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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I have no interest in Talon. I am tired of all of these Batman villains getting huge focuses as if they are gods. I'm also sick of Batman having to save every hero that has super powers when he doesn't. Batman is my favorite comic character, but he should not be saving Superman or Green Lantern every freaking time.

Sorry, my rant went off topic to my point, which I forgot. However, I just had to type it out as I really am tired of them making Batman into a god type character while everyone else has super powers but he is the one who has to save them just because he sells.

Oh, and the fact that there are like 17 Batman related titles between Batman, Detective Comics, Batwoman, Batman The Dark Knight, Batgirl, Nightwing, Batman & Robin, Batman and Superman, World's Finest (now), Justice League, Harley Quinn, Batman Eternal, Catwoman, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Talon, Batman Inc, and Batwing. I'm surprised they haven't done comics named "Cooking with Batman," "Batman's Ego Trip," and "Batman After Dark' yet.

Talon isn't about a Batman villain, though. Talon is about Calvin Rose, a man who, as a young boy, was abandoned by his alcoholic and abusive father before he ran off to join Haly's Circus as an escape artist. He was then selected to be trained as a Talon of the Court of Owls, training for this role for years. However, when his final rite of passage came, he lost sight of this fate when he was forced to kill the Talon before him. Instead of getting lost in the maze, Calvin became the first person to escape it.

On his first assignment, Calvin was ordered to end the bloodline of the late Eric Washington, the former head of the most advanced security company in the world. Although he believed he would only have to kill the CEO, 23-year-old Casey Washington, Calvin decided to abort the mission when he discovered that Casey had a daughter. Helping the two of them escape, Calvin became the first member of the Court of Owls to successfully escape their wrath.

Seven years later, after the Night of the Owls, Calvin returns to Gotham, believing the Court to have been destroyed. He learns, however, that the Court has only been crippled, and begins to work to destroy the last vestiges of the Court with Sebastian Clark, a man whose father was killed by the Court for writing a history of the Court.

Is it yet another Batman title? Yes. But that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve any attention. As a character, Calvin is really likable, and the story is very engaging, with a fast-paced flow that knows when to slow down and when to use intrigue to grab your attention. Batman rarely shows up, (at least, he rarely shows up in issues 0-7,) so it really is about Calvin.

He's not a Batman villain looking for redemption. He's a man who has spent most of his trying to escape, but has now decided to fight back.

Plus, he constantly loses his pants (and by constantly, I mean at least twice).