So, Grant Morrison is about to end his phenomenal run of Batman and Robin with issue #16 and a bevy of guest artists, right? Following this, he’ll leave and move to Batman Inc and Pat Gleason/Pete Tomasi will come in to accept the reigns of the Dynamic Duo.
Or will they?
As it turns out, Tomasi and Gleason will not be taking over the reigns right away. According to DC’s Batman franchise editor in an interview at IGN, “Both Peter and Patrick were pulling double duty on Brightest Day and Batman and Robin – no easy task, even for dedicated and hard-working creators like these guys. So rather than have them running ragged on both titles we decided to make their lives a little easier by delaying the start of the run on Batman and Robin. This way, they can give priority to the important storylines they’re taking care of now in Brightest Day, then recharge and refocus for their debut on B&R.”
So Tomasi and Gleason won’t take over until issue #20… but what will happen in the meantime? Will the book still come out? Will it still have a good team? The answer to your questions are yes and yes, because as it so happens the replacement writer for B&R 17-19 is none other than Action Comics star Paul Cornell! Hoorah! You loved him in Knight and Squire, and you’re buying Action Comics this week (you better!), and now you’ll have him in a short three-issue arc as well, featuring art by Scott McDaniel!
What will the story entail? “This is the story of the corpse of one of Bruce Wayne’s former girlfriends being stolen from her grave, and Dick and Damian trying to deal with a matter that’s very personal to Bruce, to kind of shield him from the fallout of it, while Bruce is away in Japan. This is a very dark story, in the Grant Morrison tradition, with some evil stuff going on under the surface and some mad bubbles on top.”
Sign me the heck up. For more on his three issues, be sure to head over to IGN.com for the whole story.
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