All-Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder #9, by Frank Miller and Jim Lee [Haiku review]
March 2, 2008The goddamn Batman!
Robin kicks Green Lantern’s ass
Then the heroes cry
The goddamn Batman!
Robin kicks Green Lantern’s ass
Then the heroes cry
Shirtless Greeks at war
Less campy than expected
The king shouts — a lot
Future Disney World
Preserve the Haunted Mansion
Murder and intrigue
Vlad Taltos returns
Interferes with the Jhereg
Enjoys a great meal
Builder and killer
Destinies shaped by the Fair
Chicago’s moment
Time is out of joint
Sam Vimes gets stuck in the past
Still does his duty
Nineteen Forty-Five
Butchers, cops, Nazis and spies
Chase around Detroit
A series of farts
Sets off a Maguffin chase
To prevent a war
Strychnine all around
But who is the poisoner?
Hercule Poirot knows
Pass the onion rings
An ending, but not The End
Don’t stop believin’
Big book of cartoons
Not as good as The Far Side
New Yorker absurd
Awesome, awesome, awe-
Some, awesome, awesome, awesome
Awesome, awesome, awe…
Crime procedural
Great score by Lalo Schifrin
Terrific car chase
Bastard? Hero? Both?
A warrior out of time
Flawless work by Scott
Chimeric hipster
Changes form and saves the day
Jealous caveman schemes
Roger is a jerk
Cast’s a bit long in the tooth
Songs are quite good, though
Bad guys get punched hard
The good guys bicker a lot
Many things explode
A vision restored
More backstory, more Jor-El
Compelling, but flawed