Spoilers Red Robin #6 Discussion & Preview

[DannyDC]

The Source has posted a preview as well as Chris Yost's top 10 reasons to read Red Robin #6.

Check out the great art by Marcus To who takes over as the regular series penciller with this issues.

http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2009/11...ith-a-preview/

[oddballuk]

The Source has posted a preview as well as Chris Yost's top 10 reasons to read Red Robin #6. Check out the great art by Marcus To who takes over as the regular series penciller with this issues. http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2009/11...ith-a-preview/

DannyDC

Cool! Marcus To's art looks pretty sweet!

[Spenser for Hire]

Great preview. I think To's art is going to get people noticing this great book.

[superboy650]

I was just getting used to Bach's art. To's style is nice, but I think the art that goes with Red Robin should be darker.

[CatsMeow]

This issue takes place following the events in the Blackest Night Batman stuff (sorry, not following it).

Tim as International Man of Intrigue works better than I ever expected.

The new artist begins this issue, but I didn't notice much of a difference between him and Bachs. Then again, I didn't have a problem with Bach's work.

I don't like that Tim's romantic interest is named Tam. TimTam? WTF?

[stephbarton v.2]

Art was nice, but I felt Tim in costume seems to have lost a lot of bulk than he was portrayed as earlier, he seems much slimmer than previously portrayed. More his Robin body-type than his Red Robin body-type (if that makes sense).

Can someone explain why I thought Vicki Vale was dead? I could have sworn she died in Bruce Wayne: Murderer and all that hooterall, am I thinking of someone else and if so whom?

[dl316bh]

Can someone explain why I thought Vicki Vale was dead? I could have sworn she died in Bruce Wayne: Murderer and all that hooterall, am I thinking of someone else and if so whom?

stephbarton v.2

That was Vesper Fairchild.

Vicki Vale has been around in the Batverse again since very recently. Around Battle for the Cowl.

[stephbarton v.2]

That was Vesper Fairchild. Vicki Vale has been around in the Batverse again since very recently. Around Battle for the Cowl.

dl316bh

Ah thank you. Who is Vesper Fairchild? Man for some reason I thought Vicki Vale had been around for a lot longer, I guess that's what happens when you step in and out of the Bat-universe as much as I have (I have only regularly followed Tim as a character, Batman not so much).

[Brendon Carlson]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesper_...Love_interests

Vesper Fairchild: Fairchild's relationship with Bruce Wayne was established during Doug Moench's second run on Batman in the 1990s. A radio show host who left Gotham after the "No Man's Land" crisis, Fairchild was later killed by David Cain on orders from Lex Luthor.[69]

http://spider-bob.com/cast/dc/VesperFairchild.htm
Vesper Fairchild first came to prominence as a night-time radio talk show host in Gotham City. She first met Bruce Wayne (Batman) as a guest on her show - which resulted in a more personal relationship.
After a massive earthquake stuck Gotham City and it was declared a "No Man's Land" by the federal government, Fairchild left the city to start a career as a journalist. When she returned to the revitalized city she once again continued a romantic relationship with Wayne.

http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.p...ESPERFAIRCHILD
VESPER FAIRCHILD CHRONOLOGY


Batman #540 (March 1997): "The Spectre of Vengeance, Part 1: Gotham Welcome"

Batman #541 (April 1997): "The Spectre of Vengeance, Part 2: Mask of Guilt"

Batman #542 (May 1997): "Faceless, Part One: Murdicide"

Batman #543 (June 1997): "Faceless, Part II - Postmarked: Murder"

Batman #545 (August 1997): "The Major Arcana, Part Two: Night of the Dying Jokes"

Batman #547 (October 1997): "Dark Genesis"

Batman #549 (December 1997): "The Penguin Returns, Part 2: The Egyptian Falcon"

Batman #552 (March 1998): "The Greatest Evil"

Batman #556 (July 1998): "Help Trapped Money Rescue Ruins"

Batman #558 (September 1998): "Dying City"

Detective Comics #760 (September 2001): "Unknowing Part Three"

Detective Comics #761 (October 2001): "In Thirty Days"

Detective Comics #762 (November 2001): "Passings"

Detective Comics #764 (January 2002): "Hearts"

Because Fairchild was investigating Wayne's alter-ego Batman, he decided to sever the relationship to avoid his secrets from being revealed. Soon after their relationship was dissolved Fairchild was murdered by the assassin David Cain at Wayne's mansion in a ploy by Lex Luthor to destroy his business rival by framing him for murde

[DannyDC]

I liked the issue and thought the art was great. My only complaint is the same as last month. The constaint flashback scenes tend to take me away from the story a bit.

The whole "then" "now" "before" "now" thing becomes very distracting to me for some reason. This is my first exposure to Yost's writing and I think he is a good writer and really understands Tim's character.

A question for those of you more familiar with his work than I am. Does he always use flashbacks like this or is this just something he is doing in this book? I noticed he did it in his issue of Streets of Gotham too.

[RetroWarbird]

Not bad. The art's solid, and is a step-up.

I don't have too much to say, other than the idea of a rival group of assassins with a super-villain spider theme is fun. You'd half expect to see a new (or old) Tarantula or Black Spider.

Never did I think Lucius Fox's daughter would be in the middle of the crazy assassin-on-assassin action, but there it is. Weird, but interesting.

[Simon DelMonte]

Readable, but not as good as the previous issues. Felt a little scattered and a little bland.

[oddballuk]

Good issue and Marcus To's art looked great and was a good fit for the book.

I really dug all the plot twists throughout the issue, that no matter how smart Tim was, the Spiders still out thought everyone and the cliffhanger is a real nailbiter!

I liked the inclusion of Vicki Vale in the book too which might add another interesting sub-plot to the book.

[CatsMeow]

Think of the possibilities with Vicki snuggling up to Tommy Elliot.