Comments on: Red Robin #4 and #5: A Medical Review

By: Sean Duggan

Sean Duggan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:55:08 +0000

No more than we’ve had any coverage of the long-term effects of years of high stress, partially healed injuries, and no sleep on Batman.

Regarding the spleen, I think that one of the reasons it was chosen (other than that it’s just a fun word to say. Spleen. *snigger*) is that it’s one of the organs, other than the appendix, most likely to be mentioned as having been removed (probably due to the difficulty of repair) in things like news stories. So, in the back of our minds, the spleen has gotten marked as a relatively non-essential organ.

By: Alberto

Alberto — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:57:00 +0000

We are discussing the after effects of Robin losing a spleen, but…

Since I am a little behind on the batverse chronology, does anyone know if there have been depictions of the long term effects of Batman having his back broken by Bane some years ago…?

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:05:38 +0000

And according to recent research, the spleen may assist in healing heart damage.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090730141557.htm

By: James Hunt

James Hunt — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:14:02 +0000

Don’t worry, Tim is simply being lied to in the hope that he’ll feel more indebted to Ra’s Al Ghul’s agents for saving his life. His spleen is fine, and that’s why they’ll never mention or refer to the loss of it ever again, nor depict any of the after-effects. Bring on the no-prize!

By: Nick F.

Nick F. — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:23:00 +0000

@oyi,

Man, I never got tests on comic books when I was in school…..

By: oyi

oyi — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:02:47 +0000

crap. i just took a test with a question about this. got it wrong.

By: RichterCa

RichterCa — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:20:58 +0000

I just wanted to add that both “splenectomy” and “asplenic” are fun words to say.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:43:37 +0000

Only time will tell. It could be good or bad — or be conveniently ignored. I suspect the latter.

By: Rawrasaur

Rawrasaur — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:29:16 +0000

So… is this a good depiction of an asplenic individual, or a bad one? Just curious.

–Rawr

By: Bryan L

Bryan L — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:11:31 +0000

I’m sure it will be “stealth-conned” out of existence, but off-handed writer sloppiness like this really, really irritates me, particularly with the Internet. Take five minutes and Google, for cryin’ out loud. And if you can’t be bothered to do that, don’t “remove” organs that add nothing to the plot other than a throwaway line of dialogue.