Finished reading Batman and Robin Eternal: Volume Two, concluding the adventure of the former Robins in their attempt to stop the villainous Mother and her 'Childern' from taken over the worlds children and turning them into her own personal army. The book opens up Cassandra heading to her old home of the Nursery where she is confronted by Orphan and is help by Harper and Dick who followed Cassandra and take her and Orphan to Spyral HQ in England. At Spyral the heroes meet back up with Red Hood and Red Robin who have just come back from a battle with Azrael and the Order of St Dumas in their home of Genosis where the two found a virus called Ichthys which is Mother's weapon to turn all of the children of the world into her own private army with the first major test run of the virus being use on the children of St. Hadrian's school were the headquarters of Spyral is located. Overall this was a great book as it continues the main story of the former Robins fighting against Mother in the present while the flashback story of Batman years prior continue to be as captivating as the main story with Mother's origin being told through a person that Bruce meet and the mystery of Batman shooting a child's parents as the beginning of the series being received as well. The inclusion of Midnighter towards the end of the book as all the heroes prepare for the final confrontation with Mother's forces is great as it allows for Bat family of characters to use Midnighter's technology which gives more of a creative fighting style for the art team to bring to life and also helps to bring some lightheartedness to the book as Dick and Midnighter continue to have their clash on their different views of fighting an enemy. While the earlier fight with Orphan and the mind controlled children at Spyral HQ brings a lot of great action an suspense along with the confrontation that Red Robin and Red Hood have with the Order of St Dumas and Azrael. Who in turn gets a nice amount of character development for the short amount of time he had in the book. 8/10.
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