Instead, this three issue story-arc feels like it should have been a miniseries or featured in an anthology title, fitting more easily within the character continuity of Winick’s resurrected Jason Todd than within any framework of Batman & Robin. While Paul Cornell and Tomasi both maintained some association with Morrison’s well-loved run, Judd Winick uses the title to tell a three-issue story arc that doesn’t necessarily fit. While using fill-in writers and artists might have seemed logical, I can’t help but feel like there should have been tighter editorial control of the book. In hindsight, it’s apparent that they were waiting until the high-profile post- Flashpoint DCnU to relaunch the title with its new creative team of Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason, but that still means there were ten issues between the end of Morrison’s run and the proper start of Tomasi and Gleason’s. I can’t help but feel a bit disappointed at how DC editorial handled Batman & Robin after Morrison departed.

And, rounding off our day of reviews, is Judd Winick’s three-issue arc. Today we’re taking a look at three of the authors who followed Grant Morrison’s groundbreaking Batman & Robin run. Check back daily for comics, movies and television reviews and discussion of the Caped Crusader. To celebrate the release of The Dark Knight Rises, July is “Batman month” here at the m0vie blog.

Batman by Judd Winick