Robin #181

CRITIC REVIEWS

• 9.0

  Major Spoilers - Stephen Schleicher

  Dec 19, 2008

  When Dick Grayson grew up, he became Nightwing. When the Robin series concludes in February, there's no doubt in my mind that Tim Drake will start the next chapter in his life in the pages of Red Robin. Robin #181 is really good. It's easily one of the best Bat-centric titles, right behind Paul Dini's Detective Comics. Robin #181 is a great build up to the dramatic conclusion of the Search for a Hero arc, that it earns 4.5 out of 5 Stars. Read Full Review

• 7.1

  IGN - Dan Phillips

  Dec 17, 2008

  By no coincidence, the issue's most effective moments include the least amount of voice-over narration, meaning Nicieza actually allows his characters' dialogue and William's dynamic art to do all the heavy lifting. Moments where Nicieza piles on the voice-over narration of Robin and Spoiler are to no surprise the least effective, and read as clumsily as the weakest of this arc's installments. From the looks of it, though, the final chapter should revolve mostly around the climactic intersection of all these threads, and one would hope Nicieza would let the dramatic dialogue and visuals speak for themselves. I'll be crossing my fingers. Read Full Review