I was going to say, yeah, Judd Winick's brief run on Dick!Batman was lovely, in that it really showcased how Dick could make Batman his own identity, without having to become Bruce. And the interaction with Alfred. (Although I do want to nit-pick his omission of any bat-ladies being present when Supes and WW broke the news of Batman's death. Cass at the very least would've been there at the time.)
Honestly, my fear all along with this Bruce-is-dead-so-Dick-becomes-Batman business, is that it's meant to prove that only Bruce can be the One True Batman, which reads like Dick's efforts are a failure.
After all, if they played it so that Dick were to succeed and even improve upon being Batman, then what the hell do we need Bruce for? (Personally, I think it'd be fun if Dick stayed as Batman and Bruce stayed in his civvies and did more behind-the-scenes work.)
(Dick's turning of Damian is rather personal rather than a hero thing. In a way he's melting Damian's heart the way he melted Bruce's as Robin.)
In some ways, I can be happy just with that, because that's so true to his character and such a big part of him, that he's able to bring out the goodness and compassion in others, just by being himself.
Maybe they just wanted to write Batman.
*nods* I haven't picked up a Tony Daniel Batman comic since Battle for the Cowl #1, and I'm waiting for the softcover of B&R to come out, but... I honestly don't think Morrison writes Batman-as-Bruce-Wayne very well. It just feels like there's something missing, somehow. I haven't read a whole lot of his run on Batman, though, so perhaps I'm not the best judge.
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Date: 2010-05-06 06:58 am (UTC)Honestly, my fear all along with this Bruce-is-dead-so-Dick-becomes-Batman business, is that it's meant to prove that only Bruce can be the One True Batman, which reads like Dick's efforts are a failure.
After all, if they played it so that Dick were to succeed and even improve upon being Batman, then what the hell do we need Bruce for? (Personally, I think it'd be fun if Dick stayed as Batman and Bruce stayed in his civvies and did more behind-the-scenes work.)
(Dick's turning of Damian is rather personal rather than a hero thing. In a way he's melting Damian's heart the way he melted Bruce's as Robin.)
In some ways, I can be happy just with that, because that's so true to his character and such a big part of him, that he's able to bring out the goodness and compassion in others, just by being himself.
Maybe they just wanted to write Batman.
*nods* I haven't picked up a Tony Daniel Batman comic since Battle for the Cowl #1, and I'm waiting for the softcover of B&R to come out, but... I honestly don't think Morrison writes Batman-as-Bruce-Wayne very well. It just feels like there's something missing, somehow. I haven't read a whole lot of his run on Batman, though, so perhaps I'm not the best judge.