David Bridges
DC Comics has introduced Batman & Robin: 12 months 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 known as the Common” with equally mysterious ties to Two-Face “has come to Gotham to say town by disrupting and destroying its different mobs. Batman and his new sidekick, Robin, are out for solutions, but it surely’ll take the whole lot they should navigate each side of their relationship as father and son and dynamic duo, with Dick Grayson’s current and future hanging within the stability!”
Within the DC press launch, Waid notes the miniseries will likely 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 concept how one can be a father to a child that age. He has no position mannequin—his personal father was lengthy useless by the point he was Dick’s age. Nothing he’s ever carried out has ready him for this, and Alfred—smart as he’s—doesn’t have a lot expertise right here both.”
Samnee provides, “Dick is the whole lot Bruce is just not—impetuous, flamboyant, reckless- however he’s additionally exact; he can stick a touchdown. He’ll take orders once they make sense to him, however he’s eager to improvise, testing his position inside the Dynamic Duo. The primary pages you’ll see will showcase how they’ll be performing, and reacting, as they journey out into Gotham Metropolis on patrol collectively. We’re so excited for this story to lastly be advised.”
Fatherhood, proper? Because the synopsis states, the e-book’s main antagonist would be the Common, a Damien Thorne-esque modern of Dick Grayson who occurs to be an excellent navy strategist. Intriguingly, the quilt of problem #1 sees numerous different acquainted villains (Catwoman, Joker, Clayface, Professor Milo, and so on.) swarming Batman and Robin in a nod to the opening credit score sequence of the Adam West collection.
Whereas its unlikely any of those characters will seem within the miniseries correct, the inclusion of Tom Hardy’s Bane is attention-grabbing. 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. (Critically, return and watch his one and solely two-parter, “The Minstrel’s Shakedown/Barbecued Batman”—he very practically 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: 12 months One hits cabinets later this 12 months. Within the meantime, take pleasure in a preview under.
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