A terrible design? Check. Kicking out two of the outlaws to make this a solo Red hood story? Check. Lobdell still on? Check. This could only go bad, right?

Somehow this isn't terrible. Red Hood is now by himself out in the world trying to find his calling. After Bruce beat the living shit out of him for nearly killing penguin he decided to leave his friends and travel the world his own way. In doing so he goes back to being brutal as possible. This title basically becomes a Punisher title. He even sticks things up people's asses when he really gets pissed off. All of this happening while he's hunting down criminals, so basically like the original Red Hood title when it came out.

The thing is...it's pretty entertaining. If nothing else the pace is nice, going quick and brutal through most issues. I still actually like Jason's inner thoughts. I also enjoyed the fights, they were pretty great. Also, the ending leads up to something interesting. The dialogue doesn't always work "stick this up your butt" comes to mind. I also think some of the designs are horrible, like Red Hood. Oh, and Lobdell can NOT write Batman...at all.

Overall, it's good. Not as good as the outlaws but not the train-wreck I expected. A 3 out of 5.