Tomasi also introduces continuity implant Morgan Ducard, who calls himself Nobody, a mystery murderer at first in an armoured costume not far removed from Batman’s own. It’s certainly one festering emotional stew, and Tomasi’s Batman is more openly introspective and uncertain than has been common, yet at times ponderously so in the course of what’s a generally punchy outing. He also resents what Batman keeps from him in the name of protecting a ten year old. Bruce’s view of Damian is of a damaged child where some form of rescue needs to take place, while Damian views Batman as too cautious and with nonsensical rules about not harming evil-doers. Tomasi’s view is of Robin as a perfectly packaged combat machine, callous and confident, which could be seen as the characteristics that make Bruce Wayne so effective as Batman, but taken to extremes that include murder. While better writers have ensured a complexity to Batman’s relationship with Robin, it’s generally simmered below the surface, but with Damian Wayne the parameters have shifted entirely.
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