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14 Responses to “Writer Chris Yost gives you the Top 10 Reasons to check out RED ROBIN #6 — with a preview”

1. braddock says on November 10th, 2009 at 4:07 pm :
   

   Great, fun book. To’s art seems really ‘clean’ — interesting change from Bach’s ‘rougher’ and more cartoonish feel.

2. meisterlegion says on November 10th, 2009 at 4:30 pm :
   

   Marcus To’s work looks FANTASTIC! We RED ROBIN fans are lucky to have him. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, this is one of my favorite new series and I hope that Tim keeps the character of Red Robin when/if Bruce comes back.

   …only one “gotcha” - Tim goes by ‘Wayne’ now. He doesn’t refer to himself as Drake anymore because he looks at himself as the adopted son of Bruce Wayne…he made a point of mentioning it in the very first issue, so to have him say as he does in panel-5, “I am Tim Drake”…it’s a little out of character.

3. dusk83 says on November 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pm :
   

   thanks

4. Stage3evolution says on November 10th, 2009 at 5:06 pm :
   

   Definitely great art . Now i can get into Red Robin

5. ClaytonKinnelon says on November 10th, 2009 at 7:17 pm :
   

   Today, I was reading Adventure Comics #3 and felt more of a sense of Tim’s character in those few pages than in the entirety of Red Robin to date.
   Conner spoke a volume of truth when he said Red Robin was the antithesis of Tim. The cowl, the costume.
   I understand well the concept of character growth, but Jason Todd was Red Robin. The General was Red Robin. Tim is being shoe-horned into the role.
   With each instance I see the cowl lowered, the long emo hair of a sixteen year old, I see a semblance of an identity. Red Robin is the antithesis of identity. Peter Parker is Spiderman as Spiderman is Peter Parker. There is a symbiotic relationship between the civilian and superhero identities. Spiderman and Peter Parker mesh.
   Tim Wayne is Tim Wayne, and Red Robin is Red Robin. It is akin to saying four plus four is five, when we all know it’s eight. It doesn’t mesh.
   I wish editoral had chosen for Tim to take Dick’s place as Nightwing. The black costume would have been a perfect metaphor for his darker view on life. The costume has become iconic; it is ubiqitous at conventions.
   I found this image of Nightwing online, which very easily could be Tim as a more Emo version of Nightwing.
   http://89g.deviantart.com/art/nightwing-125747512
   He’s smaller of frame, looks more like teenager he is. The image is a VERY marketable one. It is Manga in style and could attract a volume of new readers.
   Sometimes, DC cuts off its nose to spite its face. Killing Barry Allen and Hal Jordan, ending the career of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl, etc. Sometimes, readers want the familiar.
   Tim Wayne as Nightwing. It’s a very good idea.

6. November 11th, 2009 Releases featuring Canadian Creators « The Joe Shuster Awards says on November 10th, 2009 at 7:21 pm :
   

   [...] Red Robin #6 DC US$2.99 Artwork and Cover by Marcus To. Preview at DC Universe: The Source [...]

7. meisterlegion says on November 10th, 2009 at 7:45 pm :
   

   I disagree ClaytonKinnelon - the Red Robin outfit is the perfect choice, if not for the reason stated:

   Red Robin is a “tarnished” identity and not associated with the Bat-Family. Where-as, Nightwing is associated with the Bat-Family and is not a “tarnished” identity.

   Also, the metaphors the costume has:
   a Big “X” on the chest - the letter X symbolizing ‘NOT’ or ‘NO’ - and then a Robin’s head in the middle - Huge symbolism that he is ‘Not Robin’
   And, the hood itself, covering Tim’s face - in fact, his entire body is covered…as if symbolizing that he is in fact hiding.
   The name itself: Red (symbolizing RAGE)…an Angry or Raging Robin.
   I dunno - just seems like a no-brainer to me.

8. asti316 says on November 11th, 2009 at 5:24 am :
   

   I’m just glad to see Tim back to his hold self instead of the whiny emo kid that’s been in Red Robin since issue 1.

9. asti316 says on November 11th, 2009 at 5:34 am :
   

   On another note, why is Tim calling himself Drake again?

10. batmanners says on November 11th, 2009 at 5:42 am :
    

    The art isn’t as good as in the dream I had last night, but I’ll love it anyways.
    Maybe because I saw this before and thought this was the colorer’s work:
    http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.deviantart.com/download/132408527/Red_Robin_pages_4_5_by_JPRart.jpg&imgrefurl=http://jprart.deviantart.com/art/Red-Robin-pages-4-5-132408527&usg=__RI3J-Z4h9mblPMzp7c9B_GTSqNo=&h=1044&w=1375&sz=439&hl=en&start=6&sig2=fuJaBxdixQ_UmK26tpEWKw&um=1&tbnid=CWAprl-Qf7IB7M:&tbnh=114&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dred%2Brobin%2B5%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS338%26um%3D1&ei=6ZT6Sq2dF8fJlQf-ic26Aw

11. Marcus To’s First Issue of Red Robin Hits Stands Today! - Comic Hero News says on November 11th, 2009 at 7:30 am :
    

    [...] Einhorn The first issue of Red Robin to be illustrated by Marcus To hits comic stands today, and DC Universe: The Source was kind enough to give us an advance look at the [...]

12. gwor says on November 11th, 2009 at 10:23 am :
    

    Can someone please explain how this dull, unoriginal art qualifies Marcus as a ’superstar’? And folk wonder why comics barely sell 10000 copies these days…

13. ClaytonKinnelon says on November 11th, 2009 at 11:21 am :
    

    @MeisterLegion

    The points you made are very valid ones. In the months before Tim became Red Robin, his life was destroyed. He was severely burned; Conner was dead; he had left the Titans; he watched a sociopath takeover his superhero identity. Everything in his existence turned grim. He wanted what his darker view of life to be reflected in the costume he wore.

    Dick took the Nightwing identity to assert his independence. I feel it would have been justified and a bit ironic had Tim done so as well. “You gave my identity to Damian; therefore, Dick, I am taking yours, and I’m proving myself the better man by not giving up on the man who mentored us.”

    Yes, Red Robin is a good transitional fit, but I personally would have liked Tim as Nightwing. Red Robin, along with Power Girl, Batgirl, etc. are being promoted as the new legacy characters for DC. It is apparent Red Robin is on the canvas to stay.

14. cryingfanboy says on November 11th, 2009 at 11:54 am :
    

    So Tim is comfortable calling himself Tim Drake again? No longer brooding like a half-crazy Rucka-era Batman? No ranting about Bruce being alive while his corpse rots back in Gotham?

    Thank you. I’ll be buying Red Robin today for the first time since issue one. Will Tim be reconciling with Dick anytime soon?

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