Robin War #1 Review

Writer: Tom King / Artist: Khary Randolph / DC Comics Gotham has been swarming with more and more costumed heroes for a very long while now. Batman has always tried to keep them in check, but with Bruce Wayne no longer in the cowl there’s a very large gap left that Gordon himself can’t fill entirely. Enter our inner-city heroes of the We Are Robin squad. We don’t know how many of them there are even, but the sheer numbers is a boom in Gotham’s vigilante population. Now let’s take that knowledge and kindle the spark of what happens when an well intentioned untrained teen vigilante fucks up royally and basically ruins it for everyone? Enter: Robin War. Much like how one wrong move from a group of heroes over in Marvel brought about the big bang of Civil War, Robin War starts off the same way. A well intentioned teen stopping a crime but his inexperience not only gets the criminal killed but an officer of the law merked as well. This is something we knew was coming and hits just at the right time with this series. I’ve been looking forward to this book for a while as the We Are Robin cast will play a heavy role.

Due to the actions of one teen, the teenage vigilante wasteland is getting laid to waste. The police are coming down on vigilantes which can have you saying, “alright fair” but they are going overkill on this shit. You can’t wear any Robin-related merchandise, paraphernalia, clothing, straws, forks, shoes laces, and the list goes on and fucking on. This is obviously so…