Red Hood and the Outlaws #2
Written by Scott Lobdell
Art by Kenneth Rocafort
Heads and tails. Heads and tails.
If the first issue was meant to bring controversy to see how many would come back next month, this is the book that sold me on the series. Except for the art, that could still use some improvement.
In this issue we focus more on the title character, Red Hood. It seems that this universe is going with the explanation that the animated movie Batman: Under he Red Hood gave for Jason coming back from the dead. He doesn't know why he came back, but a Lazarus pit was involved. I can take it.
What I like about this book is that it is taking a Batcharacter, a former Robin, and having him go into the mystical nature of this new universe. That I can go with. That is doing something different with a Batcharacter other than making him a Batman wanna be. That I can go for, and as long as the story stays interesting I will be there.
One of Jason's former mystical teachers is killed, and Jason comes back to try and find out who and take revenge. He kills, uses guns, is into magic, he is everything that Batman is against. And I like it.
The art, like i mentioned before, is better than last issue. It still has miles to go. We still have the sketchy kind of look to it. And for the most part, new readers can still follow along with the story panels until the last fight scene. The layout of the fight is just as jarring as can be and seems to be there simply to be weird and do something different. Give it a reason to be that way, don't just do it to show that you think you know what you are doing.
Words: 8/10
Pictures: 6/10 - only bad remarks are about the last fight scene, otherwise it is decent.
Recommend: Yes. If you want to know what kind of character the Red Hood will be, this helps greatly.
Buy Next Issue: Yes! And things are looking to go a lot further than that.
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