Damian Wayne's Death (and the March covers)

Okay so as I'm sure many of you have heard, Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne's son and current holder of the mantle of Robin, died in yesterday's "Batman, Incorporated" #8. And today DC released a series of variant covers that will be available next month for all the titles that are a Bat-family title (plus Worlds' Finest and Teen Titans, as they both co-star Bat-family members. So while the majority of them make sense and show how the Character would likely react to the information....except one. The cover to "Teen Titans" #18, seen below, by new series artist Eddy Barrows, seems to make Tim Drake (Red Robin) looking HAPPY that Damian is dead. While Tim didn't like Damian very much, I think it's a bit extreme to show him kind of smirking while holding his old Robin outfit. I'm sorry but this is just yet another prime example of how far Tim has fallen in the New 52 under Scott Lobdell's pen. While I know the headlines are all about Damian, I wanted to point out that Tim isn't the asshole he seems to be on the variant cover seen below. I'll post soon after this one with a set of all the variant covers.

Tim Drake starring in Batman: The Dark Knight #9

Well I guess this is no surprise. Tim Drake is already in a crossover going on in TEEN TITANS, so it's no surprise really that Tim will have to be somewhere else for the upcoming COURT OF OWLS Crossover event. But it's odd that he will be in a series starring Batman, considering in issue #1 of TEEN TITANS it was implied that he and Bruce had some kind of falling out.

Tim Drake happens to be my favorite of the four Robins, and I absolutely love David Finch art (but maybe not quite as much as Brett Booth art), PLUS Judd Winick is gonna be filling in on this issue. It should be a really good issue. And maybe Judd and then after this Gregg Hurwitz can get me to read this series again. I just feel like maybe it was the story and the writing that drove me off.

Here is the official solicitation:

BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #9
Written by JUDD WINICK
Art and cover by DAVID FINCH and RICHARD FRIEND
1:25 Variant cover by DAVID FINCH and RICHARD FRIEND
On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. The variant cover will feature the standard edition cover in a wraparound format.
• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!
• Guest-writer JUDD WINICK joins artist DAVID FINCH for the return of RED ROBIN!
• Red Robin is back in Gotham City just in time to face off against TALON and THE COURT OF OWLS!



Check in soon for more of May's solicits!