By Mark Rodriguez
The Court of Owls has unleashed the Talons upon Gotham City! As they storm Wayne Manor, Batman does his best to hold them off while Alfred send the alert to all their allies. Now Robin will be facing one of the Talons.
"Night of the Owls- Robin hears a Hoo" begins with Robin getting the same distress signal from Alfred as does everybody else, and he wants to go home and help his father. However, Alfred sends him to protect another target of the Owls… Major General Benjamin Burrows. Robin uses some sort of bat-jetpack to fly to the scene.
The General is busy commanding his troops when something starts to attack his soldiers. Robin lands and tells the General that the soldiers were killed by the Talon, sent by the Court of Owls, to kill him. The General doesn't take the pint-sized hero seriously at first.
The Talon strikes and the men’s gunshots can’t stop him. Robin tells the General to hold onto him so they can both fly out of there. As the General leaves, he feels sad for the remaining soldiers that stayed behind to basically die at the hands of the Talon and buy them more time to escape. The Talon suddenly leaps up and grabs onto Robin’s jetpack. Robin attacks the Talon and they fall to the ground in different directions. The General’s leg is badly fractured due to the fall, and Robin helps him get to his command post.
The Talon continues to hunt and…. kills two random campers for no good reason. Wrong place, wrong time. Robin takes the General to his men, who has passed out by now. Robin tells them what happened and takes command of the soldiers as the Talon makes his attack. The Talon takes the soldiers down with arrows, as they try to shoot him down. Running out of ammo, the soldiers and Robin arm their bayonets and charge him head on.
The Talon still takes out the soldiers and swats Robin away and finally makes his way to General Burrows, calling him Wilkins. The Talon explains that his mission was to kill all members of the Wilkins family, dating back to the days of George Washington…The General is not only the direct descendant of the Wilkins family, but also the last of the bloodline.
Robin then shoots a grappling hook right through the Talon’s eye. Just like a real owl, the assassin turns his head all the way around and tries to attack Robin. However, Damian uses the grappling line to hang him from a tree. Robin walks away comparing himself to the Talon, both born killed used by the people that raised them. The Talon threatens that he will complete his task and kill the General. Robin says he believes him and slashes his head off with his own sword. The General asks if he's sure that the Talon is dead, and Robin says that guy died a long time ago.
My Opinions
This was a good little solo Robin tale. I especially liked how he managed to gain command of the other soldiers and lead them into battle against the Talon. It was weird to see the Talon kill those random campers, just because, but I guess it fits their motif of leaving no witnesses behind.
Damian got to feed his bloodlust once again, having killed Nobody in the previous storyline. I guess he sorta gets a free pass since the Talon is a reborn zombie of sorts, but he sure gets a lot of chances to act out on his murderous impulses. And that was after shooting a grappling hook into the guy's eye, and then hanging him through the hole in his head up a tree. Damian is dark.
The Court of Owls has unleashed the Talons upon Gotham City! As they storm Wayne Manor, Batman does his best to hold them off while Alfred send the alert to all their allies. Now Robin will be facing one of the Talons.
"Night of the Owls- Robin hears a Hoo" begins with Robin getting the same distress signal from Alfred as does everybody else, and he wants to go home and help his father. However, Alfred sends him to protect another target of the Owls… Major General Benjamin Burrows. Robin uses some sort of bat-jetpack to fly to the scene.
The General is busy commanding his troops when something starts to attack his soldiers. Robin lands and tells the General that the soldiers were killed by the Talon, sent by the Court of Owls, to kill him. The General doesn't take the pint-sized hero seriously at first.
The Talon strikes and the men’s gunshots can’t stop him. Robin tells the General to hold onto him so they can both fly out of there. As the General leaves, he feels sad for the remaining soldiers that stayed behind to basically die at the hands of the Talon and buy them more time to escape. The Talon suddenly leaps up and grabs onto Robin’s jetpack. Robin attacks the Talon and they fall to the ground in different directions. The General’s leg is badly fractured due to the fall, and Robin helps him get to his command post.
The Talon still takes out the soldiers and swats Robin away and finally makes his way to General Burrows, calling him Wilkins. The Talon explains that his mission was to kill all members of the Wilkins family, dating back to the days of George Washington…The General is not only the direct descendant of the Wilkins family, but also the last of the bloodline.
Robin then shoots a grappling hook right through the Talon’s eye. Just like a real owl, the assassin turns his head all the way around and tries to attack Robin. However, Damian uses the grappling line to hang him from a tree. Robin walks away comparing himself to the Talon, both born killed used by the people that raised them. The Talon threatens that he will complete his task and kill the General. Robin says he believes him and slashes his head off with his own sword. The General asks if he's sure that the Talon is dead, and Robin says that guy died a long time ago.
This was a good little solo Robin tale. I especially liked how he managed to gain command of the other soldiers and lead them into battle against the Talon. It was weird to see the Talon kill those random campers, just because, but I guess it fits their motif of leaving no witnesses behind.
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| The Talon's last name must have been Vorhees. |
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