Batman (2016-) #147 Review

Great review man

Ugh. I just wonder where editorial is. Damian shouldn't be an idiot, and after the character has been possessed 3 times already in just the last few years, that storyline shouldnt be repeated. But then this whole run has just been reruns.

Better issue than the last few, although Bruce learning the exact same lesson to not push his family away that he's learned over and over again at this point (and literally already learned in the Failsafe arc at the beginning of this run) is still kinda whatever. Especially since the reason for him pushing everyone away in the first place was friggin' Gotham War. And Daniel Captio is still this annoying mastermind who's behind everything and predicts everything despite being some boring rando who just got retconned into importance whose plans and motivations are utterly nonsensical, though I assume he'll inevitably slip up at the end of the book for Batman to win (unless that's somehow also part of his stupid master plan). That flashback to Barry helping Bruce with the smoke bombs was a legitimately great moment though. There are also some great moments between Bruce and Tim, but I don't love how Zdarsky kinda props Tim up compared to the other Batfam members by having him be the only one to know where Bruce would end up when you'd think that Dick at least would also be able to find that out. Plus the fact that he's been writing Damian as a moron who took this long to figure out that something was up, and is still writing him like he was when he first showed up ignoring all the character development he's had since then. Again, I like that Tim's getting some cool stuff to do here especially given how badly DC has been doing with the character as of late, I just wish they Zdarsky didn't feel the need to do this by comparing the other Robins unfavorably to him, even if some of that may be unintentional.

Wait, does Waller know Batman’s secret identity now? It seems like she does .

Chip made damian idiot and he is posessed again

The sooner Chip Zardarski is away from Batman, the better. He cannot write intelligent people. Damian, is at best written poorly here. Also I’m kind of sick of Failsafe.