In preparation for the Robin 80th Anniversary 100 Page Super Spectacular tomorrow, I'm going to be posting most of Stephanie Brown's stories as Robin, once a day, until the 18th. (Steph is set to star in an 8 page story written by Amy Wolfram, drawn by Damion Scott, and colored by Brad Anderson, per twitter.com/bdanderson13/status/1239588807730577411)
Our final Stephanie Brown Robin post is a bit of an oddity: Detective Comics #980. I might also be posting 981 to finish out the storyline, and because it's still a great little Stephanie Brown piece. You might wonder why I chose it, but when we get to the end, all will become clear!
James Tynion has said that this issue was his attempt to say everything that Stephanie Brown means to him, and the leaks of the cover as Alvaro Martinez was drawing it were enough to send Steph and Cass fans into a frenzy of anticipation - just because of those Bat-ear shadows!
Previous storytimes: The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #13 Solo #10 Detective Comics #796 Robin #126 Robin #101
Sometimes I'm really pissed that Scott Snyder yanked James Tynion away from this title to Justice League. Scot Eaton doing the art for this crucial issue is one of those times.
Steph, Cass, and Bruce, climbing up a shaft. Bruce being all "well, MAYBE Steph's plan will work." Steph being all "Well, MAYBE you can jump down this shaft".
I like that even though a lot of Tynion's run is fighting within the team, there's also big threats that are outside the team, so it's not a Civil War problem of almost all the problems being created by the team itself.
