DCU Comic Book Reviews

ROBIN #173

Girl Trouble

June 2008

Written by Chuck Dixon

Pencils by Chris Batista

Inks by Cam Smith

Cover by Freddie E. Williams II

Synopsis

When word gets around that a vigilante wearing purple is taking money from illegal booking agencies, the Penguin wants the woman caught.  Meanwhile, Tim visits Ives to provide support as his friend battles with cancer.  Later, Robin meets with Detectives Cavallo and Wise to tell them he won’t be working with them.  When the detectives threaten to punish Officer Harper, Robin reluctantly agrees to help them out on a counterfeit case.  Robin tracks down Marcel Pincus, who tells Robin that it might be the Korean Mafia behind the counterfeits.  Nearby, Spoiler also hears the information and follows Robin.  Meanwhile, Marcel told the same information to Violet, setting in motion the Penguin’s plans.  Both Violet and Robin end up in the same place, followed closely by Spoiler.  When Spoiler attacks Violet, Robin in turn attacks Spoiler, upset that someone is posing as her.  Just as Robin is about to unmask her, the Korean Mafia attack. 

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

This was another typically good issue.  I am not sure there is much more to add than that.  This issue is in the middle of a storyline, so Dixon is moving all of the pieces around, getting ready for the big finale. 

I am a little surprised with the brief mention about Tim’s new last name.  It is something that I had not thought about, nor had it been mentioned previously.  While it does make sense in terms of the storyline and the adoption, I would think DC would not want to actively promote Tim Wayne as Robin when in the past 15 or more years it had always been Tim Drake. 

It is interesting to note that in the fight with Spoiler, she mostly calls him Robin, except for the last minute before her mask is about to taken of when she pleads with “Tim.”  I say interesting because I am still with the belief that it really is Stephanie underneath the mask, so the choice and timing of here words make sense.  Granted, her actions and the way she first reveals herself to Tim are completely stupid; in fact this entire return from the dead thing just doesn’t make much sense at all.  I won’t go into detail here; I am sure I already covered this in previous reviews of this title. 

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