All-Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder, Vol. 1
The talents responsible for some of Batman's greatest tales, Frank Miller (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, Sin City) and Jim Lee (BATMAN: HUSH) team up for the first time to bring you Batman and Robin like you've never seen them before in this reinvention of these classic characters. All hell breaks loose at the circus as Bruce Wayne and gal pal Vicki Vale witness a young boy's life shattered before their eyes. Orphaned, Dick Grayson has nowhere to go and no one to turn to -- no one but Bruce Wayne! Expect action, adventure, guest-stars and the unexpected as Miller and Lee deliver the ultimate tales of the Dynamic Duo! From Publishers Weekly Batman fan?Jim Lee fan? Love beautiful art? Read this!! For people who can think outside the box Great series, but with a few drawbacks.Product Details
Editorial Reviews
Miller, the man who kicked off the grim and gritty era of superhero comics with the 1986 Batman tale The Dark Knight Returns, returns to write the iconic character once again in a series that takes the tropes of superhero excess and explodes them into satire. Miller casts Batman as an obsessive lunatic who enlists traumatized children into his war on crime, calls himself the goddamn Batman and is prone to cackling maniacally. Sex and violence are constant preoccupations, but even during sex scenes, Miller can hardly keep a straight face. After a shared rampage against corrupt cops that includes the interjection, Eat glass, lawman! Batman and heroine Black Canary celebrate with an intimate encounter on a burning pier during a lightning storm. Although the bombastic, repetitive narration and decompressed storytelling (two and a half issues pass before Batman and Robin leave the Batmobile) often borders on hilarious, Miller aims for more obvious jokes later in the series. It's an over the top in-joke for the superhero crowd, though its irreverence may not have the most zealous and serious superhero fans laughing. (June)
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I discovered this series after the comics came out. I had been away from comics for a while and found old issues of Boy Wonder. I stopped buying Batman a few years back when the art changed to make Batman, small and cartoony and WAY out of character. When I looked through Boy Wonder the AMAZING Jim Lee art caught my eye first and the narrative style that the story is told in was enjoyable to read. The full page spreads allow you to drink in the amazing art. Lee and Williams have never been better. The colors are very cinematic and make the story more compelling. Jim Lee's Batman is the clearly the best and I have NO PROBLEM putting it in the same league as a Neal Adams Batman.
Frank Millers writing lays the perfect foundation. As I said, narratives tell the story. Batman's narratives are great, strong and clearly written by a Batman fighting to gain control of the streets. He gets angry and has no problem showing it. Should Batman be good natured and not curse, ever? Not MY Batman. I say this is definitive writing. Miller writes Robin like a little Batman. Not irritating, this Robin has the need for revenge he's capable and skilled. Batman see's this but knows young Dick Grayson also has a child's adaptibility to make the journey fun. In a way Batman see's this and that creates some of the best moments in Boy Wonder. Batman simply wonders if he's done the right thing by taking young Grayson under his wing.
Ive been a Batman fan for a long time and this Robin as written by Miller is likeable. It's clear to see how he will grow into Nightwing and be an equal counterpart to Batman.I disagree with EVERY negative review I've read on Amazon. The All Star brand is perfect for Boy Wonder. Great art, great script, great book. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Frank Miller has done it again...he's given us something bold, exciting, satirical, silly, maddening, and defining all at once, and has PO'd anyone who can't see past their own myopic and stodgy views of the source material, wnich is most everyone. I am thankful that there are writers and artists willing to take great chances to express their vision, even if we don't like it or get it. I, myself, like where he's going and I'm looking forward to the conclusion. Though I'm not looking forward to the same, tired vitriol from the peanut gallery.
Sure, Batman acts like a complete jerk in this, and it does feel a little more like Sin City than Batman. Granted. But if you can set aside your bias against a slightly crazy Batman, this series has a TON to offer. Jim Lee's art alone makes it worth staring at for hours (best art of his career, I think... BETTER than Hush). On top of that, issue 9 is one of the best Batman/Robin stories EVER (up there with Death in the Family). His interactions with Green Lantern are classic, and that Sin City edge actually fits very nicely in the Gotham Universe when it isn't overdone.
I think there are only two things that I can legitimately complain about in this series: (1)Overuse of repetition... it can really get annoying when every other word in the sentence is "goddamn", and (2)yeah, Batman is an a-hole, which is only slightly redeemed by the fact that he has very well written personal struggles and issues throughout.
Overall, a great series with a few drawbacks, highly recommended.
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