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<\/a><\/p>\nThe story begins with Damien Wayne, the current Robin, being killed off by an adult clone of himself called The Heretic, who feels like a generic Leviathan lackey rather than a true threat to the world.\u00a0 The battle does not feel like an epic duel that would lead to a character\u2019s death it just feels like a regular battle.\u00a0 The death really is lackluster and it is not helped by beginning in the terrible Batman, Inc series.\u00a0 A series that feels like it does not have an actual script and tends to jump around without providing key information.\u00a0 It is not a well written opening to an event and while it may have had good sales it is unlikely that people will stick with this book after the event (then again Red Hood and Teen titans do well and they also suffer from abysmal writing).\u00a0 However, this is only the begging of the problems with RIP and Requiem.<\/p>\n
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This event occurs just as a previous event ended.\u00a0 While, this has happened before with mixed results it does feel rushed and not organic to the world.\u00a0 While, not may people liked Damien at first, he has grown on those who did not like him.\u00a0 He has become a very well accepted part of the Bat-family and seemed to have an interesting arc developing.\u00a0 Beyond killing a character that was growing on people we also have the fact that this character is the son of Talia al Ghul whose connections to advanced technology and the Lazarus Pits make Damien\u2019s return not a question of if, but when, which kills any suspense.\u00a0 This just feels like an excuse to sell more comics rather than trying to tell a good story.\u00a0 This is rather pointless when Bat themed books tend to be the best sellers of the New 52.<\/p>\n
Like most of these events the tie-ins come from all aspects of the Bat-family, other than Batwoman because no one cares about her.\u00a0 Thus, some of the more poorly written Bat-books find their way into the event with little to no impact.\u00a0 Nightwing has the death as a framing device for a different story and has nothing to do with Dick\u2019s decision to leave Gotham.\u00a0 In addition, Red Hood barely ties into the story at all, as is the case with Batgirl and World\u2019s Finest.\u00a0 What is the point of having a tie-in story if it has no impact on the events of that book?\u00a0 If I can skip an event side story and still understand the event and the consequences of the event then it wasn\u2019t worth making story tie-ins and the event should stand by itself.\u00a0 The pointless tie-in books are just a cash-in that does not expand anything and sometimes disrupts an ongoing story for no good reason.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is not to say that there are not stories that were well done.\u00a0 In the case of Requiem we have Batman and Robin #18, a silent comic that is one of the most well done stories I have seen in a long time.\u00a0 It shows how Bruce, Alfred, and Titus the dog are dealing with the death of Damien in a very somber and heart wrenching way.\u00a0 Batman #18 also attempts this by showing Bruce becoming sloppy as Batman and how it affects his life.\u00a0 While not as emotionally strong as B&R 18 it is still a good take on the mourning period.\u00a0 These titles show that this event and the tie-in stories are not without some merit.<\/p>\n However, if you compare any of the Batman events to the current Green Lantern crossover events (Rise of the Third Army and Wrath of the First Lantern) we can really see where Batman is failing in making a strong event story.\u00a0 In Rise of the Third Army we see so much change in the Lantern-verse.\u00a0 We get a new Green Lantern of Earth (Simon Baz), Kyle Rayner becomes a White Lantern, and the Manhunters return.\u00a0 While it was not necessary to read every Lantern book to understand the story the reader gets much more out of the event by doing so.\u00a0 With Wrath of the First Lantern the story progresses from issue to issue showing each of the Lanterns dealing with the consequences from the Third Army story.\u00a0 Everything flows together and the stories of the different characters have been altered by these events.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While, I personally do not agree with the decision to kill Damien that is in no way influencing how I feel about the quality of Batman events.\u00a0 The first two of the New 52 felt like such let downs and there is so much that could be done with those concepts.\u00a0 There should be more cohesion in the story and bigger consequences than characters seeming moderately annoyed.\u00a0 The sheer amount of action and drama that can come from so many characters makes the recent events even more disappointing.\u00a0 It really feels like a waste when such potential is thrown away because of lazy writing.\u00a0 I have been a Batman fan since before I could read and all I want are Batman events that can hold up with some of the older events and major stories that I have read over the years.\u00a0 Batman deserves better and with the talent behind many of the Bat-books a strong cohesive event storyline can be made that can hold up with past events.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Back when character death events felt significant.<\/p><\/div>\n With upcoming shifts to the talent pool of the Bat-titles my hopes are much higher for upcoming events.\u00a0 As Batman is perhaps the most popular DC character it would be great to see his comic live up to that status.\u00a0 Until then I will keep on reading Green Lantern and look forward to the inevitable Return of Damien story.<\/p>\n – Jared<\/p>\n jared @ scarlet-rhapsody.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Comic Discussion:\u00a0 RIP and Requiem A Batman \u201cevent\u201d commentary It seems like every week there is a new event popping out of the New 52.\u00a0 The majority of these events have been rather disappointing.\u00a0 The worst of the crossover…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
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