on the face of it , Batman author Tom King just wants to see the world cauterize . Why else would he post a ranking of Bat - family members , harmonise to contend acquirement , and place the Dark Knight himself THIRD on the list ?
Tom King is a smart man . A skilled author . And yet he twinge out the aforesaid list in the beginning this workweek , in response to a reader query .
1 . Where ’s Barbara , you idiot?2 . Jason ’s too downhearted , you idiot.3 . Tim ’s too low , you idiot.4 . Cool list , you idiot !
— Tom King ( @TomKingTK)February 22 , 2017
Predictably , ethnic music have had a lot to say about it . Me , I ’m totally hunky-dory with the top half of that list . But that humiliated five ? I ’d kick downstairs Tim Drake up to # 6 , since he ’s trail with master slayer - for - hire Lady Shiva in at least one continuity and is generally written as smart enough to extemporise on the tent flap .
I ’d keep Jason Todd — who has spent time with the League of Assassins in some plot line — Duke Thomas and Stephanie Brown at # 7 , 8 , and 9 respectively , and slide Helena down to 10 . Duke and Stephanie probably know enough to take on multiple thugs and mid - list villains but I do n’t see them have multi - disciplinary acumen . As for Helena Bertinelli ( the current version ) , she ’s likely very sneaky and/or vicious , but is generally too impulsive to be strategic .
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