Meh. Too many changes to the main character of Bruce Wayne, unbelievable that he can operate without the Batcave or Wayne Manor. I don't care for this art style. Overall not that great for a first issue.

Swing and a big miss. This series is horrible. -10

A ridiculous concept and horrible artwork. Grade: F-

YA stuff that should have remained that and not shoved into continuity - Fire & Ice fans will not see their fav characters after this for a long time because it will 100% not sell

HA HA HA...No.

If this is the kind of thing your into, God bless. I knew what this would be from reading the preview story a while back but I wanted to give it a chance since I enjoyed the old Giffen DeMatteis stuff and hoped beyond hope it would at least be decent. Well, it's written fine but it's not my kinda thing at all. It saddens me as I know we wont see these two characters again for years. This is cutesy wootsy YA type stuff and I really don't care for it. There is a fan base for this but I'm not a part of it. Again, if you like it I'm glad...it' just not my cup of tea. I really think this should have been labeled differently from the dawn of DC stuff. Maybe as a YA title. more

The art in the book isn't the greatest, it's strong is some places but then the artist gets lazy and fills in some pages with little more than sketches.

The plot for the A story is pretty basic with an interesting premise but then the writer decided to go nowhere with it. A story with Supergirl and Martian Manhunter as the main characters...Yawnfest. It could have and should have been Superman featured. That could have helped this book a lot but yet again we see Superman sidelined for supporting characters.

The B story wasn't bad although I didn't like how the book used the concept of hell but skirted the issue of religious implications and moral implications, a prime example that the souls in Hell would have to have done something in life to facilitate them going to Hell. Watters creates this wishy washy concept of hell only existing through belief of the mind and not being an actual result of the existance of God. If a writer is going to use the concept of Hell, they had better commit to it being a real place, otherwise you get this weak, muddled, watered down, story telling.

Over all save your money kids this book misses the mark more

Hey kids! Do you like Superman? Do you like stories that feature him as the main character and focus of the book? Well guess what? This book only has Superman in it for a grand total of 5 pages. That's right, it's a total bait and switch. So enjoy reading a Superman Annual that has Lois Lane as the main character and focuses on secondary and some third rate supporting cast!An annual book should be your end of the year wrap up story. If it was televsion it would be your season finale. This book isn't even fun to read, just a pointless garbage book. more

This entire series and story line is hitting it right out of the ball park. THIS is Star Trek.

At best.

Boring conclusion, with the intro of a new female villian at the end that just feels forced. Of the two books Superman has the better story telling right now. Action is a jumbled mess.

Meh. Bringing back Cyborg Superman and Eradicator but "Not Really" is a bait and switch by the writer to bump lackluster sales. Ever shift the dynamic with long lasting reprecussions or don't bother. Main story was decent, back up stories were unneeded.

Big build up for a reveal that doesn't really shift anything. This arc is just an excuse to introduce new characters and villians which are all female. How about that?

For the price point this book could have just had a single story instead of the 2 extra stories. Just put Jurgens back on as the main writer and things will be fine. Honestly there are too many supporting characters now to develop or even care about. Clean house kill 2/3's of them off, (Jon,Power Girl, Kenan, and the Twins can all be 86'd.

The final failure by Meghan Fitzmartin on Robin is here. Does DC have a charity program for writers? Is that how such a writer is hired time and again despite constant fan backlash? When she gets her own series she gets torn apart in the reader reviews. Even the comic book sites can't always suck up to DC when it comes to her. DC can't hide her lack of talent this way or gouge extra money out of readers like they do when they stick her in Urban Legends or some such book. Hopefully she will slowly disappear like Tee Franklin and Vita Ayala. I'm all for giving people a shot but I think Fitzmartin has blown hers. more

An ending to a series that should of on paper been a very long run. DC has no one to blame but themselves for their own failings. When you can't get more than 10 issues due to low sales for an established character that had a previous run of 183 issues the problem isn't the chracter it's the writer.

