![]() ![]() And the last moments of his confrontation with his reptilian stalker are an exhilarating release of all of his anger, focused into a single triumphant point.Ī few characters and plot threads feel slightly shortchanged here at the end. A harrowing sequence underwater sees the young hero’s color drained away from him as he comes perilously close to giving up. The circus grounds look appropriately like a graveyard, with only a few brightly-colored segments standing as ominous monuments to the life Dick had taken away from him. Nguyen pulls out all the stops for the big showdown. With this finale, Lemire and Nguyen show us a Dick Grayson who makes a strong case for becoming the Dark Knight - but finds reasons to become something better.īefore then, though, Dick is in for the fight of his life. He’s so close to becoming stunted like Bruce or hateful like Croc. ![]() He’s letting his innocence slip away, no longer taking any joy in anything. ![]() What he doesn’t realize - and what Nguyen brilliantly communicates by showing us a blank-faced Grayson who stands in stark contrast to his smiling and exuberant classmates - is that he’s losing more than his pain. In the early goings, Robin finds comfort in his vengeance he’s able to slip away and lose himself in the fight. ![]()
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