The Batman Newspaper Comic Strip (1990), Part 6: The Origin of Robin

[thehefner]

After the nonstop epic of the previous comic strips, we get a fresh start with the introduction of Dick Grayson in this continuity.

I have pretty much no commentary nor insights to offer here, as it's the one story in which I have the least interest, but I'm posting it here both for the sake of completeness and for the Dick fans. It's a standalone story with no references to the previous arcs, as will be the next part. After that, the grand finale with the Mad Hatter in Arkham.







Note: Scans taken from Comics Revue magazine, #56-59



































































I love how we get not one but two dryly snarky Alfred responses.

Comments

[halloweenjack]

This has been true of most of Infantino's work that you've posted, but Bruce is looking particularly Bruce Campbell in some of the strips here.

Speaking of Infantino (and apologies if this has already been addressed), is there a particular reason why he's billed as "Cinfa" in the strips, aside from it being an abbreviation of sorts for his name?

[thehefner]

I just assumed it was an abbreviation he used, but I'd never heard of it before these strips.