>>108779579My *issue* with it is more that they raised it as an issue. If they had kept the timeline tighter, along with timing it to go along with the JL event, there is no reason to even mention the other heroes or any sort of deal. The reader will just assume that with so much shit going down no one noticed that Batman hasn't reported in for a while. It's not like weird reports from Gotham aren't the norm or Batman doesn't go silent for periods. But they actively drew attention to it to out Batwank ol' Brucie's Batwank.
I mean, where the fuck are the Batfamily right now? They better be involved because Batman going missing, being basically replaced by Batdad, Gotham Girl having 1984 style billboards in the city, and the emergency services all being replaced by Arkham residents should make even the most skeptical of them realise that Bruce probably hadn't snapped and Tim should shrug and get over his booboo and find out what the fuck is happening.
The worst part for me is that it feels like they shot Dick and Ric'ed him purely because he would have been a wrench in this storyline.
