Grayson #9 Review

Trust issues.

Spyral and Dick Grayson are back as a new status quo is enforced and new challenges await.

Tom King and Tim Seeley show a good eye for foresight as they bring in multiple elements from previous issues and tie up with this one – continuing the secret and betrayal theme of this entire run.

SPOILERS FOLLOW……………..

We first see Dick in distress and he fumbles his lines while contacting Bruce, even letting the real names slip in between as he mentions that his mission is over and whether he can come back to Gotham.

Going back to the timeline of the first issue, we see the rival agent Dick knocked out get killed with an escrima stick by a shadowy figure, wearing exactly the same get-up.

In the present, Helena has assumed control of Spyral after ‘killing’ Mr Minos and her first problem is that someone has been killing rival agents (all who have been involved in Dick Grayson related missions) with an escrima stick.

So, before a spy war starts, Spyral has to make amends.

Meanwhile, Agent 37 (Grayson) and Agent One are planning a diamond heist with Dick blending in with the crowd. Instead of following orders, he seduces the target and dances with her – lifting the necklace in the process.

Helena contacts him during his escape alongside Agent One and confides that she suspects Agent One has been framing him. In disgust, Dick knocks him out and leaves.

We then see someone approaching the knocked out Agent One with two escrima sticks, only to be killed by someone else with a similar device. Agent One wakes up in the company of a dead body and multiple guns on him.

SPOILERS END…………..

Someone is framing Dick Grayson and for reasons unknown. After last issue, things were largely open-ended as one arc ended but it seem King and Seeley have a long game in mind judging from this issue.

This isn’t Mikel Janin’s strongest outing but it’s still solid and does a great job helping the plot along.

So, I give it 8.0 out of 10.

+The spy games continue

+Some nice continuity and foresight

+Solid artwork

-Weird jump in storyline from the last issue

-No proper set-up