The reason the henchmen being so underdeveloped is such a problem is because the first issue revolves around Red Hood training them with Catwoman barely in sight. Especially the two minions that get introduced, as Bash’s personal fears are the least personal thing you can imagine! Sadly these are pretty much the two only characters worth talking about because unless you already know the others then there’s not much personality to go around. This issue works best when Red Hood and Catwoman are talking to each other directly and that’s where most of the actual tension I care about comes from. I do like the cat quips, the way they subtly talk about a cat having nine lives through Red Hood’s death and Catwoman trying to save lives. Once you get past the opening rehash of Red Hood’s motivation you get greeted by Catwoman who provides a fun dynamic between the two characters. I will say that some people I’ve talked to in Batman News said that his writing of Red Hood in Task Force Z was actually pretty enjoyable so hopefully we see more of that Red Hood in the future. *quickly checks google* Omg! Matthew Rosenberg is the guy who wrote Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing as well as this issue of Red Hood! How did anyone in DC see the most bland hate fueled Red Hood in that series and think this is the guy that should be in charge of giving Red Hood a solo run. His bloodthirsty one note attitude as he’s hell bent on being badass while hunting down the Joker reminds me of the same terrible way he was portrayed in Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing. If you were to judge this comic from its opening pages you would be totally forgiven for thinking this is a terrible portrayal of Red Hood. At least that’s an improvement from the regular Gotham War no? So I know a lot of people have their gripes with The Gotham War but what if we focused on another character for a little bit? Catwoman brings in Red Hood to help her flesh out some hooligans while he’s on his path to destroying the Joker and it’s very mid to say the least.
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