Major changes for two members of the Batman family ahead of DC Comics Rebirth.
Batman and Robin Eternal #26 marked the finale of the weekly series. It was the end of the Bat-family’s war with Mother and a new beginning for Cassandra Cain.
Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV were the show runners of the weekly series with a team of writers and artists. The duo wrote the big finish.
The story featured nearly every sidekick of Bruce Wayne and was The New 52 introduction of Cassandra Cain.
Cain chose an appropriate new code-name and one young hero is turned in the mask at the end of this final issue.
What does this mean for the Bat-family?
Before we continue here’s a SPOILER ALERT!
If you have not read stop reading now.
Seriously.
OK.
Here it comes.
Cain assumed the code-name Orphan. It was the moniker her father David used when he worked for Mother. David died in the final confrontation with Mother.
As the villain set off a self-destruct sequence in her Arctic headquarters, Cain stabbed Mother and plunged into an active volcano with her.
Cassandra’s last words from her father:
“You deserved better than me…you deserved what they (The Robins) had. I’m sorry, girl.”
When Batman addresses her as Cassandra, she corrects him, “No, Orphan.”
This issue marked a major change for another fan-favorite.
Harper Row decides to give up her costume and role as Bluebird.
“I want to help people, but I want to help them on my terms,” Row tells Batman,”Maybe that’ll mean a costume. Maybe it won’t. But for now I need to think it all out in my own time.”
Scott Snyder introduced Harper and her brother Cullen in his first Batman arc and she quickly became a fan-favorite. Harper teased Batman after revealing she applied for a Wayne scholarship to the Gotham Technological Institute, “I tracked down your butt down when I was just an electrician’s assistant. Just wait until I get my Bachelor’s.”
This may be the end of Bluebird but not Harper as incoming Detective Comics writer James Tynion IV teased on Twitter:
“Harper Row’s story isn’t over. I’ve got plans.”
In the DC Comics Rebirth of Detective Comics, Batman and Batwoman will train the younger heroes of Gotham City including Cain, Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown.
By Editor