What I like about Dick's angst is the sheer simplicity of it. I love how he just shuts down, and reverts to an almost pliable and reflexive person. Kinda hot. Tim, OTOH, I suspect would have a more complex and wrought time of it.

The first few pages of this week's Nightwing did as much to drive home his mental state in reaction to the killing as all the issues beforehand, to me. I only recently started following the story, so I was a bit disjointed in my emotional responses. However, my magic formula seems to be well, show me how they act with Batman around, and how he reacts. That way I start to feel it. I wonder how he feels about Jean Grey's death...

Thanks amych, now I have to go find a bookstore.

I'm too cheap (and poor) to start buying the title, since I've re-started buying some of the X-men stuff again.

Read Planetary:Crossing Worlds last night, and between the two appearances of Bats in that and reading y'all, I find myself hoping I get the long-term assignment I interviewed for this afternoon so that I can afford more titles.

BTW, I feel I should mention that the criticisms that didn't occur to me at all totally make sense, now that they have been pointed out.

(eta: not hired. Will have to find other way to fund expansion of reading materials)

I need some clarification, I know this has been stated before but which titles are part of War Games.

I get to the comic book store and see all the comics and my brain gets overwhelmed by all the books with Batman in the title or on the cover.

Detective Comics, Legends of the Dark Knight, Gotham Knights, and Batman, as well as Nightwing, Batgirl, Catwoman, and Robin.

Plus last week's 12-Cent Adventure.

Okay. I think I picked up the wrong title then...I was trying for Legends of the Dark Knight.

They'll all say "War Games" somewhere on the cover, with "Act X, Part X" -- August's issues are Act 1, Septembers are Act 2, etc. The "Part X" just refers to the order in which they appear. For instance, last week's 12-Cent Adventure was labelled "Act 1, Part 0," because it was sort of the intro, and the title won't recur.

So that's how you can tell if you have the right ones, and if you have them all.

thomash, did you read both parts of Hush? Because your question is answered in book 2.

Okay, I'm going to hit another comic shop this weekend and dig through their back issues, I'll see if I can get caught up then.

There have only been 4 War Games books so far-- 12-Cent Adventure and Dectective Comics from last week and Legends of the Dark Knight and Nightwing from this week.

Next week - Gotham Knights , Batgirl , and Robin .

IC - Am I a total Pollyanna if I say that Jean wasn't actually dead at the end of part 3, so perhaps she will not actually die?