This issue is titled Death of a Family. As you can tell by that and the cover, it is a direct play on the original Death in the Family in which Batman held Robin in his arms on the cover. This entire issue is spent on Robin's quest to find out if the Batman is going crazy, or . . . if someone set him up when he did that isolation experiment years ago. He spent 10 days is and isolation tank " . . trying to dig into the 'mind of madness' . . so he could better understand villains like the Joker tick." Robin's thinking that if Bruce isn't going crazy, then maybe when he was involved in that experiment . . maybe someone planted a post-hypnotic suggestion. And somehow, with his recent 'cat & mouse' game with the Black Glove that somehow it was triggered. He's pulling out all the stops on finding Bruce. He's even brought Stephanie into it, although I think she's more of a sounding board for him. Someone, I think, to help him make sure that he's not jumping to conclusions. Now, with all of his resources looking for him, he's going to spend his time reading through some of his early journals to see if he can find any kind of clue as to what's going on. If anyone can figure out what's going on, it's Tim or Dick. I thought Fabian Nicieza did a fantastic job with this issue. He had just enough remorse and worry, mixed in with denial and guilt. You could just see it dripping off the pages. And Joe Bennett did a terrific job with his pencils, capturing the emotional weight that Robin is bearing in each of the panels. I'm not sure how this story is going to end up, but I think some of the dynamics in the 'Batman Family' are going to change. Very emotional issue. Fan-frikkin-tastic!!
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