There have been many comics detailing the origins of the Dynamic Duo. However, Batman and Robin: Year One will separate itself from what has been done and redone before. This story will focus on the relationship between Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson outside of crime-fighting.
DC Comics has announced the 12-issue Batman and Robin miniseries, which will be scripted by Mark Waid. A longtime writer and editor at DC Comics, Waid is most famous for his long run on The Flash and his work on Kingdom Come. The artwork will be provided by Daredevil artist Chris Samnee.
Four uncolored/unlettered pages from Batman and Robin: Year One #1 may be viewed below.
Batman and Robin: Year One to focus on Bruce/Dick relationship
The story of Batman and Robin: Year One finds Bruce Wayne adjusting to the realities of adopting Dick Grayson. At the same time, a mysterious new crime boss called The General is disrupting Gotham City’s underworld by challenging the other mobs. Bruce and Dick will have to find answers as they navigate both sides of their relationship, as both father and son and as vigilantes.
“At its heart, this isn’t a Batman & Robin story,” explains Mark Waid. “It’s a Bruce/Dick story. It takes place only a month or two after Bruce adopted Dick. And it’s sinking in for Bruce that he has no idea how to be a father to a kid that age. He has no role model. His own father was long dead by the time he was Dick’s age. Nothing he’s ever done has prepared him for this. And Alfred, wise as he is, doesn’t have much experience here either.”
In contrast, Chris Samnee spoke as to why Bruce and Dick complement each other. “Dick is everything Bruce is not—impetuous, flamboyant, reckless,” notes Samnee. “But he’s also precise. He can stick a landing. He’ll take orders when they make sense to him. But he’s keen to improvise, testing his role within the Dynamic Duo.” Samnee added that the preview pages “showcase how they’ll be acting, and reacting, as they adventure out into Gotham City on patrol together.”
Batman and Robin: Year One #1 arrives in comic shops everywhere on October 16, 2024.
