Repacking, Repainting and One Extra figure

I'm not a fan of companies repacking figures with a few small changes like repaints and different heads for one new figure. I'm not going to get this set just to get  a new Catwoman figure. That just sucks, Catwoman is the only one I'd want anyway.

 

This is the same with Vibe and Katana.

 

The most unsettling Batman cover ever

The variant for Batman Inc. 10. It's not the fact that their clones that's creepy, it's the fact they all have Robin masks. It's like the answer to Bruces' problem for dying Robins. The only thing that would have made Batman and "insert guest star" more crazy was if he actually did this in the arc.

Yep Bruce was always mean to Jason

Okay they had some good moments but Bruce was still a jerk. As seen here Alfred points out that it's not helping Jasons' self-esteem to constantly be compared to Dick when they train. Although this isn't as troubling as the version of Jasons' origin where Bruce kidnaps him (complete with gagging/tying to a chair) and next thing we know he's Robin.

Now that I think of it Cassandra might be the only one of his adopted kids that he's only fought for her benefit. He'd do it because she could read his intentions and needed to vent. Not surprising since she was the one that could read his emotions so he never had to struggle as much in that department.

Batman and Red Hood #20

I guess this issue starts the unofficial Red Hood month since there are three comics (that I know of) that are coming out with him in May. Although I wasn't too taken with everything Tomasi did with the character last time he used him this is the issue I was looking forward to the most. The Bruce and Jason interaction--when written right--has always been fascinating to read. More so since this will have both directly dealing with another Robins' death and RHATO #19 took place directly after this issue. Since Tynion said Tomasi and him talked over it's placement for his series it should answer the confusion of Jasons' sudden choice that lead to a "rebooting" for the character.

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Batwing #20

I get Batwing in tpb so I was concerned about the change from David to Luke. But I wanted to give it a try.

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Free Comic Book Day!

I got a few today but each year there's more and more of a selection. I think this was the first time I've seen kids in my LCS. There were a bunch and I had to wait until some of them left before I could even enter. It was that crowded.

Re-introducing Characters for Villains Month?

A couple surprises although not quite the characters some have been asking for (you know the ones that keep coming up.)