Robin 095 - Book of Dead

Croc Attack!

Joker and Rancor are waiting to Batman in Gotham Cathedral, while they are dreaming how they will kill the whole bat team.

Batman and Spoiler join to Huntress in the basement/dungeon of Arkham Asylum. They examine Robin's ripped clothes with which is associated a skull too soon. It's time for a little schmooze, when they are attacked by Mr. Zsasz who is beaten by them jointly and it immediately alleviates their grief.

In the Cathedral, Joker presents his battle plan to the rest of Super Evil (Cheerleader: Rancor) but it is only joking. During the dog walking, Alfred is talking th the pastor about that he didn't see Timothy Drake (Robin in civil) for days. Oracle and Blue Beetle are mourning of Robin in the Gotham Clock Tower, when the aforementioned arrives and tells the story of what happened. Well, it was nothing special, just he escaped from Killer Croc who could just rip off his shirt, and the skull was someone else's skull. Meanwhile the police invade the basement/dungeon of Arkham Asylum arrest Killer Croc and Mr. Zsasz and are joking about the skeletons found there. (Republican or Democrat?) Blue Beetle takes Robin to the cathedral to appease the anxious Batman because Joker somehow blocks the radio signal. Meanwhile, Nightwing throws himself into action.

Chuck Dixon's story is flat, uninteresting and boring. In addition, it is falling apart to few paged episodes which relate to each other just in principle. A few alibi action can't help it. Jeff Parker's simple, few lined draws evoke the silver age.

The facial expressions sometimes are better

sometimes are terribly lame.

My favorite is Joker's grotesque face.

Service Message: Mammoth, Warp, Copperhead, and Hellgrammite also attend on the military council.

The original Hungarian blog post is here.