DCU Comic Book Reviews

ROBIN #172

The Takedown

May 2008

Written by Chuck Dixon

Pencils by David Baldeon

Inks by Cam Smith and Rick Ketcham

Cover by Freddie E. Williams II

Synopsis

After being approached by two Gotham City police detectives, Robin infiltrates Maxie’s Casino, believing that Violet is planning on robbing the place.  Meanwhile, the two detectives wait outside the casino, ready to move on Robin’s go ahead.  When Robin spies Violet, he goes after her, but she is able to escape.  Meanwhile, the detectives and the police raid the Casino and make a number of arrests.  Later, Robin heads home as Spoiler, revealed to be a young, blond girl, watches.  Elsewhere, Penguin watches the news of the casino’s and cackles with delight as his plan comes closer to fruition. 

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

If there is one thing that I have learned from reading Chuck Dixon comics in the past couple of months, is that his books are competent, good work from an expert craftsman.  Dixon knows how to write comic books and this book and Batman and The Outsiders are good books with humor, decent action, and a readable mystery.  On the flip side, there are nothing exceptional about these books (certainly nothing that will change the landscape of comics or the DCU), but, you know, Dixon’s writing is so much better that most others, that I’ll do his work anytime of the week. 

I try to avoid previews of upcoming books as much as possible, but sometimes specials and mini-series are trumpeted by DC so loudly that it is hard to miss.  In this case, I am referring to the upcoming Robin special featuring Spoiler in which the identity of Spoiler is going to be revealed.  Didn’t this issue do just that?  Granted, the woman under the mask is not named, so it could be any blond woman, but come on, how could it not be Stephanie?  The moment in this issue seemed so weird, a moment that should’ve been big, but seemed almost like an afterthought. 

Maxie Zeus was a criminal mastermind who believed he was the God Zeus.  He first appeared in Detective Comics, issue #483 (1979).  He was slain by Phobos when Ares’ children attempted to re-establish Ares’ rule on Earth, in Wonder Woman (Vol. 2), issues #164 to #167. 

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