tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post676071824132929480..comments2024-03-04T00:09:50.431-08:00Comments on Rikdad's Comic Thoughts: Batman and Robin 1Rikdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14475851964933197612noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-15894262906036046932009-06-06T16:43:05.256-07:002009-06-06T16:43:05.256-07:00I'm not sure why it took me this long to think...I'm not sure why it took me this long to think of it, but note that Englehart's run opened with a villain named Doctor Phosphorus, and now this series opens with a villain named Phosphorus Rex. Coincidence? Probably not.Rikdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475851964933197612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-72739456892406119172009-06-05T02:42:22.115-07:002009-06-05T02:42:22.115-07:00One of my favorite things about the new series is ...One of my favorite things about the new series is that Robin is a kid again. And yeah, I kind of like Damian. Not as a person, but as an interesting character.Roodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077368940343633160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-18127604087949214112009-06-04T14:36:40.691-07:002009-06-04T14:36:40.691-07:00Nice point about Dick in the Penthouse. He's n...Nice point about Dick in the Penthouse. He's not from money so a manor is out of place, and between New York, Bludhaven and Titans Tower, he's definitely a city boy. Plus, let's face it, this is a great way of carving a niche for himself, rather than using the empty mansion as a tired metaphor for how no one can replace Bruce. <br /><br />And Englehart's run (in Strange Apparitions) is great. I've ranted about this on the DC boards, but it really has stood the test of time. <br /><br />Keep blogging, Rikdad, you lifted RIP from good to exceptional for many of us.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693542584159332338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-21302441427460908462009-06-04T12:05:40.654-07:002009-06-04T12:05:40.654-07:00I don't recall if Morrison mentioned Englehart...I don't recall if Morrison mentioned Englehart in any comments, but Morrison's run has at least one very specific reference to it -- Doctor Hurt's toast at the end of #678 is very similar to Hugo Strange's toast upon capturing Batman -- the similarities are undeniable. Englehart's overall aim of integrating old villains and scenes (not only Hugo Strange, but also Deadshot who had not been seen in decades, and reprising the Giant Typewriter scene) was similar to Morrison's.<br /><br />That's a very nice call to link the Penthouse to that. I like how the message was conveyed visually but not in dialogue. It makes sense too: Dick belongs there more than in a mansion.Rikdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475851964933197612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2404509015791000032.post-88337272447557709202009-06-04T06:33:22.340-07:002009-06-04T06:33:22.340-07:00Don't seem to be able to post a long comment. ...Don't seem to be able to post a long comment. I enjoyed your comments on the DC boards and now your blog. It was clear you were right. I'll confess that at the end I was rooting for it not to be the devil. Only because to me that seemed much too clearly the case since #666. In any case.. I loved this issue. I wonder what you think of the following: The next issue is the Circus Of Strange, Dick is moving to a penthouse, RIP felt to me as having an air of some Hugo Strange involvement, a homage to Englehart and Rogers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com