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Batman & Robin (The New 52) # 7

By Mark Rodriguez

An old enemy of Bruce, Morgan, took Robin under his wing to help raise his murderous tendencies. However, once at his hideout, Robin reveals he was tricking him all along. Morgan grabs and tortures Robin, as Batman can only listen from miles away.

Issue # 7 starts with ‘Driven’ as Batman speeds towards Nobody’s hideout as he continues to torture Robin by breaking his fingers one by one. Just then the Batmobile smashes into the scene, catching him off guard. Batman sees red saying ‘ You try to murder my son and expect to LIVE?’ Morgan says he’ll kill Robin right in front of him, but Batman will be having none of that that and proceeds to take him down. 

Batman and Nobody really throw down this time, each one determined to totally destroy the other one. Violent words are exchanged as Batman punches the crap out of Nobody, and Nobody stabs the hell out of Batman.
Morgan claims his father treated him as a Nobody the day Bruce tossed him into his house in defeat. Now he throws Batman down and claims the world doesn’t need a Batman, it needs a Nobody to set things right. Batman says it takes ‘a Somebody to show them they’re wrong’. He then lifts up Nobody and dunks him into the vat of acid.
 Assuming both Batman and Nobody have super awesome armor that can withstand acid for a while, Batman tries to drown Morgan in the vat. He notices Damian watching, and pulls Morgan out. It’s finally time to go home. Especially now that the ship they’re on is starting to sink. Robin asks if Batman really thought he betrayed him. Bats answers with ‘Not for a second….. well, maybe just a second’. Best line of the whole issue.
 As Batman starts to clear the debris to make their way out, Nobody tells Damian to not ‘disappoint him’, and to know that he will return someday to kill them. Damian ends this right here and now by using the finger-jab technique, but this time fatally. Batman watches as Damian has just killed Nobody.
 My Opinions
Holy crap. It all comes to a head as everything just busts loose in this issue. Batman loses control and beats the hell out of Morgan, as the villain continues to stab at him. It was as intense and violent as you'd hope, with Batman eager to avenge his son, while Morgan is determined to kill him once and for all. Basically these two were just messing each other up, and I loved every second of it.
Then to top it off, Robin kills Morgan? After everything done to try to prevent Damian from killing, he kills the bad guy at the end? Sure, Morgan can come back to try to kill them, so will any of the other villains, and select few also do know he's Bruce Wayne and can attack him at home. 

Not much to say about the issue other than I loved the fight and ending got me. The story will conclude in the next issue. Where will all this end? And is Morgan really dead?
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