DC Comics has introduced Batman & Robin: Yr One, a brand new 12-issue miniseries from author Mark Waid and illustrator Chris Samnee starting this October 16.
The story issues Bruce Wayne as he “adjusts to the realities of adopting orphan Dick Grayson.” Concurrently, “a mysterious new crime boss referred to as the Common” with equally mysterious ties to Two-Face “has come to Gotham to assert town by disrupting and destroying its different mobs. Batman and his new sidekick, Robin, are out for solutions, nevertheless it’ll take all the things they need to navigate either side of their relationship as father and son and dynamic duo, with Dick Grayson’s current and future hanging within the steadiness!”
Within the DC press launch, Waid notes the miniseries can be extra of a Bruce/Dick story than one regarding Batman/Robin, stating “It takes place solely a month or two after Bruce adopted Dick, and it’s sinking in for Bruce that he has no thought the right way to be a father to a child that age. He has no position mannequin—his personal father was lengthy lifeless by the point he was Dick’s age. Nothing he’s ever finished has ready him for this, and Alfred—smart as he’s—doesn’t have a lot expertise right here both.”
Samnee provides, “Dick is all the things Bruce just isn’t—impetuous, flamboyant, reckless- however he’s additionally exact; he can stick a touchdown. He’ll take orders after they make sense to him, however he’s eager to improvise, testing his position throughout the Dynamic Duo. The primary pages you’ll see will showcase how they’ll be appearing, and reacting, as they journey out into Gotham Metropolis on patrol collectively. We’re so excited for this story to lastly be informed.”
Fatherhood, proper? Because the synopsis states, the e book’s major antagonist would be the Common, a Damien Thorne-esque up to date of Dick Grayson who occurs to be an excellent navy strategist. Intriguingly, the duvet of subject #1 sees numerous different acquainted villains (Catwoman, Joker, Clayface, Professor Milo, and so forth.) swarming Batman and Robin in a nod to the opening credit score sequence of the Adam West sequence.
Whereas its unlikely any of those characters will seem within the miniseries correct, the inclusion of Tom Hardy’s Bane is fascinating. The closest West’s Batman ever got here to his receiving his personal model of Bane was when Val Johnson guest-starred because the Minstrel. (Significantly, return and watch his one and solely two-parter, “The Minstrel’s Shakedown/Barbecued Batman”—he very almost succeeds in leveling Gotham Metropolis with an earthquake-causing lute.)
We’ll see how Waid and Samnee’s Portrait of Eddie’s Father-inspired tackle the dynamic duo pans out when when Batman & Robin: Yr One hits cabinets later this yr. Within the meantime, get pleasure from a preview under.
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