Stephanie as Robin goes by too quickly to leave any sort of impact. She's there, now she's gone, and her motivations are never fully believable. It's a perfunctory arc done just like any other in this book: a shallow attempt at piecing together bad plot points that the writer probably didn't want to deal with in the first place. I also know how it all ends in the next book, and knowing that makes the whole thing far, far more offensive.
There's really no reason to read this bloated, boring, offensive mess.