Stalwart OS reader *Sammy* tipped me off to the latest "Robin" solicitations (#171). The copy reads as follows (emphasis by yours truly):
"Violet’s shady spoils are piling up as fast as Robin’s girl troubles…and he’s dealing with some spoils of his own. His all-nighters are sending his relationship with Zoanne off the rails — literally — and his visions of Stephanie around every corner have to be just that…right?"
Welcome to the school of subtle ad copy, folks.
So judging by the cover and the copy, what do you think? Is this setting up the return of Stephanie Brown?
I wouldn't want to spoil it for you...
(Oh, go buy this book. It's Chris Batista pencilling it fer gods sakes. He's gonna make Robin look hawt -- like John Stamos in his prime with a touch of Tom Welling. And if it follows the previous pattern of Robin and Nightwing comics, there should be at last 5 shower scenes of either Tim or Dick in this arc alone.)
I forget who said it, but I'd heard rumors on some Daughter-of-Stephanie style action?
ReplyDeleteWouldn't Stephanie's daughter still be, like, three years old at this point? Assuming two years have passed since her birth, plus the one-year-later thing.
ReplyDeleteI prefer the theory that Leslie just told Bruce that Stephanie was dead and spirited away with her, you know, to keep her safe from further Bat-injury. It's a perfect solution -- not only do you have Stephanie back, but you redeem Leslie at the same time.
Have a good day.
G Morrow
Argh, I'm worried about all these Spoilery things stepping all over my own idea for how to being Steph back for good! D:
ReplyDeleteThe 'daughter of Steph' idea is disturbingly plausible given the tendancy to have infant girls 'artificially aged' (via whatever means) in comics - though it never seems to happen to infant boys quite as much.
ReplyDeleteAll the same, introducing a new Spoiler or bringing back Steph would nicely sidestep all those accusations that DC suffers an ingrained chauvinist mindset at the editorial level, and maybe make those pesky feminists go away and bug Joe Quesada instead.
ever seen general hospital? kids go away to summer camp at age 8 and come back a month later as a 16 year old hussy falling in love with older men.
ReplyDeleteit's up there with the super sonic jet that gets characters from port charles to france in 5 minutes, just in time to save their loved ones from getting shot at or blown up.
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in other news, lying in the gutters, batman and alex ross, can we say marvel rip off?
lets kill batman and have alex ross redesign the new one
who is a former sidekick who went bad and back to good
Ahem ... John Stamos is in his prime.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking this new Spoiler is actually Tim's first ex-girlfriend, Ariana.
ReplyDeleteAhem ... John Stamos is in his prime.
ReplyDeleteGotta disagree there, Scott. There's some wear and tear on him. However, the vast improvements in the hair department since his younger days might just make up for that...