When I said yesterday that I was only trepidatious about Red Robin since the new relaunch, I had forgotten about Judd Winick’s work on Batman. I’ve been reading Batman regularly since as long as I can remember and the only writer to make me yell at a comic book for being so bad was Judd Winick during his previous tenure.
There are some things I can’t abide, and bringing Jason Todd back from the dead is one of them. (And Winick wrote it into a Batman annual, regenerating in his coffin and it was perhaps one of the worst comics I’ve ever read. Ever.)
But the point is, he’s here on Batman again. And Mark Bagley, whom I like, is drawing it. So I’m going to give it a shot. But seriously, if Winick screws things up anymore I think I’ll scream.
Issue #689 (the one previewed below) hits stands 8/12. I’ll read Winick’s run on Batman through to this issue and give you guys a report on it.
