Okay, Geoff said he and Francis were working on a book together (or maybe it was vice versa). Geoff has stated many times he’s wanted to work with Dick Grayson. Didio put Nightwing and Flamebird back into Superman mythology. Grayson had to become either Batman or Red Robin. Geoff loves the Kingdom Come storyline with Dick as Red Robin.

I think Hush will become Batman, Dick will become Red Robin, Damian will be Robin, and Tim Drake will be the new Alfred. And Jason will become the new Hush. I, however, will stay the exact same as I was before R.I.P. and Final Crisis and not read any Batman books.

In an interview on IGN Mike Marts said there’s a Red Robin series written by Chris Yost and drawn by Ramon Bachs (spelling?) so this is probably a cover. Still cool.

I feel that it feels strange that DC’s bending so far backwards to make the main DC Universe more closely resemble Kingdom Come when they don’t even release Elseworlds any more. That’s besides the point that after some event a couple years from now, they’ll undo it all.
I was never a fond of the Red Robin costume/identity either. It’s so obviously a half Robin/half Batman costume, just seemed lacking in originality. That, and there’s a chain of family restaurants with the same name.

I’m not feeling it. I like Didio and whatever he’s doing with DC less and less.

I love it as a costume and it would be great if it took over for the regular Robin. It’s streamline and cool looking. Great job DC and all those involved. It would be great as an upgrade that became cannon.

I’mnot that excited about the Red Robin persona being taken up. but i am curious to see exactly how it all turns out at the end of battle for the cowl.

The way i see it, there will be two batmen. One in the Batman comic and one in Batman and Robin. The one from Batman likely being Tim Drake, while the one in Batman and Robin being Dick Grayson with Damien as his Robin. with Jason Todd being the red robin. Alternatively, Jason would be the Batman with Damien (both being more hardened and lethal characters) with Nightwing being Red Robin (out of sheer predictability about this absurd need to ruin Kingdom Come)

is he just doing the covers?? since he’s on adv. comics???

i think it’s obvious that because of the birds of prey-like logo, that must be barbara gordon.

hahaha, i’m amazed by the pre-hate! i think the design looks cool!!

@ SageShini: Thanks for the Red Robin info!

As for me “missing out on awesome comics” that’s a chance I’m perfectly willing to take. Morrison’s run on Batman left me cold and incredibly disappointed given how much I’d enjoyed other works of his.

I’m very happy that I skipped RIP and Final Crisis, two stories that I’m certain will not have any lasting effects on the DCU. If they do have a lasting impact, well, then the DCU is no longer the place for me. Unfortunate, given how long I’ve been a fan, but oh well. I honestly don’t mind saving the money, given comic prices now, and passing on stories that I don’t enjoy.

Given my disappointment in Morrison writing Batman (and how ugly I find Quitely’s art) I’ll be passing on the B&R title. I like Dini and Rucka both, BTW, but yes… Not having Batman in ‘Tec sucks. Not having Bruce as Batman sucks. And Dan Didio and the current direction of the DCU? Well, you can guess my opinion that one too.

wicked idea, but I can only hope the costume has long sleeves, the whole Abam west-era Robin-hood t-shirt look was silly, not to mention every villain is going to be shouting “gee-willickers” if they see it. Plus, it reminds me of Blue Falcon. cool idea all the same. kind of makes me want to see Superman in a cowl.