So far, Higgins is showing why moving Dick to Chicago was a good idea, since this series has an energy that we haven't seen in a while (if ever). Rather than the constantly shifting cast of supporting characters with muddled motivations, Higgins has begun to develop the type of supporting characters that Dick should have -- the wacky roommate, the Jimmy Olsen, the crooked mayor, the wily villian, etc. Although Dick's past is at the center of this current arc, he's also paradoxically freed from it by moving to Chicago, allowing him to come into his own in a way that we haven't seen in the DCnU. In just two issues, this series suddenly feels like it's going somewhere. Hopefully, with "Batman" going on a year-long hiatus from the present, we won't have any Bat-family cross-over event hijacking the series and ruining its momentum as we've previously had. Fingers crossed.
(My only real criticism of this issue is that I find it a little hard to believe that the Prankster would be able to hack into Dick's goggles. Has Lucius gone so soft that his technology is so easily hacked?)
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