The way this story arc has been written, it's clearly aiming for these emotional hits and getting people to react to these moments. The story and its characters have taken a distant second. In Fitzmartin's attempt to create a constant run of angst and drama, it seems she's forgotten what you actually need to make any of those plot beats resonate: defined characters with readers invested in them and a plot that builds upon itself to those big moments. She instead leaps from one point to another. Again that sense of "and then this happened, and this happened, and this happened..." plagues this issue. So much of this series, in general, could have benefited from an editor looking at the various scenes and asking what purpose they served to the overall plot, and could there not have been a better way to convey those things. At this point, Tim's incompetency is the only thing really pushing this story forward, which is just sad for one of the best detectives in the DC universe. If you can't write a story without obliterating your characters to tell it, you either need a new set of characters personally crafted for the telling (original characters) or another writer. This series only works if you dismantle who Tim Drake is and dress up another character in his likeness. more

deep breath Only two issues left, only two issues left…

Alright let’s get to the positives, this intro is actually kinda good. There is a decent narrative flow, Tim using his analytical mind that’s communicated in a visually interesting way. The art looks good throughout, and the final scene is really haunting and has great use of imagery.

That out of the way, this book is still frustratingly infuriating. After the intro with Batwoman, she acts OOC, granted most of my Kate content comes from Tynion Tec, but here Kate feels much angrier than normal and acts incredibly irrational. Also the way that she escapes the grip from the Cult leader felt rushed and convenient equally convenient was how he escaped. Then we go to Bernard, and Tim sees him shirtless which his thoughts are like “Abs, abs, abs, arms.”

Now I now I like to play up my thirst for certain characters for you guys, I mostly do it for humor, so I know this may be rich coming from me. But Tim has more control than that. Granted that could just be my disdain for Bernard, Tim has fallen for feminine wiles on a few occasions. However, Bernard is shredded?!?! What the hell?! I hate saying this, but THIS IS FANFICTION LEVEL writing. A few issues back Bernard was more “twinkish” and looked like he could barely lift a barbell, now he’s jacked?! And that begs the question, if he was training himself to fight hand get in shape, WHY DIDNT HE TRY TO ESCAPE WHEN HE WAS CAPTURED INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR TIM TO COME AND RESCUE HIM?!?!

All of Bernard’s dialogue feels forced and unearned. I don’t feel the emotional connection they are trying to convey. Tim has helped his love interests through trauma and difficult life events before both as Robin, Tim, & Red Robin too. This aspect of his character is something that I will admit Fitzmartin does understand well, but the way it’s written here feels like gaslighting us into liking Bernard. I’ve seen Tim connect with people who went through trauma already from Ariana telling him about nearly being sexually assaulted, to Tam dealing with being held captive by the League of Assassins and nearly killed several times, to Tim helping Stephanie through a pregnancy, her father’s death, and telling him about how she was nearly molested, to a complete stranger who was just having a very bad day and wanted the pain to end. I felt more of an emotional connection with Tim and that stranger than anything with Bernard whom he allegedly loves with all his heart. I get what they are trying to do, it’s part of why I love Tim as a character, it’s just not done well, because it’s literally just Bernard venting and Tim think “Poor Bernard”, telling us what to feel instead of showing us.

Then Kate interrupts and tries to interrogate Bernard which leads her and Tim to fight. And the writing improves because Tim has his doubts that things in his life really improved after dating Bernard, and Kate was spitting facts that Bernard is a “dime a dozen.”

After that scene Tim thinks about visiting Bernard as Tim……what happens next was probably most irritating thing I have read of this series so far. Tim lands on top of his boat IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, one of his neighbors spot him, Tim changes out of his uniform, and for the third time in a row in this series HAS THE CURTAINS WIDE OPEN, then his neighbor (who we only met this issue, yet he and Tim are so close) spots Tim’s Robin suit SITTING ON THE TABLE, and assumes that Tim is cheating on Bernard with Robin.

Jesus fucking Christ, WHY ARE YOU MAKING TIM SUCH AN UTTER FUCKING MORON?!?! He’s more worried about feeling sad for Bernard. I’ve was more protective of my internet history as a teenager than Tim is with his identity in this book! Tim is supposed to be one of the smartest members of the Batfamily. He once faked an assassination attempt on himself, and pretended to be crippled for a year so that one of his foes wouldn’t think he was Red Robin. Tim also had a pocket in his clothes that had his costume inside the pocket so he wouldn’t be caught wearing his costume. Now yes, Tim has had a few close shaves, Tim overslept one time early in his career but was lucky enough to put on his robe before his maid noticed him costume, there was another time when his roommate at boarding school got super drunk and found his costume while Tim was severely sleep deprived so Tim lucked out there, and the only time he was caught was when his father ransacked his room when caught Tim in a lie and it led to Jack confronting Bruce and led to Tim having to give up the role of Robin to keep his father’s mouth shut. Needless to say it was a BIG DEAL. Here, this guy spots Tim getting changed and practically catches Tim in his costume, but then thinks that Tim is being unfaithful. I overreacted at first thinking that they leaned into the “cheating bisexual” stereotype, which I don’t think they did, but it’s still fucking stupid.

