Detective Comics #838 - DC

First of all, look at that beautiful Simone Bianchi cover. That's gorgeous! Now . . . this storyline, is fantastic. We start out with Ra's, who has brought Tim and Damian to his lair . . . or stronghold. Depends on who you ask. I guess. Anyways, they're both in extreme physical danger, yet still they bicker about the approach that each takes to their strategies. We finally get the full picture of what Ra's is going through now. In order to come back, he's inhabited a corpse. His goal is to move into a much younger body. Preferably Damian's . . . . or Tim's. And Batman and Talia are racing across Tibet to try to get to Ra's before his plans can come to fruition. The Sensei, or whatever he is, that Batman went to, to gather information about the invisible map, has also joined their group. Although, I'm not exactly sure how, or why. Dick and Alfred have also finally landed in Tibet, although, because of handling the situation in Gotham, they're several hours behind Bruce. Dick stopped the three Vixen's from being killed by the poison dart's. However, after turning them over to Arkham, it appears that the toxin's still affected their brain functions. So I don't think they'll have to worry about the whole secret identity thing. But it seems to me like it gets closer and closer to coming out every time. Almost like it's to much of a secret to contain any more. There ought to be one of the universe's where Bruce has made a full disclosure, so we can explore the ramifications it would have on his mission and his associates. I think that would be interesting. Kind of a Tony Stark / Iron Man type thing. What do ya' think? Anyways, by the end of the book, everyone has converged on to Ra's lair. Except for Dick and Alfred that is. Tim has been knocked unconscious, and Damian has attempted to escape but has been contained. So now Ra's gives Bruce a choice. Which son does he want to give up to him so that Ra's may continue his existence. But I guess the correct question would be, which son is he going to let die? My question is, what about the whole secret map thing? And how does Nada Parabat fit in to this whole story? I thought it was a very good story by Paul Dini and Ryan Benjamin. Ryan's artwork was fantastic. His style fit perfectly with the action in this book. And I thought Paul did a great job with the way he handled all the various characters in this book. This was chapter 3, so we still have 4 parts to go.