Robin and Batman #1 Preview

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CBR Have a preview up for "Robin and Batman #1 (and yes, that IS the name :) ) , as Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen (of "Lil Gotham" fame) give us a different angle on becoming the first Dynamic Duo in a three part Prestige Format title!



Gonna say upfront, that that is a weird costume hybrid. Classic Dick Grayson tunic and cape from the waist up, original Damian Wayne with the high lace up boots from the waist down? Is he doing a Danny Phantom transformation from one to the other? :)



Clearly Batman is starting his future partner on the smaller end stuff, like.. meat bandits? (Which is NOT a euphimism for something sordid... I hope... though I'm not googling it just in case.)





It's clearly Dick during a pre-Robin training phase with a worried Bruce doing a "helicopter Batman" approach to mentoring.

Not always a fan of Lemire, but Nguyen does terrific Batwork, so it'll definitely be pretty!

Comments

[kurenai_tenka]

Definitely here for Nguyen's art on this, and also for the name order in the title lol.

[bradygirl_12]

This looks interesting! :)

[thanekos]

It's nice of DC Comics to dig deep into its character stable and give us new comics about Robin and Batman.

[tinygaylaura]

Meat Bandits?

Robin: Oh my god

THEIR STEALING ALL THE BURGERS!

(Brutally beats them as Batman looks on in horror)

Small Child: STOP

STOP

THEIR ALREADY DEAD!

[zachbeacon]

I get wanting to give Dick pants (cue disappointed fans) but I agree that that reminds me a little too much of Damian's look. It doesn't help that Damian is the Robin I most associate with Nguyen's art.

[thatnickguy]

On the one hand, it's "Another Frigging Bat-Book."

On the other hand, it's the creative team behind the excellent sci-fi series Descender and its equally excellent follow-up, Ascender. That alone makes this tempting.