Okay so what happens next? Does Tim follow the tracker on the Cult Leader that he placed onto him? Does he go to check on Bernard as Tim like he said the scene before and came to his boat in order to change into civilian clothes? NOPE, he goes to Batwoman’s house as Robin in broad daylight. So much for the decent narrative flow.

Look if you like this, more power to you. But this is just infuriating to me. This series is more concerned at giving Tim & Bernard cute moments, than actually making Tim comes across as competent and smart. You can do both! I am so glad there is only one issue left of this and I hope writers of the future completely ignore it. more

So, yes, the art is better, and the plot proved a little more linear, with fewer distractions, but the writing still leaves a whole hell of a lot to be desired. Fitzmartin continues to struggle with understanding who Tim is, with showing genuine character interactions, and the continued failures here render me completely underwhelmed with this new arc. I still don't feel much for the characters, even with all the angst we got here and that cliffhanger we ended on. Honestly, it's a tired plot with the whole amnesiac "killer" sporting blood they can't explain on their body. The only remotely interesting thing about it was her falling from the sky (and somehow not breaking or fracturing a single thing or receiving a concussion or any other sort of bodily injury - how far did she fall from that only her shadow was noticed and nothing else?). I know this thing is limping toward its end, but honestly, DC should have called this at issue #6 and saved everyone the further damage and pain. more

WTF was this? Yes, Bernard gets fleshed out in this issue but it's just standard garbage. He's gay, his parents disapprove, he's the better person out of the three. Yawn. And the writing is sooooo bad. Bernard's not supposed to know Tim is Robin but Tim is in the bedroom of their tiny boat home changing from his costume to his suit while Bernard is telling him they're late. How did he not see Tim get to the bedroom? Bernard is majoring in physics and biology (has to be amazing of course) but he's going to be a chef? Bernard yells across the restaurant about peeing?! Jesus. The next scene Firefly is burning the place up for no reason other than they won't give him a table (and it said he'd been doing this for a while now and no security or anything?) Then Tim is there in full costume! He clearly had no costume on under his suit and brought nothing to change into and just happened to be in the bathroom when Firefly attacked? Give me a freaking break! Bernard rips a tablecloth off and his dad is worried he will have to pay for it? Maybe that was Phobia's effect IDK. Tim then says he knows Firefly is working with someone. How!? He just showed up, why would Tim assume that? Oh that's right, he's almost as great a detective as Bruce according to Meghan Fitzmartin. Don't explain anything, he just knows....because. Then Tim's back in his suit and they just leave without any explanation of what happened to the bad guy. Suddenly when Bernard mentions fear Tim just knows it's Phobia and rushes back to the restaurant with the lame excuse he forgot his sweater he wasn't wearing. Cut to the restaurant and he's back in costume, trapped in a fire cage and Phobia is explaining how she just likes to cause chaos for shits and giggles. They get Bernard and she then knows all about how his parents were treating him and made sure to mention it to firefly earlier. Yes, all the people she was affecting in the place and she remembers him the most. Gotta make sure to mention he returned for his parents and that makes him the bigger person (even though he just left the place, then when Tim rushes back he's like "My parents are still there!" NO SHIT! Suddenly Tim is free and takes down both bad guys no problem. MY GOD! Thankfully this title has been canceled. Hopefully Meghan Fitzmartin will find work in another field. more

It's as if someone from secondary school were writing this. I couldn't imagine liking this comic as much as the 2 or three fans do. I feel like it's so easy to point out the flaws in other people opinions when you've decided, no matter what, that your going to like and defend a comic and be hyper undemanding of a writer or characters history so you can justify calling everyone bigoted because being a normal person about it is too much of a task for you. more