tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post7409830612009457230..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Batman and Robin Vol. 5: The Big Burn hardcover/paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-9204539849302302992016-06-20T12:57:40.979-05:002016-06-20T12:57:40.979-05:00I didn't like this that much. It felt strange ...I didn't like this that much. It felt strange compared with things that came before and what's to come. The only part I genuinely liked was the ending where it's a flashback to Dick's first outing as Robin and bonding with Damian.That was touching.Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178727978311013660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-10979675121587674942015-04-07T15:01:44.110-05:002015-04-07T15:01:44.110-05:00The Annual was probably the best part. The Two-Fac...The Annual was probably the best part. The Two-Face story was kind of take-it-or-leave-it, but the Robin story had a lot of heart to it. And it's always fun to see a modern story with Dick as Robin. It makes for more light-hearted flashbacks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-10639889617450180022015-04-07T08:34:09.566-05:002015-04-07T08:34:09.566-05:00Maybe they can reach a point in another 75 years w...Maybe they can reach a point in another 75 years where they settle on origin stories and stop changing them.Brianhttp://www.swordsaxe.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-83157103759914973412015-04-06T12:23:49.817-05:002015-04-06T12:23:49.817-05:00I say Long Halloween to avoid outright referencing...I say Long Halloween to avoid outright referencing Detective Comics #66 from the Golden Age. But the broad strokes of Harvey's origin are classic and Long Halloween (which I think was first referenced in Hush in the comics) is classic and doesn't totally violate Batman Ann #14. <br /><br />Courtroom, Maroni, acid....and Tomasi didn't do that. And I find that a shame for such an unbroken doesn't need fixing character like Two-Face. There's change and there is added minor things and then there is what Tomasi did here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-25332111006733705882015-04-06T12:05:44.717-05:002015-04-06T12:05:44.717-05:00>> Then again, this is what fans of Andrew H...>> Then again, this is what fans of Andrew Helfer's Batman Annual #14 must have felt when The Long Halloween wrote it out of continuity.<br /><br />True that. Remains for me <em>the</em> definitive Two-Face story.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-86653089533197949442015-04-06T12:03:27.205-05:002015-04-06T12:03:27.205-05:00I enjoyed this story, but I wish Tomasi could have...I enjoyed this story, but I wish Tomasi could have found a way to tell it without changing Two-Face's origin yet again. Then again, this is what fans of Andrew Helfer's Batman Annual #14 must have felt when The Long Halloween wrote it out of continuity.<br /><br />About Carrie Kelley, issue #25 was originally solicited as "Batman and Carrie Kelley #25", but instead the series kept the "Batman and Two-Face" title until this arc ended. Tomasi must have changed his original plans, hopefully not due to editorial interference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-58364909145938105492015-04-06T10:40:04.860-05:002015-04-06T10:40:04.860-05:00I appreciate your comment. I was dismayed at first...I appreciate your comment. I was dismayed at first about the deviation from Two-Face's classic origin, but ultimately I felt Tomasi's take had some additive value. I think you raise a good point about Killing Joke remaining in canon while Long Halloween doesn't, though Killing Joke precedes Long Halloween by about ten years (if that matters) and while Killing Joke was largely in-continuity post-Crisis, Long Halloween really wasn't until right up close to Flashpoint. And arguably Long Halloween was itself a revision of Two-Face's origin (which is to say, revision is ongoing and somewhat inevitable). But I definitely get where you're coming from.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-36343824938848009642015-04-06T10:30:32.740-05:002015-04-06T10:30:32.740-05:00I didn't enjoy this story at all. Dead ends a...I didn't enjoy this story at all. Dead ends and ruins Two-Face's classic origin from Long Halloween and etc. Killing Joke is sacred in New 52 continuity and Long Halloween isn't?<br /><br />Very disappointing story from Tomasi that makes one feel good about his exit from the Batbooks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com