This was a bit of a small week for comics, only Green Lantern #43 and Red Robin #2 for me. Both were good issues though, so sit back and enjoy the reviews.
Let's begin with Red Robin #2. Turns out this comic is NOT about the bird mascot from the delicious restaurant chain fighting crime, but instead follows Tim Drake, the penultimate Robin as he searches for Bruce Wayne. Red Robin really shows both sides of Tim's character. On one hand, he has really learned a lot from his days with Batman, and uses those things to his advantage. On the other hand, it shows how Tim is not handling the fact that Bruce is gone very well. He has become a bit of a hermit crab, living on his own and moving from place to place, cutting himself off from all former allies. At the end of the issue, Tim finds himself making a bit of a deal with the devil as he negotiates with Ras Al Ghul. Red Robin has a nice touch of self-narration from Tim, and definitely has me looking forward to issue 3.
Next up is the final prologue issue to Blackest Night, Green Lantern #43. This issue is all about Black Hand, the main Black Lantern. It shows what a sick freak he really is, and delves into his origins a bit. Death interested Black Hand even as a child, as his main hobby was Taxidermy. Twisted right? Well it gets worse. He's seen lying in a grave, kills his entire family, there's a subtle hint of necrophilia, and he even offs himself at the end of the book just in time for Scar to turn him into the Black Lantern entity. Blackest Night is going to be an awesome horror/action event and starts up next week, so be ready for that! Lots of dead characters returning, lots of crazy colors flying around, and probably an explosion or two. What's not to enjoy?Next week I'll be reviewing Blackest Night #1 and Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps
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