I wouldn't have read this except that someone gave it to me and I'm about to start a DC comics reading marathon and these events take place right before the "Infinite Crisis" event that I'll be reading part of so figured why not.

Being 51, I'm not really into comics or movies about kids in high school, so that was a turn off, but the writing was pretty good, and the art wasn't bad. Just not super exciting. ( )

Tim Drake is one of the most impressive Robins, and this storyline which introduces us to his new school and a few new friends is a good and well-written one. There are one or two new baddies that pop up, one with a special hate on for Robin. But the clincher to this story is what happens when Tim's father finds out that his boy is Robin, and that the next-door-neighbor is Batman. Willingham really had his game on when he wrote the interaction between Bruce Wayne, Mr. Drake, Tim, Alfred and Nightwing here. And it's a bit of a relief, with all the people who have been learning Bruce's secret lately, that he has contingency plans long laid should he ever be outed - although I hope it will never come to that. ( )