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NEWSARAMA reviews BATMAN AND ROBIN #3
September 2, 2009
Forget swine flu -- what Professor Pyg's carrying is assuredly worse. But it's that level of depravity that gives Batman and Robin a worthy foe, combining with some hard-hitting action and strong characterization to make a satisfying conclusion to the first chapter of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's first arc.
The story is a familiar trope that Morrison makes all his own -- Batman is on the warpath, searching for both Professor Pyg and his missing Robin. But whereas Dick Grayson earned the nickname of the Boy Hostage, Damian Wayne is one hard core customer. Damian's self-confidence is less bravado, and more a direct reflection of his father's legacy: Even as he's tied to a chair, his first words upon regaining consciousness are, "whose neck do I break first?"
