Another person who agrees with me about the whole crap that is War Games. Like you pointed out the Robin issues leading up to the are a major factor in what makes the crossover so horribly unreadable. Î I recently bought them thinking "Oh what the heck, it's some of her last appearances" and seriously regret it. I can't believe I spent fifteen dollars on this junk! There the first comics I have an powerful urge to rip up and burn (okay throw in the recycling but you get the idea). I mean it for real, I actually have plans to get rid or them. They were painful to read.
As for the War Games outline that you created. Believe it or not you're not alone. My modifications were slightly different. In mine, Tim quit for slightly different reasons (pretty much what you stated but also more intense pressure than before when it came to him lying to his dad) and Steph took the role partially to keep Bruce getting too dark. Steph got fired like in the comic by trying to save Batman's life, meanwhile she' s having some home problems and has been using vigilantism as an escape. War Games started not because she stole some plans from the Batcomputer (since when is Steph that stupid and Batman's paranoia eases up enough to not have password protection for his files?), but because she stumbled across a gang leader meeting and out of frustration at Batman and a bit of clinging to her job as a source of relief from her normal life Steph doesn't alert Batman to the meeting. The meeting turns sour like in the comic and the graphic deaths that she witnesses cause her to blame herself.
The rest pretty much goes the same except Black Mask beats Spoiler due to surprise (since when is his fighting skills greater than a common thug?), Mr. Fun is very dangerous and disturbing, and Batman is injured and exhausted when he and Black Mask fight.
As justification for bad writing in Robin recently, how about this? There is a new villain in the DC universe, he's called the Willing Ham whose horrible powers warped reality as we know. His goal is simple goal is to warp reality and characters until they are unrecognizable to all who see them making them until they're only mockeries of who they once were.
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Date: 2005-04-06 09:37 pm (UTC)As for the War Games outline that you created. Believe it or not you're not alone. My modifications were slightly different. In mine, Tim quit for slightly different reasons (pretty much what you stated but also more intense pressure than before when it came to him lying to his dad) and Steph took the role partially to keep Bruce getting too dark. Steph got fired like in the comic by trying to save Batman's life, meanwhile she' s having some home problems and has been using vigilantism as an escape. War Games started not because she stole some plans from the Batcomputer (since when is Steph that stupid and Batman's paranoia eases up enough to not have password protection for his files?), but because she stumbled across a gang leader meeting and out of frustration at Batman and a bit of clinging to her job as a source of relief from her normal life Steph doesn't alert Batman to the meeting. The meeting turns sour like in the comic and the graphic deaths that she witnesses cause her to blame herself.
The rest pretty much goes the same except Black Mask beats Spoiler due to surprise (since when is his fighting skills greater than a common thug?), Mr. Fun is very dangerous and disturbing, and Batman is injured and exhausted when he and Black Mask fight.
As justification for bad writing in Robin recently, how about this? There is a new villain in the DC universe, he's called the Willing Ham whose horrible powers warped reality as we know. His goal is simple goal is to warp reality and characters until they are unrecognizable to all who see them making them until they're only mockeries of who they once were.