Review: Batman & Robin #12
I saved it up so that I could read it and The Return of Bruce Wayne #1 at the same time, but this issue of Batman & Robin proved to pack more than enough punch all on its own: the resolution of Damian's booby-trapped spine, the identity of Oberon Sexton, Albert in the Batplane and metaplot? Hell yeah!
Read on for excited reactions!
Oberon Sexton is... him? Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I did not see that coming! In fact, I explicitly bet against it, demonstrating that I didn't exactly miss my calling as a weatherman, psychic consultant or other diviner of the future.
So, the real identity of Oberon Sexton has been revealed and I have to say it was not the person I had expected. Two pages into reading it I actually said, aloud, "GAH! Grant Morrison, just tell me who he is already!" I didn't let myself skip to the end, though, and I am so glad I showed that willpower because the shock I expressed when I got to that revelation in due course was enough to make my boyfriend jump.
Satisfying as it is to know the face under that mask, though, what does it mean? What's his purpose? Issue 13 is going to be a whopper of a book. It has to be. I can't wait. Seeing that character appear was like Christmas and the 4th of July jammed into one slice of birthday cake.
The real star of the show, though, again, is Damian Wayne. I loved the scene with his mother, who has proven herself to be well and truly psycho. Damian's demanding to be electrocuted again to save Batman, his acceptance of his new status as enemy to his mother, all these choices he's made lately to give up parts of his old life and risk his own safety in service to the life he is choosing - not has chosen, but is choosing right here in front of us - they all make him stand out from the other Robins in some amazing ways. Of all the people to bear that title, only he has had an old life to which he could return and we've gotten to watch him reject it in service to something greater. That's some powerful storytelling by Grant Morrison and the more I read it, the more I want.
That's all I can really say for now without more spoilers, but trust me, if you still haven't read this, read it.
Klarion
Posted to Review on 15 May 2010
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