The story running through issues #29-34 of the `New 52' Batman and Robin title is collected, along with Robin Rises: Omega #1, as Batman and Robin Volume 6: The Hunt for Robin HC (The New 52) . This is a well-scripted and illustrated collection, though with just a little too much fighting and not quite enough character-interaction for me. I won't call it padding, because the writer is far too good for that. Anyway, this is a series of team-ups, planned and unplanned (by Batman), as the Caped Crusader finally gets on with the search for the missing bodies of Damian and Talia. With Titus as a stowaway on the mission, the Dynamic Duo finally locates Talia's island headquarters, where R'as al Ghul is up to something nefarious with the purloined bodies. R'as has also discovered that Talia's power source on the island was a fragment of the mysterious crystal that we saw in Batman/Superman Volume 1: Cross World TP (The New 52) . This will play a major part at the end of the hunt, when its former owners come to claim it. However, the first few issues see Batman hunting R'as as he takes the coffins to various locations where he thinks that he can use various mystic forces as part of a reanimation process. A trip to Paradise Island brings in Wonder Woman, and Nanda Parbat brings Frankenstein - "And tell your dog to stop chewing my leg" - before the final showdown with R'as al Ghul takes place.This showdown is interrupted by the arrival of the former owners of the crystal, and the Justice League, and all sorts of exiting stuff develops, before Batman is left with one final quest, which will take us into the next volume.As I said above, this is excellently written and illustrated, and the action and its settings escalate issue by issue, until the end of the volume, and the preparation for the next phase.SOME SPOILERY STUFFSomewhere along the way, Batman's quest changes from retrieving a body, to taking over R'as quest to reanimate/revive the bodies, for when the - let's call them `aliens' - arrive to reclaim the crystal, which R'as has hidden in Damian's coffin, Batman's memory of the events surrounding his encounter with the crystal are recovered, along with something pertaining to Damian, implying that he should be up and running at some point in the future... Unfortunately, the aliens take the coffin along with the crystal. Batman then has to go off the reservation in order to continue his hunt, and this means teaming up with Lex Luthor against the Justice League...THE SPOILER ZONETHE SPOILER ZONETHE SPOILER ZONEIssue #29 - “The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” - opens with the Bat-sub containing Batman and stowaway Titus the Bat-Hound hunting for Talia’s island, where they find Aquaman and Ra’s al Ghul. Ra’s is there for the crystal that was the power source, Batman is there for the stolen bodies of Talia and Damian, Aquaman is there following a trail of missing whales - which were being used to house biological experiments on the island. The results of the experiments are let loose on Batman and Aquaman…Issue #30 - “Paradise and Wonder” - opens with Wonder Woman bringing Batman to Paradise Island, where Ra’s al Ghul has brought the bodies of Talia and Damian looking for a means of resurrecting them. The Amazons are restless at a man being allowed o the island, but after a bit of persuasion, they allow Batman one night to go about his business, which according to the Amazons’ Oracle, is to be transacted in the Cavern of Night, which was sealed up and hidden by Zeus because of the menace it contains. Naturally, this menace is disturbed by Ra’s, and Batman and Wonder Woman have to overcome it.Issue #31 - “City of Cold” - open with Batman and Titus hunting for the city of Nanda Parbat in the Himalayas, only to find a hole in the ground and Frankenstein, who is not happy at the way Batman left him after their last meeting: “Took that Red Robin boy twenty-seven straight hours to stitch me back together… and tell your dog to stop chewing at my leg”. In due course they are attacked by Yeti and find Ra’s expedition, just as the bodies are being placed in a Lazarus Pit…Issue #32 - “Dark of the Son” - opens with Ra’s having found a Lazarus Pit in the Himalayas and dunked the bodies of Talia and Damian in the expectation of restoring them and bringing them under his control. Fortunately, Batman and Frankenstein made friends with the Yeti from last issue, and a fight ensues, and Batman escapes with Damian’s casket. The final battle between Batman and Ra’s is interrupted by a loud “Boom” and the arrival of some unwanted and unexpected intruders…Robin Rises: Omega #1 - “Red Dawn Omega”, 38pp - opens with a recounting of Batman’s first meeting with Ra’s al Ghul and Talia, and Damian’s life and death as Robin. We then return to the Himalayas, where Ra’s and Batman are fighting for possession of Damian’s stolen body, and where a Boom Tube has just opened, bringing Glorious Godfrey and a small army from Apokolips,(as seen in Batman & Robin #32). They have come for the crystal that Ra’s took from Talia’s island in Batman & Robin #29. This is a shard of the Chaos Crystal last seen in Batman/Superman Volume 1: Cross World TP (The New 52) . Naturally, Batman, Frankenstein, Ra’s and their respective allies team-up to fight the enemy hordes, during th course of which batman gets to touch the crystal and recover his memories of their first meeting, before the Justice League arrive and the battle escalates…Issue #33 - “Cold Justice” - opens with Batman arguing with the Justice League that he should be allowed to go to Apokolips in pursuit of Damian’s body, stolen by Glorious Godfrey in Robin Rises: Omega #1, which slots between this issue and the previous one. They refuse to let him go, so he hijacks the Justice League’s headquarters satellite and prepares to find his own way there. The League eventually get back in of course, and convince Batman to give up the plan…Issue #34 - “Ties that Bind” - opens in the Batcave with the (currently alive) family gathered for a grand reconciliation (though not reconciled enough to be told about Dick Grayson, I notice). They are then briefed on the recent business involving Damian’s body, and Batman‘s plans to recover it. Then, after they leave, Dick drops in to get his briefing. After that, it is time to steal the Hell-Bat suit from the League satellite and set off to Apokolips…