(B+) 76% | GoodNotes: A wordy weave, it’s roughly-spun, a yarn of sass and fighting: all tinted gloss of candy-floss, it cries for finer writing.

Despite the fact that I couldn't always follow the artwork, this book was a slam dunk for me. I've always had a soft spot for Damian Wayne. I've seen all the animated films he appears in and I've read some of the Morrison run where he's Robin and Dick's Batman. This book was him trying to make up for a lot of the pain he caused during the Year of Blood. The Year of Blood was a series of tasks and quests Damian performed to prove himself to his family. It consisted of a thought of thefts of spiri...

Damian Wayne returned to the DC Universe in Batman & Robin, Volume 7: Robin Rises after that big brouhaha about his recent “death”. Really, DC - you couldn’t wait longer before bringing him back? I’m a Damian fan too but it kinda undermines the impact of Grant Morrison’s Batman finale - which turns out to be, inadvertently or not, actually the theme of this book.Before Damian met Batman he was trained in the League of Assassins by his crazy ma, Talia Al’Ghul, to be an evil, badass sum’bitch. She...

Great art from Patrick Gleason! In this series Damian Wayne is trying to atone for the sins he committed while training to become the next Ra's al Ghul. Gleason does a great job of expanding the world of the al Ghul's. Goliath is pretty awesome. I love the interaction between Damian and Nobody. Received an advance copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The writers have retconned ("retroactive continuity (verbed)", if you are unfamiliar) an evil, noxious "Year of Blood" into the last year before Damian Wayne changes his stripes and becomes Robin. In present time, Damian seeks to atone for the damages he caused in that year, but atonement is a complicated thing for an al-Ghul.

Patrick Gleason takes Damian Wayne on a Year Of Atonement, as we discover that, while training with the League Of Assassins, Damian did 365 awful things and he now wants to rectify them in order to start afresh.Of course, when you're the son of Batman and Talia Al Ghul, plus Ra's Al Ghul's grandson, life isn't quite that easy.It's nice to see Damian striking out on his own, and gaining a supporting cast of his own too. Granted, one of them is a giant red bat-dragon who can't talk, but that's Dam...

Patrick Gleason shows a remarkable ability to take cool characters who stand out for their unique style and turn them into silly versions of themselves. He does this with aplomb for Damian. Now Damian has been my favorite Robin right after Grayson. He was hyper-intelligent, dark, brooding and borderline ruthless. In a word he was awesome. Then he "died" and as most all comic characters tend to do-he came back.Well this version of Damian sucks. He's another Tim Drake. Yaay. Talia? Now she's redee...

Robin remembers the year of blood where he committed several mistakes or crimes and so he wants to repent on them and restores some artefacts from islands from where they were taken like the one where he has to go against the Guardian of the island which is a stone and go against the daughter of Morgan Ducard aka Nobody.. Maya. And well its a face off and a blossoming of the friendship and some other challenges and doubts and the return of Talia and also some ancient threats and the realization

You can find my review on my blog by clicking here.Leave it to Patrick Gleason to transform some of the most unique character’s in the Batman universe into unrecognizable and standard individuals. Robin: Son of Batman is a series that rose from the dead after Damian Wayne went through a whole ordeal regarding his life. Collecting issues 1 to 6, volume 1 explores the story behind the Year of Blood, a trial that Damian went through during his earlier and darker days under the watchful eyes of his

Actual rating: 3.5 StarsWhilst reading this, I often wondered who suggested that the ten year old needed a redemption series. As far as I'm concerned if a kid has been brought up on the path to evil, all you can really ask if they can try to do better. So, in my eyes, Damian is fully redeemed by the end of pre-flashpoint Batman and Robin. That isn't to say that he couldn't become a better person or that there's nowhere else for him to grow to though, and so I read this less as a redemption arc a...

This is all Damian Wayne. Following his resurrection, from the desire to do good, he's atoning for his Year of Blood, which involved theft and sacrilege for the completion of his training with his mother Talia. But things go horribly wrong!And it was pretty cool. Gleason doesn't write as strongly as Tomasi, but it's not bad, and not bad for an illustrator. This is essentially a quest story, A to B, with expectations thwarted at the end to set us up for Volume 2, which, honestly, I want to read.

I give this a 3.25/5 it's a bit better than your average comic but it's overall arc loses its self in some of its own nonsense. the art in this book is great I enjoyed looking at it through the entirety of the book. the story is a bit strange it does have its redeeming moments like the relationship between Robin, Nobody and Goliath, but some of the story is just too weird and fantastical and at times doesn't make any sense. I like how it continues from where Batman and Robin left off because I r...

Didn't care much for this, story wise. I thought it was all over the place, and a bit confusing also. Gleason draws the best Damian Wayne, though, so that mitigated the story failures.

I received this from Edelweiss and DC Comics in exchange for an honest review. Pretty good continuation of the Damian Wayne Robin storyline after Batman and Robin, Vol. 6: The Hunt for Robin. Interesting twist to see another child from the Batman mythos with the daughter of Nobody taking up her father's mantle. I'm not sure I cared for Goliath the red (non) man-bat thing. Artwork was good, but I must say it is the most colorful graphic novel I've probably ever read. It felt like an intense sugar...

The art was decent but the story just fell flat.

dc artists are fighting to the death over damians skin color wow like he just switched to being a white boy halfway through this

2.5 stars. I liked it, but the art wasn't really my favorite style (it's okay, though).In this volume, Damian is trying to redeem himself, after all the things he did while training under Ra's al Ghul. Specifically, the Year of Blood (in which Damian stole items of power and significance from around the world- with quite a bit of bloodshed). Now he's trying to fix what he can, returning the items he took. Only, he isn't alone, he's got his giant bat-creature, Goliath, both bodyguard and friend,

Damien is one of my favorite characters in the DC universe. Cocky and head strong, he's Batman's perfect child, without actually having to be a stock Batfamily player. This book gives great example of why Damien's got his own redemption story to live, and Batman isn't needed to tell it. Also, LOVE Goliath! Patrick Gleason never disappoints on art. Mind blowing panels you can stare at for days. I've followed him from title to title, which is the highest compliment I can give a comic book artist.

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Good art for a story that jumps around far too much and loses coherence in places, with characters appearing and disappearing without enough explanation.