A book that is written merely to exploit an entire fraction of society for monetary gain? How anyone could rate this higher than a 1 is either ignorant of the blatant disrespect or complicit in oppression through mockery. Pathetic.

I typically try to stick to the rule of “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all” but the art in this book was so bad I feel obligated to put it out somewhere in the universe that the reason I won’t buy issue #2 has nothing to do with Tim Drake as a character, and everything to do with the horrible art.

Look how they massacred my boy.

Just a shame! This book is not readable due to the awful “art” done by the worst “artist” in the business. It continues to amaze me that DC gives him work! It seems they want this book to fail.

I want to preface this by saying I am a long time Tim Drake fan, who happens to be bisexual. I harbor no ill will to any of the creative team on this book….but I have read porn parodies that are more engaging, have better understanding of Tim’s character, and a better understanding of being bisexual! This character is not Tim Drake, this is a straight woman’s yaoi fanfic version of Tim. The way the writing refers to any previous relationships he had as “settling” is insulting to fans, it’s somewhat misogynistic, and makes Tim come across as gay instead of bi which (which unintentionally contributes to bi-erasure). The art is also not helping, Rossmo is not my style but it is nowhere near as bad as Fitzmartin’s writing. more

Holy shit this is horrendous, I hate grading a book with a 1, but this book should have an even worse score, Meghan Fitzmartin has no idea on how to create a simple story, her voice for Tim is even worse, we are talking about the greatest detective in the Batfamily, he is a goddamn genius and Fitzmartin couldn't care less about it... I enjoy Rossmo's art on a few books, like his amazing Martian Manhunter run, but his style doesn't fit well with human characters, in this book was just a awful experience more

Maybe the worst book I have seen on the last ten years not written by Bendis, and the art is aweful as well . Does DC really think this will sell. They must believe the Tim Drake fans are loyal beyond belief

Why dc why would you let this hack writer destroy Tim drake and Bernard........ I remember the simpler days. When Bernard had the hots for Tim drakes new step mom, and had a massive crush on her. How that ended up as him wanting to blow Tim now, is hilariously bad writing.

i usually only gives score and/or comments to comics i like, but in this case i feel i have to make an exception, it’s atrocious in every possible way you can imagine, the art is s**t, the writing is even worse.

A complete woke dumpster fire.Please just stop this woke agenda, it's not for true comic fans.

DC Editorial needed to knock this one out of park, considering the natural hate it would get from babies on the internet.
All that nonsense whining aside, I shall proceed with my own:

MEGHAN FITZMARTIN has her heart in the right place, but a strong heart a good writer does not make. The book feels so Batman-lite that Drake and his supporting cast may as well be empty shells without personality. Everything that happens here is like "yeah, I guess" which is disappointing considering what she's working with.
Drake is somewhere new, he has a new relationship, and is trying to uncover new things about himself but none of that is explored effectively here and it's a huge missed opportunity.
As a queer person, I am completely underwhelmed with how it handles the topic of Drake's sexuality. There's almost nothing apart from a few Hallmark Card musings.
This is a similar problem Son of Kal-El has but at least there the characterization is stronger to make up for it.

Mainstream comics do not know how to handle queer characters who've come out of the closet. The best ones thus far have been Ice Man and Harley Quinn. Which speaking of...
I really loved Riley Rossmo's artwork in Harley Quinn, but there it made sense with the chaotic, fun, crazy atmosphere and tone the book was going for.
It is completely misplaced here. I love Rossmo's work but it is not for this book. It's distracting and makes me read what's happening completely wrong.

Tim Drake is a misfire on a book that needed to be excellent. I do not expect this book to continue for long and the return of this character to his own title lands with a disappointing thud. more

Wells: 9
JRJR: 0

The book is well written and paced but JRJR's art is just dragging it down.. please Marvel, this dude is not his father, let him draw a Minecraft book or something.

I'm pretty sure the cyclic rate of fire of an AR-15 is not 700 rounds per minute. But ok Jed you do you

First half of the book was ACAB propaganda with a nice touch of "the white man is the root of all my problems" Victimhood.

The second half of the book was actually pretty great with some nice, touching character beats with Warpath meeting his grandma for the first time since he was just a baby.

This was ok. I like Clea, but I’m not convinced she’s an effective lead character. I think creating mystery and buzz around this that lead to the likes of Scarlet Witch and Magik as potential replacements really did this book no favors. I’d much rather read about one of those two as Sorcerer Supreme with Clea in an adversarial role.

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